The Firm: Parts BootCamp 3 in 1 Mix

Nancy Tucker, Allie Del Rio, Tracie Long, Pam Meriwether, Heidi Tanner, Jen Carman, Tamela Hastie, Carissa Foster, Dale Brabham
Year Released: 2002

Categories: Total Body Workouts


I am an intermediate exerciser who has a bum knee, so I have to modify a lot of tapes. The Firm are my favorites. This is aimed towards inter/advanced, though a beginner could modify. There really isnt 3 workouts in this tape. It has two workouts, the first one 42 minutes, the second 40. Both workouts can be performed together by doing workout 1 until you see the fast forward signal in the corner of the screen, then fast forwarding until you get to the signal again and it says "resume play". This makes for a 71 minute workout. They suggest you march in place during the fast foward so the blood doesnt pool in your legs so you won't faint. This workout is primarily body sculpting. I'm not sure why they call it Boot Camp. Maybe because its somewhat basic? Maybe because its supposed to kick your butt? I didnt get my butt kicked but I was challenged by it. I think an advanced exerciser would find it challenging. (I'm sure someone advanced will post, though, and speak for themselves). Equipment needed: oof ball, though I used a soccer ball, tall box, dowel, dumbbells, barbell (or you could substitute dumbbells), and a towel. Both sections have a short warm up, the second has one with wieghts which I found strange, then an abdominal section (which seems to be part of the warm up) then a short stretch. Both sections start with some aerobics, Jennifer called the segment she did Sports drills. Then some intense wieght work with all the Firms usual leg presses, biceps, triceps, ect. My fave part of the first one are all the parts Tracie teaches. The deepness of her squats and plies is inspirational and also I like the little easy cool down from the Basics series that she does before doing Pec flies, rib cage pullovers with triceps press. I wish the firm had these in more of their tapes. The abs in both sections have a different twist to them, I'm not sure the side crunches Carissa does with her leg in the air do anything different from the leg not being up. And Dale does some swiveling type moves for the abs in the second part which I really felt burning at the end. She also uses the ball between her legs when doing bridgework. I did feel a difference the exercise seemed more intense. I wish the stretch at the end of the second segment were as good as the first half, in the second you barely have time to get into position and its over. Overall I liked this video a lot and i will incorporate it into my video rotation (probably in 2 different workouts, since I don't have time to do 71 minutes doing the whole thing.)

Instructor Comments:
All The Firm instructors are well spoken and give good cuing, as usual.

Tammy

03/13/2000