Boot Camp Total Body Blast

Boot Camp Total Body Blast is one of six Denise Austin DVDs I picked up from Mary/Total Fitness DVDs when she had a sale going on a little while ago. It contains two approximately 20 minute workouts--Cardio and Strength, and a bonus 10 minute flexibility segment. You can do the workouts in any combination, or …

Pure & Simple Stretch

Pure & Simple Stretch is a flexibility and stretching DVD led by trainer Karen Voight. It was originally released in 1991 on VHS, then later to DVD. Back when I started compulsively hoarding Karen's workouts, this one was not on my radar. At the time I was heavily into cardio and strength training, and did …

G-Force: Superstep

G-Force: Superstep is a step aerobics workout led by a group of three trainers: Patrick Goudeau, Rob Glick, and Darrin Grove. The name G-Force came about due to the fact that all three trainers have a last name starting with the letter G. The G-Force group released several step and hi-lo (floor aerobics) videos from …

Slim Series: Shape It Up!

Shape It Up! is a total body muscle endurance workout in the Slim Series (a follow up to the Slim in 6 program, both created by trainer Debbie Siebers). The other workouts in the series are: Tone It Up, Firm it Up, Mix It Up, Tear It Up, and Cool It Off (the latter a …

The Firm: Tough Cardio Mix (Firm Parts)

Tough Cardio Mix is a cardio workout released by The Firm in 1998, and is part of their "Firm Parts" series (which consists of compilation workouts, or workouts comprised of various segments of several different Firm workouts). Please note that this workout is NOT to be confused with the similarly titled "Tough Aerobic Mix," which …

STS 2.0: Upper Body 1

Upper Body 1 is an upper body split strength workout in Cathe's new STS 2.0: Muscle & Recovery series, and is one of four workouts in the second phase of the program. The second phase of the program contains two upper body split workouts (Upper Body 1 and Upper Body 2) and two lower body …

Burn Fat Fast Cardio Blast

Burn Fat Fast Cardio Blast is a cardio DVD from Denise Austin. It contains four roughly 10-minute cardio workouts: Kickboxing, Athletic Interval, Retro Aerobics, and Cardio Dance. In addition, there is a separate warm-up and cool-down. You can choose to play the entire workout (in the order I listed the individual segments), play one segment …

STS 2.0: Lower Body 1

Lower Body 1 is a lower body split strength workout in Cathe's new STS 2.0: Muscle & Recovery series, and is one of four workouts in the second phase of the program. The second phase of the program contains two upper body split workouts (Upper Body 1 and Upper Body 2) and two lower body …

Denise Austin’s Personal Training System

Personal Training System is a workout DVD from trainer Denise Austin, originally released in 2004. I have fond memories of Denise. Way back before I seriously started my fitness journey with The Firm in 2012, I would do Denise's "Daily Workout" show (on Lifetime TV) before school every morning. This was around 2005-2006, when I …

STS 2.0: Tri Sets Total Body

Tri Sets Total Body is the third total body workout in Cathe's new STS 2.0: Muscle & Recovery series. The others are Giant Sets Total Body and Super Sets Total Body. All three workouts make up Phase 1 of the STS 2.0 program, which consists of total body strength workouts. As I've mentioned before, I'm …