I did the complete workout this morning of Staying Power and really enjoyed it. Everything flowed nicely--the cardio segments, weights. The brief floor hip section had me screaming in mercy (ouch).

Staying Power uses the med ball in addition to non med ball cardio. Lots of tricep work in this one. (I'm glad as that is a trouble spot for most of us ) Tracie does a nice sequence consisting of kickbacks with a moving warrior that works the legs and then into some overhead triceps extensions. You'll also see sets of tricep pushups near the end of the workout. You will also see bicep curls, overhead presses, rows for the back, etc during weight work or intermixed with the cardio portions. I also love the way she incorporates the inner and outer thighs in most of the moves. I'm sure to feel it tomorrow! Tracie may add an inner thigh sweep or a side leg lift to the cardio, for example, to effectively tone those areas. I used light weights, as Tracie suggested, during the entire workout and still felt it!

As stated above the lower body gets a good dose of "ouch" with a brief mat sequence that will tone the glutes and outer hips. You'll also do some bridge work that really keys in on those hard to tone glutes! Tracie does a quick set of flies to work the chest to round out the body parts. You will also perform regular pushups along with those tricep pushups. Ab work is quick but tough. (bicycles and various "Tracie inspired" routines!)

The stretch was great. I didn't skip it, as I sometimes do, and was glad I didn't. You'll stretch the lower body effectively with pigeon, wide angle stretch, butterfly stretch, head to knee stretch, quad stretch and a few others including a nice twist pose.


Two thumbs up!

DeniseR