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February 2026 Workout Schedule   Sundays - Treadmill & Mobility Stretching Week 1 - Cathe's Lift, Move, Restore Functional Fitness workouts Week 2 - Cathe Lift, Move, Restore 2 Elevated workouts Week 3 - AeroPilates workouts performed on the Pilates Power Gym Week 4 - AeroPilates workouts performed on the Pilates Power Gym

July 2025 Workout Rotation First I was on vacation and then I hurt my back. So for most of July, I have been nursing a sore back. I took quite a few day off and then I started adding in back specific pain relief and prevention workout routines. I continued the month with short walking treadmill workouts and  a fusion of yoga and Pilates workouts. This week, I am doing the 12-minute The FIRM Basic workouts programs.    

Functional Pilates Fusion clocks in at 33 minutes. Several tools are used throughout the workout.  Cathe starts using the foam roller to help increase flexibility and to add a bit of resistance and expansion to the body. The mini-ball is added to work on coordination and increase intensity through dynamic movement. Cathe uses the fabric-loop band to add resistance during the leg floor series.   DVD Menu Full Series Overview Workout Intro Equipment Needed Play Functional Pilates Fusion Play Lower Body Foam Rolling Bonus Chapters Premixes Audio Settings I liked this workout. I felt I wanted more of the Pilates and less of the fusion. 3 & 1/2 stars

Yoga Plus Pilates Power Fusion Mix are workouts from Jessica Smith All Access Pass streaming service that she has put on DVD.  The settings are different for each workout. In each workout, Jessica is working out in bare feet. There are four workouts on this DVD. Pi Yo Flow - 33 min Yoga Fusion Sculpt - 34 min Pilates Fusion Sculpt - 37 min Pilates Fusion Core Ball - 30 min Pi Yo Flow contains both standing and floor exercises. The workout is performed barefoot.  Jessica takes you through several series of range-of-motion inspired Pilates and Yoga moves.  Several moves offer you the opportunity to work on your balance.   Yoga Fusion Sculpt uses a light pair of hand weights and your own body weight to work the entire body.  This workout also contains standing and floor exercises.  Jessica encourages you to stay present throughout the workout. Pilates Fusion Sculpt uses a light pair of weights to work the total body. There are both standing and floor ...

                               August 2023 Monthly Rotation For August, I will be doing CoffeyFit  RAW  & RAW Timesaver workouts at the beginning and end of the month. In the middle of the month, I have BODi Andrea Rogers' Xtend Pilates workouts on tap.  Michelle Dozois cardio and iFiT treadmill workouts complete the month. 

Piloxing is a 60-minute workout lead by Viveca Jensen.  It is  primarily a combination of Pilates exercises and boxing moves, but Viveca includes ballet and dance movement as well. The workout is set to up tempo music and many of the moves are performed quite fast. When Viveca introduces a segment, she will teach it at a slower tempo and then after about the 4 reps, the moves are performed at tempo or double time. You have rounds of boxing, followed by Pilates.  Dance breaks are dispersed throughout and the dance is typically used as an active recovery. Boxing is your power segments and it includes moves such as  speed bags,  jabs, crosses, crossjacks, shuffle jacks, football runs,  hooks and uppercuts. Pilates and barre exercises include plies, arm pumps, leg lifts, tendu, leg taps, and knee pose. The workout concludes with a floor segment where you are working the glutes, chest, and the abs.  This is followed by an ending stretch. Expect lots of rep...

Gentle Yoga Plus Pilates is a Jessica Smith two in one workout. It is a core strength and stretch workout that combines exercises from both yoga and Pilates disciplines. The DVD Menu Introduction Standing Series Floor Flow Play All  The Standing Series clocks in at 31:35.  In this portion of the workout, Jessica takes you through a series of standing poses that challenge your balance and improve your flexibility. There is a bit a strength and range of motion exercises as you move throughout the session. Some of the moves in this workout are:  back expansion, mountain pose, plie series, chair flow series, leg pulls, leg circles, crescent, standing 100s, and triangle. The Floor Flow series is performed either seated, lying or kneeling.  This segment clocks in at 33:33.  Some of the moves you are doing in Floor Flow are seated twist, mermaid, side planks, roll ups, scissors, bridge over, locust, elbow plank, roll like a ball, v-sit, and kneeling crescent. In bot...

10 Minute Solution Pilates Perfect Body is lead by Suzanne Bowen. The five 10-minute workouts are: Pilates Perfect Belly Pilates Perfect Buns & Thighs Pilates Perfect Arms Pilates Perfect Silhouette Pilates Perfect Stretch Pilates Perfect Belly is your ab/core workout.  Suzanne starts this series with breath work.  This is followed by c-curve, pilates 100, upper crunch, rock crunch, criss cross, cork screw series, crossing stretch series, plank drop up dog, and grass hopper. Pilates Perfect Buns a nd Thighs was my favorite workout on the DVD.  The exercises:  side series (up down leg lift, posse, three point, crab legs leg lift,  hamstring, circles, inner thigh series) bridge series (single leg lift, static leg lift, pulse up) and kneeling hip circles. Pilates Perfect Arms uses a set of light weights.  The exercises here are shoulder shrugs, arms lifts, side circle arms, hug the tree, scissors, front raise, triceps into front raise, a...

