The Firm Parts: Standing Legs

Susan Harris, Janet Jones-Gretzky, Sandahl Bergman, LaReine Chabut, Jayne Poteet
Year Released: 1993

Categories: Lower Body Strength


I have the Firm Volumes 2, 3, and 4, so I figured this tape wouldn't be any big deal to do. Whoa, was I wrong! I can't believe what a killer tape this is! I've only done it three times, and each time I've been sore the next day, even though the heaviest weights I've used are 7 pounds. I just can't use the same weights I use for other Firm workouts. For example, usually I do lunges and dips with 10 pounds, and in this workout I only use 5 pounds. You just don't get a break in this video. Almost 40 straight minutes of tall box leg presses, squats, lunges, dips, side leg lifts with weights, and leg lifts to the back with weights. The warmup is from Volume 2, and the stretch at the end is from Volume 5. I think this workout does a good job of balancing the leg work. In some other videos I feel like the only part of my legs that I'm working are the quads, but this workout covers the quads, hamstrings, and outer thighs. As others have mentioned, there is some armwork in this video, but I skip all of it to concentrate on my legs. Plus, I usually do Gilad's Arms of Steel afterwards. I would not describe this workout as fun to do; I have to psych myself up to do it because I know my legs will be burning! When I'm all finished though, I feel that I have conquered! It gets an A+.

Mary Truscott

01/10/1998