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Tracie Long's Longevity: Defining Shape |
 Definitely Good |
| I completely disagree with the negative reviews. This is a fun, interesting, intense workout to target your muscles. I didn't like Staying Power, but I love this one. I maxed out on weights and sweated a lot. I consider myself advanced, I have exercised and lifted weights for 25 years and like cathe, amy, jari DVDs and the like. The pace here is just right and cueing is fine. In fact, I just tried one of the new Cathe workouts (HIIT) where the cueing leaves much to be desired. Compared to it, Tracie does it perfectly. She is herself and very pleasant (a far cry from The Firm where everyone acts like a robot). There is also a section with balance work which is often missing in other workouts. I would have liked more chest work, but I will probably substitute the pushups with bench press sometimes. Overall, a nice total body routine that gets you really sweating in just under 50 minutes. - posted by holly on 7/16/2010 |
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 I Really Love It.... |
| Still getting into it. But I love the challenge. - posted by Melissa on 7/15/2010 |
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| Ditto: Tough Intermediate Workout! |
| I agree with Marie's review that as an Intermediate+ Exerciser, this Workout hit my max for at least the first 25 minutes! Perhaps the other reviews are very advanced or they didn't use a challenging weight, bc I was soaked and shaking! The first 25-30 minutes is weight work. Only dumbbells are used. She instructs that you will need at least a light, medium, and heavy weight. She also cues you when upper body will be used for compound moves to better prepare yourself depending on which form/weight grip you are using. She does a tough squat series and tells you up front that it's 6 minutes long and to use "heavy" for that duration. This isn't a low-rep/heavy-weight workout; more moderate weights will be needed and too light (The Firm Pinks) will be too easy. Post workout and I feel amazing! Not only do I feel worked out, I feel energized and long. The second half is focused on balance work, core, and stretch- a nice, LONG stretch! Tracie did a great job because if you go all out in the first half, the second half while challenging, is a different type of challenge. If you don't use heavy-enough of weights it will be too easy of a workout to slide through. I rate the weights Advanced and the balance as Intermediate. This is also Functional Fitness at it's best. I'm in my late 20s so while I am not the target audience, it certainly gives my body something it's been craving- Muscle Balance! One can do Cathe or Jari all day long, but this on a whole new playing field; completely different. It will strengthen your body in ways the latter cannot and it won't make you feel defeated or beaten up from lifting too heavy, too often or overdoing the Ultra-Hi Rep workouts. Great DVD, offers premix options, and can easily be used as a staple for strength and balance work. It offers the best of many worlds! - posted by Fit Chic on 7/13/2010 |
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| Tough for an Intermediate |
| I LOVE this workout! I've never heard of Tracie Long before. I took a chance and bought this one. I'm a regular and consistent exerciser who workouts out hard. I thought I was advanced, but after reading the reviews here that people thought this workout was too easy, I guess I'm an intermediate level exerciser? This workout takes my heart rate into the max zone (I'm 40) so I get aerobics plus weight training. I'm using 15 lb weights with the heavy section. I thought it was very challenging and should be classified as Advanced vs. intermediate. Love it and I will look for more Tracie Long workouts! I thought her cuing was excellent. - posted by Marie on 6/4/2010 |
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| Great all weights workout! |
| As an intermediate exerciser, I found this workout to be challenging and fun. This all weights workout really works the entire body. I have added the "Longevity" workouts into my firm rotation. The functional fitness focus really adds variety to my routine. These workouts helped to strengthen my core almost immediately. The new workouts renewed my interest in Tracie's previous DVDs. - posted by Veronica on 6/3/2010 |
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| Love Tracie's Workouts. |
| I look forward to new workouts from Tracie. They work. I am over 60 years old and have the body of a twenty year old. I can truthfully say that I owe it all to the original Firm workouts and my continued loyalty to Tracie's video. "Keep em coming". - posted by Gloria on 5/24/2010 |
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| Tracie is the Best Trainer of all Time!! |
| I'm an old schooler from the Firm Days and have used Tracie's tapes for years! Just recently, my old tape player died and I have a ton of Firm tapes with no machine to play them on. I began to lose a ton of muscle tone without my tapes! My husband bought a DVD player for me and I searched and searched for old Firm DVDs to no avail. I was so happy to find Tracie on your site! I'm going to purchase all of her DVDs. She gets down to business without a lot of chit chat and knows what works!! I LOVE TRACIE LONG!! KEEP IT COMING GIRLFRIEND!!! - posted by Kimberley on 5/11/2010 |
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| Love this one! |
| The aerobics are excellent, especially the ones containing the squatting segments. During the balance moves, I even added a pair of ankle weights to work the thighs more intensely, and left them on for the leg floorwork. This is one of my favorite Tracie Longevity workouts! - posted by Myra K on 4/26/2010 |
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| Good Workout |
| Fun workout! Unique exercises and I definitely felt it the next day. Tracie Long has always been one of my favorites. I hope to see more. - posted by Marci on 4/12/2010 |
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| Great workout! |
| Defining Shape is my favorite of Tracie's Longevity set! I love everything about this workout from the great warm-up to the wonderful stretch at the end. Tracie works your whole body without wearing you out. I loved the balance work, so important and often left out of other DVDs. Her cuing and form pointers are excellent. This is a workout I will do often. - posted by Dani on 4/11/2010 |
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