This is a tough little workout. For all the reviewers who found this workout too lame because all you do is Cathe, give us folks who are either new to fitness, getting back into fitness, or recovering from a fitness setback a chance! I'm a returning exerciser who recovered from a sprained ankle and later a miscarriage, and had to start over with the "beginners" weight set of 3, 5 and 8 pound dumbbells. Humbling, but true.

This workout made me sweat, and I wondered if the lower body work was ever going to be over. I actually took water breaks, something I didn't have to do with FIRM Cardio or FIRM Strength. My heartrate stayed up after the first set of tall box climbs, and I was pleasantly worked out after, but not complete wiped out like with FIRM Vol. 3 (Sandahl Bergman).

I modified the tall box step ups on the second go round by using the 8" portion of the Fanny Lifter, and found I could concentrate on squeezing my glutes; I also smacked the ceiling on the tall box step ups with the V. ;)

The music is pretty decent, and the Enigma-like tracks pull me back into the 90s and my mid 20s, not a bad thing. I like that there was a good mix of upper body work, including seated delt flies, anterior and posterior delt flies (shown on the box, but I modified by leaning over my legs while seated). Unlike the earlier FIRMs which seemed to focus on nothing but lats and delts, this one is much better, hitting triceps, biceps, shoulders and everything else.

A+.

Instructor Comments:
Tracie's form pointers and cuing are dead on in this workout.

f1mom