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The Firm: The 500 Calorie Workout |
  Great Workout! |
| Tough but Great workout! you are glad when its over, and you are glad you made it through! I highly recommend this workout! - posted by Christina on 3/3/2010 |
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| Lots of small problems |
| I have to agree with others about her being off beat-late cueing-too fast in the weights segments. I love her attitude and wanted to like this video but I won't view it again. Also, the moving left when I already am left in my living room doesn't work either. (most people don't have the vast amount of space to do this) - posted by steph on 2/27/2010 |
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| WOW...my legs are killing me! But it's a good pain! |
| This video has been criticized for being too fast and having some miscues. I agree, the instructor does say "left arm" when she means left leg once and left leg when she means right leg once. I suppose the first time or two that miscue could be confusing. However, she is energetic, encouraging and she is obviously having fun which is a plus. This tape is not for Firm beginners. I used to do The Firm EVERY DAY for 3 years, so I'm familiar with their "style" of workout. I find that I have a "love-hate" relationship with this workout. I HATE it because it HURTS, but I love it when I'm done because I am SPENT and I am seeing results quickly. The choreography is difficult at first, but I've done the tape now 4 times and I have figured it out, I can't always do every rep/step but I know what's coming. This is definitely worth adding to your library. - posted by Merry Krueger on 2/17/2010 |
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| Not Bad |
| I tried this for the first time. This DVD is not well put together and it is not because of Kelsie so much, I like to follow along easily not make it so much complicated. I kept wishing it would flow more. Overall, I will recommend this DVD because I did manage to sweat a lot. - posted by beth on 2/5/2010 |
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| Fun sweatfest! |
| I had this DVD for almost 3 weeks now and finally decided to try it today and I had a blast! Kelsie's high energy is just contagious. The cardio sections are great and the toning moves are different and challenging. I've used 5 lbs weights for the entire workout and it was enough weight for me to get some good sweat drippin. I highly recommend this one to anyone looking for a great calorie burner workout. Definitely not my last one from Kelsie. - posted by Ms.Dee on 2/1/2010 |
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| Great Sweat |
| Like others, I read the reviews and allowed them to keep me from purchasing this dvd. I am soooo sorry I did. This is a great workout. The cuing is not off at all and the routines are not difficult. Kelsey is an excellent instructor and I will be purchasing any other dvds she is leading on. I am 51 yrs old advanced/intermediate exerciser and extremely happy I purchased this dvd. - posted by Wanda on 1/25/2010 |
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| Amazing Workout! Worth every Penny! |
| I have been wanting to get this DVD for 6 months or so and haven't due to so many negative and mixed reviews. I bought it last night, tried it today and was impressed and very sweaty! This is my second DVD with Kelsie, the first being the Wave which I hated, and this one really does her justice. After doing this one, I am looking into the other DVDs that she leads. Many of the reviews talk about the beat being off. I think it is but only slightly. For me, I was barely noticing the music anyway over my huffing and focus on the moves. The second big complaint and the main one that kept me from purchasing was that "she moves too quickly". I found throughout the DVD that I was moving faster than she was!! I was a beat or 2 ahead of her for many of the moves. So I really have to disagree with her moving fast. She does, but I moved faster (intermediate exerciser here)! I have been working out with Leslie Sansone for about 3 months now, post op and having to build my endurance. I cruised through this workout and thought it was labeled correctly. Advanced ppl can up the weights and do all high impact. I have bad knees so I have to modify lunges and some high impact movements. I also lift at the gym and needed an more intense cardio workout so I used 3s mainly and some 5s and that gave me what I was looking for. I could not believe how quickly this workout went by. I have other Firm Pinks and the time drags, it was done and over in no time. 63 minutes flew by!!I don't feel the choreography is anything tricky. I've seen trickier moves in other Firms, but not this. There is a move or 2 that you don't get the first time, but by the end of the segment, you've cleared it. If you've done the firm before and know the names of the cues, you'll be just fine. Beginners will be challenged with this one, so steer clear if you are. Ppl like me with knee issues will find some moves tricky and will require several modifications. Several moves would be a problem on carpet. I loved it and am so glad I finally bought it. I only wish I hadn't listened to all of the negative reviews. This is not a super fast DVD, there are others on the market that are faster and rated for the same level. I burned well over 500 calories according to my HRM and am looking forward to doing it again soon! - posted by Julia on 1/11/2010 |
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| This will get you results! |
| I love all the dvd's that Kelsey Daniels has done ..she knows how to get results! I dropped inches with this one & I am 48 years old and if I can do it anyone can. I can't understand the reviews this one is getting ..I would have to say you obviously are not trying to loose weight if you don't want to sweat! Oh and you will sweat on this one ! I can honestly tell you after this work out you drop 2 lbs IF YOU DO IT RIGHT! - posted by LOST 60 LBS ! on 1/10/2010 |
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| Glad I gave it a chance! |
| I decided to give this one a chance despite the mixed reviews, because I was looking for some new intermediate workouts . So glad I did! The music is not very noticeable, so it didn't bother me if Kelsie was off the beat of the music. I found it easy to follow her lead, no problem with her queing. I really enjoy this one; it's a keeper! My only caveat, and this is why it didn't get 5 stars: There's one segment with a pivot to the side that is impossible for me to do on carpet. - posted by BAGS on 1/2/2010 |
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| Pretty good, but wasn't thought through. |
| This workout is pretty good, but it clearly wasn't well thought out. In the cardio portions, there are many times when she has you moving to the left or moving to the right when she should have had you going the other way. She doesn't seem to take into account that most of us do not have giant studios to move around in. It's hard to explain, you will just have to do the workout for yourself, but I often find myself having to move to the middle when I was really supposed to be on the left side anyway just so that I can move left as she instructs me to. It's hard to grapevine to the left when she had you starting out on the left side already...HELLO...no room to move, Kelsie. Other than that, I like the workout pretty good. I do NOT like the rotating lunges...I just feel like it's unnecessary and could cause injury. - posted by Lauren on 12/26/2009 |
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