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Power Sculpt 2 is the 2nd sculpting workout in the Piloxing system. This workout too is a short one clocking in a little bit longer than the 1st power sculpt workout. Viveca leads two other cast mates and us at home in working the butt, thighs, and abs. The cast is working out on a circular raised platform.  Like the first power sculpt workout, this one does not have a warm up nor does it have a cool down. You are pretty much working in the same positions but you are doing somewhat different exercises than those performed in the first workout. So there is a table top segment, a bridge segment, lying side segment and abs segment. Expect lots of pulses, high energy music and very little rest. Another good one and another one that would be great as an add on if you wanted some extra lower body and ab focus work. 3 & 3/4 stars

Figure 30 Butt Volume 2 is a 30 minutes workout that focuses on the rear end. The DVD has the following chapter points: Warm up - 5 minutes Weighted Butt & Balance - 10 minutes Table & Bridge - 10 minutes Stretch - 5 minutes With this series, I think Tracie was really trying to change up the "warm up".  In both her Figure 30 workouts, I found the warm ups to be the most intricate parts of the entire workout. And I really can't say I felt warmed up. The weighted Butt & Balance section used one dumbbell for the first group of exercises - which were single leg squats and single leg dead lifts and two dumbbell were used for the sumo squats and dead lifts. There is a bit of power thrown in the the form of single leg track jumps. The Table and Bridge segments use ankle weights in the table exercises and your own body weight  is used for bridge workout.  This segment also includes superman butt lifts.  Tracie stretches you throughout the w...