Barlates: Glide Inner Thighs

Glide Inner Thighs part of Linda Wooldridge‘s Fit in 5 Series and it is free on YouTube. It is the third workout in that series that I’ve done. The first one was Glide Cardio Sculpt and the second was Glide Standing Lower. (If you want to buy all 3--plus a 4th--on a DVD, you can … Continue reading Barlates: Glide Inner Thighs

JessicaSmithTV: Strength Training for Women

Strength Training for Women is a surprisingly excellent (and short) strength training workout. It's basically total body but the focus is upper body. You do squats, but that is the only lower body exercise you do. The rest of the exercises are upper body. Jessica wants you to use heavy dumbbells, plus the rep pace … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Strength Training for Women

JessicaSmithTV: Cardio Core Flow

Cardio Core Flow is a low impact cardio workout that uses no equipment. It isn't super intense but I worked up a sweat and I did enjoy it. It is a solid steady state cardio workout. Since there is no impact, part of the intensity comes from using large/broad arm movements and lots of torso … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Cardio Core Flow

JessicaSmithTV: Ballet Body

Ballet Body is a barre workout that uses light hand weights to increase intensity. You get some light cardio and some light toning but nothing terribly intense. I liked this workout but I didn't love it. I was hoping for something more intense than this workout. It is a high rep workout so heavy dumbbells … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Ballet Body

Barlates: Interval Barre Fusion Lower

Interval Barre Fusion is actually a 3 DVD series but the only DVD I purchased is the one for the lower body (there is also an upper body DVD and a core DVD). They all contain three 25 minute workouts. Lower Body also has a warm and stretch (the other two probably do, too, but … Continue reading Barlates: Interval Barre Fusion Lower

JessicaSmithTV: Relax & Restore

Relax & Restore is another gentle and restorative yoga/flexibility routine. Nothing aggressive but you can always go deeper into the stretches if you want to (and are able to). And it is a nice way to wind down and recover after a more strenuous workout or a week of challenging workouts. I did really like this … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Relax & Restore

Barlates: Glide Standing Lower

Glide Standing Lower is part of Linda Wooldridge's Fit in 5 Series and it is free on YouTube. It is the second workout in that series that I've done. The first one was Glide Cardio Sculpt which I really enjoyed. I liked this workout, too, but not nearly as much as Glide Cardio Sculpt. This … Continue reading Barlates: Glide Standing Lower

JessicaSmithTV: Total Body Sculpt

Total Body Sculpt is another awesome total body metabolic strength training workout. With the right weights it is intense and will give you cardio with your strength training. And in only 31 minutes! This is the area that, in my opinion, Jessica really excels at. The workout is made up of primarily compound moves--exercises that … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Total Body Sculpt

JessicaSmithTV: Straight Up Strength Training

Straight Up Strength Training is just what the title indicates--a total body strength workout. Jessica says she doesn't want you to do this workout unless you are fresh and ready to lift heavy--not sore from another workout. Well, I am always sore from some workout but I did this workout anyway. I really enjoyed this … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Straight Up Strength Training

Barlates: Glide Cardio Sculpt

Glide Cardio Sculpt is part of Linda Wooldridge's Fit in 5 Series and it is available for free on YouTube. As soon as I saw it was a low impact cardio sculpt workout using sliding disks--I couldn't wait to give it a try! But I had to work it into my rotation so I didn't … Continue reading Barlates: Glide Cardio Sculpt