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Cross Training for Fitness is collection of 5 approx. 15 minute martial arts inspired workouts led by Jessica Smith and Guillermo Gomez, whom I recently discovered is Jessica's husband. If you hit "Play all" you get a 1:30 minute intro from Jessica and Guillermo. They tell you that these workouts are based on the principle … Continue reading Cross Training for Fitness
Classical Stretch's 55 Minute Core workout is actually a full body workout. Miranda shares in her intro that it is one of her student's favorite workouts. She also says that it is a posture workout and in her 2:45 minute intro she describes proper form for some of the moves. The workout is set on … Continue reading Classical Stretch: 55 Minute Core Workout
Mark Lauren's 90 Day Challenge contains 8 DVDs and each DVD has workouts at 3 levels of difficulty (or 24 total workouts) plus one warm up and one cool down that are used in all 24 workouts. In addition, if you go to Mark's website you can download his rotation calendar. This review contains a … Continue reading Mark Lauren’s 90 Day Challenge (+ My Bodyweight Rotation)
Feel Good Fusion is one of Jessica Smith's sneaky workouts. It seemed like it would be easy, but as the workout progressed, I found myself working harder than I thought I was! But it's still not a difficult or advanced workout. It does feel good. You are working your muscles, and you feel it, but … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Feel Good Fusion
BodyStrikes Vol 3 is crazy intense! For my current fitness level at least. Let me give some background on how I am using the BodyStrikes workouts. I am currently doing Mark Lauren's 90 Day Challenge. I am using Mark's program to rebuild my strength after a major surgery. Mark's program is all bodyweight training. I am … Continue reading Bodystrikes Vol 3
Cardio Core Fusion Flow is a cardio conditioning workout from Jessica Smith using sliding devices. I was challenged during parts of this workout. Peanut is much more energetic then she usually is. She decides she wants Jessica's sliding devices as her chew toys. Halfway through, Peanut suddenly disappears. Jessica had to stop filming and get … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Cardio Core Fusion Flow
Season 8 was my first introduction to Classical Stretch. I checked it out from the library 6 months ago and used it while rehabilitating from a major surgery. It worked very nicely for that purpose but once my surgeon loosened up my restrictions a bit, it fell to the wayside as I dove into Barlates' … Continue reading Classical Stretch Season 8: Age Defying Series
Booty Burn: Cardio Sculpt is not one of Linda @ Barlates (many) free workouts on YouTube. This workout is only available on Linda's Booty Burn DVD, where it is one of the 5 workouts included on that DVD. Or, if you are an Amazon Prime member (like I am), you can stream it for free. … Continue reading Barlates: Booty Burn/Cardio Sculpt
Barlates: Fusion Flow is a box set that collects 3 of Linda @ Barlates DVDs together. Each DVD has 4 workouts on it, so this box set contains 12 workouts. I love Linda's box sets but this one (so far) is my absolute favorite. Linda considers all of these workouts easier than her usual offerings. … Continue reading Barlates Fusion Flow Box Set
Energy Flow: Functional is a tough workout! Possibly the most advanced of all of Linda @ Barlates new flow workouts. My legs felt weak afterwards. I even used some of her modifications and it still wore me out! I did another short lower body workout afterwards that was much easier, but it still challenged me … Continue reading Barlates: Energy Flow/Functional