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  The  two workouts in Metabolic Strength are Rock Solid which is your Volume 5 and Volume 6 is Heat It Up . Both workouts clock in at around 30 minutes.  The workouts are a combination of compound strength moves and functional cardio. There is no cool down. In both workouts, the workout ends abruptly.  I like the length of the workouts. I did not care for the cardio in Heat it Up, but I like the weight and strength exercises in both workouts. See table to list of exercises.   Rock Solid - 3 & 3/4 stars Heat it Up - 3 & 1/4 stars

  Metabolic Strength Volume 3 and 4 Volume 3 Well Built is a strength workout and it is 30 minutes long.  Tracie uses compound moves and isolation exercises to work the entire body.  After the warm up, Tracie breaks the workout into three distinct segments. 1. Medium Weights 2. Heavy Weighs 3. Pec Fly Pullover The medium weights segment includes step squats, kick backs, rear delt work.  The heavy weight segment include renegade rows, french press, plies with bicep curls. The pec fly pullover segment is floor based and along with doing a chest fly and pullover, you are also doing core work. This workout is solid. Volume 4 Full Steam Ahead is a cardio strength workout that clocks in at around the 32 minute mark. Tracie uses a medicine ball for increase intensity in the cardio segments and for added intensity with some of the core exercises. There is a good bit of plank work.  Other exercises include a series of kicks, burpees, goblet squat and renega...

Tracie Long's Metabolic Strength Vol 1 and Vol 2 DVD contains two 30 minute workouts. Coming on Strong is your Volume 1 workout.  This workout is mostly a sculpting with weights workout. In the Bulgarian Split Squats segment, Tracie does include controlled mountain climbers.  The Metabolic Finisher segment contains burpees. The workout ends rather abruptly.  Equipment:  step, dumbbells The DVD Menu 1. Play All 2. Warm up 3. Push Ups/Squats 4. Dead lifts/Rows 5. Bulgarian Split Squats 6. Single Arm Row 7. The Gun Show (Arms) 8. Metabolic Finisher Get Up & Go is your Volume 2 workout.  There is a lot going on in almost all segments of this workout. Throughout the workout, Tracie is using multi-component and compound exercises to move the body if a variety ways.  Tracie uses weights and a medicine ball to increase the intensity and to add power to the movements. There is quite a bit of jumping in this workout. Equipment:  dumbbel...