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September 2012 I am still in training for my 10K in October. This month I will be adding in an extra treadmill workout each week. Sunday - 6.2 miles on the treadmill Monday - Sculpting & Muscle Toning Tuesday - Aerobic Cardio Wednesday - Cardio + Weights (Tracie Long) Thursday - Cardio coach workouts (on Treadmill) Friday - Cardio + Weights (Tracie Long) Saturday - rest I am planning on doing short evening workouts if time permits in my schedule. A few of the workouts on this list are: Turbo Fire Low Hiit workouts KCM's new Cardio Quick Fix workout Tracie long Figure 30 workouts

Get Ripped and Chiseled is a 64 minute high rep body sculpting workout. It is set up similar to Slim & Lean in that each exercise is preceded by a brief introduction. The individual introductions demonstrates the exercise you will be performing. Also it tells you the weight amount of each of the participants as well as how many reps you will perform if you do the whole track. Along with Jari, there are three other cast members who show variations/modifications of each of the exercises. Within each exercise performed, Jari alters the count of the exercise. Some of the patterns used are 4/4 2/2/ 3/1, single count and pulses. Many of the exercises featured lots of pulses. The warm up is done using a set of dumbbells. During the warm up, Jari takes you through a series of exercise that show up again as you move through the main part of the workout. During the stretch/cool down section, Jari sits in a semi-circle and she and the cast discuss their achievements in fitness. Equipment

Poly Performance Metabolic Plyometric Circuits is a super long title. It is also a workout that features Keli Roberts as the lead, and it is about 50 minutes long. This workout is an interval workout, that contains plyometrics, strength, and balance type exercises. There is a lot of work on and off the rebounder. I really like the work onto the rebounder but the work of the rebounder, (the exercises that had you jumping off and onto the floor) I did not care for. This workout does contain some intense and challenging plyo work much of which is done on one leg. The basic pattern of the workout has you doing two sets of the exercises on both sides (left and right) of the body. So you are really getting four total sets of each circuit. The warm up and cool down are about four minutes each and there is an abdominal specific section as well. I didn't like Poly Performance as much as I like Maximum Metabolic Intervals. This one didn't flow as well to me. You can see the camera man

Urban Rebounding Maximum Metabolic Intervals is a 50 minute workout and features Keli Roberts as the lead. There are three other cast members besides Keli. Along with the rebounder, 1, 2, & 3 pound sand weights are used to increase intensity. The warm up is 4 & 1/2 minutes. After the warm up, Keli takes you through a series of cardio and resistance intervals (alternating the two). Most of the cardio is done on the rebounder. I appreciated this as this is a rebounder workout. Most of the resistance exercise where multi-joint and compound (upper and lower body exercises) in nature. Keli use the rebounder in all the resistance exercises as either a prop or to increase intensity. The workout concludes with a 6 minute stretch. What I like about this Extreme Urban Rebounder workout that I didn't like about the other two I have done thus far, is this Urban Rebounding workout did not contain a lot of yelling. Keli worked you hard. She told you what your were going to do. She

Get Ripped! Slim & Lean is a 65 minute workout that focuses on resistance body sculpting exercises. Jari Love is your trainer and she takes you through a series of tracks, where each track concentrates on a particular exercise or body part. There is an introduction to each exercise. The introductions tell what the exercise is and it also shows someone demonstrating how to perform the move correctly. Once the track starts, Jari offers further tips on exercising and staying motivated. Barbell, dumbbells, mat and step are used in this workout. Along with Jari, there are three other cast members who at times show exercise modifications . There are also subtitles that pop up that tell how many reps your will perform and the weight selection of each of the cast members. I like this workout. It is no-nonsense and to the point. 4 stars

Kick Box Metabolic Intervals is an urban rebounding workout and it is part of the URX-MT series of workouts. It stars Amy Bento and is about 53 minutes in length. Along with Amy, there are four other cast members, five if you count that camera man that appears in several shots throughout. The workout starts with a 6 minute workout and then you go into kickboxing intervals hi/lo combos, where you alternate kickbox combos with high intensity kickbox inspired drills. Sand weights are used in both the combos and the drills. The warm up and the combo/drills section total about 35 minutes. Then comes an abdominal section which is about 5 minutes and the workouts ends with about a 12 minutes stretch. I was disappointed that the Kickbox combo/drill section was so short. Otherwise I like this workout. Just like the other workout, Amy yells way too much and she curses. She also does quite a bit of walking around in this one as well. 3 & 1/4 stars