10 Minute Solution Slim & Sculpt Pilates is lead by Suzanne Bowen.  This workout utilizes a resistance band in all the segment and each segment actually clocks in under that 10-minute mark. The workouts are: Lower Body Pilates Upper Body Pilates Pilates for Abs Total Body Pilates Pilates for Flexibility Lower Body Pilates started off with some hamstring stretching and then move into the following exercises typically alternating lead legs:  single leg work, frog, side leg lift, 3-point lift, inner thigh, donkey kick, reverse plank leg lift and bridge pulse. Upper Body Pilates   workout packed in a lot in 10 -minutes. You perform the following moves:  shoulder circles, zip ups, bug, boxing, bicep curl and hold, straight arm back lift, lat raise, circle front and back, draw the sword. paint under the stairs, bicep press up, chest press, and beach ball press. Exercises in Pilates for Abs include Pilates 100, roll down, oblique roll down twist, roll l...

Tighten, Tone, and Torch is a total body workout DVD that is broken down into various segments and all segments are lead by Suzanne Bowen. The DVD menu is as follows : Play All Warm Up Lower Body Lean Upper Body Sleek Cardio Torch Stretch If you do all segments, the workout clocks in at over 74 minutes. The warm-up is just over one minute. Lower Body Lean is a 20-minute workout.  Suzanne uses a pair of 3lbs weights and a mat.  This workout is roughly broken down into the following segments: Plie series Front Lunge Series Side Lunge Series Knee Series Table Top Series Inner Thighs In each series, you are doing a group of exercises where Suzanne varies the rep pattern.  Expect single count, pulses and holds. Suzanne also works to the beat of the music which is a steady techno tempo.  There are standing, kneeling and lying exercises.   Upper Body Sleek is also a 20-minute workout.  Suzanne uses 3lbs dumbbells and a mat....

Disc 5 of Jessica Smith 8 Week Program is F usion Mix  The workouts on this DVD are: Barefoot Cardio Core Tone + Flow Pilates + Yoga Barefoot Cardio Core is a fast pace high rep workout. The workout use a play ball and is basically a drill based workout done with flowing and expansive movements. The warm up is approximately 5 minutes and after the warm up the tempo picks ups.  Side to side toe taps is your transition move.  Other moves include 180 degree sweeps, chops, curtsy, lunges, hamstring curl, figure 8s, grand plies, skaters, and side leg lift with side crunches. Tone + Flow is essentially divided into three segments.  There is a flowing warm up and body weight toning segment, there is a toning segment that uses a pair of dumbbells ( starts when the timer is around 23:50 mark) and there is a standing abs and core segment (starts when the time is around 9:30 mark).  There is a cool down that is around 2 minutes.  Jessica calls thi...

The FIRM Sculpt-ilates is a 50-minute workout and it is lead by Robyn Johnson.  The workout uses a thera-band and it  is divided into four section.  The workout starts with a slow moving warm up.  Robyn then moves into a standing Pilates segment without the band. In the standing segment, in addition to sculpting, there is balance work. Some of the  standing Pilates move include saw, spine twist, and mermaid. 12 minutes into the workout, Robyn moves into the band sculpt segment.This segment starts with a series of alternating plie work.  Standing exercises that use the band include heel press shoulder press, dip curl tap backs, shave the head, upright row and double arm rows.  This segment also included walkout push ups. The next segment is mat work. This segment uses the band and a mat.  Seated double arm rows, roll backs with arm press outs, seated shoulder press, and a side plank series are a few of the exercises in the mat segment....

Disc 1 of the 21 Day Fix Workout System features the following workouts: Total Body Cardio Fix Upper Fix Lower Fix Pilates Fix 10 Minute Fix For Abs Overall, all workouts follow a similar pattern which is a series of rounds containing two exercises each and you repeat the round before moving on.You perform each exercise for roughly a minute and you get a 15 to 20 second rest between the exercises. Also, like most Beachbody systems, each workout contains the countdown timer in the lower right corner.  These workouts also contain subtitles that tell you which exercises you are doing and it tells you for how long and/or how many reps.  Love this feature. Total Body Cardio Fix , Upper Fix , and Lower Fix contain the same warm up moves and cool down moves.  Roughly the warm up and cool down runs around 3 minutes per workout.  Also all three of these workout use weights.  Pilates Fix is made up of a series of exercises as oppose to rounds.  Depend...

