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BarreAmped Fire Extreme Sculp t is Suzanne's super-advanced barre workout and I think it is number 4 in the series. DVD Menu Play All Intro Total Body Sculpt - 28 min Thigh & Seat - 17 min Abs Blast - 13 min Sleek & Tone Shoulders - 11 min Relaxation Stretch - 12 Minutes In Total Body Sculpt , Suzanne hits all the areas, You start off with arm work using weights. Suzanne then moves into focus thigh work and this is followed by seat work and a lunge series. The workout concludes with Mat work to include a core section. Thigh & Seat workout targets the legs and glutes.  This was a super challenging segment. Shake to change is right as I was definitely shaking. The segment starts standing and moves with wide second and high V series.  Next, you move to the floor for knee dancing and this is followed by a pretzel series.   Ab Blast starts with a standing warm-up before going to the floor for some intense upper ab work. This is followed by intense lower ab work before fli

Round 10 Maintenance Round Mid-way Update I am well into Round 10, past the half way point.  Today is day 49 of Round 10.  Overall, I am on week 103 day 718. As a recap, round 10 goes from April 3 to July 2. The goal for this round is to maintain weight and to add a bit of muscle. My maintenance goal weight is 144.2.  My maintenance range is 143 to 147.  Back in April, I went over 147 when I was on vacation but that came back down after about of week of being back on my routine.   My 49 day average is 144.9. As far as adding muscle, I see slight changes, a little more definition than I saw before.  Mostly in the arms.  For the most part, I think maintenance is going well.

Piloxing is a 60-minute workout lead by Viveca Jensen.  It is  primarily a combination of Pilates exercises and boxing moves, but Viveca includes ballet and dance movement as well. The workout is set to up tempo music and many of the moves are performed quite fast. When Viveca introduces a segment, she will teach it at a slower tempo and then after about the 4 reps, the moves are performed at tempo or double time. You have rounds of boxing, followed by Pilates.  Dance breaks are dispersed throughout and the dance is typically used as an active recovery. Boxing is your power segments and it includes moves such as  speed bags,  jabs, crosses, crossjacks, shuffle jacks, football runs,  hooks and uppercuts. Pilates and barre exercises include plies, arm pumps, leg lifts, tendu, leg taps, and knee pose. The workout concludes with a floor segment where you are working the glutes, chest, and the abs.  This is followed by an ending stretch. Expect lots of repetition,  and you are also using y

May 2022 Monthly Rotation Sunday - Treadmill 4 miles Monday - Tracie Long Grand Total Signature Series Tuesday - Core Rhythms Wednesday - Barre Amped Thursday - Piloxing Friday - Piloxing or BarreAmped Toning Workout Saturday - Rest Day/Swim Day First Saturday, I will be participating in a 5K race. The other Saturdays, I am going to try to go swimming. The BarreAmped workouts are super long. I will be splitting them up and doing parts on Wednesday and parts on Friday. There are two workouts that I have not reviewed. They are the Original Piloxing workout and BarreAmped Fire Extreme Sculpt. Those reviews will be coming up. I will also do a Round 10 mid-way update at the six week mark.