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Disc 5 of Jessica Smith 8 Week Program is F usion Mix  The workouts on this DVD are: Barefoot Cardio Core Tone + Flow Pilates + Yoga Barefoot Cardio Core is a fast pace high rep workout. The workout use a play ball and is basically a drill based workout done with flowing and expansive movements. The warm up is approximately 5 minutes and after the warm up the tempo picks ups.  Side to side toe taps is your transition move.  Other moves include 180 degree sweeps, chops, curtsy, lunges, hamstring curl, figure 8s, grand plies, skaters, and side leg lift with side crunches. Tone + Flow is essentially divided into three segments.  There is a flowing warm up and body weight toning segment, there is a toning segment that uses a pair of dumbbells ( starts when the timer is around 23:50 mark) and there is a standing abs and core segment (starts when the time is around 9:30 mark).  There is a cool down that is around 2 minutes.  Jessica calls this a sneaky workout and I have to agree.

Disc 1 Foundation & Flexibility can either be your active recovery workouts or your rejuvenation workouts.  The workouts are slow moving allowing you time to focus on the movement and develop a mind body connection. The workouts are: Foundations Deep Stretch Yoga Strength & Stretch Foundations is a slow moving "introduction to the exercises" type of workout. Jessica goes over her most commonly used exercises that she uses across all the workouts  Jessica gives the cast members  form pointers.  Equipment used include a mat, chair, and towel. Deep Stretch has an outdoor setting.  A mat, towel, and pillow are used in this workout.  Jessica and cast take your through various standing and floor based stretches. Each of the stretches are held for several counts.  So you have some time to really get into the stretch.  This is  a total body stretch.  Cast members show different ways in which the stretch can be achieved. Yoga Strength & Stretch also has an out

Disc 6 is 15-Minute Mix in Jessica Smith's 8-Week Home Fitness Program.  This DVD contains five 15-minute workouts.  The workouts: 1-Mile of Motivation Total Body Training Streamline Sculpt Add on Abs Total Stretch In 1 -Mile of Motivation, Jessica takes you through a quick one mile walk.  Jessica includes various patterns and she gives you the option to jog if you want. In Total Body Training, you are doing three mini circuits that include compound exercises - includes standing and floor work.  This workout uses a light and heavy dumbbells. Streamline Sculpt is a total body workout that emphasizes the core.  There is a two minute warm up.  Then Jessica takes you through three circuits.  This workout includes standing and floor work. Ending cool down/stretch in only around  11 seconds. Add on Abs is your core workout.  This workout only uses a mat.  There is a brief warm up. Core work includes standing and floor based work.  The standing portion includes balance

Strength is Disc 4 of Jessica Smith 8 Week Program.  The workouts are: Total Body Upper Body  Lower Body Each workout clocks in at 30 minutes. Total Body features around a 4 minute warm up.  Following the warm up, there are four circuits.  The first three circuits you repeat twice through.  The last circuit is floor work. The cool down is around 2 and 1/2 minutes. Upper Body workout contains standing and floor work. In fact, part of the warm up is floor based.  Like most of Jessica's workout, this workout is performed in a circuit format and you are repeating most circuits twice through.  Jessica uses a mix tempo, depending on the exercise you will either perform the move as a single or half count move.  The Lower Body workout uses an optional step.  Jessica performs the exercises in a circuit.  She will do 3 to 4 exercises and then repeat those exercises before moving on to the next group.  Jessica include active rest in the form of body weight exercises after each

Disc 2 of Jessica Smith's Walk Strong 3 8-Week Program is Cardio Cross Train. This DVD has three workouts. Cardio Step Jam Boogie I.T. Cardio Hit! Cardio Step Jam uses a mini/high step.  This is optional.  This workout is essentially a steady state workout. If you use the step, that will increase the intensity.  Jessica takes you through various patterns up, over and around the step.  The moves are a cross between dance and athletic. The choreography is simple and very easy to follow.  There is some single leg work and a little bit of plyo work. Boogie I.T.(Interval Training) is your higher intensity workout and contains many level changes throughout the workout.  You are walking and/or jogging in parts of the workout  There are coordination style drills and there is a mixture of athletic and dance style moves.  There are intervals where you take  it up a notch. The intervals are: Knee to Elbow Hops Skater Skiers 180 degree turning step sweeps No equipment requir

Disc 3 Sculpt of Jessica Smith's contains three 30-minute workouts:  Metabolic Conditioning, Cardio Interval Sculpt, and Barre Sculpt.  These workouts are mostly focused on sculpting but there is a cardio factor to each workout. Metabolic Conditioning uses a mini-step (also called a high step), two to three set of dumbbells, a mat and a towel.  The step is optional.  In this workout, Jessica introduces each move slowly and then picks up the pace for the latter reps. The ending stretch is just over 2 minutes. Cardio Interval Sculpt uses a mat and dumbbells.  This workout contains 30-second cardio intervals.  Typically you are doing three compound or multi-joint exercises followed by a cardio interval.  The ending stretch in this workout is around one minute and thirty-five seconds. Barre Sculpt uses a chair, mat, and a set of dumbbells and an optional ball.  This workout is also performed barefoot.  There are several distinct segments in this workout.  There is the ba

Walk Strong 3 is Jessica Smith's newest iteration of the Walk Strong Program. WS3 is an 8-week program that comes on six DVDs.  The  six DVDs contains 20 workouts and a two-sided workout calendar.  Of the 20 workouts, 15 are 30 minutes in length and 5 are 15 minutes in length.  Each workout features a countdown timer and most workouts have a beginner and advance modifier.  The workout calendar shows information on "How to use the Program".  It also shows an 8 week rotation for using the system. There is also an Introduction: Welcome to the Program! on disc 1 that has more information on how to use the system. Each disc has a particular focus. Disc 1 - Foundations & Flexibility Disc 2 - Cardio Cross Train Disc 3 - Sculpt Disc 4 - Strength Disc 5 - Fusion Mix Disc 6 - 15-Minute Mix I will review the workouts in separate blog posts.