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Fit Body Yoga is a Giaim workout that is led by Gwen Lawrence. It features three 20-minute workouts. Workout 1 focuses on the Upper Body and it is called Upper Body Blast .  Most upper body yoga workouts contains lots of shoulder work and this is no different. The second workout is called Lower Body Tone . This was my favorite of the three workouts because I really felt stretch out in the hips and thighs after this workout. The third workout is named Core Definition.   Along with ab work, there is work for the back.  Also the length of this workout is actually 17 minutes and not 20. For the most part, throughout the workout, you are doing each sequence twice per side.  The first time through, the sequence is performed at a slower pace and then the second time through, the pace sped up just a little bit. Every one in awhile Gwen would deviate from this pattern, which was annoying because I thought I knew what was coming next and I turned out to be wrong. T...

10 Pounds Down Cardio Abs clocks in at a whopping 85 minutes if you do the whole work.  I did the whole workout but not in one sitting. There are three main workouts and one bonus workout on this DVD.  There is an option to Play All otherwise you have your choice of: Cardio Abs (28 minutes) Total Body Abs Transformer (28 minutes) Concentrated Abs (28 minutes) Tummy Torching Tabata (4 minutes). I did Cardio Abs and Total Body Abs Transformer as an AM workout and in the evening I did Concentrated Abs and the Tabata workouts. Cardio Abs is set to an upbeat tempo and it mixes different cardio moves in a combination format.  Most of the cardio moves are kickboxing inspired moves.  You run through each of the combinations twice before moving on. In most cases, Jessica will start with a base often low impact move and then she gradually adds intensity and different levels as you progress through a particular element. The next workout is Total Body Abs Trans...

Jessica Smith's 10 Pounds Down Better Body Blast features three 20 minute plus workouts. The three workouts are Arms, Legs, Abs.   I broke down the exercises in the Arms and Legs exercises in the worksheet. The Arm's workouts uses a set if light dumbbells.  In the Leg's workout, the dumbbells are optional and the Abs' workout does not use weights. All three workouts contain cardio intervals that are intersperse within the toning sets. Jessica moves you from one exercise right into the next exercise with very little break.  Even during the toning, I felt the cardio come through on some of the exercises.  This is a high rep workout with Jessica performing each group of exercises at least twice. Jessica is the only cast member.  The set is different from the previous two 10 Pound downs workout I did.   In this workout, there is a makeshift stage that is behind Jessica and when the camera zooms in (narrow shots) the set appears darker; almo...

Total Body Tune Up clocks in at just under an hour.  It is a high rep workout with the primary emphasis on sculpting.  Jessica uses a pair of light hand weights.  I think hers are 5lbs.  In many of the exercise sets you are doing 24 reps per side. The workout is roughly grouped into six rounds. With the exception of the last round, each of the rounds end with a series of cardio moves. The last round is focus on the core in the form of plank work and then you go into a superset for the abdominals. Most of the exercises are compound in nature. You are simultaneously working the lower and upper body together.  There is some functional fitness as well. I certainly felt this workout.  I did this workout on  Wednesday and today is Friday and I am feeling the DOMS from the sculpting sets. Love the soundtrack in this one.  This is a download workout and like the previous 10 Pounds Down workout I did last week, at approximately 10 minute intervals...

Weight Loss Cardio Mix is part of Jessica Smith's 10 Pound Down series. At one time this workout did come on DVD but I was only able to get it as a download. To download this workout, I had to add a program called Mod Player to my computer and to play this workout through my tablet I had to add the Mod Mobile App. The difference between the player and the app is the player gives you a Chapter menu option that you would fine on the DVD.  The App does not.  This is bit of a bummer. I would have like to have access to the workout's chapter menu on my tablet. Also, about every ten minutes the workout would freeze on me. The only way I could correct the problem was to close out the App and reopen it.  This started the workout over. So I had to scroll through the workout to find my place.  Annoying to say the least. If you use the player, you have the following Chapter options: -Warnings - Introduction - Warm Up - The Cardio Mix - Total Body Toner - Corse...