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Jessica Smith Total Stretch - Thoughts

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Jessica Smith's Total Stretch DVD contains three stretch workouts. Deep Stretch clocks in at 30 minutes. It is a slow moving stretch that starts from the top of the body (head and neck) and ends with stretches for the bottom of the body (feet).  The workout starts standing and ends seated. Almost every part of the body is hit during this stretch workout.  Please see attached spreadsheet for the sequence of stretches. Dynamic Stretch is 33 minutes in length.  This workout uses range of motion exercises to increase flexibility and to work on coordination and balance. This is not really a flowing workout, but a workout where you are dynamically moving in and out of an exercise for a few reps. It is about moving in a slow methodical way for several reps with the hopes of improving the elasticity of the body part you are working. I liked this workout.  It was my favorite of the three sessions. Total Stretch clocks in at 17 minutes. It is similar to Deep Stretch (really just a

Jessica Smith Feel Good Fusion - Thoughts

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Jessica Smith's Feel Good Fusion is a combination of cardio, strength, Pilates, barre and yoga fitness styles.  This DVD contains two workouts. The first workout is Fusion Strength and it is 47 minutes in length. Fusion Strength is a high rep workout that uses a light set of dumbbells. Jessica states the goal is to build strength without force.  Most of the moves in this workout requires big movements - reaching movements that aid in building endurance. For most of the workout it seems as if  you were doing some type or form of a squat whether single leg or double leg.  After the weight work, Jessica takes you through a standing abs, balance and coordination segment. The workout concludes with a stretch. The second workout is Flow Cardio . This workout clocks in at 35 minutes and does not use weights.  Flow Cardio is a lower intensity steady state cardio workout. Jessica uses big range-of-motion leg-based movement in this workout. The moves flow from one to another. Jessica