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Power Up is Volume 3 in Tracie Long's Focus Series. The focus here is suppose to be "Intense Metabolic Boost". Okay. Sure. This is my second time doing Power Up and it is probably my favorite of the 4 Focus workouts. Chapter 1 - first segment - Brutal. You are doing power lunges off the step. Tracie varies the tempo by adding pulses and knee lifts. One of the features in this workout is that Tracie builds in lots of Active Recovery which after doing the lunges off the step, I needed. The active recovery move that Tracie used was alternating quad stretches. She also did a series of tempo marches. The rest of the workout went like this: 1. speed skaters 2. followed by more alternating quad stretches, 3. jog on the step with the right lead was next, 4. alternating quad stretches, 5. jogging on the step with the left lead, 6. alternating quad stretches. 7. series of squat jumps 8. an ending stretch that ended the segment. Chapter 2 did not use the step and st...

Kick Back features 3 relatively self contained 10 minute chapter segments. You can do each chapter on its own or you can any two or all three. The exercises included in workout are Kickboxing inspired moves. In each of the chapters, Tracie works with the tempo to either focus on form (at a slower tempo) or focus on intensity (at a faster tempo). Chapter 1 uses light and medium dumbbells to work the upper and lower body. Using the dumbbells, you do a series of jabs, hooks, upper cups, and cross arm squats. Other exercises included are side lunges with one arm rows into a one arm sword and squat thrust front kicks. Chapter 2 is mostly a lower body focus and you are doing a series of kicks, plie lunges with calf raises and step squats. Tracie uses heavy dumbbells in the plie and squat sections. Chapter 2 concludes with a stretch. Chapter 3 is floor work. Exercises include side planks, single leg push ups. ab work, triceps extension and ribcage pullovers. Kick Back is Volume 2 in ...

AeroBarre is a 50 minute workout that combines ballet and boxing interval cardio and sculpting sets. It features Leila Fazel as the "demonstrator" of the moves and exercises and Michael Olajide Jr as the narrator. The set is a boxing ring, although Leila doesn't use the ring. She exercises in front of it. The workout contains 11 rounds, but the rounds are short. There is a warm up and cool down round and in between that, there are rounds that feature ballet moves, boxing moves and a combination of ballet and boxing moves. Leila uses a light set of hand weights and a body bar in various parts of the exercises. There were simple cardio burst dispersed throughout. This is a really unique workout and I felt quite challenged. I am not very good at ballet or boxing, although I like them both. Leila varied the tempo quite a bit. The faster she would go, the harder it would be for me to controls the move and it didn't matter if she was doing boxing drills or ballet drills. ...

Actually they have been back for awhile. Nonetheless this year I got started late. Normally I try to start the runs in April. This year because job related issues, I didn't get the runs started until June and boy did I feel the late start. Several times I had to stop and walk. The first five minutes I felt like I was going to die. It didn't help that I was carrying an extra 22lbs that I wasn't used to carrying. It has taken me a lot longer than I thought to get back to what and where I was used to. I am still not there yet. The road has been slow but there has been progress. In fact, until today I was making progress on my time each week. Today I felt as if I was running in quick sand. It was just slow going. The humidity was stifling and it was warm. And I was out the door at 640am this morning to do the run. Now why do I do these Sunday Morning Runs? It is all in preparation for the Baltimore Running Festival 5K Run . This year will be my 5th year running it. My...

Target already has in stock some of the new workout that have been schedule for a fall release. The FIRM Calorie Explosion Bob Harper's Pure Burn Super Strength Rodney Yee's Ultimate Power Yoga Elle Yoga Workout Dance With Julianne - Just Dance They were all priced $12.99.

Kickbox Underground featuring Guillermo Gomez clocks in at around 40 minutes. Guillermo does a series of kickboxing moves that he layers into a combination. All the moves that he uses are very familiar and are combine in a standard way. However, with that said, he does offer more variety in this workout than he does in the previous two videos I have recently shared thoughts on. The intensity is on the lower end of medium. Guillermo does enough reps that you start to feel the muscle fatigue. The music is okay and the set is um ...... There is some funky camera effects going on - I think it is called Sepia. I was definitely liking this workout much better than the other two GG workouts I did. 3 stars.

of new and upcoming workouts. I am just giddy with excitement. Both Collage and Total Fitness are showing a plethora of soon to be release workouts. Mmmmm, must keep my pre-orders in check. Already ordered and waiting for their arrival : Kelly Coffey Meyer -30 Minutes to Fitness: Lift Kelly Coffey Meyer -30 Minutes to Fitness: Circuit Burn Amy Bento - Advance Step Challenge 4 Amy Benot - Hi Lo Dynamics The FIRM - Calorie Explosion Dance With Julianne - Just Dance That is quite a list I have so far. Haven't ordered but seriously thinking about : 10 Minute Solution Pilates For Beginners - Lara Hudson (I like Lara) ELLE Cardio Body - Brooklyn Decker ELLE Workout Yoga - Brooklyn Decker A little bit interested in : Pure Barre Lowry Lifts Dvds 1 & 2 - Carrie Rezebak There are also new workouts coming out by : Bob Harper Jillian Michaels Rodney Yee Dance Off Inches Billy Blanks WillPower & Grace Leslie Sansone Like I said.....TIS the season