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Cathe STS 2.0 Tri Sets Total Body. In this workout, there are 7 groups of exercises. Within each group, you do three exercises for eight reps each and repeat the exercises for a second set.  There is very little rest between the exercise.  After you complete a grouping,  you get a two-minute break before moving on to the next grouping.   

  Cathe STS 2.0 Giant Sets Total Body.    In Giant Sets you do 10 exercises back-to-back.  You get a two-minute break. Then you tackle another 10 exercises, followed by a two-minute break. The workout concludes with a final 10 exercises and then a brief cool down. In the first two sets, you are doing 10 reps per exercise.  In the last set, you do 8 reps per exercise.  Giant Sets clocks in at just under 52 minutes and the DVD includes 9 premixes. 

Super Sets Total Body clocks in at 59 minutes. In this workout, there are 8 groups of exercises. Within each group, you do two exercises back-to-back and repeat the superset twice more before moving on to the next grouping.   So, you are doing three sets per grouping and 8 reps per exercise.  You get a two-minute rest between groupings.  

  June 2023 Monthly Rotation Cathe STS 2.0 I am embarking on a 8-week STS 2.0 rotation.     Below are the workouts for June. I have a 5K race on June 10.

XB Sweat + Sculp t by Andrea Rogers is a new program at BODi (formerly Beach Body). All the workouts  that are a part of the series are listed below. However, I only did the first two weeks plus the  express stretch workout. The main workouts are 30-minute (ranging from 28 min to 32 mins) in length.  The express workouts are around 15-minutes.  Each of the workouts I did had a beginner modifier.  Ankle weight, resistance band and a mat are on the equipment list.  Andreas uses both the band and ankle weights for lower and upper body resistance moves.   Each of the 30-minute sweat workouts included some form of toning (whether that was targeting the core, lower, or upper  body or even total body).  The sweat workouts alternated cardio dance segments with sculpting toning segment. The sculpt workouts were pretty much strictly sculpting with a particular focus. Andrea worked the body at various levels (i.e. seated, standing, lying, all fours...

Sleek Technique Full Ballet Body Sculpt consist of five 10-minute ballet inspired workouts plus warm up and cool down. This DVD came as a three-DVD set. The warm up, tutorial and cool down are the same sessions included on Sleek Techniques other two workouts. See below for a link to the other two DVDs. The DVD Menu Introduction Tutorial Warm Up Mat Abs Standing Abs Ballerina Back & Arms Perfect Pro Legs Sassy Show Girl Cool Down Mat Abs starts off working the lower abs with supine frog plies and single leg switches. Next we move to lying side work working the right side by dong arabesques crunches, attitudes and side planks.  Then comes a set of front elbow planks. The exercise repeat leading left. After repeating the exercise, we do a set of can cans, 4 point extension, and full planks. The session concludes with down dog single leg splits. Clocks in at 10:49 and features both Victoria and Flik. Standing Abs is led by Flik and clocks in at 11:07.  It includes plies, twi...

BarreAmped Bounce is a trampoline barre inspired workout. Suzanne takes you through six segments that focus on various body parts.  Along with Suzanne, there is one other cast member, Jess Spears, who is showing advanced moves.  Suzanne is showing the modifications. DVD Menu Introduction Play All Arms & Abs  Thigh Bounce Booty Bounce Cardio Bounce Total Body Bounce Stretch See tables for list of exercises. Each of the segments start with a bounce warm up.  In between most of the exercises in all the segments (except stretch), Suzanne and Jess bounce it out. The bounce is free-style. You can do what you want in this area. The Arms & Abs track use a set of light dumbbells. Suzanne and Jess first take you through and arm series before moving down to the mat (trampoline) for ab sequence. Arms & Abs clocks in at 16 minutes. Thigh Bounce is about the legs. You are working mostly the quads and this segment is about 13-minutes in length. Booty Bounce clocks in...