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The FIRM Cardo Overdrive is a workout that is included as part of The FIRM's CardioWeight System. Yes. I have had this workout forever and probably have done it 1/2 a dozen or so times but when I search my blog, I could not find that I reviewed it. So here it goes. This workout is led by Alison Davis. Alison is one of my favorite FIRM Instructors. The workout is made up of roughly 5-minute segments.  Most of the segments are cardio base. In two of the segments, you use light weights for some targeted toning. These were my least favorite segments.   Along with Alison, there are four other cast members. One of the cast members does show beginner modifications. The workout clocks in at 47 minutes and the workout is chaptered. You can skip ahead or back while in the workout. Overall, I thought the music was pretty good. DVD Menu Workout  Express Workout FIRM Moves The FIRM Believer's Club Language Selection Express workout is a 25 minute workout and it is made up of seg...

Cardio Strength Remix is approximately 59 minutes long.  The workout contains five ten minutes blocks and each block consist of two rounds.  The two rounds are a repeat of each other with the only difference being the lead leg/arm/side you start with. Within each round, except for block one, there are four stages: Base camp - used for recovery Ascent - In Cardio Strength workouts, this is your weight segment Climb - Cardio Peak - High Intensity Training Drills,  usually some type of high impact jumping exercise.  There is a modifier that shows a less intense and/or low impact alternative. The DVD Menu : Introduction Movement Review Warm Up/Block One Block Two Block Three Block Four Block Five Cool Down/Stretch More on the Stages: Base camp is relatively short.  There is enough time for you to get a drink a water and maybe towel off.  Michelle starts the next group of exercises prior to base camp concluding. Although, she tells you if y...

 30 Minutes To Fitness Plateau Buster is a weight plus cardio workout. The DVD contains two workouts.  Workout 1 is 28 minutes and workout 2 is 25 minutes.  Both workouts share the same warm up. The main part of the workout contains back to back compound sculpting moves followed by a cardio break segment.  The cardio contains power moves that are explosive burst followed by drill base intensity moves.  For instance, Kelly will start by doing a series of Squat Straddle Jumps (the power moves) followed by high reps of jumping jacks. All the compounding sculpting moves works both the upper and lower body simultaneously.  Kelly runs through a series of moves and then she goes back and repeats all the sets.  So you are doing things two times through.  Also you are doing each exercise for 12 reps. There is a beginner modifier. Also on the DVD is a 9 minute stretch. And 8 premixes that range in time from 21 minutes to 45 minutes. Both workou...

Jari's Love Get Extremely Ripped! Body Rock is about 72 minutes in length and it contains the following sections: Introductions Complete Workout High/Low Workout Dance Workout Weight & Abs Ripped Tips If you do the complete workout, there is a warm up, followed by the aerobics sections where you alternate dance with high/low aerobics. Then comes the Weights and Abs section followed by a cool down. Jari leads the warm up by herself. The aerobics sections features three minute dance sections and two minute high/low sections. The dance and high/low sections each have their own cast. Aerobic segments Salsa - Dance Alternating Knee and Heel - High/low Latin - Dance Jacks - High/low Jazz - Dance Guitar Knee - High/low Disco - Dance Heel Kicks - High/low Funky -Dance Knees up - High/low Hip Hop - Dance Heel up - Cool down for the Aerobic Sections Weights & Abs - This section features lots of reps using light weight. Squats & Hamstrings (Dead lifts) Chest & Triceps Ba...

Originally a part of the The FIRM CardioWeight System, Hi-Def Sculpt is currently sold as a standalone workout. It features Annie Lee as the lead and it is about 45 minutes in length. When this workout first came out, it was not a favorite of mine. I still wouldn't call it a favorite, but I appreciate the workout much more than the first one and half times I did the workout. I would add it into a rotation and then take it out when I remember I didn't like it. With weight workouts you can generally increase the weights to make the workout harder or easier. This workout, however, really has the elements of a beginner's workouts. First Annie and the cast members (there are four) are using only light and medium weights. Light being 3lbs and medium being 5 lbs. I went much heavier than this depending on the exercise. This workout is part of the system that came with the Pink Adjustable Cardio Weights. I have only used the weights a couple of times because they are cumber...

This week I decided to do Cathe 4 Day Split Cardio & Weights series as it was designed. I rarely used this workout in that form mostly because I don't like working out in "parts". However, this workout is design to be a heavy lifting workout and so therefore "parts" is the way to go. Tuesday's Workout - Higher Intensity Step plus heavy weights Back and Chest - 59 Wednesday's Workout - Lower Intensity Step plus heavy weights Shoulders, Calves, & Core - 66 Thursday's Workout - Boot Camp plus heavy weights Biceps & Triceps - 62 Friday's Workout - Kick box plus heavy weights Leg & Core - 71 Each workout is broken up into two parts. The first part is cardio and the second part is weights or sculpting/toning work. I really love the cardio in all 4 videos. The step combinations used in both videos are fun to do. Out of the two step workouts, Higher Intensity Step is my favorite. I think that is because I like the blast portion ...