Boot Camp Metabolic Intervals is an rebounder workout from the Urban Rebounding System. This workout is part of the Urban Rebounding Extreme Metabolic Training and stars Amy Bento as the lead. The workout is just over 50 minutes in length. The use of a rebounder indicates that the workout is suppose to be low impact and joint friendly. However there is so much jumping off of the rebounder onto the floor that you are not really getting the low impact benefit. The workout is interval based. It is divided into cycles. Within each cycle, you are doing 4 exercises. You are doing each exercises for two minutes or if warranted one minute per side. Amy gives you about 30 seconds of recovery in between the exercises. There seems to be more exercises done from the floor than from the rebounder. In a few exercises the rebounder is used as a prop (similar to using a step). The workout does contain a warm up, ab section (functional abs), and cool down. There is a lot of yelling and some c

Get Ripped! To The Core is approximately 65 minutes in length. It is a resistance weight training workout with a focus on muscle toning. The exercises chosen are compound in nature. In almost all the exercises, you are working both the upper body and lower body at the same time. As you move through the workout, you are given a brief introduction of the exercises that appear in that section. During this introduction, you will see someone demonstrate the move, as well as an announcer that tells you what muscle groups you are working. After the introduction segment but before the workout segment begins, Jari gives you even more tips and encouragement. So there is a lot of time between the various exercises. While this gave the feeling of the workout moving slowing, I also thought it was okay because the reps are pretty high and it gave you a chance to rest before beginning the next series. The warm up is performed using weights. Along with Jari, there are three other cast members.

To The Max is 54 minute metabolic workout. The workout is made up of several different sections that come together to give you a total body workout. The workout breakdown is: Warm up - ~5:50 Solid Step - ~7:40 Step Tabata - ~ 5:15 30/20 HiiT - ~ 14:15 Compound Leg Work - ~ 7:00 Core with Upper Body Focus - ~ 7:30 Stretch - ~6:10 There is a bonus Low Impact Slide n Glide Tabata that is 4:50 in length and there is also a bonus Fitness Tabata that is 4:40 in length The solid step section is not a step routine or a mini combo. It is more a series of moves done in a drill based fashion. In fact, the first part of this section is reminiscence of Low Impact Series Athletic Training. During any of the Tabata sections you are doing 20 seconds of work and you get 10 seconds of rest. I like the Tabata sections. When I got to the 30/20 HiiT sections where you are doing 30 seconds of work but get 20 seconds of rest, the extra 10 seconds in the HiiT section seemed long to me. None of the

Get Ripped is an approximately 55 minute sculpting workout. It features blocks that are based on either an exercise or a muscle group. Within the block the exercises are done back to back and you are doing several reps of each exercise. Within the squat section, you do traditional squats and plie squats. In the chest section, the exercises are push ups and chest press. Back - overhead pullover Triceps - Scull crushers and lying triceps press Lunges are done in the form of dips. Shoulder section contain lateral raise and frontal raise. I like this workout. The soundtrack is pretty good. Jari is quietly motivating and the exercises move at a nice pace. Along with Jari, there are three cast members. The cast members show variation by using either a different piece of equipment or either by modifying the exercise to make it harder or easier. Equipment - club step, dumbbells, barbell, exercise ball, stability ball, and mat.

Cathe's CrossFire is just over 55 minutes in length. This is a metabolic conditioning workout. There's lots of cardio sets and even the weight segments have a cardio feel to them. The workout breaks down as follows: Warm up - ~6:30 CrossFire Fitness Blast - ~8:50 Firewalker Tabata - ~4:55 CrossFire Circuit Blast - ~22:45 Stretch - ~ 6:45 You also get a bonus core section which clocks in at ~9:10 and bonus Low Impact Cardio Tabata which clocks in at 4:40 There is quite a bit of equipment used: Firewalker Loop, Dumbbells, Slide and Glide Disc, and tubing. The firewalker loop is a band style loop. Cathe uses it to increase the intensity on the lower body. During the CrossFire Circuit Blast, Cathe alternates cardio sets with sculpting sets. Between the sets she gives you brief breaks. During the tabata section, a clock shows up that counts down as you do the exercise. For each tabata that you do, you get 20 seconds of work and 10 second of rest. Cathe has also brought back th