Two Biceps UP!!!! This one is GREAT! I love it, and had the biggest endorphin high!!!! YUMMMMMY!!!! This is very high up in my FIRM favorites. I know I've only done it once, but I usually know right away if I'm gonna be happy. I'm ECSTATIC!

The ball is optional, and the tape suggests subbing a cantaloupe (Really!), dumbbell, sofa pillow, or a child's play ball. I think a soccer ball would be perfect. In this one, it's not really the weight of the ball that seems important. The biggest benefit of the ball in this workout seems to be squeezing it w/ the knees during bridgework.

The workout begins with using the ball in the warm up and doing the stretches using light dumbbells to intensify them. Tamela lead this part.

The first move is barbell lunges to the low box on one leg, w/ a lunge, stationary lunge, then push off (8 ct move). Then single lunges, same leg. Pushups using the low box are next with the same down, half way up, down, all the way up pattern. The lunges are repeated on the other leg, and another set of pushups on the short box.

Push ups using the tall box are next, w/ different variations (I think down, hold, up?) Then spinae erector work, followed by abs (great set).

Tall box hover squats, very similar to the sit-stand ones in the PS Legs tape follow. (YUM!) Next are another (yes!) set of push ups, which are done on the floor. Another set of spinae erector work and quadriceps stretches are next, then MORE push ups.

Barbell dips (with the same count as the lunges earlier) from the low box are next, followed by biceps barbell curls, dips on the other leg, then upright rows for the shoulders/traps. BARBELL ROWS follow (!), then hover squats and internal contractions, followed by another set of barbell rows! (Yippeee!)

Triceps work is next, using the tall box for triceps dips, then standing french presses, kick backs, and another set of french presses.

Lunges on the floor and plie' squats are next w/ the barbell. Following this is bridge work with feet on the tall box, and the ball squeezed between the knees (GREAT!). Abs using the ball (didn't really seem to do anything for me...We'll see about that part), then more bridgework and another set of abs are next. Plie's w/barbell shoulder presses, then plie's w/ upright rows, another set of barbell biceps curls, and another set of triceps french presses finish the segment.

Another set of barbell dips and more barbell biceps curls finish off the arms! Next are "bunny lunges" and a type of "curtsey" lunge (which I had some problems with, but know I'll get). You go to dips on the opposite leg, then hit the floor for some great table work. The stretch follows.

For someone who was verrrrrry hesitant to get the tapes, I'm thrilled to pieces. I can't wait to check out the cardio tapes later! Anna, Cathy, everyone~ This is WONDERFUL! Thank you!!!!

Love, Apryl = ) Yeeeehaaaawwww!!!! They did it!!!!

Instructor Comments:
The instructors are all super. They really did a great job, and the transitions between them are hardly noticed until one time when Dale comes with a seriously LOW voice! LOL! Dale, I think, is the new queen of abs, taking Nancy Tucker's place. OH MY!

Apryl