The Firm: Upper Body (Firm Parts)

Upper Body is an upper body weight training workout from The Firm, released in 1993 as part of the "Firm Parts" series. As I mentioned in my Standing Legs review, these workouts are compilations (meaning that they are workouts composed of various segments from Firm workouts). There were many Parts workouts released during the early …

The Firm: Standing Legs (Firm Parts)

Standing Legs is a lower body workout originally released by The Firm in 1993 as part of their "Firm Parts" series.  This series consisted of compilation workouts each containing various segments (where the "parts" name come in) from previously (or soon-to-be) released Firm videos.  The first seven "parts" workouts contained segments from the six Classic …

The Firm: The Tortoise

The Tortoise is a total body cardio + strength workout released by The Firm in 1994, and is co-led by Firm trainers Tracie Long and Susan Harris.  Just as with its cross-trainer companion video, The Hare, this workout was not initially released to retail.  It could only be ordered direct from The Firm, and was …

The Firm: Time Crunch Workout (aka Volume 4)

Time Crunch Workout is the fourth workout out of the six original Firm workouts (often called the "Classics"), and was originally released in 1990.  I will be referring to this workout as Volume 4 from here on out.  When this workout was released to retail in the mid 90s it was named "Time Crunch Workout."  …

The Firm: Body Sculpting Basics (aka Volume 1)

The Firm's Body Sculpting Basics (aka Volume 1) was the workout that got me hooked on exercise nearly eight years ago.  At a yard sale around that time I bought the original six Firm workouts (in the clamshell VHS cases) all for $1.  No, that's not a typo.  These older workouts will always hold a …