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FitPrime Live G-Force 3 and G-Force 4 . This is a two DVD set. G-Force workouts are rebounder workouts created by Anna Benson of Fitness Favorite, FitPrime and The FIRM fame. In G-Force 4 , Carissa Foster, Tracie Long, Cindy Thorp and Eleanor Washburn takes you through a 53-minute fusion style workout. This workout encompasses a medicine ball, a rebounder, weights, tall steps and includes sculpting, cardio, pilates, and yoga style moves. The ladies trade off; each teaching a particular section of the workout. The workout was filmed as part of the FitPrime-Live Vacation Workshop.  The workout is of an actual class that took place and you can see this in the filming. You don't get to really see the class participants, maybe just their shadows but the instructors do change in and out. There were some equipment problems that the instructors had to work through but for the most part, it did not interrupt the flow of the class.  I thought the workout itself decent.  I woul...

July 2014 For July, I will start off with doing PIYO by Chalene Johnson. Then I will add workouts from Cathe's Xtrain and 2013 series. Sprinkled in I have a couple of Anna Benson Live workouts and Figure 8 Fitness featuring Jaana Kunitz. CRT 2014 is Cathe's Road Trip.

Volume 12 in the original FitPrime series of workouts is Just Right Flex Posture. It is an 40 minute workout and it features Anna Benson as the lead. Pilates and Yoga are the principle disciplines used to give your body a thorough stretch and to work on your flexibility. Many of the exercises use isometric holds. The workout also include balance work. I enjoyed the balance exercises the most. I think of Flex Posture as a good stretch workout for the total body. The workout is chapter and you can select the following chapter points : Salutation Warrior Stick Tree Sit Twist Block Horse Bow + Cat Camel Threads Plank Spider Core Nose to Knee Venus Anna uses the tall step, yoga blocks, yoga pillows and a dowel stick throughout the workout. 3 Stars

Just Right Cardio is Volume 11 of the FitPrime original series of workouts. It stars Anna Benson and it's a little over 30 minutes in length. The sections of the workout are Warm Up Stretch Cardio Floor Work Stretch Cool Down The cardio portion is about 20 minutes and consist of short sequences of mostly walking, marching, tap outs and some squat work. There is one cardio tune where you are doing a lot of knee lifts and I felt it in the hip flexors. So great endurance work for that part of the body. Anna used the arms quite a bit in the cardio sets - overhead press, biceps, press downs, swing arms are some of the variation arm moves. Anna included a lot of breath work and I like that part of the workout. This is a really easy, basic simple workout, not much complexity. The floor work contains push ups, bridge, and core work. There are several glitches in the editing. At least twice in the workout, it appeared that a section came to an end, only to have the workout jump back in ...

Just Right Weights + Cardio +Yoga is lead by Anna Benson. It is Volume 10 in the FitPrime original series of workout and it is about 40 minutes in length. The back of the DVD cover states "The Just Right series is not too hard, but beautifully effective." I agree with that statement. I didn't think this workout hard but I certainly felt I got a good workout. This workout is a Non-Dominant Trainer workout. Not only does this Just Right workout work your non-dominant (weak) side first, Anna also gives you more reps to do on the weak side than she does on the strong side. For instance, you will do a single arm shoulder raise. You might do three reps on the weak side and one rep on the strong side. This is by design. So for those of you who have to do the same amount reps per side, this may not be the workout for you. The cardio is very simple and much of it lacks intensity. There is this bunny hop section that alternates with calf work ( releve ). I found this ...

In 2005 or maybe it was 2004, Anna Benson founder of the FIRM started a new venture called WHFN or Women's Health and Fitness Network. Within this venture she created and produced 12 workouts. The 12 workouts were broken up into two series each containing 6 DVD workouts. The two series are called FitPrime and Kick Butt!. The Kickbutt! workouts were a remake of her Original FitPrime workouts and the FitPrime workouts were made up of new material. Metaboost is Volume 1 in the FitPrime Series. It is a 49 workout that has elements of pilates, cardio, yoga, and weights - with the primary emphasis being weights. I like to call these workouts fusion workouts because of the way the different elements are blended together. These workouts and I have had them since they came out was for the most part the first time I was introduce to pilates and yoga. Since this time I have purchase several pilates workouts. The set - absolutely gorgeous. The visual impact is stunning. The music - ter...