With strength work, I am an intermediate exerciser, who doesn’t really want to move up to advanced work. I have really enjoyed getting into workouts on the ball and Pilates as an alternative to traditional strength training. Recently, I have started getting into split workouts, doing the upper and lower body strength days separately. I got this workout because I had and really liked the corresponding Firm Parts Upper Body workout. I cannot give a review of this entire workout because I haven’t done the whole thing, but, given that I probably never will, I figure I should go ahead and post a review of it.

They vary between using light, medium or heavy weight designations and giving the actual number of pounds they are using. There are some upper-body moves included, but not many. They switch pretty quickly between segments and I did have to stop to get what was required for the next segment several times.

Overall, I enjoyed this workout, or, at least, the part of it I did (almost 30 minutes). They get down to business pretty quickly and in the time I spent, I did three sets of leg presses, three variations of squats, four variations of lunges, and hip extensions and dips. It was a very effective combination of lower-body moves. However, I cannot imagine doing the whole thing. For me, it would be major overkill on the legs. So, I guess I would recommend the workout, but caution about its use, or, how much of it you use.

Instructor Comments:
The segments that comprise this workout are from the original Firms. They have all the cheesiness and effectiveness of those original workouts.

Laura S.