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November 2012 Breakdown Sunday - Step workouts - Patrick Goudeau Monday - Sculpting - Cathe Tuesday - Kickbox - Ilaria Wednesday - Dance - Pump It Up Thursday - Martial Arts - Cardio Karate Friday - Dance - Core Rhythms Saturday - Off

MCM10K October 28, 2012 The weather was pretty good.  Great running weather.  I ran the first three months and then alternated walking and running the last three.  I forgot about the steep hill at the end of mile six.  I decided it would be easier to run the hill than to walk it but I very tired coming across the finish line.  My goal was to beat last years time and I did that.

Pictures from The FIRM Believers Trip 2012

 30 Minutes To Fitness Plateau Buster is a weight plus cardio workout. The DVD contains two workouts.  Workout 1 is 28 minutes and workout 2 is 25 minutes.  Both workouts share the same warm up. The main part of the workout contains back to back compound sculpting moves followed by a cardio break segment.  The cardio contains power moves that are explosive burst followed by drill base intensity moves.  For instance, Kelly will start by doing a series of Squat Straddle Jumps (the power moves) followed by high reps of jumping jacks. All the compounding sculpting moves works both the upper and lower body simultaneously.  Kelly runs through a series of moves and then she goes back and repeats all the sets.  So you are doing things two times through.  Also you are doing each exercise for 12 reps. There is a beginner modifier. Also on the DVD is a 9 minute stretch. And 8 premixes that range in time from 21 minutes to 45 minutes. Both workouts are really similar too me.  Workout 2 fol

The FIRM Boot Camp 3 in 1 Mix .  This workout is a compilation that can been performed one of three ways.  It is divided into Workout 1 which is about 42 minutes, Workout two which is about 37 minutes or you can combine both (skipping the cool down of the first workout and the warm up of the second workout) into one long 70 minute plus workout. The workout features footage from a variety of FIRM workouts, Super Cardio, Super Sculpting, Better Body & Buns, Maximum Body Shaping, Cardio Burn just to name a few.  As a result of the variety of workouts, you also get a variety of instructors leading the segments. The workout uses dumbbells, med ball, dowel, short and tall box steps, ankle weights, and barbell.  It is primarily strength and weight work. However, each workout has one or two cardio segments. And each workout has an abdominal section. I did the DVD as two separate workouts.  And I think I like workout two just a little bit better than workout one.  I thought workou

The FIRM Core Cardio 1 is a 47 minute compilation workout made up of parts from  three FIRM workouts, Cardio Burn, Maximum Cardio, and Power Cardio.  It features Carissa Foster, Tamela Hasties, and Dale Brabham as the leads. The workout has a core/ab section at the beginning of the workout.  After that, the three ladies take you through a series of floor aerobics, box aerobics, medicine ball aerobics, and 4-limb aerobics.  There is quite a bit of impact in this workout and while there is a lot of variety overall, many of the individual segments are repetitive. The one gripe I have about the workout is when the workouts went into the 4-limb segments (there were about three), all the Ooommph and intensity seem to go out of the workout.  The workouts uses a short and tall box (there is a series of tall box climbs), a medicine ball, and light dumbbells. 3 & 1/4 stars