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Summary: This workout is FUN
Comment: Nothing beats a good FIRM workout. Especially one that doesn't need a lot of added equipment.
Even though I am now 53 I'm still in great shape and this workout is challenging, moves right along, is fun, and only takes 40 minutes. When I'm done I really feel like I've gotten a good workout.
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Summary: Love this workout!!
Comment: First off, I think that Allie is the best instructor that The Firm series has to offer. The others come close but she is great in explaining the moves and allowing enough prep time to transition. This is a great DVD for a total body workout in about 40 mins. I love it!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: gotta love Allie!
Comment: I was very excited to see The Firm had come out with new workouts! I have many of the older titles and am a "Firm believer". I bought this because just the title "Total Body Sculpt" described what I was looking for. It's great! It really does work your whole body in less time than some other workouts. And of course, it features Allie (and her new toned self!), who does a great job describing what you're supposed to be doing.
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Summary: Lots of fun!
Comment: I have most of the firm Videos from the BBS1 up till the TransFirmer, The is my first of the new videos and I loved it. It was very efficent and lots of fun too. I love Allie as and instructor and she is very motivating. I thought it moved at a good pace so you didn't have to sit around and wait for the next exercise. I think this one is my new Fave!
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Summary: INCREDIBLE!...Will Blaze You a Brand New Body in 40 Minutes!
Comment: I am a huge fan of The Firm's workout programs. Even so, this workout surpassed my expectations.
Using 3 sets of weights (light, medium and heavy; you decide what is what) and good old-fashioned gravity, you can get gym-level results in just 40 minutes a day.
You begin with a fast-paced warmup that is approaching on cardio (quick stepping from side to side, jacks, squats, lunges, push-ups while touching one shoulder - man are those tough!- and use of your light weights). The warmup alone will definitely get you sweating!
The program itself is very fast-paced, and allows you just enough time between exercises to switch your weights and set up in the new position. Because of this, your heartrate will stay elevated, and, you guessed it, you will sweat and burn calories!
The moves are different and challenging (such as raising from a backwards lunge into a shoulder raise and glute lift...on the ball of your standing foot!), and like most of The Firm's workouts, you will often be engaged in four-limb movement, in which you will be working your upper body and lower body simultaneously. Even if you aren't so coordinated, don't worry! Allie Del Rio Pointer is an excellent and encouraging instructor who will guide you through the more complex movements one move at a time, in a layering approach. With the exception of doing a few moves on one side and then again on the other, there is virtually no boring repetition of moves here.
Because it is sculpting (but fast-paced sculpting), it is pretty much low-impact with a lot of lunges, plies and squats of all sorts. However, there are 2 sections with plyo jumping, but of coarse, there is a beginner modification exerciser who shows you how to keep it low impact.
Though many "total body" exercise programs skimp on certain parts of the body (even some Firm titles are guilty of this), this is truly what it claims to be. You will feel this in every inch of your physique: arms, shoulders, back, biceps, inner thighs, outer thighs, upper abs, lower abs, buns, calves, waist...it misses nothing!
The cooldown is active, with one of the best abs sections around and great total-body stretching.
This DVD is, in my opinion, one of the BEST total body sculpting workouts out there. The workout is great, the music is quite good and the instructor, Allie, is one of my personal favorites. The only thing that would make it better would be a more exotic location! :-) When doing this workout, I preceed it with 20 minutes of light cardio and come away with basically the perfect 60-minute workout: ultra-effective, super-fat-burning and fun!
And if you want to see a preview of this and other Firm DVDs, check out The Firm's official site.
Highly recommended!
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