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FitnessProsBooks.com - Firm: Total Muscle Shaping
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List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $1.83
Your Save: $ 18.15 ( 91% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Good Times Video
Starring: Firm
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0767712813181
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Good Times Video
Manufacturer: Good Times Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Good Times Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-09-21
Running Time: 50
Studio: Good Times Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
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Summary: THE FIRM: Total Muscle Shaping Video
Comment: Firm believer for 14 years, had this on VHS wanted it on DVD. Fun workout combining low impact cardio with muscle-shaping moves. You need the box pictured to do it right.
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Summary: It delivers...
Comment: This workout is really effective. The instructor, Stephanie, is great giving cues and she is really easy to follow. Not to say that the workout is easy - it is very challenging and comprehensive. I wish it had more step segments, but it is still a very worthwhile workout.
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Summary: Good steady pace
Comment: This workout does incorporate some cardio segments, which are not too complicated choreography wise, but the main focus is the upper and lower body workout. The compound movements (e.g., dips from the step with biceps, leg presses with delts) are challenging without making you anaerobic. The length (50 minutes) is good for a mid-week workout. Is it the most challenging weight workout? No, for those, get the Jari Love DVDs. But is it a good weight workout for the intermediate to advanced exerciser? Yes, if you're happy not being sore the next day. Stephanie is a good cuer and leader; her voice is well modulated, and not too peppy. You will need an incline box (I would recommend the transfirmer over the incline box), and 5-12 pound dumbbells. Why not 5 stars? The ab work. As in the other Firm workouts that do the ab work on the incline, unless you have a death grip on the step, you will slide down. This makes them very awkward to do, even with a mat on the incline.
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Summary: Great compact workout...
Comment: This workout is part of The Firm BSS3 series, which introduces the "Firm Box", a 3 in 1 box which you can use at 6 inches for step aerobics, 14 inches for leg presses and seated exercises and in an incline position for some step routines and lunges. The box's legs are adjustable to any of the previously mentioned heights.
This workout is about 45 minutes long and is jam packed with strength exercises and cardio routines mixed in. There are a lot of compound movements in this video, like leg presses with bicep curls, lunges on the incline with shoulder presses, hover squats with deltoid raises etc. For these sorts of moves, lighter weights are likely best unless you can handle a heavier weight. Of course there are strictly strength exercises as well, squats, leg presses, bicep curls, shoulder presses, tricep dips, chest work and there are some abs at the end. Some abwork is done using the Firm Box, of course if you don't have the box or don't like doing abwork on the box you can do them on the floor.
There is a good variety of cardio routines in this workout, there is one that you use the step at the 6 inch height, one that is at the inclined height, and one cardio session that you don't use the box at all.
For this workout you will need assorted dumbells, and while the Firm Box is preferred, this workout can be modified if you do not have it. If you have the Firm's fanny lifter that can be used in place of it, or a step and a stool. Or if you don't care for the incline, you can use the box at the 6 inch position and still get a good workout.
Stephanie Huckabee leads this workout with 4 of her fellow Firm Master Instructors, she does a great job. Libby shows the beginner modifications in the video. All in all a great workout, gets the job done in 45 minutes.
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Summary: Great workout for the upper body
Comment: Stephanie is definitely my favorite FIRM instructor. I love her personality and energy she brings to each workout. Total Muscle Shaping really emphasizes the upper body, although there is lower body work as well. I don't own the FIRM box, but I do have the TransFIRMer. It was easy to adapt the workout using the TransFIRMer. My upper body was screaming at me when I was finished. I love working out with the FIRM. The workouts are challenging, but fun. I definitely am seeing results that I want by using the rotation calendars.
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