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March 2026 Workout Rotation  Sunday Treadmill and Stretch Monday - Jessica Smith Lower Body Tuesday - Jessica Smith Upper Body Wednesday - Cathe LMR2 Bonus Cardio  Thursday - Belle Vitale Lower Body Friday - Belle Vitale Upper Body Saturday - Chalene Johnson PiYo 

Stamina clocks in at around 27 minutes.  For this workout, Autumn uses just one weight selection throughout the whole workout. So there is no changing in and out the bands. Other than the selected band, Autumn uses the core ball in the first two exercises. In this workout, there is a foot block, an upper block and a core block. Autumn performs the exercises on one side of the body and then she repeats the same exercises on the other side of the body. There is a bonus exercise at the end.   This workout does include and warmup and cool down. 3 & 1/2 stars  

December 2025 - Planned Workouts Sunday: 3-mile treadmill, followed by Cathe Stretch First two weeks,  Track Pilates by Autumn Calabrese (Bodi) and KCM 30MTF Stepboxing workouts. Next two weeks, Cathe Heavy Weight Elevated Bonus Workouts and Step workouts.  Last week of the month, Lisa Hubbard Beginner Pilates workouts.   

  February 2025 For the next two months (8-weeks), I will be doing Bodi's Autumn Calabrese Belle Vitale Program. Autumn actually designed this as a 12-week (3-month) program, but I am condensing it down to 2-months. In Autumn's program, she has you doing 5 workouts per week, with 2-days off. On my off days, I will be doing treadmill runs (I am training for a 10K) on Sunday and yoga/active recovery workouts on Saturday.

Controlled Stretch is an add-on program to Autumn Calabrese Beach Body Control Freak 9 week program.  Control Stretch contains 45 stretches that if you are doing the Control Freak program, you are to do on the same night before you go to bed. The stretches are 5 to 10 minutes in length.  You do 5 stretches a week for 9 weeks. I did not do and have not done the Control Freak program but I did add these nightly stretches to my own workout routine for 9 weeks.   Each workout is different, although you are performing similar or the same stretches throughout. Autumn tailors the nighttime stretches based on the workout she had you do in the morning as part of the Control Freak program.   All the workouts are performed barefoot. Several of the stretches use a play ball.  You will need a wall for some of the stretches. I did not have a wall handy when I started the series but then I ended up rearranging furniture so that i could use a wall.  For some str...

Country Heat Deluxe Workout DVD is lead by Autumn Calabrese and it includes extra Country Heat workouts. The DVD Menu Wild Goose Chase Cardio Round-Up Saddle Up All three workouts have a breakdown option and a routine option.  You also have the option to select a Normal music level or a Turn It Up music level. All three workouts have subtitles that show the move you are performing. Saddle Up is a 3-minute bonus line dancing workout that is also included with the main Country Heat program. Wild Goose Chase and Cardio Round-Up follow the same pattern.  Autumn shows two moves for which you do for 8 reps each. She then combines the two moves and you do the combination of both moves for 4 reps before moving on to the next two groupings.  Both Wild Goose Chase and Cardio Round-Up clock in at under 27 minutes. There is a modifier that shows the moves with no or limited impact. Wild Goose Chase - 3 & 1/2 stars Cardio Round-Up - 3 & 3/4 stars

The Fix Challenge is a bodyweight only workout that clocks in at 28:54. There's a lot of up and down movement where you are standing and going down to the floor. This is a layered workout.  There are a total of 13 exercises and when performed, each exercise is executed four times. For example, Autumn teaches the first move, you do it for 4 reps.  She introduces the second move, you do that for 4 reps and then before adding the third move, you go back to the top and repeat the first and second moves for 4 reps each. Then, we learn the third exercise which you do for four reps and then start at the top again repeating the pattern. This workout builds upon itself.  There are no breaks. However,  I did feel the pace of the workout slow down a bit - probably after we incorporated the 10th exercise which would have been the lunge jumps. You are well into the workout at this point and I could appreciate her moving through the exercises a bit slower.  At the 6:54 ...

