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Trampoline Cardio clocks in at 59:07. Along with Simone, there are four other cast members. The workout starts with a floor warm-up. It is the same warm-up sequence that has been in all of her workouts. Workout Breakdown: Floor warm up Freestyle on the trampoline - to warm up the feet Dance Cardio 1 - 16 Candles Dance Cardio 2 - Hurl Upper Body using toning band wrist weights Dance Cardio 3 - Rave continue to use toning band Mega Mix - Join dances 1, 2, & 3 Lower Body Strength and Stability Planks Abs Sprints and Jumps Stretch The set is a warehouse, not the same as the other workouts. This warehouse is a bit dingy.  The casts are outfitted all in white I thought that was a pretty cool look. Great soundtrack. Many of the dance routines in the workout also appear in Simone's traditional dance workout as does some of the music selections. This is a high energy fast past workout and again you are basically following along. Although as stated, some of the mater

Simone's Hip, Thighs, and Buns workout is a 55-minute lower body focused workout. The workout breakdown : (59:50) Warm up Cardio 1 Standing Leg Sequence Standing Stability using the bbs Band Cardio 2 - The towel Epic leg series - floor based side 1 (optional bbs Band) Epic leg series - floor based side 2 (optional bbs Band) Band Cardio Plank series - use bbs Band Abs - use the towel Cool down Equipment list includes bbs band (this comes with the DVD), towel, mat, This workout was very challenging, especially the epic leg series.  Expect lots of reps as you are working each side for about 10-minutes during that series.  A couple of the cast members do show modifications for some exercises. The choreography in the cardio segments is really basic so you are able to just follow along.  In the toning segments, Simone does do a good job telling you what is coming next. The set in this workout is the industrial looking warehouse with the huge windows. The soundtrack

Dance Cardio is a new DVD workout by Simone De La Rue of Body By Simone. Dance Cardio is a 55-minute workout. The basic break down of this workout is: Warm up Freestyle section to warm up your feet Dance Cardio 1 - 16 Candles Dance Cardio 2 - Airplane Interlude - Stability and Balance Dance Cardio 3 - Stomp Dance Cardio 4 - Bootie Bounce Mega Mix Arms Abs Stretch During the dance segments, there is minimum cueing. Most of the cuing consist of her telling us "one more time" and "from the top". You are watching and following along with Simone and the cast.  The choreography is not that hard and she repeats the moves quite a few times so I found the moves fairly easy to pick up.  Some moves she does demonstrate at half speed before doing the sequence at full tempo. There appear to be two sets used in the workout. For the dance routines, you are dancing in an industrial warehouse looking space with huge windows and the other set is just a white backgr

Simone's De La Rue The Signature Classes workout DVD contains two 55 minute workouts. DVD Menu offers the following options: Workout 1 - Full Body Workout 2 - Dance Cardio Workout 1 Full Body contains the following segments (57:25) 1.  Warm up - about 3 minutes 2.  Dance Cardio Routine 1- about 3 minutes 3.  Upper Body 1 - uses a pair of 3 to 5 lbs dumbbells, ~ 5 minutes 4.  Upper Body 2 - this is floor based, pushups, dips, ~ 5 minutes 5.  Dance Cardio Routine 2 - about 3 minutes 6.  Lower Body  - table top, donkey kicks, leg lifts, hamstring pulses. -lying side outer hip, shootouts,  about 20 minutes 7.  Dance Cardio Routine 3 -  about 3 minutes 8.  Core work 1 - plank work - about 5 minutes 9.  Core work 2 - situps, lower leg lifts - about 3 minutes 10.  Cool down - stretch, about 4 minutes Workout 2 Dance Cardio contains the following segments  (52:47) 1.  Warm up - about 3 minutes 2.  Cardio 1- an extension of the warm-up About 3 minutes 3.  Dance 1

