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This workout annoyed me. F at-Burning Cardio Toning is 30 minute workout featuring Tina Smalley as the lead. It a cardio-sculpt workout that uses the resistant cord/tubing as resistance and to sculpt the muscles. It was the resistance cord that was annoying. It kept slipping from my feet. Also many of the moves are compound in nature, so while the resistance of the cord would be fine for one part of the exercise, the next part of the exercise the resistance would be too light or too heavy. So I was constantly changing the cords depending on the exercise. The pattern of the work is: Warm up Standing Sculpting Section using the Resistance Cord. Standing Cardio Section using the Resistance Cord More standing sculpting, including work for the core. Floor Sculpting using the Resistance Cord. Ending stretch using the Resistance Cord. I did enjoy the floor sculpting and ending stretch segments. If it wasn't for those two sections I would be giving this workout 2 1/2 stars instead o...

The FIRM's Fat-Burning Sculpting Ball Workout continues my week of revisiting some older workouts. It is a 30 minute workout featuring Tina Smalley as the lead. I like Tina. I have had the opportunity to take a live class with her and found her to be an awesome instructor. This workout is a kit workout. It comes or came with a 4, 6 or 8 inch sculpting ball. The workout starts with a 6 minute warm up. The first 3 minutes is without the ball and the second 3 minutes you are doing pretty much the same exercise but this time adding the ball. After the warm up, you go into the first standing sculpting set that is broken up by a series of push ups using the ball. I felt my heart rate get up on some of the standing work. A lot of the exercises are compound in nature. Before you go into a second standing sculpting set that is broken up by a series of plank moves using the ball, you have a rather extended ball cardio section. I thought this section a tad bit long or rather it became ...

The FIRM Skills, Drills, & Thrills Express Workout is a 25 minute workout lead by FIRM Master Instructor Tina Smalley. The workout features a piece of equipment called the Balance Trainer. The Balance Trainer is an round oval type disc that is unstable to step on. During the course of the workout you are stepping onto it a lot. My greatest fear was that I was going to twist my ankle. My second greatest fear was that I was going to have muscles spasm go off in my feet because if you are not used to working on the balance trainer, the feet fatigue pretty quickly. Skills, Drills & Thrills - a tongue twister of a name. The workout definitely test your balance skills. I happen to think I have very good balance but after doing this workout, I would question that. This workout has two distinct components - Balance/core and cardio. The balance sections I like the most. You really have to concentrate. One of the moves we did had us stand on the balance trainer and move our arms ...