The FIRM 12 Minute Time Crunch Cardio - Thoughts


The FIRM - FIRM Basics 12 Minute Time Crunch Cardio contains 4 cardio focused workouts.  And like the "Weights" each of the workouts are longer than 12 minutes; more like 13 to 15 minutes.
In the four cardio workouts, the cardio sets vary from 4-limb movement to floor aerobics to box aerobics.  There is a little bit of impact but most of the cardio is basic and low impact.  This is traditional FIRM cardio.  It is not "straight" cardio in that, dumbbells and toning moves appear throughout the segments.  So you are getting quite a bit of toning in as well.

The workout is taught in "live" class format.  The set is the Mansion set with the Greek Statues.

The music is familiar as it is music that was used in the "Classic" FIRM workouts.  However,  there were two tunes (one is Robyn Johnson's segment and another in Allie's second segment) that I didn't recognize.  I couldn't recall hearing the tunes in previous workouts.

The DVD Menu:
Total Workout
Cardio with Jennifer Carman
Cardio with Robyn Johnson
Cardio with Allie Strickland
Cardio with Allie Strickland

Each workout contains its own warm up and cool down.  The total workout does include the warm up and cool down of each individual workout.  I would have preferred the total workout only contain a beginning warm up and an ending cool down.
I like some segments better than others.  My favorite segment is the 4th cardio segment with Allie.  Overall, I thought this would be a good workout for an Active Recovery day.
3 stars

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