The Fix Challenge is a bodyweight only workout that clocks in at 28:54. There's a lot of up and down movement where you are standing and going down to the floor. This is a layered workout.  There are a total of 13 exercises and when performed, each exercise is executed four times. For example, Autumn teaches the first move, you do it for 4 reps.  She introduces the second move, you do that for 4 reps and then before adding the third move, you go back to the top and repeat the first and second moves for 4 reps each. Then, we learn the third exercise which you do for four reps and then start at the top again repeating the pattern. This workout builds upon itself.  There are no breaks. However,  I did feel the pace of the workout slow down a bit - probably after we incorporated the 10th exercise which would have been the lunge jumps. You are well into the workout at this point and I could appreciate her moving through the exercises a bit slower.  At the 6:54 mark you have learne

21 Day Fix Extreme Ultimate workouts DVD contains two workouts.  Both workouts have the same warm up which is the same warm up used in many of the base workouts. This DVD is an add-on and not part of the base system. The first workout is Power Strength Extreme.  This workout clocks in at 31:18 and no equipment is required.  In Power Strength Extreme there are 10 bodyweight exercises performed back to back.  You do each exercise for about a minute and the rest varies.  After you do all 10 exercises, you go back to the top and repeat for a second round. The warm-up is 1:34 in time, the cooldown is 2:44 in time. There are some jumping and explosive movements. Some exercises are floor based. The second workout is ABC Extreme .  ABC Extreme is an abs (core) and butt (legs) workout. This workout does use two sets of dumbbells.  There are 11 exercises performed for about a minute.  After you do all 11 exercises, you circle back to the top and repeat for a second set. The workout con

21 Day Fix Extreme disc 2 contains the following workouts: Cardio Fix Extreme Dirty 30 Extreme Yoga Fix Extreme 10 Min Hardcore Cardio Fix Extreme clocks in at 31:17.  There are four rounds and three exercises per round. Each exercise is performed for about a minute and the rest range from 8 to 18 seconds.  Weights are used for some of the exercises but that is mostly done to increase the intensity of the exercise. There is quite a bit of high impact in this workout. The warm-up is around 90 seconds and the cooldown is around 2 minutes. Dirty 30 Extreme is a compound based total body weight workout. In this workout,  you perform two to three exercise per round for two sets.  There are three rounds plus a bonus round. Each exercise is performed for a minute with a 10-second break. The cooldown is just under two minutes and workout has a running time of 31:33. In Yoga Extreme, Autumn takes you through a series of advanced postures and flowing sequences.   After a s

21 Day Fix Extreme Disc 1. This DVD contains five Fix Extreme workouts. The workouts on disc 1 are: Plyo Fix Extreme Upper Fix Extreme Pilates Fix Extreme Lower Fix Extreme 10 Min Hardcore This is a review of the first four workouts.  Most of the workouts feature the same warm-up moves.  The warm is roughly around a minute and a half.  This is Beach Body, so the countdown clock and subtitles are present in each of the workouts.  Autumn talks to the camera offering tips and motivation.  There is a beginner modifier in each of the workouts.  Plyo Fix Extreme clocks in at just over 30 minutes. In this workout, Autumn takes you through 5 rounds that are repeated twice. There are two exercises in each round.  Each exercise is performed for  30 seconds and then Autumn gives you a 30-second break.  During the rest, Autumn demonstrates the next move.  The last exercise is performed for a minute.  The cooldown is just over two minutes. It is a plyo workout, so expect jumping

21 Day Fix Extreme is the sequel to Autumn Calabrese 21 Day Fix workout system.  The base package features 8 workouts on two DVDs. Each workout is around the 30-minute mark. The program includes a Start Here guide, Countdown to Competition guide, 86-page eating guide, portion control container set, and a shakegology shaker cup. The Start Here Guide is an 8-page pamphlet and includes a rotation calendar, workout breakdown, and transformation tracker. The Competition to Countdown pamphlet contains a calendar rotation eating plan, Autumn's personal eating plan, and tally sheets. The Eating Plan features breakfast, lunch and dinner recipes. and information on the containers and various food groups. I will review the workouts in a separate post.

Welcome to May!!! Workouts for the month of May include: Autumn Calabrese 21 Day Fix Extreme More Yoga Retreat workouts Body By Simone Mari Winsor Shape Pilates Jessica Smith Walk On 21 Day Program