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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
Belly, Buns & Thighs Walk is a nice cardio walk with a toning element from Jessica Smith and it is free on YouTube. I really enjoyed it. I used it for a doubles workout after I got home from work. It wasn't super intense but I got some steady state cardio and I felt many … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Belly, Buns & Thighs Walk
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
Mix & Match Lower contains 4 short lower body workouts from Linda @ Barlates. Unlike many of Linda's other workouts, these are not available for free on YouTube. It is available on DVD or you can purchase the downloads from Linda's website. This DVD was actually given to me by a reader of this blog--so … Continue reading Barlates: Mix & Match Lower
Dynamic Flow: Functional is another of Linda Wooldridge's flowing bodyweight strength workouts. This one starts with a light cardio warm up before the real work starts. And this workout builds! It worked me well! I was pushing through by #11--which was a challenging combo move but doable. I credit my ability to get through #11 … Continue reading Barlates: Dynamic Flow/Functional
Fusion Flow: Mat is one of Linda Wooldridge's flowing dynamic stretch/strengthening workouts. This one was mostly a feel good workout that worked me well but wasn't challenging like some of her others. Until you get to #10 (below), that is--that exercise started to burn me out after all that came before it (plus, I had … Continue reading Barlates: Fusion Flow/Mat