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FitTower Advanced Legs, Glutes, & Core is a 47 minute workout that uses the FitTower, a mat, a stretch band and an optional loop band.  After the warm up, Cathe takes you through a series of high rep pulse leg and glute exercises.  Cathe does vary the rep pattern and on some exercises you are working on the ball of you feet.  Cathe does switch sides after each exercise group.  The Leg & Glutes segment is mostly standing. The last two exercises are performed from the floor. The Core segment is performed mostly from the supine and seated positions.  Cathe uses the FitTower as  a prop or reference point as she is working over and under the barre on some moves. The workout conclude with a seven minute FitTower stretch.   Legs, Glute, & Core DVD menu: Introduction Play Chapters Basic Premixes (There is 1) Timesaver Premixes (There are 3) Mish Mosh Premixes (There are 4) Bonus Abs Audio Setting 3 & 1/2 stars FitTower Uni...

July 2017 Monthly Rotation. The first week of July I am going to treat as an Active Recovery. Then I am going to embark on a 21 day rotation. The rotation is : Sunday - 4 Miles Treadmill + Stretch Monday - Cathe FitTower Workouts Tuesday - Guillermo Gomez Kickboxing Cardio Wednesday - Tracy Anderson Design Series Thursday - Chalene Johnson Turbo Fire Friday - More Cathe Workouts Saturday - Rest Day

FitTower Long and Strong is the intermediate workout.It is set up similarly to the beginner workout in that you have a warm up, lower body, upper body, core, and cool down. The exercises are also similar. Cathe varies the rep count and how many sets you are doing from the first workout. Also the rest are shorter. Many of the exercise patterns have you do four reps followed by seven pulses. You are adjusting the FitTower bar throughout. There were a couple of times when Cathe had adjusted her FitTower bar off camera and I was scrambling to get mine in place to start the exercises. That was  annoying. I thought the music included in this workout also very good.  The workout uses a loop and a band on some exercises.  Workout clocks in at 34 minutes. 3 & 3/4 stars

Slim & Trim   is Cathe's beginner workout for the Fit Tower system. It clocks in at around 36 minutes. In 36 minutes, Cathe gives you a total body workout sans cardio. After the warm up, you move into a lower body segment, an upper body segment, a core segment and then a final stretch. Throughout the workout, Cathe uses the FitTower and she adjust the bar of the FitTower depending on the exercises.  The pattern that Cathe uses is she will do a single count series of reps, then she will follow it by a series of  pulse. The pulses are either 3 pulses or 7 pulses.  Cathe gives you rest between the various exercises. Cathe also uses a band in the upper body and core exercises. The DVD Menu offers the following options: Introduction Play Chapters Audio Settings I love the soundtrack on this workout DVD. Overall I thought this a nice workout, even though ti was beginner, I did feel it on some exercises. 3 & 3/4 stars