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Vol 5 & Vol 6 are the last DVD in Tracie Long's Metabolic Strength series. This DVD contains two more excellent 30 minute functional total body strength workouts--Rock Solid and Heat it Up. These two workouts were pretty amazing. They worked my entire body and gave me some cardio. I burned 400 calories in the … Continue reading Metabolic Strength Vol 5 & Vol 6
Vol 3 & 4 is the next DVD in Tracie Long's Metabolic Strength series. This DVD contains two more 30 minute workouts Well Built and Full Steam Ahead. I loved Vol 1 & 2, so I totally expected to love Vol 3 & 4 just as much. But I didn't. I did love Vol 3 … Continue reading Metabolic Strength Vol 3 & Vol 4
Tracie Long has 3 DVDs in her Metabolic Strength series. Each DVD has two 30 minute workouts on them. When previewing these workouts, I immediately knew I wanted them all. Total Fitness DVDs has clips of all of the Metabolic Strength workouts up on their website and that is where I previewed and purchased these … Continue reading Metabolic Strength Vol 1 & Vol 2
Grand Total: Vol 3 Geared up is the last of Tracie Long's newest Grand Total workouts. I enjoyed Vol 1, so when I saw Vol 2 and Vol 3 were available for pre-order, I ordered them. I feel like this review will be redundant but this is yet another excellent intermediate level workout from Tracie. … Continue reading Grand Total Vol 3 – Geared Up
Tracie Long's newest workouts are Grand Total Vol 2 & Vol 3. I enjoyed Vol 1: Going Strong, so when I saw these were available for pre-order, I ordered them. Vol 2 Rarin' to Go is another excellent intermediate level workout. Just like Vol 1, it is cardio + strength and it is varied--you are … Continue reading Grand Total: Vol 2 – Rarin’ To Go
Grand Total Vol. 1 Going Strong is an intermediate level workout from Tracie Long. She has created two more Grand Total workouts (Volumes 2 & 3) and I have already pre-ordered them. I am not sure what "Grand Total" means to Tracie when she titles these workouts, but this workout is definitely a boredom buster. … Continue reading Grand Total Vol. 1: Going Strong
Look Better Naked is a DVD containing two workouts by Jessica Smith. The workouts are apparently a companion to the book Look Better Naked published by Women's Health Magazine (Rodale). There is a one minute introduction in which Jessica says the workouts are based on a 6 week program in which you do 4 workouts … Continue reading Look Better Naked
Stronger Longer Volume 2 is another unique total body strength workout by Tracie Long. In the intro, she says when she turned 46 she felt stiff and didn't move as well as she wanted to. She felt something needed to change and apparently these Stronger Longer workouts address that. In less than a month I … Continue reading Stronger Longer Volume 2
Firm & Cardio are the deluxe add on workouts available at the time the Zip Trainer program came out (see that review for more info on what a Zip Trainer is). This deluxe add on came with a 7 pound core ball but the core ball is no longer available, only the DVDs. Firm & … Continue reading The Firm/Zip Trainer: Firm & Cardio
The Firm Express is a 30 day fitness program that contains 12 twenty minute workouts and 2 bonus 10 minute workouts. The workouts in this program are based on a specific HIIT protocol of 8 seconds of high intensity work followed by 12 seconds of recovery, repeated 4 times. The 8:12 HIIT protocol is supposed to … Continue reading The Firm Express