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The Firm: Total Body Toner |
 Very Good, Solid Intermediate Workout. |
| I tried this workout after reading the reviews previous to mine and was watching for all the lunges and how it was put together. In my opinion there are not too many lunges and it was organized just fine. The warm up transitions nicely from standard warm up moves (side steps with arm extensions, squats, side lunges for dynamic stretching) into a light-weight toning warm up. I really liked that. Yes, there are lunges interspersed throughout the workout -- they are coupled with upper body work to provide added intensity/calorie burn. But there aren't that many at a time. My legs never fried; not once -- but I'm an advanced exerciser and this is an intermediate workout. It doesn't make sense to give this workout a bad review for not being tough enough. It's categorized as intermediate, and that's exactly what it is. I like good intermediate workouts like this for lighter days in between heavy-weight workouts, and to wrap up my week when I've covered everything else. I'm really happy to have this workout in my collection. I enjoyed the pace and the exercises very much. It's a great intermediate workout. - posted by Marla on 10/16/2009 |
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| Loved it! Don't listen to the bad reviews! |
| Honestly, that's what kept me from buying the Pink Firms for as long as I did. SO many mixed and negative reviews of this and other Pinks, I was afraid of wasting my money. This DVD was great and it was the first Pink Firm I tried out of the 15 that I just purchased. AMAZING! First of all, the Lunges are not bad. I just had knee surgery 5 weeks ago and this workout did not bother that knee nor the other which I am having operated in 3 months. If I, said-person with very bad knees at a young age can do this, so could most people. I kept waiting for the endless Lunges that were going to hurt my knees, never happened. I also don't understand why some people find this "easy"; is it bc you didn't challenge yourself with the proper amount of weights? This DVD compared to Total Body Sculpt + Abs & Complete Aerobics & Wt Training (BSS2-Fanny Lifter) is easier than the latter. Those tall box climbs will get you every time. However, I was completely sweaty throughout the entire workout. You get out what you put in. The reps were not super long, but on average 8-12 per exercise. Many of the exercises repeated OR that body part (many) were repeated using different movements. Some of the movements felt awkward during the first set, but wasn't an issue on the second set. I used 3s, 5s, & 8s as I wasn't sure what moves this DVD had and know for next time that I can increase on many of the exercises to make it more challenging for a better workout. The Squat & Concentration Curl combo was a great one! I loved it. I also loved that there was no cardio and the warm-up was pretty short, but also sweaty. I felt that my entire body got a fabulous workout and it really energizes me to try my other Pinks now. My only regret is that I didn't purchase these sooner. - posted by Julia on 9/30/2009 |
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 Bring Back The Old Firm! |
| I don't see how this DVD can be rated intermediate. First off, it is too short, in length and in the number of reps. The moves just aren't much of a challenge. I will stick to Cathe from now on. - posted by Jamie on 8/26/2009 |
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| LUNGES! |
| I have mixed feelings on this video. Allie is very pleasant and down-to-earth, which is a plus. But, does the girl know any other lower-body moves but lunges? If you have any knee trouble-I would steer clear of this video. There are tons of lunges. The good side to this is that my butt burned for 2 days after doing this workout. As others have said there is a lot of weight changes. And I thought the exercises were not very organized - they felt very sporadic and thrown together. So, there is lots of bouncing around. One good thing about this is that with all the fast-moving and changing I was working up a pretty good sweat. And, I had to take a star away for the poor stretch at the end. On a positive note, I think the more I do this workout, the more I like it. But, it just isn't one the best ones out there. I'd recommend Jillian Michaels Trouble Zones workouts over this one by far! - posted by CH on 6/19/2009 |
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| I love this one |
| I really love this workout. Allie is a great instructor in this one, cueing and reminding of form are spot on, and I love how she moves fast from one move to the next. I also love the compound moves, so you work multiple muscles at once to maximize the time. I wish it was a bit longer but all in all, I love it! - posted by Jill Sherry on 6/17/2009 |
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| Excellent! |
| Loved it, moved from one exercise to the next quickly, but was able to keep up and switch weights with no problem! Love Allie's personality and instruction. The Ab work at the end is great with the weights! The stretch could have been a little better-but Oh well! Love this 40 min total body weight workout! - posted by Tracy on 6/14/2009 |
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| Great Toning Workout - Too Short |
| This is a great toning workout. Allie's cuing is flawless. I am not a fan of the "pink" Firm workouts but this one is a great strength training workout. Its just too short. Had it been longer, would definitely be 5 stars. - posted by TJ on 5/18/2009 |
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| Good workout for light-moderate exercise |
| As the saying goes, I am a "Firm believer." Allie is one of my favorite instructors, as her cuing is excellent. I've had this DVD for a few months and I really like it. Using 3 lbs weights, this is a nice light workout. Using 5lbs weights, it's a good moderate workout for me. My only complaint about this DVD is the twisting-lunge maneuver. The instructions/cuing for that is quite unclear and I can definitely see somewhat hurting their knees with that move. Fortunately, it's not a big component of the DVD and one can substitute another move for that combo if so desired.
One other pet peeve about this DVD in the Firm workouts...the person doing the beginner modifications is almost always off-screen. That's pretty frustrating when I was just trying to figure out how to do the more complicated combos. I eventually got the moves down after watching the DVD several times (there's always a learning curve...) but I think it would have much faster going if I could just see the person doing the beginner modifications. - posted by Kim on 5/14/2009 |
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| Where Is the Old Firm Challenge? |
| This workout was only mildly challenging. The heavy double-weight bicep curls--15 lbs--was the only thing that was unusual and really a challenge. Personally, I enjoy the old Firm videos that were longer and had much more challenging sequences with more heavy-weight work. In this video, I almost always had to "heavy-up" to feel it at all. I think Allie is cute and pleasant, but I prefer more serious dialogue instead of the cutesy stuff. I agree with a previous reviewer in that The Firm should concentrate on quality, not frequency, when producing videos. - posted by Blieu on 5/6/2009 |
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| I used to be someone who made purchases based on other customers reviews but I'm not going to do that anymore. This dvd was AWESOME and tough I don't know why this workout got bad reviews. - posted by rachel on 4/16/2009 |
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