Instructor's name: Rebekah Sturkie, Emily Welsh
Type of Workout: Aerobics and Toning
Fitness Level: Intermediate
Equipment Needed: hand weights
Total Running Time: 50 Minutes
Release Date: 2010
Region: 0 (Worldwide, REGION FREE, Suitable for ALL DVD players)
Stay in shape even when you’re short on time. Even with only 10 minutes to spare in your busy day, you can still be trim and toned. These five 10-minute workouts were designed to give you the benefit of a full-length workout in just a fraction of the time. Sculpt and strengthen while you jump-start your metabolism – with or without hand weights – thanks to these five challenging workouts for total body empowerment.
LEAN LEGS Tone thighs and legs for that long, lean look you’ve always craved.
FEARLESS ARMS A concentrated, high-powered workout to sculpt your upper body fast.
BIKINI BODY BLAZE The ultimate body-slimming workout that uses heart-pumping cardio to give you a bikini ready body fast.
ABS-OLUTE CORE Get a powerful midsection with moves that target your abs and obliques.
BUN BURN Burn fat with cardio and sculpting moves for a firmer, tighter set of buns.
THE FIRM METHODOLOGY: For more than 25 years, The FIRM has combined weight training with cardio in a unique way to help you develop the body you’ve always wanted. The FIRM method maximized your ability to sculpt and shape your entire body, burning up to three times more fat than cardio alone.
A body-part-targeted workout with a unique twist — each 10-minute segment also includes a complementary cardio element (e.g. the “Leg Definer” segment alternates squats and lunges with plyometric aerobics). This aero/tone interval technique keeps you burning calories as you tone specific “problem areas.” Each segment has a body-part focus: legs, arms, upper/lower, abs and buns. But they're all different. Some emphasize the cardio, others the toning. Some feature short intervals, others have longer progressions. Some are mostly standing, others are mostly floorwork. Requires 3 to 10 lb. dumbbells. One-on-one instruction by Emily Welsh and Rebekah Sturkie. Note: all-new production, not re-edited from earlier videos.
Love it!
10 minutes! Now, you're not going to be supermodel skinny if you only work out ten minutes a day. That's common sense. But some mornings, that's all I have before I run the Preschooler to school, and start my workday at home (I work at home AND run my own cleaning business). I also have a 2.5 year old at home, so life is busy.
I can do one work out in the morning, and then if I have time at the end of the day (which I normally do...that's my me time), I can do another 2-3 workouts if I want. And they're over before you know it.
Lean Legs is awesome - I have rather muscular legs, so anything that helps me lean out my nubs is great! And boy, did I feel the work the next day.
Bikini Body Blaze - do not do at 10pm. You'll wake up your husband, who is snoring on the couch. But it's killer cardio! And we all need at least 150 minutes a WEEK of cardio. This helps!
Fearless Arms - whatever. I hate planks. HATE them...but Rebecca makes me do them. And I keep coming back for more. I had ripped arms in no time.
Abs-solute Core - after two babies, I needed work on strengthening my core, like most moms do. This is difficult, but not impossible. Love it!
Bun Burn - I did it two days ago and my backside is still sore.
So...buy this DVD! It works for beginners through advanced. I consider myself intermediate, and I found some of the moves challenging. Remember, as with all workout videos, you get out of them what you put in!
Target Toning hits the Target
You can play all or create a custom workout. There are two different instructors Rebekah Sturkie and Emily Welsh, but only one per section. I thought Rebekah Sturkie did overall a good job leading the workouts with cues, but I noticed a little problem with form. She flexed her back when she did rows, and you are supposed to keep a straight back. Emily Walsh's workouts were so fast paced and not very many reps per move, so I had to rewind a few spots. I like that each section has a mix of "traditional" moves like squats, lunges, push ups, and planks, but they added new twists. They added intervals and isometric moves that burn a lot of calories. They also incorporate moves that work your core and balance. The short warm up for each section didn't bother me like it did a previous reviewer, when I did all the sections together, so I think that could be personal choice. I'm used to short warm-ups and cool downs per section from ten minute solution videos. In fact, I like to add a longer yoga or pilates warm up and cool down, so I will be less sore the next day. Therefore, I actually recommend doing more than what's on this DVD, if you do more than one section. I think this DVD could help raise beginners to the next level on the target areas, but may not be enough on their own for intermediate exercisers. I plan on doing all sections or adding them to other workouts.
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