The Firm – Aerobic Body Shaping
May 17th, 2010
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05-51349 The Firm: Aerobic Body Shaping For the past 20 years, The FIRM® has been changing millions of lives with their groundbreaking fitness programs. In a time when dance aerobics was the craze, they pioneered the idea of combining aerobics with weight training, providing effective workouts with fast results! This method is the center of The FIRM® philosophy today, and tens of thousands of FIRM Believers® across the country will agree that it really works! After yea… More >>
The Firm – Aerobic Body Shaping
I am a HUGE fan of BSS3, and finally purchased the TransFirmer (It came out a week after I bought the BSS3 set with the first incline box). I just finished this dvd and I am so disappointed ! If it was just one thing that I didn’t like, I would keep this one, but I didn’t like the music, the basic/dancy aerobic segments, or the instructor. For instance, the aerobic/incline segment with all the stepping around the box is easy and boring. There could be so many fun routines involving more work ON the box.
This may be a good dvd for beginners, since there is a lot of instruction about how not to do certain moves. But for people already familiar with the BSS3 dvds, the only new move is the step to the side onto the incline.
Also, production seemed to be somewhat poor. For example, you can see Alison looking around as she stands behind Allie (at cue cards or someone off set ?) instead of at the camera, you hear weights dropping throughout the workout, and the instructor even flubs her words and they didn’t do another take. I am surprised because The Firm usually strives for perfection.
I love the BSS3 dvds and instructors – Total Muscle Shaping, Complete Body Sculpting, Express Cardio, and Fat Blasting Cardio. I also have a bunch of Tracie Long dvds, as well as her Tortoise & Hare videos. (Just to give an idea of what I consider 4-5 stars). Hope this review is helpful for some.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is a quick, mostly strength workout. Not a lot of cardio – my heartrate is around 40-50% of maximum during most of the workout. Plus, it’s pretty short. The routines are pretty basic, and get boring quickly. I find most of The Firm routines pale in comparison to CIA workout videos.
Rating: 3 / 5
This is a really great workout. It works all of your muscles and will definitely make you sweat. The transfirmer is especially great for targeting hips, butt, and thighs. I really feel the burn in these areas when using the transfirmer. If you feel your not getting enough of a workout, add more weight and you will feel the burn and start to sweat. If it is too difficult, there are modifications you can make which are more for beginners. I love this series, I love Allie and most of The Firm videos are great wrokouts and easy to follow. The only thing that can be a problem is the cueing – the master instructors tend to get left/right confusion because they want you to mirror their moves, but it doesn’t throw me off really.
Rating: 5 / 5
This workout is better done with the TransFirmer step bench… if you don’t have the it, don’t waste your time. The steps are easy to follow and the music is lively.
Rating: 5 / 5
I started using Firm DVDs just about a month ago. The first time it was little hard to follow, but compared to other Firm instructors she is really good and by 2nd time, I knew the moves. Good DVD, worth the $$!
Rating: 5 / 5