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 …

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 …

STS 2.0: Super Sets Total Body

Super Sets Total Body is another total body strength workout in Cathe's new STS 2.0: Muscle & Recovery series. The others are Giant Sets: Total Body and Tri Sets: Total Body. All three workouts make up Phase 1 of STS 2.0, which contains three total body strength workouts. I’m doing the 8 week STS 2.0 …

STS 2.0: Giant Sets Total Body

Giant Sets Total Body is a total body strength workout in Cathe's new STS 2.0: Muscle & Recovery series. It is one of three total body workouts (the others being Super Sets Total Body and Tri Sets Total Body). All three workouts make up the first phase of STS 2.0, which consists of total body …

Slim Series: Tone It Up!

Tone It Up is a total body workout in the Slim Series, a follow up series to Slim in 6 (an older Beachbody program from trainer Debbie Siebers). Both programs were released around 2002-2003. There are six DVDs in this series: Tone It Up, Firm It Up, Shape It Up, Mix It Up, Tear It …

Cathe’s Ripped With HiiT: Lift It HiiT It Legs

Lift It HiiT It Legs is a lower body metabolic weight training workout in Cathe's Ripped With HiiT series.  In the introduction for this workout, Cathe explains that it uses a technique called "contrast training."  In contrast training, you perform a weighted exercise (moderate to heavy weight) then follow it with an explosive (usually plyometric) …

FitPrime: Weights First

Weights First is the first workout in the FitPrime series, and is a cardio + strength workout led by trainer Tracie Long. This workout was originally released on VHS in 2002, then several years later it was released to DVD. When Anna Benson (co-creator of The Firm) was forced to sell her company to GoodTimes/Gaiam …

Weight Loss Workout

Weight Loss Workout is a cardio workout from trainer Kathy Smith, and was originally released in 1990 on VHS. Later it was released to DVD in 2003 (according to the back of my DVD case), although it was also re-released on one of Kathy's compilation DVDs called "Strong, Sleek & Slim" which also features two …

The Firm: Body Sculpt

Body Sculpt is a weight training DVD from The Firm's first Body Sculpting System (BSS1), released in 2002 after Anna Benson was forced to sell the company to GoodTimes (now Gaiam). It is led by Firm trainer Jennifer Carman. There are three main workouts in this set: Body Sculpt, Cardio Sculpt, and Ab Sculpt. Alongside …