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Walk Strong 3 is Jessica Smith's newest iteration of the Walk Strong Program. WS3 is an 8-week program that comes on six DVDs.  The  six DVDs contains 20 workouts and a two-sided workout calendar.  Of the 20 workouts, 15 are 30 minutes in length and 5 are 15 minutes in length.  Each workout features a countdown timer and most workouts have a beginner and advance modifier.  The workout calendar shows information on "How to use the Program".  It also shows an 8 week rotation for using the system. There is also an Introduction: Welcome to the Program! on disc 1 that has more information on how to use the system. Each disc has a particular focus. Disc 1 - Foundations & Flexibility Disc 2 - Cardio Cross Train Disc 3 - Sculpt Disc 4 - Strength Disc 5 - Fusion Mix Disc 6 - 15-Minute Mix I will review the workouts in separate blog posts.

Disc 3 of the 6 Week Total Transformation System is your sculpt and strength DVD. This DVD contains three workouts.  The workouts are: Total Body Training Upper Body Strength Lower Body Sculpt Total Body Training combines upper and lower body movement.  Almost all moves are compound in nature.  Jessica uses a set of heavy and light dumbbells. For most exercises you are doing the moves twice through changing the lead side.  On some exercises, Jessica will add variation to the move.  So usually the leg part of the exercise is the same but the arms might be different. Upper Body Strength also uses two sets of weights.  It includes exercises for the five upper muscle groups plus abdominal exercises. Most of the exercises are isolation exercises and you are doing two sets. Lower Body Sculpt consist of a mixture of compound and isolation exercises. There are also standing and floor based exercises. Along with using two sets of dumbbells, this wo...

Jessica Smith Walk Strong 6-Week Transformation System consist of ten 30 minute workouts on four discs. Disc 1 contains an eight minute Welcome to the Program segment.  Jessica also includes two written pamphlet. One pamphlet welcomes you to the program and includes ten tips on how you can get the most out of the program. The other pamphlet unfolds into a 6-week wall calendar. I will review the workouts in a separate post, but all workouts include a beginner modifier and a count down clock

Burn Fat & Have Fun features three 30-Minute workouts each with a different twist. Walk 1 is Steady, Ready, GO !  and it clocks in at around 30:38. This is your interval workout. The tempo changes or increases as you go from Steady to Ready and then to GO!. There are five intervals and Jessica previews the GO! moves during the warm up.  The GO! moves are squat swim, diamond 1/2 jack, skater half circle, side-to-side half jack, and power pull knee. Jessica combines the warm up and the first steady. After that, each of the steady is probably around 2 minutes; and each steady is a mini combo routine. Then you move into the "ready" phase for about two minutes.  The ready phase is a bit more athletic than the steady phase.  After ready you do 60 seconds of the "GO!" phase. Walk 2 is Stride and Step .  This workout uses an optional 1/2 step and it clocks in at 30:00.  In this workout you are doing a series of basic step moves over and across the s...

Build Balance + Inner Strength is part of Jessica Smith's Walk Strong series.  This DVD comes with three fusion style 30 minute plus workouts.  The fusion style is a mixture of pilates, dance, yoga and light sculpting.  Jessica performs all workouts shoeless. Along with Jessica, the other cast member is Jessica's mom Debbie. Debbie is the modifier.  There is a countdown clock in each workout. The first workout is Core Control. This workout clocks in at 31:18. In this workout you are moving to music. This is a body weight only workout. There are lots of arm movements as well as balance style moves.  Some of the exercises in this workout are:    ball changes chasse, switch arabesque, side steps side taps,  knee      raise, leg extensions, cross over crunches, thread the needles, and  standing 100s. You are doing approximately 16 reps of each move. The second workout on this DVD is Poise and Grace . It is a 3...

Walk Off Belly Fat 5 Days a Week! is a Walk On workout by Jessica Smith.  This DVD comes with lots of options and I used some of the options when I did the different segments. The DVD menu gives you all these options: Play All Warm Up 2 - Mile Belly Fat Blast Interval Walk 3 - Mile Flat Abs Power Walk Belly Blasting Strength Training Cool Down Premixes      Day 1 Flat Abs Power Walk (57 min)      Day 2 Belly Blasting Strength Training (31 min)      Day 3 Belly Fat Blast Interval Walk (41 min)     Day 4 - Flat Abs Power Walk (57 min)     Day 5 - Belly Blasting Strength Interval Combo (61 min)  Cool Down Credits I did the 3 Mile Flat Abs Power Walk which was mostly a steady state walk.  Mile 1 of this workout was basic walking. Mile 2 feature boxing moves and in Mile 3, Jessica builds mini combos.  This portion of the workout clocked in at around 46:25. There has been...

Boost Metabolism + Muscle is a Jessica Smith Walk Strong DVD that contains three metabolic strength workouts. Each workout is 35 minutes in length and they are presented in the circuit style format where you do two to three exercises and you repeat those exercises before moving on to the next group of 2 to 3 exercises.  This is a relatively high rep workout. You are doing at least 12 reps per exercise but in many cases you are doing as many as 16 or even 24 reps.  Most of the exercise are multi-functional or compound in nature. There is a countdown clock in each of the workouts.  Along with Jessica, there is Debbie.  She shows beginner modifications.  A mat and a set or two of dumbbells are used.  The DVD menu options are: Introduction Circuit #1:  Upper Focus Circuit #2 - Lower Focus Circuit#2 - Total Focus Play All I liked all three workouts and felt I got a solid workout each time out. Circuit #1:  Upper Focus - 3 &3/4 st...