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 …

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: Tear It Up!

Tear It Up! is another 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 Shape It Up, Tone It Up, Firm It Up (a lower body only workout), Mix It Up, and Cool …

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 …

Ballet Beautiful: Total Body Workout

Ballet Beautiful: Total Body Workout (aka Classic 60 Minute Workout) is a bodyweight mat workout from trainer Mary Helen Bowers, and is the first of several DVDs in her Ballet Beautiful series. Mary Helen was a dancer for the New York City Ballet (I have the NYC Ballet Workout book and she is in the …

Physique 57: Classic 57 Minute Full Body Workout

I haven’t done this workout in years. Back in 2016, Physique 57 was one of my workout obsessions. In fact, it ignited my barre love (even though I was introduced to it a year earlier via Fluidity). Besides Physique 57, my other favorite barre workouts were the two Ballet Physique workouts (Signature Sculpt and Amped …

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 …