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Fitness Favorites FitPrime Live G-Force 3 & G-Force 4 - Thoughts

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FitPrime Live G-Force 3 and G-Force 4 . This is a two DVD set. G-Force workouts are rebounder workouts created by Anna Benson of Fitness Favorite, FitPrime and The FIRM fame. In G-Force 4 , Carissa Foster, Tracie Long, Cindy Thorp and Eleanor Washburn takes you through a 53-minute fusion style workout. This workout encompasses a medicine ball, a rebounder, weights, tall steps and includes sculpting, cardio, pilates, and yoga style moves. The ladies trade off; each teaching a particular section of the workout. The workout was filmed as part of the FitPrime-Live Vacation Workshop.  The workout is of an actual class that took place and you can see this in the filming. You don't get to really see the class participants, maybe just their shadows but the instructors do change in and out. There were some equipment problems that the instructors had to work through but for the most part, it did not interrupt the flow of the class.  I thought the workout itself decent.  I would describe

Guillermo Gomez Fat Burning Cardio Kickboxing - Thoughts

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Fat Burning Cardio Kickboxing is lead by Sensi Guillermo Gomez. Guillermo takes you through a 60 minute cardio kickboxing workout. Guillermo warms you up with punches (jabs, hooks, uppers) and lower body stretching and hamstring pull backs. After the warm up, Guillermo starts to build the first part of the combination routine and he continues to add on to the combo throughout the workout. So there is really only one combo.  You perform this routine on one side and then perform it on the other side before moving on. In between building the combination routine, Guillermo throws in cardio moves such as jumping jacks, jump ropes, criss-cross jacks, and speed bag jog.  He also adds in lower body work such as a long series of squats, series of knee pulls and a series of knee front  kicks. After each cardio or sculpting move, Guillermo picks the combo back up and continues to add to the routine.  The workout is non-stop for pretty much the full 60 minutes. Guillermo cools you down w