Sylwia's 2nd Tonique offering provides 2, 50 minute workouts (each on their own discs). This provides a great way to maximize your efforts and prevent boredom! Each workout emphasizes both cardio and muscle toning, keeping heart rate up for fat burning.

Disc one begins with a warmup. (this is the same as the one on her mat workout--again, no visual cues, you'll just have to follow along) Next up is a Pure Cardio section lasting 9 minutes. The cardio is vigorous, perfect for individuals who love "old school" aerobics! You'll start with jumping jacks, crossing the feet as you jump. The next move is a leg lift knee to chest move. Sylwia will vary the counts on this move, sometimes keeping you on one leg, having you lift the knee multiple times before switching. The next sequence is a sprint in place/butt kick which you'll repeat several times before moving onto rope jumps. You'll finish off the cardio section with some more knee to chest. The cardio sculpt portion is next. The first part is considered "Sculpt" and is 18 minutes long and the 2nd part is considered "Cardio" and is 16 minutes. You'll see many variations of squats and lunges to keep heart rate up and really work the lower body. Sylwia also uses light hand weights to up the intensity. (and work the upper body too) Disc 2 continues with the same warmup (or cooldown, as you can decide to do this segment as either a warmup or a cooldown) as disc 1. The Cardio in this disc is 20 minutes and consists of using the large muscle groups of the lower body with squats and lunges (to get a good calorie burn and effectively tone the area). It also mixes in a little kicking and punching so it is very different from the more "athletic" style cardio in disc 1. The next segment is called Cardio Lunge and runs for 15 minutes. I'm not sure why it was called that because the cardio was varied (using more than just lunges) and it also included some straight forward toning moves with the light weights, like tricep kickbacks. The last segment is called Lower/Upper Body Sculpt and runs for 10 minutes. This segment begins with a cardio intensifier (jumps) and then goes into sculpting with light hand weights. You'll perform high reps for fast toning!

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