 PiYo .  Chalene Johnson and Beachbody's newest workout system. Yep. Another system. If you get the deluxe set, you get a total of 12 workouts. The system comes packaged quad fold DVD cardboard case that is quite colorful. Picture three is the front cover.  The workouts come on three DVDs that slide into the first three slots in the quad fold. The last slot is reserved for the extras. The extras are the quick start guide (quad folding 8 page guide), the eating plan (26 pages, last 6 pages Beach Body advertising. There is also a wall calendar than you unfold and pin up on the wall as well as a tape measure. If you get the deluxe system the slot is big enough to slide those workouts in as well. That's about it. I will post reviews of the workout as I do them. Front Cover

10 Minute Solutions Tighten & Tone Pilates is lead by Lara Hudson. The five 10 minutes segments are: Tightened & Tone core Defined Arms & Shoulders Trim & Slim Lower Body Total Body Toner Long & Lean Stretch This workout uses a a resistance band.  The resistance band comes with the DVD. I found this workout challenging.  Typically throughout all the segments, Lara has you do two sets.  Often adding variation in the second set to make it a little different. Working with the band is what made the workout challenging.  The most difficult part for me was when Lara had you place the band on the sole of the foot.  - keeping the band on the sole without it rolling up was an issue but usually in this position you were pushing the leg and arm in opposite direction which created a lot of tension. But overall I like all the segments this workout.  Tightened & Tone core 3 & 1/2 stars Defined Arms & Shoulders 3 & 1/...

10 Minute Solution Pilates for Beginners. There are five 10-Minute segments workouts on the is DVD.  And I did each 10 Minute segment as standalone workout or as add on to my morning workouts. The segments are: Core Basics Lower Body Basics Upper Body Basics Total Body Combo Long and Limber Stretch Even though this workout states that it is basic and for the most part it is, there were around two exercises that I found challenging.  Lara Hudson, the instructor does take time to set up each move. She emphasises proper breathing techniques for pilates.  With each move that Lara teaches, she gives you slight modifications to make the move more challenging.  There are not a lot of reps.  The most reps you will do for any exercise is eight. Equipment required - mat. This workout was okay. I thought Lara did a nice job a keeping pilates at a basics level. Core Basics 3 & 1/4 stars Lower Body Basics  - 3 & 1/2 stars Upper Body Basics - ...

FlexPosture is the second volume in WHFN FitPrime series. It is a 54 minute fusion workout lead by Tamela Hastie. The workout is fused with pilates, cardio, yoga, and weights. I found the pilates section to be the most challenging. There wasn't much intensity in the weights or cardio sections. The yoga sections was mostly used for stretching and balance. I think this would be a real good workout to use on active rest days or recovery days. Tamela does a good job in leading the workout. I particularly liked how she focus on breath work. The equipment used in the workout consist of step, light weights, dowel and yoga block. Tamela and the cast exercised barefoot but I wore shoes. The set is stunning and the music is very good. 3 out of 5 stars.

10 Minute Solution Quick Sculpt Pilates - this was a tough a workout. The different sections included: -Total Body Toner -Buns & Thigh Sculptor -Strength & Flexibility Pilates -Core Conditioning -Standing Pilates Sculpt This workout uses a ball. I had to blow the ball up but it was quite easy. You just blow through the tube and then insert the stopper. The ball is very light and spongy. You use the ball mostly by holding the ball between your legs, knees, and feet. It is intense work especially if you are not use to pilates work. I enjoyed all 5 segments of the workout. Andrea has a nice personality and she cues well. 5 stars out of 5

This 10 Minute Solution Rapid Results workout is lead by Lara Hudson. I like Lara. I find her cuing easy to follow and her demeanor is very relaxing. The workout features five 10 minute pilates sections: Super Toned Buns and Thighs - 4 Stars Arm and Shoulder Shaper - 5 Stars Waist Slimmer - 4 Stars Total Body Blast - 3 Stars Slim and Sleek Stretch - 3 stars I found this workout to be a bit easier to execute than the original 10 Minute Solution Pilates workouts that also stars Lara Hudson. This workout feature traditional and very basic pilate exercises. There is nice flow to the workout. Lara moves seamlessly from one exercise to the next. The music in this workout can be found in any other workout. It wasn't bad but it didn't standout either. Overall I found this to be a very solid workout. 3 1/2 out of 5 stars.

I like. I like. I like. 10 Minutes Solution Pilates stars Lara Hudson. The five 10 minutes workouts in this DVD are: Pilates for the Abs - 5 Stars Pilates for the Buns & Thighs - 5 Stars Sculpting Pilates - 4 Stars (Works Upper Body and uses light weight) Pilates Burn - 3 Stars Pilates for Flexibility - 3 Stars This is definitely an above average workouts. I felt the majority of the pilates moves doable with a slight challenge. This is a good workout for the beginner. Lara's instruction is very clear and easy to follow. A couple of times she first ask you to watch and then join her on the next rep. My favorite sections were the Abs and Buns & Thigh sections. I just really like the way these two sections flowed. The other sections were okay and the music was mostly used as background music; really a non-entity. Overally 4 out of 5 stars