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September 2011 . I have morning and evening workouts planned. Morning will be cardio and the evening will be sculpt workouts. I am still training for my 10K at the end of October so I have two treadmill days. Morning schedule: Sunday - Treadmill Monday - Step (CIA Video & SeasunZ) Tuesday - Boxing (Michael O & Kelly Coffey Meyer) Wedneday - Treadmill (Cardio Coach) Thursday - Zumba Friday - Cathe Step Saturday - Rest Evening schedule: Sunday - I will be adding a stretch immediately after the run. Monday - Lower body Tuesday - Upper body Wednesday - Evening Rest Day Thursday - Weights/Kettlebells Friday - Evening Rest Day Saturday - Rest

It has been a gazillion years since I have done Cardio Step Mix and I remember it being much harder than it was today. Although, I only used a 6 inch step height, maybe next time, if there is one, I will go for an 8 inch step height. But at a 6 inch step height, I pretty much felt that it was a steady state workout with a few dips in intensity. This is a compilation workout that is comprised of various step segments from various FIRM workouts. This compilation is made up of Fat Blaster (Allie Del Rio, Nancy Tucker, Lisa Kay), FIRM Cardio (Heidi Tanner), Power Cardio, (Dale Brabham), Maximum Cardio (Carissa Foster), Cardio Burn (Tamela Hastie), The Tortoise and The Hare (Tracie Long), and Super Cardio (Jennifer Carman, Carissa Foster, Allie DelRio). The step segments are repetitive. Within each step sequence you are repeating the same 4 to 6 moves over and over. Many of the combos use light dumbbell for the FIRM's signature 4-limb movement. That is okay. Just noting that ...

Upper Body Split is another FIRM compilation workout that is 61 minutes in length. It features several FIRM instructors from various FIRM workouts. The segments and FIRM instructors are Pam Cauthen (FIRM Strength), Carissa Foster (Maximum Cardio), Jen Peluso (Better Body & Buns), Tracie Long (The Tortoise, Maximum Body Shaping), Stacey Millner Collins (Prime Power Fat Burning), Tamela Hastie (Cardio Burn), Dale Brabham (Power Cardio), Allie DelRio and Lisa Kay (Fat Blaster), and Heidi Tanner (FIRM Cardio). So this workout is upper body, abdominals, and cardio. I didn't mind the cardio so much but there are a lot of ab sets. Maybe as much as 5 or 6. Now you are not doing them all in a row. They all don't appear at the end of the workout but they are interspersed throughout the upper body sets. My main gripe about this workout is that for an upper body workout you are getting a lot of lower body work as well. This is mostly because many of the upper body moves are co...

Lower Body Split is a FIRM compilation workout. It is a 69 minute workout featuring the following FIRM instructors: Pam Cauthen, Taber Bruner, Carissa Foster, Jen Carman, Tracie Long, Tamela Hastie, Lisa Kay, and Dale Brabham. The workout features various segments from FIRM Strength, Better Body & Buns, Maximum Cardio, Maximum Body Shaping, The Hare, Cardio Burn, FIRM Cardio and Power Cardio. This is a long workouts. Within the 69 minutes, you are doing several sets of leg presses, lunges and squats. You work your lower body both in the standing position and on the floor. The floor work includes shoot outs, lying leg lifts, hamstring curl, table work, and bridge work. However, it is not all standing work and then all floor work. The floor work is interspersed throughout the workout and in between the standing sets. There is a long set of abs or rather 3 short sets at the end of the workout. The equipment list is long: dumbbells, fanny lifter, med ball, barbell, dowel, ankle...

Tight Buns & Killer Thighs is a 30 minute lower body workout lead by Kelsie Daniels. This workout came out as an add-on to the CardioWeight System. So it to features the FIRM adjustable pink hand weights. The exercises are layered. They start with a basic move and then add on for a multi-compound move. In between the weight exercises, there are cardio burst or plyo sets for added intensity. First group of exercises features a courtesy dip, into leg extension, into a single legged squat with a knee lift. Cardio Blast : Dip press into High Knee Runs, Second group of exercises: Side lunges, outer thigh lift, hip rotation, rear leg lift. Cardio Blast : Hopscotch. Third group: deadlifts, heel push, heel lift, front lunge, glute lift. Cardio Blast : Squat thrust into plank jumping jacks. Fourth group: Plies squats, inner thigh contraction, inner thigh lift. Cardio Blast : Squat jump into side kick. After the fourth group, you do a cool down. Then you go down to the floor for ...

Slim Without the Gym is one of those workouts that I never get or got around to doing because it is hard for me to find a spot for it in my rotations. The FIRM promotes the workout as a travel workout - One that you can take anywhere with you because the equipment that you will need or use for the workout is very easy to pack. The workout is a "kit" workout. Meaning it comes with a type of equipment, tool, accessory etc. The items that come with this workout are a jump rope, a tube (cord with handles) and a loop (band). The workouts contains 4 individual workouts that you can combine for one long workout. If you click the "play all" button, the order of the workout is: The Jump rope/Plyo section, (jump rope) Upper Body Workout (cord and loop) Lower Body Workout (cord and loop) Core workout (cord and loop) Each section is about 11 minutes or so, and each sections has its own warm up and cool down. You can select each of these workouts individually ...

A 65 minute workout, KB2 combines Kickboxing combos with Kettlebell Intervals. There are four combos and four intervals. These are surrounded by a warm up at the beginning and a cool down and stretch at the end. Kickboxing combo sections : The combos are more drill base than routine base.. Certainly, they are less intricate that many of Amy's other Kickboxing workout. I like the combos. Amy does include a couple of new moves that haven't been in her other workouts. In terms of content within each combo, the warm up and combo 1 probably has the most content. The others seem short on content but made up for it in repetition. There is lots of repetition. Also, the combos are super easy to follow. The Kettlebell Sections : In some intervals, Amy uses two kettlebells and in some intervals, she uses only one. Interval 1: High Pull, Snatch, Middle Get up (1 kettlebell) Interval 2: Dual Swings, Dual Cleans, Front Loaded Squats (2 kettlebells) Interval 3: Push ups, Renegade Row...