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  Happy New Year January 2021 Improvement. That is my word for 2021. Improve my workouts either in form, amount of reps I can do, or the amount of weight I can lift. Due to work commitments, I have already had several adjustments to my January 2021 rotation.  Over the new two months, I will be doing a combination of Essentrics Toning., 10 Minute Solution pilates, weight training (Cathe), Les Mill Cardio, Amy Bento Cardio. I am hoping my schedule can settle back down in March.

Lastics Lite is a 15-minute plus stretch workout that stretches the total body. It is a shorter version of Donna's Lastics workouts. Donna takes your through various standing. seated, and lying stretch exercises to improve your flexibility.  Donna never really holds a stretch for too long . You are constantly moving in and out, bending and straightening the various movements. Donna is the only cast member.  There is background music that is very faint and not really inspiring. Not a big deal as you are really focusing on what Donna is saying.  The set is a dance studio.   Great stretch workout to add to an existing workout. I can see me adding this in after my treadmill workouts. Lastics Lite - 4 stars

December 2020 Monthly Rotation  Sunday - Treadmill and stretching Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - Essentrics Season 13 Wednesday - Pump It Up Dance Saturday - 30-Minutes to Fitness Sculpting

Body By Simone Arms, Back and Core i s a 60 minute workout. It is a cardio and upper body/core workout.  The workout features a cool upbeat soundtrack and all the moves are timed to the music. For some of the exercises, there are two modifiers that show alternate ways of doing the move.  The workout uses two pairs of dumbbells and a band. The sections of the workout are : Warm up Dance Cardio 1 Upper Body 1 - 3 pound weights Upper Body 2 - 5 pound weights Dance Cardio 2 Band Work 1 Band Work 2 Seated Band Work Body Weight Exercises Dance Cardio 3 Prone Series Abs Stretch It is a solid low-weight high-rep upper body workout.  Simone does give you rest periods in between. Simone also incorporates standing core work with the upper body weighted segments.  I did not care for the band work as much. I also did not like that the DVD was not chaptered.  60 minute plus workout, it would be nice to be able to jump around and maybe just do all the upper body segments or al...

Flat Belly Barre! contains three 30-minute-ish barre inspired workouts. The workouts are led by Suzanne Bowen. Each workout features a beginner modifier and an advance modifier. Each workout also features subtitles that highlights the upcoming moves. The workouts are: Classic Barre Total Body Barre  Barre Blast Classic Barre uses isolation moves to work the body.  In this workout, Suzanne takes you through a series of reps - at least 16 per exercise - for the upper, lower, and core regions of the body.  A chair, a pair of light dumbbells and a mat are used in this workout.   Total Body Barre uses compound  or body weight moves to work the body. Most exercises combine both lower and upper body moves.  Suzanne uses a chair that serves as your barre, light dumbbells and a mat. Barre Blast is your cardio barre workout. Suzanne uses range of motion moves to get the heart rate up. She also adds double time/pulse work to most exercises to increase the burn. A ...

  November Monthly Rotation Sundays - Cardio Coach Series on Treadmill Week 1- Barre (Suzanne Bowen) & Dance with Juilanne Week 2: Body By Simone Week 3 - Essentrics Toning & Dance off the Inches with Emily Naim Week 4: Ilaria Bodystrike & Powerstrike Week 5 - Cardio Karate

Perfect 30 Perfect Flow is one of three DVDs that are a part of Cathe's 2020 Perfect 30 series.  This series does come with a User Guide that you can download from Cathe's website. The workouts on Perfect Flow are: Yoga Strength & Flexibility  Mobility Basics Core Bonus   Yoga Strength & Flexibility has a run time of 31:54. It is fairly slow moving, yet you are not really holding any of the postures for a significant length of time. When I saw the exercise list for this workout (which was only about 10 moves) and saw that sun salutations were first; I thought we were in for a super long segment using this move, but  no, it was not that long.  I enjoyed the balance and hip opener segments.  Mobility Basics is 31:26 in length.  This workout is about range of motion. Cathe would move you in and out of a move repeatedly.  Cathe states that this workout is about helping you identify the imbalances in your muscles and joints. There is a bit of...