21 Day Fix Extreme Ultimate workouts DVD contains two workouts.  Both workouts have the same warm up which is the same warm up used in many of the base workouts. This DVD is an add-on and not part of the base system. The first workout is Power Strength Extreme.  This workout clocks in at 31:18 and no equipment is required.  In Power Strength Extreme there are 10 bodyweight exercises performed back to back.  You do each exercise for about a minute and the rest varies.  After you do all 10 exercises, you go back to the top and repeat for a second round. The warm-up is 1:34 in time, the cooldown is 2:44 in time. There are some jumping and explosive movements. Some exercises are floor based. The second workout is ABC Extreme .  ABC Extreme is an abs (core) and butt (legs) workout. This workout does use two sets of dumbbells.  There are 11 exercises performed for about a minute.  After you do all 11 exercises, you circle b...

21 Day Fix Extreme disc 2 contains the following workouts: Cardio Fix Extreme Dirty 30 Extreme Yoga Fix Extreme 10 Min Hardcore Cardio Fix Extreme clocks in at 31:17.  There are four rounds and three exercises per round. Each exercise is performed for about a minute and the rest range from 8 to 18 seconds.  Weights are used for some of the exercises but that is mostly done to increase the intensity of the exercise. There is quite a bit of high impact in this workout. The warm-up is around 90 seconds and the cooldown is around 2 minutes. Dirty 30 Extreme is a compound based total body weight workout. In this workout,  you perform two to three exercise per round for two sets.  There are three rounds plus a bonus round. Each exercise is performed for a minute with a 10-second break. The cooldown is just under two minutes and workout has a running time of 31:33. In Yoga Extreme, Autumn takes you through a series of advanced postures and flowin...

21 Day Fix Extreme Disc 1. This DVD contains five Fix Extreme workouts. The workouts on disc 1 are: Plyo Fix Extreme Upper Fix Extreme Pilates Fix Extreme Lower Fix Extreme 10 Min Hardcore This is a review of the first four workouts.  Most of the workouts feature the same warm-up moves.  The warm is roughly around a minute and a half.  This is Beach Body, so the countdown clock and subtitles are present in each of the workouts.  Autumn talks to the camera offering tips and motivation.  There is a beginner modifier in each of the workouts.  Plyo Fix Extreme clocks in at just over 30 minutes. In this workout, Autumn takes you through 5 rounds that are repeated twice. There are two exercises in each round.  Each exercise is performed for  30 seconds and then Autumn gives you a 30-second break.  During the rest, Autumn demonstrates the next move.  The last exercise is performed for a minute.  The cooldown is just ove...

21 Day Fix Extreme is the sequel to Autumn Calabrese 21 Day Fix workout system.  The base package features 8 workouts on two DVDs. Each workout is around the 30-minute mark. The program includes a Start Here guide, Countdown to Competition guide, 86-page eating guide, portion control container set, and a shakegology shaker cup. The Start Here Guide is an 8-page pamphlet and includes a rotation calendar, workout breakdown, and transformation tracker. The Competition to Countdown pamphlet contains a calendar rotation eating plan, Autumn's personal eating plan, and tally sheets. The Eating Plan features breakfast, lunch and dinner recipes. and information on the containers and various food groups. I will review the workouts in a separate post.

  A Little Obsessed is a 5 Day program that is touted as an intro to the longer 80-Day Obsession program. Both programs were created by Autumn Calabrese. A Little Obsessed consist of five 30-minute workout. The workouts are : Day 1:  Total Body Core Day 2:  Booty Day 3:  AAA Day 4:  Cardio Core Day 5:  Legs These are on-demand workouts. The whole system comes online including program material (nutrition plan, tracker sheets, workout calendar and a spotify playlist). None of the workouts have music. Autumn tells you to download the spotify playlist. Also, none of the workouts had a timer, countdown clock or subtitles.  I am used to that with BeachBody workouts and I missed that. The warm ups are the same for each workout. The workouts have a beginner modifier. In Day 1:  Total Body Core, there are 10 exercises. You do all 10 exercises for 15 reps per exercises.  Then you repeat all 10 exercises for a second set.  The exe...

Dance Mash-Up is the bonus workout that came with the base Country Heat system.  Dance Mash-Up clocks in at just over 19 minutes.  This workout includes Autumns favorite moves from the previous routines. The format is the same. Autumn teaches two moves and then combines those moves before moving on to the next group of moves. The workout concludes with a 2-minute cool down. I think I forgot to mentioned in the other workouts is that the Country Heat series does include a modifier in all the workouts. Dance Mash Up  - 3 stars Overall opinion of the whole series.  All the routines were very easy to follow and do.  I like the fact that all the workouts were around 30 minutes or less.  It makes the system a great way to get 30 minutes of cardio in or to get your steps in for the day. There is not much variety.  The routines seemed pretty much the same across the board and there is a good bit of repetition within each routine. Autumn and the...

