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Finishing up my FIRM Classic Rotation with the Prime Power Cross Trainer Series. A bit of history about these two workouts is when they were produced they came in a white card board box. The picture I have of both were the proposed covers. Only the Lower Body Shaping workout actually later came out with a cover. I forgot where I saw these two covers but I made a copy at the time because who wants a workout without a cover. Led by Kim Bartlett Prime Power Lower Body Shaping is a 45 minute beginner workout that is a total body workout with a heavy emphasis on the lower body. The workout consist of several sets of dips, 4-limb aerobics, abdominals, range of motion and bridge work. While I think Kim and the music pleasant, this workout is one of my least favorite FIRM workouts. I swear I think this workout made me hate dips (reverse lunges). There were so many of them. It seemed like all we were doing were dips. Also the 4 limb cardio was dull and lacked energy. Just not a fan. Stac...

Back in the 90s, The FIRM put out several pairs of Cross Training videos. One of these pairs included the workouts FIRM Strength (previously titled StrongBody ) and FIRM Cardio (previously titled StrongHeart). I don't know why the name change because the previous title made more since to me. According to FIRM literature: "The FIRM Cross-Trainers series offers workouts in pairs that cross-train with one another - a proven technique for boosting results and breaking through a training plateau." FIRM Strength is approximately a 58 minute workout led by Pam Cauthen. It is a total body workout that features mostly sculpting with some aerobic combinations thrown. The back cover breaks down the workout at follows : warm up - 6 minutes aerobics - 10 minutes body building - 32 minutes abdominal/inner thigh - 8 minutes final stretch - 3 minutes This is one of my favorite FIRM total body workout. It is no nonsense and classic FIRM. Pam is very easy to follow and the wor...