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The FIRM ZipTrainer Cycle 2 Peak! - Review Continues

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The third workout on the ZipTrainer Cycle 2 Peak! disc is AMP Reps 2 .  Recall that AMP stands for A s M any P ossible reps.  AMP Reps 2 is lead by Annie.  Kelsie and Stephanie are the background exercisers.  Stephanie is on beginner modification detail. If you add the warm up and cool down, you will get Emily for those sections as this workout uses the warm up and cool down from the AMP Reps 1 workout. If you choose the Customize Your Workout options, you can choose any of the Cycle 1 warm ups and Cycle 1 cool downs.  I just think considering these workout are so short (15 minutes for all the main workouts) the Peak workouts should have been given their own warm up and cool down.  If you want to do just the Peak workouts as a single workout on their own, it comes across as very disjointed with abrupt switches, especially leading out of the main workout and into the cool down. Because you will get Alison, Kelsie and Annie introducing their workouts in...

The FIRM Zip Trainer - Review

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The FIRM Zip Trainer Workout System ZipTrainer by The FIRM is the The FIRM's newest workout system. The system comes with 7 short workouts, a Fitness Guide, a Nutrition Guide, an over sized large medicine ball (the Zip Trainer) and a smaller core sculpting ball that is 3lbs.  All of these items come in the basic set. There are two pictures above that show the ZipTrainer unzipped.  The domes or pink side is the position you will use to perform all of your exercises when the ZipTrainer is in the up-zipped position. In the workouts, the cast always has a mat underneath the Domes when it is in this position.  My workout surface is hardwood flooring.   At first I did not have a mat underneath the domes and I found that the domes were slipping all over the place.  In the fitness guide, workout tip number two suggest "adding an exercise mat for more traction".  I think they should have included a mini mat if this were the case.  Althoug...