The Firm Transfirmer Series Jiggle Free Arms is a 30 minute workout led by Stephanic Huckabee. It features great music (there was only one segment I thought had terrible music) and again features Alison Davis showing beginner modifications. Stephanie is joined again by Allie, Annie, and Pam. The warm up uses the green (6 inch) portion of the TF, then we stack it and place it in the incline position to first do push-ups on the incline part. I would not recommend this if you have knee issues as that thing may be soft to step onto, but it is NOT soft to kneel on while doing push-ups. Of course, if you do them inclined on your toes, your knees won't touch the TF. We don't do many so I was able to do this.

We then lie on the incline to do first bench press then triceps press with heavy weights (I used 2 12# bells), then switch to medium bells (I stayed with my 12's) for first pec flyes then triceps extensions. A short stretch follows, then we move the TF out of the way for the first cardio tune. I was sort of hoping they wouldn't do the weights then cardio thing here. I was hoping for a true upper body workout. Oh well. It was a fun segment, and it's done on without the TF.

The second weight portion uses the TF in the 14 inch position and we sit to first do triceps dips, then pick up heavy weights to do overhead presses. Light weights (I used 2 5# bells) are then used for front raises and side raises. The thing I love about the weight work in this is it's not simply the same old boring 3 sets of 12 reps, or some variation of. We do different counts and unique combinations. It makes it fun!

The next cardio segment used the inclined position, and it was FUN! Even though I was still hoping for a true upper body workout, this part was so much fun I stopped brooding by now and simply enjoyed the workout! This segment, however, had music that sounded like it was from that part in the original Star Wars movie where Luke, Han and Chuey were in the bar with all the strange creatures. I could barely hear Stephanie's cueing over it. Stephanie's cueing, by the way, is perfect! A certain instructor who shall remain nameless in this review should take cueing lessons from all these Firm instructors!!

We then use the 14 inch TF again and sit on the edge in a diagnonal position to do double arm rows, then hammer curls. We then stand and pick up medium weights (I used 2 8# bells) do to rows with our palms facing front, then curls with our arms angled out.

The next step segment used the 8 inch (blue) section, and it was also a lot of fun! Then we stand for clean and press, which is a hammer curl followed by an overhead press. Biceps curls then, and she follows immediately with upright rows, so when she says pick up medium weights ... unless you enjoy doing upright rows with your heaviest weights ... pick up medium weights! Posterior flyes with light weight end the segment. A short stretch follows, then an easy step routine on the blue section. The workout concludes with another stretch.

I give this one a B plus, only because it's more of a cardio and weights workout than a true arm workout. But I still enjoyed it!

Carol
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