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Advanced Lastics is the second workout or next level in the lastics system.  I started the review of the first Lastics workout with a gripe.  With Advanced Lastics, I do not have that gripe. This is a DVD workout, and it comes with the options of it being a DVD workout. In fact there is a menu with several options you can choose from. Introduction Play All Warm Up Neck, Back, & Side Stretch Hips Hamstrings Back, Chest & Shoulders Full Body with Splits The entire workout clocks in at hour and 17 minutes. So it is a long one. I did the workout in two parts.  I did all the segments except for Full Body with Splits on Saturday and then on Sunday after my 5 mile treadmill run I did the Full Body with Splits segment. One of the things I don't think I mentioned in the review of the first Lastics workouts but notice it again in Advanced Lastics is that Donna does not mirror cue.  It is not really a big deal with this type of workout - just something ...

Ultimate Cardio Core Workout is a step med (sculpting) ball workout that is 60 minutes in length. I like working out with Christi.  Her step combos are fun and intricate enough so that you are not bored but not so intricate that the combos are difficult to pick up. There are 5 step combos with an dance and athletic feel and they all used the ball.   During the combos, Christi gives you advanced options in which she and the two ladies in front show. There are two ladies in back that continue with the standard option. After the step combos with the ball, Christi has you release the ball and continue with the step combos with impact giving you an additional cardio burn. After the Cardio Burn segment, you go in to the Core Conditioning segment which include isolation work for the core.  There is also upper body work in the form up triceps dips and push ups.  This segment uses both the ball and the step. The DVD gives you the following options: Intro Cardio...

Lastics . I am starting this review with a Gripe. This DVD is just like having a VHS. Seriously. As soon as you put it in, it goes straight into an introduction of sorts and then into the workout.  There is no title/menu page. There are no options available for you to select anything - not even the simple "Play/Start" that even the most basic of DVDs come with. If you click the menu button on your remote, it starts the workout over. At the end of the workout, it just stops because there is nothing for it to go back too. Very annoying.  However, the workout is chaptered.  Meaning you can skip to these different segments. Chapter 2 - Common Stretching Mistakes (bent is not stretch) Chapter 3 - Stretch in Motion (Standing - shoulder sockets, breathing technique) Chapter 4 - Get Into Your Body (Floor - feet stretching, quad stretching Chapter 5 - Feel The Rush (Supine, hamstring, ankle and foot stretching Chapter 6 - Body Meets Mind (Sitting, forearm stretching,m...

Kickstart Your Metabolism is approximately a 65 minute workout featuring Chris Freytag as the lead. The workout is inspired by Kickboxing moves which show up throughout the workout. The sections in the workout are: Fat Blast Ab Attack Body Sculpt Bonus: Express Kickstart With the exception of Express Kickstart which clocks in at 8 minutes, the other segments clock in at around the 15 minute mark. The workout does include a warm up and cool down. Fat Blast is your cardio portion of the workout and it features a really simple routine featuring kickboxing moves (bob&weave, jabs, knee thrust, hooks, upper cuts). Very few of the moves are used in combination. Most of the moves are standalone moves that you do on one side and then the next.  I thought this segment very boring. Ab Attack  starts off with standing core.  The first portion continues the cardio with side to side jabs, hooks, squats, and strikes.  A long series of knee pulls and core rotation...

Stretch and Core Conditioning is a 48 minute workout. The DVD menu divides the workout into segments so if you are short on time or just want to concentrate on stretching out a particular part of the body you can do so. The segments are: Core Conditioning ~ 11:11 Lower Body Stretch ~11:10 Upper Body Stretch ~ 12:15 Hip And Buttocks Stretch ~ 14:28 You also have the option of selecting the full workout.  If you select the  Full Workout, the Core Conditioning segment is suppose to be used as your warm up.  I did my own warm up before moving into the full workout.  Core conditioning segment contains a bit of balance and strength work. The lower body stretch segment contain extensive hamstring stretching. The upper body stretch segment concentrated on the neck, upper back, chest and shoulder areas.  Most of the stretches are performed in the supine position and a few are performed in the prone or kneeling position. Hip and buttocks stretch segment fo...

Prevention's 400 Calorie Fix Workout is lead by Julie Marsland.  This is my first time working out with Julie and I thought she did a pretty good job leading the workout. The DVD menu gives you the following options: Introduction Play All (400 Calories - 52 minutes) Interval Workout (200 Calories - 21 minutes) Circuit Workout (200 Calories - 31 minutes) Audio Setup The interval workout alternated 3minute low impact segments with 2 minute high impact segments.  The exercise are the same for both the low and high interval segments. You are just adding impact, usually by hoping, running or jumping the move.  There is a bit of repetitiveness with the workout as what you do on one side your will do on the other and then you repeat it with impact in the high impact segment. The circuit workout alternated cardio with resistance training.  The cardio segments are between 4 and 5 minutes and are mostly low impact in nature. The resistance segments are about 5 min...

Karen Voight;s Full Body Stretch clocks in at around 42 minutes if you do the full workout. The DVD does come with premixes or rather two parts. The parts are: Warm Up Stretch - about 16 minutes Slow Stretch - about 26 minutes Warm up stretch is design to get the body heated and bring circulation into the body. So you had more dynamic moves in this section. Slow Stretch is where you performed more static stretches and you hold the stretches for longer periods.  Now, I did the Full Body Stretch which started with Warm Up Stretch and then moved straight into the Slow Stretch segment and truthfully I did not feel that my body was completely warmed up for some of the stretches.  I think the next time I do this workout I am going to have to start with 5 minutes of jogging before I moved into the workout. Karen does use equipment. Of course there is a mat, but she also adds a yoga block and yoga strap, both of which are used in the Slow Stretch segment. The stret...

August 2014 The breakdown Sunday - Treadmill Monday - Ilaria Bodystrike Tuesday - Zumba Wednesday - Prevention/Christi Taylor Thursday - Pump It Up! Friday - Les Mills Combat Saturday - Stretch