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10 Minute Solution Pilates Perfect Body - Thoughts

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10 Minute Solution Pilates Perfect Body is lead by Suzanne Bowen. The five 10-minute workouts are: Pilates Perfect Belly Pilates Perfect Buns & Thighs Pilates Perfect Arms Pilates Perfect Silhouette Pilates Perfect Stretch Pilates Perfect Belly is your ab/core workout.  Suzanne starts this series with breath work.  This is followed by c-curve, pilates 100, upper crunch, rock crunch, criss cross, cork screw series, crossing stretch series, plank drop up dog, and grass hopper. Pilates Perfect Buns a nd Thighs was my favorite workout on the DVD.  The exercises:  side series (up down leg lift, posse, three point, crab legs leg lift,  hamstring, circles, inner thigh series) bridge series (single leg lift, static leg lift, pulse up) and kneeling hip circles. Pilates Perfect Arms uses a set of light weights.  The exercises here are shoulder shrugs, arms lifts, side circle arms, hug the tree, scissors, front raise, triceps into front raise, and back circle series,  In th

10 Minute Solution Slim & Sculpt Pilates

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10 Minute Solution Slim & Sculpt Pilates is lead by Suzanne Bowen.  This workout utilizes a resistance band in all the segment and each segment actually clocks in under that 10-minute mark. The workouts are: Lower Body Pilates Upper Body Pilates Pilates for Abs Total Body Pilates Pilates for Flexibility Lower Body Pilates started off with some hamstring stretching and then move into the following exercises typically alternating lead legs:  single leg work, frog, side leg lift, 3-point lift, inner thigh, donkey kick, reverse plank leg lift and bridge pulse. Upper Body Pilates   workout packed in a lot in 10 -minutes. You perform the following moves:  shoulder circles, zip ups, bug, boxing, bicep curl and hold, straight arm back lift, lat raise, circle front and back, draw the sword. paint under the stairs, bicep press up, chest press, and beach ball press. Exercises in Pilates for Abs include Pilates 100, roll down, oblique roll down twist, roll like a ball, hip lif

Jillian Michaels 10 Minute Body Transformation 2nd Edition

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10 Minute Body Transformation 2nd Edition by Jillian Michaels is very similar in concept to Jillian's first 10-minute workout DVD. The DVD Menu : Workouts Workout Recommendation Set Up More From Jillian You will find the workouts on this DVD listed under workouts and they are: Warm Up HIIT/Plyo Hard Core Animal Style Lift Yoga: Stretch & Strengthen Cool Down The warm up and cool down are around 2 and 1/2 minutes each.  Each of the workouts clocks in at just under 11 minutes. In HiiT/Plyo you are doing 20 seconds of work and 10 seconds of recovery. The moves are Squat Jack, Rock Star Burpee, Long Jump Hop Back, Sumo Scissor Hops, Star Jumps, Jumping Lunges, Knee Touch Jumps, 180 Touch Down, Side to Side Jumps and Skater Hurdles.  You repeat all exercises for a second set. Hard Core is an ab focus and core workout.  There are 9 exercises:  (1) lunge psoas stretch, (2) standing crunch/cross crunch, (3) boat sprawls, (4) V ups, (5) plank taps, (6) oblique le

Jillian Michaels 10 Minute Body Transformation

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Jillian Michaels 10-Minute Body Transformation workout contains five 10-minute routines plus it include a 2 & 1/2 minute warm up and cool down. The five workouts are : Calisthenics Kickbox Blast Booty Boot Camp Pilates Power Cardio Burn Calisthenics is a body weight workout that actually clocks in at around 11:30.  Jillian does 9 exercises for approximately 30-seconds.  She repeats the exercises for a second set. The exercises are Lunge Lunge Squat Ninja Jumps Blast-off Push ups Supermans Rolling Bear Front Kick Shooters Plyometric Thrusters Dips Wheel Press Up Kickbox Blas t is a kickboxing and mix-martial arts inspired workout. In this workout, Jillian takes you through several kicking and punching combinations. You do each combination for 30 seconds. After doing each combination once, you repeat the whole series for a second set.  Jillian does not change lead sides during the second set. Booty Boot Camp clocks in at just over  11 minutes. You are u