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Perfect Design Series Level 3 is a 51 minute workout that uses a chair for the butt/leg segment of the workout. Following the warm up, Tracy takes you through an intense glute/leg workout were you are doing multi-component exercises for a high number of repetitions.  In many cases, you are working through several planes and a range of motion as you extend, bend and sweep through the various exercise. During the warm up segment you are simply following along. The cuing instruction for the leg/glutes exercise is very precise and detailed. This segment is about 35 minutes of the workout.. Tracy starts out cuing the mat ab exercises but this turns into a follow along segment. This segment is roughly 5 minutes.  As usual in the Perfect Design Series, there is no cuing of the moves in the standing ab/arms segment although Tracy does give you instruction on the "intent of a move" as she goes through this segment which is roughly about 5 minutes. There is a very brief cool down

FitTower Advanced Boot Camp is a 49 minute workout. This workout follows a similar pattern in Cathe's other boot camp style workouts in that you work in rounds. Each round includes four to five exercises with a particular emphasis.  In this boot camp workout, the exercise groups are: power cardio cardio legs targeted muscle group 2nd and/or 3rd exercise targeting a  muscle group There are a total of six rounds plus the warm up and cool down. You are typically running through several sets and many reps of the particular exercise as you change leads and work around the FitTower barre. Depending on the exercise, Cathe will have you raise or lower the exercise barre. Along with the FitTower, Cathe also use a stretch band, a band loop, and a mat.  Cathe shows you modifications throughout the workout for certain exercise.  Of the three new FitTower Advanced workouts, this is the only workout I thought truly advanced but I think that is because this is the workout that really

The second disc in Tracy Anderson Perfect Design Series is Level 2. Level 2 clocks in at just over 47 minutes.  In addition to a mat, this workout also uses a chair.  After a brief warm up, Tracy takes you into the glute segment in which you do a series of moves on the left lead (our left, Tracy does not mirror cue) and then you repeat the series again with the right lead.  Expect lots of reps per exercise. The next segment is the mat abdominal segment and Tracy moves through these exercises pretty quickly. The reps are significantly less than the glute segment and the transition between the exercises is very fast  Tracie does use the chair in the mat ab segment - mostly as something to work around. Next up is the standing ab and arm segment and like Level 1, Level 2 is free from. Tracy states during this segment that we "should get in tune with her cuing". The problem is that she does not cue this segment. You are just following along as best you can because it moves at

FitTower Advanced Legs, Glutes, & Core is a 47 minute workout that uses the FitTower, a mat, a stretch band and an optional loop band.  After the warm up, Cathe takes you through a series of high rep pulse leg and glute exercises.  Cathe does vary the rep pattern and on some exercises you are working on the ball of you feet.  Cathe does switch sides after each exercise group.  The Leg & Glutes segment is mostly standing. The last two exercises are performed from the floor. The Core segment is performed mostly from the supine and seated positions.  Cathe uses the FitTower as  a prop or reference point as she is working over and under the barre on some moves. The workout conclude with a seven minute FitTower stretch.   Legs, Glute, & Core DVD menu: Introduction Play Chapters Basic Premixes (There is 1) Timesaver Premixes (There are 3) Mish Mosh Premixes (There are 4) Bonus Abs Audio Setting 3 & 1/2 stars FitTower Unit is a barre like device that can

Tracy Anderson  Perfect Design Series Level 1 clocks in just under 50 minutes.  This workout uses a mat.  The soundtrack is excellent and the set is pretty cool too.  It looks like a studio loft, filmed at night with the city in the background. The DVD Menu: Play All Warm Up Exercises Interview with Tracy Audio Settings Voiceover & Music On Music Off Voiceover Off The workout. The workout is divided into the following segments: warm up, legs/glutes, abs, follow along, hips/legs, arm stretches, and cool down. I have broken down the leg/glutes/hip and ab exercises on a worksheet. Please see attached list. The follow along segment included standing abs, arms, freestyle, & balance work.  I thought that this part of the workout was a mess.  Essentially Tracy stopped cuing.  Although, she is still talking during this segment.  However, she is not cuing what she is doing. Truthfully, this part of the workout moved too fast for you to follow along.  When Tracy does cue

FitTower Advanced Total Body is a 50 minute workout that consist of seven rounds.  The rounds are divided by muscle group.  There are two rounds dedicated to legs and then a round for each upper body part.  You are doing approximately 2-sets of 16 reps per exercise. In the second set, Cathe typical varies the rep pattern. Along with the FitTower you are also using a bench but that is just for the first two rounds.  After doing chest, Cathe has you clear the step out of the way. There is a lot of adjustment of the bar going on.  Depending on the exercise , Cathe will tell you to move the FitTower bar up or down and she tells you what number she is putting it on.  My problem was that I have an old FitTower and the numbers do not match up. This workout moves fairly quickly and has a great sound track. Other equipment used included a band, dumbbells and a barbell. The DVD Menu: Introduction Play Chapters Basic Premixes - There is one premix Timesaver Premixes - (There are five Timesaver

July 2017 Monthly Rotation. The first week of July I am going to treat as an Active Recovery. Then I am going to embark on a 21 day rotation. The rotation is : Sunday - 4 Miles Treadmill + Stretch Monday - Cathe FitTower Workouts Tuesday - Guillermo Gomez Kickboxing Cardio Wednesday - Tracy Anderson Design Series Thursday - Chalene Johnson Turbo Fire Friday - More Cathe Workouts Saturday - Rest Day