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Ab Hits is a compilation DVD that features 12 ab workouts from older Cathe workouts. Ab Workout #1 is from Maximum Intensity Strength. This segment clocks in at around 8 minutes. There is about 5 minutes of upper abdominal crunches, around 2 minutes of oblique crunches, and about a minute of lower crunches. This workout used a step as a prop - essentially you have your feet braced against the step. Ab Workout #2 is from Cross Train Xpress Power Circuit workout. This segment is around 11 minutes and broken down into three distinct parts. Part 1 is plank work. First elbow plank work and straight arm plank work. Part 2 is supermans and you are working the lower back. Part 3 is traditional ab work. You are doing upper, oblique and lower crunches. Ab Workout #3 is from Cross Train Express Kickbox.  This workout starts out with planks and then comes plank knee pull.  This is followed by reverse planks, roll ups, reverse crunch, oblique side crunch, crunch variation and c-cu...

May 2020 Monthly Rotation Welcome to May 2020. Well I am hoping to start using my pool. It is has been a bit cool and a bit rainy. Hopefully it will warm up and dry out so I can use it. As far as workouts, it is all about Cathe. Breakdown Sunday - Treadmill Walk/Run - Stretch Monday - PHA1 and Abs Tuesday - 4 Day Split Cardio Wednesday - PHA2 and Abs Thursday - Fit Split Cardio Friday - PHA3 & Abs Saturday - Rest day/Pool day

  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...

Core Movements Volume 3 and Volume 4 . Core Movements Volume 3 The Bottom Line is a core and buns workout.  The workout starts with band walks.  Tracie keeps the bands for floor work. Floor work with the band is performed in both the supine and prone positions. Next comes concentrated core work. This is followed by Turkish Getup series and then a Windmill series.  Tracie finishes the workout by working the hips with mobility hip circle moves and inner thigh adductor work. I enjoyed this workout. Trace really took time teaching the different positions of the Turkish Getup.  I also like the time spent on the Windmill positions. Core Movements Volume 4 Make Your Move is a mobility and stretch workout with.a little bit of strength. Tracie takes you through various range of motion and stretching exercises.  After a strength segment including mobility squats and shoulder press, Tracie moves into stretches for the hip and hamstring.  Tracie uses a chair....

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...

Tracie Long's The Studio Series Core Movements Volume 1 and Volume 2 DVD contains two 30-minute workouts. The first workout is Brace Yourself.  This is a functional based workout that uses a variety of tools to work through stability and balance core type movements.  The DVD Menu 1. Play All 2. Loop  Band 3. Sliders 4. Core Rotations 5. Back Strengthening 6. Transverse Abdominals Brace Yourself uses a band, disc (or paper plates), dumbbells, and a ball.  Loosen Up is the second workout.  This workout uses a foam roller, yoga block and yoga strap to stretch the body and help increase range of motion and improve mobility.  Loosen Up also includes a Turkish Get-Up segment where Tracie really breaks down the mechanics of this exercise.  This workout also uses a dumbbell or med ball.  This was my favorite of the two workouts. The DVD Menu 1. Play All 2. Hip/Quads 3. Pigeon (Butt) 4. Thoracic 5. Adductors 6. Hamstrings 7.  ...

Signature Series Volume 2 is the second iteration of Tracie Long's 2020 workout release. It is similar to Volume 1 in that it is roughly broken down into the following three sections: Mobility Exercises Weights & Cardio Core & Final Stretch Flexibility and range of motion is the focus of the mobility segment. Tracie does include weighted exercises for more intensity. Again, I felt like I needed a warm up before getting into some of these exercises. Weights and Cardio segment follows next. This segment starts with cardio. Half way through the segment, there is a medicine ball mountain climber series.  In between the cardio and med ball series, you are doing a series of weighted compound exercises. This segment really flows into the Core segment. I could not tell where one ended and the other begin. Maybe  with the dead bug pullover exercise? Equipment in the workout includes, dumbbells, med/sculpting ball, stool/stand and a mat. Tracie is the only...