I've done them both, here are my first impressions:
I agree with SassyGirl about Metaboost. I loved it as well, though I'm not sure it's quite as hard as the older Fitprimes. I was sweating a lot but my heartrate only got into my low aerobic range and frequently dipped below that. It was a humid Florida afternoon so that might explain the sweat! My HR might go higher when I know the choreography a little better or if I use wrist weights. Besides the fabulous production values, I felt that it was a "kinder" workout than most others; it seemed like the movements were a tad slower and that helped me use my muscles in a more controlled way and protect my joints. The only thing I didn't do were the curtsy dips. It's a keeper for me!
I did FlexPosture today and I'm more ambivalent about this one. Tamela Hastie leads this one and she seems VERY serious compared to Heidi. The cueing is pretty good, but there were times when she didn't mention something important and I had to look at the TV to figure out what she meant. There weren't as many form pointers as I expect from beginner Pilates and yoga workouts, but many of the moves were modified for beginners and the full version wasn't shown. I did it after an hour of tennis practice and it made me feel much less tight, but so do most yoga tapes. There was a lot of variety and the time went quickly.
A negative for me: there was a lot of equipment moving/changing - it uses a stool, mat, yoga block, bar, dumbbells. I do a fair amount of yoga and I found the yoga too modified, next time I'll just do the full pose that I know rather than the modification that Tamela shows, and I might like that better. There was a fair amount of shoulder stabilization work, though, which was nice.
The workout is quite different than other yoga, Pilates or fusion workouts - it has short cardio sections in a couple of places that don't seem very useful. I'm going to try it again next week, but my feeling is that if I were to do something like this as part of rotation I'd be better off doing Karen Voight's YogaSculpt or maybe a 30 minute Pilates workout and a 30 minute yoga practice.
My opinion may change after I do it again, right now I'm on the fence about whether this is worth keeping for me or not.
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