Give Me Strength Toning
Margaret RichardYear Released: 1998
Categories: Total Body Workouts
Workout Type: Muscle Toning
Workout Length: warm up - 3 min.+ Upper Body 12min.+ Abs - 3min. + lower body - 24.30 + cooldown and stretch 2.30 min. = Total 45min.
Fitness Level: Beginners, Intermediate, or Advanced (but more geared for the later two)
Equipment: Dumbells or upper body weights, leg weights (if desired) step to lay on. (if desired)
Set: Material draped in background, one multi-colored abstract painting in the middle.
Attire: She is wearing a black top and black pants.
Effectiveness: I used my 15, 12 and 7 lb. Dbs. and 5 lb. ankle weights and it gave me a thorough workout.
Presentation: If you like weight work, it will keep you working hard. Not boring at all! IMO.
Warm up and Stretches: 3min.
Upper Body weightwork:
Pec flies - laying on step, 8 full then 8 pulses
Triceps - still in laying down position, raise weights up and above head. 20 2-count
Biceps - 10x then 8 with pulse at top
Pushups on bench or floor 16x very slow
Triceps dips off box 16x then stretch muscles.
Biceps - 20x
Deltoids - Lift arms straight to side 6 full, then 12 without lowering. then bend arms into right angle, upper arm parallel to floor in front, raise and lower hands, 8 full , 8 pulses, 8 full, 8 pulses.
then arms straight out to sides again - 5 full , 5 pulses.
at 15min. Abwork - 3min.
Lower Body:
Outer Thigh - weight above knee laying on one side.- 18x bent leg up and down. then
extend and retract 14x then full leg up and down 10 x
inner thigh lifts 20 full then 20 pulses.
2x - bent leg up and down
4x - extend and retract
Quads- lay on back, lift and raise leg up and down 6x then 16 pulses, then 5 extend and retract,
then lift and raise leg up and down 8x then 16 pulses, then 5 extend and retract
Hamstrings - On fours, Lift straight leg up and down 12x then 6 pulses, then extend and retract 8x
then Lift straight leg up and down 8x then 4 pulses, then extend and retract 8x
then Bridgework for glutes
at 42.30 Cooldown and Stretches
End - 45 min.
Total Rating: As a weight tape it is excellent, you do all muscle groups almost... I have to give it a 9 out of 10 because it advertises total body but omits delt flies or lat rows or rear delt lifts.. If you add these on your own you have a truly thorough workout like I did.
Instructor Comments:
Instruction: She teaches One on One..... and as usual her personality takes you through and motivates you.