Country Heat Disc 3 contains:      Dance Routine 5 - Trail Ride      Dance Conditioning Workout      Bonus: Night Crawl      Bonus:  21 Day Fix - Dirty 30 Dance Routine 5, Trail Ride, clocks in at under 26 minutes.  The tempo has picked up in this routine.  I believe Autumn introduces 3 or 4 new moves in this workout, otherwise, the  moves are repeats from the other dance routines.  Autumn uses the same format in this routine as her other dance routines. Dance Conditioning workout is a 24-minute workout that combines the dance cardio moves that Autumn has introduce in the other Country Heat workouts with  body toning moves.  In this workout, you are simply "following along" with Autumn. She will call out a move, You did it for a few counts and then you move on. Night Crawl is just under 3 minutes. And really, in my opinion, it is the only routine where I felt...

Country Heat Disc 2 features the routines Down and Dirty and Bring The Heat. Down and Dirty clocks in at just over 27 minutes.  This workout follows the same pattern as the first two workout but about half way through, the tempo increases and you are performing the moves at a faster paste. Some moves that were in routines 1 and 2, show up here. There is a cool down. The cool down occurs at the 2:35 mark of the workout. Bring the Heat clocks in at under 28 minutes.  The same teaching pattern is used in this workout to teach the routine. Autumn introduces one move - she will tell you to watch her and after she shows you the move, you perform the move 8 times through. She then tells you to watch her perform the second move and then you perform this move 8 times. Autumn will then demonstrate how she wants you to combine both moves and then you will do the combine move 4 times before moving on to the next group of moves.  Bring the Heat's cool down occurs at the 2:12...

Country Heat Disc 1.   Disc 1 contains the dance routines Country Swing and Giddy Up. Both dances follow pretty much the same pattern. Autumn will first teach you two moves. She follows this by combining the two moves.  Then she moves on to the next set of two moves. There is NO taking it from the top. The DVD menu gives your the following options: Country Swing (the routine clocks in at 31:43) Giddy Up (the routine clocks in 28:58) Subtitles Clicking subtitles allows you to choose  English, Spanish or Off. When you click on one of the dances you can choose Breakdown or Routine. The breakdown for Country Swing is 22:08.  In the Breakdown, there are two other cast mates along with Autumn as she teaches you each move that you will be doing in the routine. The breakdown for Giddy Up clocks in at 19:27. I didn't feel there was any need to do the breakdown. If you choose routine, Autumn introduces each move before she has you do them  and in both rout...

DVD cover for Country Heat System Country Heat is the new system by Beachbody that features Autumn Calebrese.  I will be reviewing the base system.  The base system comes with 5 dance routines, 1 dance conditioning routine, and two bonus routines on three DVD disc set.  All the workouts clock in at 32 minutes or less. Also in the set are the Quick Start guide which is an 8-page paper pamphlet; a wall calendar that features a 30-day rotation; and a 90-page nutrition guide and eating plan. A shakeology cup and a set of the the color coded food containers are also included with the system. I will review the dance routines in later blog post. Quickstart Guide for Country Heat Eating Plan for Country Heat Wall Calendar for Country Heat

21 Day Fix targeted workouts DVD consist of two workouts, one for the abs and one for the legs. Both are 30 minutes workouts and feature a modifier. These workouts are part of the Ultimate Upgrade Package. Flat Abs Fix is the targeted AB workout.  This workout does not contain a warm up or cool down.  After a brief introduction, Autumn jumps right in.  You are working the abs from all angles - standing, prone, supine, lying side and seated. There are twelve exercises.  Autumn does two exercises and then she repeats them before moving on to the next two.  In several of the exercises, you start the exercise on one side working for 30 seconds before switching to the other side for the last 30 seconds.  The rest are between 16 and 27 seconds so the rest vary. The equipment used is a single dumbbell and a mat. Barre Legs is the second targeted workouts.  This workout uses the same warm up as many of the other 21 Day Fix workout.  This workout...