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


Nancy Tucker, Tracie Long, Heidi Tanner, Carissa Foster, Tamela Hastie, Jennifer Carmen, Pam Cauthen

Let's see, where do I begin. This video is a killer! It is "the" toughest Firm video to date. That is if you do the all out 70 minutes of Bootcamp.

This video is broken up into 2 total body workouts. Workout #1 is 42 minutes and workout #2 is 40 minutes. You can do each workout seperately because they both have a warmup and cooldown and abs. Or you can almost kill yourself and do the 71 minute workout. The way you combine both workouts is that the video show's a "Press Fast Forward" command near the end of workout #1. Kinda like Firm 5. You fast forward all the way through first cooldown/Stretch, first warmup/stretch and ball aerobics.

This video does have mostly parts from other video's "BUT" it does have new film too. The warmup is brand new for both workouts. Dale has a new warmup and abs-pushups and Nancy Tucker does a new warmup too. They are both excellent! The music is great. Both workouts have tall box in it. The first is the Tortoise squat/upright row-overhead press/Tall box exercises. The other tall box is from Firm Cardio/Heidi Tanner. Combining these 2 really burns the legs!

I like Bootcamp because it starts off with some ball aerobics to get you more warmed up. This is all the aerobics you will do but my heartrate stayed pretty high with all the weight work during the rest of the workout. Just when my heart was about to pound out of my chest from doing the tall box, you get some good seated upper body to rest your lower body. This Firm really fatigues all my muscles. Even my triceps which are really hard to fatigue. You will only need the 14 inch tall box in this workout. No other small Firm box. Other Firm toys you will need are the oof ball, dowel, barbell and various dumbbells.

I liked the second workout better because it has some of my favorite Firm sections. But I also love the military press section in workout #1 by Traci Long followed by the tricep work by Tamela. This really got my triceps cooking. This is the sequencing the workout:

1)Warm-up and abs/pushups Dale Brabham(new film footage)
2)Stretch :Allie Strickland (Super Cardio) Ball Prep:Allie Strickland (Super Cardio)
3)T-Bar rows/Biceps curls:Pam Cauthen (Strength)
4)Squat/military press/tall box:Traci Long (Tortoise/Tough Tape)
5)French Press/Kickbacks:Tamela Hastie (Cardio Burn/Bust and Butt)
6)Lunges and dips:Pam Cauthen (Strength,Tough Tape 2)
7)Tricep Dips/Lat Rows/Bicep Curls:Dale Brabham (Super Sculpt)
8)Squat/Upright row/tall box/plie squats:Traci Long (Tortoise/Tough Tape)
9)Cooldown aerobics:Traci Long(Basics Sculpting)
10)Chest flies/overhead pulleys/tricep skull crusher exercise:Traci Long(Maximum body Sculpting)
11)Pushups/back work:Dale Brabham(Power Cardio/Bust and Butt)
12)Abs:Carissa Foster(Maximum Cardio)
13)Cooldown/Stretch:Traci Long(Maximum Body Sculpting) Workout#2

1)Warmup Nancy Tucker(new Filming!) Great warmup using light dumbbells with lots of squats and nice side shuffle moves combined with upper body moves.
2)Stretch: Allie Strickland(new Filmage with peaceful music)
3)Ball prep:Jennifer Carmen(Super Cardio)
4)Squats/plies/glute squeezes with ankle weights:Nancy Tucker(Super Sculpt)
5)Lat row/Tricep Kickback/bicep curl:Traci Long(Tortoise,ToughTape,Upper Body Split)
6)Tall box/bicep curls:Heidi Tanner(Firm Cardio/Tough Tape 2
7)Upright row/Militarypress/front delt raises/side delt raises:Dale Brabham(Super Sculpt)
8)Tall Box/French Press:Heidi Tanner (Firm Cardio/Tough Tape 2)
9)Lat Row/tricep kickback/seated bicep curls:Traci Long(Tortoise,Tough Tape,Upper Body Split)
10)Squats/Lunges:Carissa Foster(Super Sculpt)
11)Deadlifts/Bent Rows/rear delt flies&rhomboid pinch/pushups:Dale Brabham(Super Sculpt)
12)Pushups:Jennifer Carmen(Better Buns)
13)Bridge work&oblique work with ball/Abs/Dale Brabham(Power Cardio)
14)Stretch:Tamela Hastie(Cardio Burn)

This video was spliced together very smoothly and even though most of the workout besides the warmup is from other "parts" video's, I really think it's a super tough sweat of a workout. I think it's even tougher than Tough Tape! I also think it's a super deal because you get 2 workout's in 1 video. The set is the Firm mansion and also Library Firm setting. The music is fabulous!

Instructor Comments:
If I commented on every instructor in this video(there are 9), it would become a short novel! I think Dale Brabham shines mostly throughout this video since she does the first warmup and abs. She teaches like Traci Long. Kinda serious and she is so muscular! Did you know she eats oatmeal and banana's for breakfast? Carissa is only in one squat lunge section and an abs section. Jennifer does only one ball warmup aerobics and a pushup section and Allie does the second warmup stretch and first ball aerobic tune. I like the constant change of instructors. It gives the video a nice variety.

Mandy Lee

04/09/2000