{Disregard purple frown at top; I don't know how to get rid of it ...}
I'm a HUGE fan of LMOD!!! (Disclaimer: my subscription is free, through my supplemental Medicare insurance plan.)
I use the app primarily. There is an "old" app and the "new" one. On the FB group, most folks prefer the "old" app, but the "new" app lets you play individual tracks of the workouts. I use that feature a lot.
Every.single.morning I do some
BodyCombat. Maybe just the Upper and Lower Warm-up tracks and a Combat track or so for a 15-20 min wake-up cardio; sometimes the full 30-minute version. I'm gradually working up to a full :55 BodyCombat class. One thing I really like, besides the fact that I can pick & choose individual tracks, is that each release has multiple versions, usually a 30 min, 45 min, the full 55 min, sometimes Upper Body focus, sometimes "cardio blast" focus.
I'm also currently in love with
BodyPump - but I'm using it just to boost my endurance. I still continue to do a traditional strength training program. Like BodyCombat, you can pick & choose tracks (as long as you're using the "new" app). The full 55-minute version has 10 tracks I believe: warm-up; squats; chest; back (rows, deadlifts, clean & press); triceps; biceps; lunges; shoulders; core; cool-down. The 45-min version of each release has the warm-up; squats; chest; back; and core - but has a separate track for a combination of lunges & shoulders, and a combo biceps/triceps track. For awhile I was using the "Metabolic Blast" version - warm-up; squats, back, lunges, chest.
The new
Strength Development program looks awesome, but I'm not following it yet. #1 and #2 are "foundation" workouts; I thought they were good. But - the goal is "heavy" training, in the 6-8 rep range. But they superset front squats and back squats, with only about 20 seconds in between sets. You do 4 rounds. I don't think there's much difference between front squats and back squats, so basically you're still doing 64 "squats" with only 20 sec rest after every 8 squats. I don't consider that heavy weight training, that's still endurance. #3 and #4 are meant to alternate, but when I pre-viewed them, it looks like a lot of tri-sets, again back to back rounds of back squats & fronts squats. So I haven't done those. I'm sure at some point I'll go back to Strength Development & take what's useful. Because some moves / circuits are creative and fun.
I want to do more of
Core. It's more than ab and back work. There's a lot of rotator cuff / scapular work and "floor" work for the glutes & hips.
Some other cool features:
- During the pandemic, and they still continue, they release 3-4 "Trainer Series" workouts each week. Some remain on the app; some go away after the week. These are low-production, 20-minute, bodyweight workouts - just the instructor, no music. Very fun & useful to fit in some activity during the day.
- There are a ton of "Hybrid" workouts !!! These are a combo of tracks from various programs. For example, a 45-minute workout may be 3-4 tracks of BodyCombat, 1-2 tracks from BodyPump, maybe 1-2 tracks from Barre, 1-2 tracks from Core, and wrap up with 1-2 tracks from "Body Balance" - their version of Yoga.
- Similar to the Trainer Series, they also recently did a 3-4 week "BootCamp" challenge, all bodyweight, about 30 min. Those workouts went away after the challenge, but they just announced they are re-releasing the Challenge.
Except for a few Barre tracks I've done in a Hybrid workout, I haven't really tried
Barre (even though I'm a dancer); haven't done any of the bike workouts; haven't done the dance workouts; I don't care for their yoga; tried
Grit or
Body Attack - can't remember which one, but that was too intense for my fitness level right now.
I absolutely love it! I probably do something from LMOD twice a day. (My DVDs are getting dusty ... )
Do post if you have questions, and I'll do what I can to answer.
-Anita