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The FIRM FIRM Basics Sculpting with Weights features Tracie Long in a 45-minute workout designed for beginners. DVD Menu Hot/Stretch Warm-Up Weights & Cardio Posture Pelvic Contractions Pecs, Core, Hips & Thighs Stretch The workout alternates cardio and toning segments. Some of the cardio segments uses light dumbbells for 4-limbed movement. Dumbbells are used to work the upper body but for the lower body,  you are mostly using your own body weight as resistance. Equipment list includes a tall step (fanny lifter), dumbbells, and a dowel.  I do these workouts when I want an Active Recovery day or when I am coming back from an illness or injury.   Tracie Long is outstanding in the workout as the lead.   4 stars

The FIRM FIRM Basics Fat Burning with Jennifer Carman & Stacey Milner-Collins is a cross-training workout designed for beginner exerciser. I am easy myself back into weight bearing exercises so I pulled out my FIRM Basics. I thought I had reviewed these but could not find them on my blog. In Fat Burning FIRM Basics, Jennifer and Stacey alternating leading different segments of the workout. Jennifer leads the cardio segments and Stacey leads the toning segments.  The workout alternates between cardio and toning.   I say toning because not all toning segments used weights.  The workout is 45 minutes in length. DVD Menu Full Workout Warm-Up & Stretch 4-limbed Cardio & Lower Body Cardio & Lower Body Cardio & Lower Body Cardio & Lower/Upper Body Cardio & Upper/Lower Body Abs & Bridge Work Stretch 3 stars

Stretching For Health presented by Victoria Sarquisse Tangoflex Method.  This DVD contains five stretching workouts; each with a different emphasis. DVD Menu Play All Choose Workout Video 1 is approximately a 13 minute  workout.  The is workout is performed seated.  Some of the moves are wavy arms, spine twist, side stretch series, forward fold series, and body rolls/wave  series.  Emphasis is the shoulders, arms, hands, fingers, and back. Video 2 is performed seated and it clocks in at around 12 minute.  Exercises include chest opening/closing, neck stretch, shoulder circles and hugs, and seated stretch extensions. Focus is posture.  Video 3 is 18-minute in length and is performed in the lying position. The first 6 to 7 minutes of this video, you are lying supine and taking a complete inventory of your body. Starting with your head and going systematically all the way down to your toes.  Circle knees, double knee stretches, single knee side stretches, hamstring, inner thighs hip open

June 2024 Workout Rotation I altered quite a few of the May rotation workout due to hurting my back and knee. I kept all of Jessica Smith workouts but replaced the PHA workouts with Yoga workouts. For June, I am going to try to get back into adding more resistance in the form of Barre/Pilates workouts. The plan looks like this: Sunday - Treadmill Monday - Suzanne Bowen BarreAmped  Tuesday - Ilaria PowerStrike Wednesday - Suzanne Bowen BarreAmped Thursday - Core Rhythms  Friday - Suzanne Bowen Pilates Saturday - Pool I have add-on workouts that are recovery-mobility-stretching workouts as I am still nursing my low back and knee back to health.