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Cathe Body Weight & Bands clocks in at just over 43 seconds.  This is a dumbbell free  workout.  Instead, this workout uses various resistance tools and your own body weight.  The DVD Menu is as follows: Getting Started Play Chapters Basic Premixes  (total 10) Timesaver Premixes (total 7) Scrambled Premixes (total 6) Bonus (Calorie Crush, 6 Pack ABS #2, Pyramid Pump Triceps, Extended Stretch #2) Audio Settings The resistance tools used are loops, bands, and tubings.  There is a standing segment and a floor segment.  The only body weight exercise are the push ups. One of the exercises, uses both the band and  the loop.  Throughout the workout, Cathe would vary the rep pattern. She also throws a few bonuses at the end of some exercises.  In the past, I have not cared for tubing/band workouts but I thought this one was okay. Other equipment used in this workout include a mat and Cathe was also using lifting gloves. Body Weight & Bands - 3 & 3/4 stars

Miranda Esmonde-White leads two 30-minute Essentrics Aging Backwards Connective Tissue Workouts. Workout 1 is Rebalance Your Connective Tissue . In this workout, Miranda takes your through a series of moves design to lubricate your joints and "connective tissue".  I really did not find the moves to be new.  For me, they were similar if not the same as exercises she does in her previous workouts. The workout is roughly broken up as follows: 3 minute warm up 3:35 Sway + Spine work front and back 5:50 Side Stretch 8:15 Feet 10:15 Plies + deliberate alignment 13:15 Side Rocks (Rib Focus) 16:10 Shoulder Blade Focus + Spine 20:00 Arm Wrist Fingers 23:30 Hips 26:30 Lift a feather + Little Bird 29:15 Touch The Ceiling Miranda still does not cue very well.  She doesn't tell when she is changing sides so you have to keep your eyes on the monitor so you don't miss the switch. Workout 2 is Release and Rebuild Your Fascia .  This workout clocks in at 31:20 a

Jessica Smith's Get Strong! DVD contains two strength inspired workout. Workout one is Stepping Strength and it is 45 minutes long.  This is a muscular endurance workout with high reps. You are performing most exercises for about 16 reps. The exercises are compound in nature and very often you are working both the upper body and lower body or you are doing an upper body move with a stepping move, hence the name of the workout. There is a  bit of a pattern to the workout and a lot of single arm work. After performing the single arm work, you perform a similar style move with both arms. Jessica throws in cardio intervals that are 45 seconds in length. The set is nice and bright and the music is decent. Two sets of dumbbells (light and heavy) are used. The warm up is around 5 minutes and the cool down is under 3 minutes.  Debbie and Beth join Jessica in this workout. Workout 2 is Strictly Strength and it clocks in just over 40 minutes.  Jessica divides this workout into