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I finally received Get Strong! I have been trying to get my hands on this DVD since December. Someone ordered this workout for me for a Christmas gift but Amazon canceled it with no explanation and it was listed as out of stock. They would not allow you to place it on backorder either. When … Continue reading Walk On: Get Strong!
Stride & Strength is a free YouTube workout from Jessica Smith. She says it is a walking workout w/ strength training intervals. It is a very good total body workout. I actually did it as an add on after another of Jessica's walking strength workouts: Get Strong!: Stepping Strength. Stepping Strength was more intense/metabolic than … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Stride & Strength
PHA 2 is part of Cathe's LITE series. LITE stands for Low Impact Training Extreme and Cathe created it as intermediate level workout series. For more information on the LITE series as a whole, please see the LITE Series review. PHA 2 contains 3 bonuses that are included in premixes and can also be done on … Continue reading LITE: PHA 2
Leaning Out is another fabulous total body strength workout in Tracie Long's Longevity series. This workout was tough but doable, so high intermediate level with the right weights. The only exercise I had any problems with were the modified dive bomber push ups and that was mostly due to my shoulder problem. I was able … Continue reading Longevity: Leaning Out
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
Body Sculpt is part of The Firm's Body Sculpting System 1 and is led by Jennifer Carman. I did not remember this workout until I did it this morning--and then wow! I definitely remembered it! I hated this workout back in the day--I remember finding it too hard and struggling to get through it! Even … Continue reading The Firm: Body Sculpt
Total Body Toner is one of the pink (so later) Firm workouts that is led by trainer Allie Del Rio. Wow! This was an incredible workout! I bought a lot of the pink Firms near the end of my Firm period so I didn't do them as much as the older Firms, plus some of … Continue reading The Firm: Total Body Toner
Total Muscle Shaping is part of The Firm's Firm Box series. This workout is led by Stephanie Huckabee, another Firm trainer I liked a lot. This is a cardio + strength workout and I remember finding this one of the more challenging and advanced Firm workouts that I owned. I remember struggling through some of … Continue reading The Firm: Total Muscle Shaping
This was an excellent total body barre workout using light weights. The only muscle group not touched is your back. Linda Wooldridge offers this workout free on YouTube. When the workout begins, the intro/title screen says "Glute Bridge on the Ball" but it is actually Long Lever Upper & Lower, as labeled--so don't worry! You … Continue reading Barlates: Long Lever Upper & Lower
Build Balance + Inner Strength is part of Jessica Smith's Walk Strong 2 series. The other 2 DVDs that are part of this series are Burn Fat & Have Fun and Boost Metabolism + Muscle. There is a 1:30 minute intro in which Jessica explains that the 3 workouts on this DVD are "fusion" type workouts. … Continue reading Build Balance + Inner Strength