Editorial Product Review: :Are you aware that 75 percent of daily conversation is negative? While you may not have noticed that, you are no doubt aware of the stress and hassles of everyday life. Loretta LaRoche, an adjunct member on the faculty of the Behavior Institute of Medicine, which is an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, is determined to break you out of your cycle of negativity. Half comedian, half therapist, Loretta wants you to see the lighter side of situations. ...
Editorial Product Review: :Strength, endurance, and good form come together in the Firm's Firm Basics: Sculpting with Weights. This informative workout packs 43 minutes of sweat-producing weightlifting, coupled with aerobic intervals. Instructor Tracie Long is inspirational as she demystifies strength training and body alignment throughout this total body workout. The major muscles of the upper and lower body are trained with lunges, pushups, and a variety of standards that pack fat-burning potential. These exercises are basic in application but still deliver ...
Editorial Product Review: :Strength, endurance, and good form come together in the Firm's Firm Basics: Sculpting with Weights. This informative workout packs 43 minutes of sweat-producing weightlifting, coupled with aerobic intervals. Instructor Tracie Long is inspirational as she demystifies strength training and body alignment throughout this total body workout. The major muscles of the upper and lower body are trained with lunges, pushups, and a variety of standards that pack fat-burning potential. These exercises are basic in application but still deliver ...
Editorial Product Review: :15-minute workout. This workout is designed to strengthen, tone and reduce your stomach. These exercises will help reduce fat, and tone those famous trouble spots like the over-hang, and love handles. You're going to look great in that new bikini. Joanie has chosen some exciting music for the work-out. Remember, FITNESS IS FUN! So, put on this video-tape and let's get moving. Some of the exciting exercises in this work-out are SUNNY SIDE UP, TORSO ROCK, the ...
Editorial Product Review: :The Firm Cross Trainers: Firm Strength delivers a challenging workout that is meant to used with other Firm workouts. For example, participants train one day with this video and the next day with Cross Trainers: Cardio. This variety can aid in keeping both the mind and body challenged while maintaining a well-rounded fitness regimen. Instructor Pam Cauthen leads this 50-minute workout as a strength-training program; however, cardio intervals have been added to enhance training effects. The splicing of ...
Editorial Product Review: :Arms and Bust (inaccurately named because you can develop the chest muscles with exercise, but not the bust) is three different 10- minute beginning level, upper-body-toning workouts that increase muscle endurance. You'll need dumbbells, and although Austin says you can use 'soup cans' if you don't use weights, you won't gain much strength. Workout 1, done standing, targets the biceps, triceps, and shoulders. Workout 2, done seated, targets the shoulders (she says that one exercise is for the ...
Editorial Product Review: :Arms and Bust (inaccurately named because you can develop the chest muscles with exercise, but not the bust) is three different 10- minute beginning level, upper-body-toning workouts that increase muscle endurance. You'll need dumbbells, and although Austin says you can use 'soup cans' if you don't use weights, you won't gain much strength. Workout 1, done standing, targets the biceps, triceps, and shoulders. Workout 2, done seated, targets the shoulders (she says that one exercise is for the ...
Editorial Product Review: :Moira Stott-Merrithew has updated Essential Matwork, changing the order of exercises to better balance the body. This is a superb, 63-minute introduction to the Stott Pilates method. First Stott-Merrithew goes through the fundamental principles of breathing, imprinting, and how to stabilize the abdominals, shoulders, and back. Her warm-up practices these principles. Then she works your body thoroughly with 45 exercises, each one taught with precision and tons of technique. She explains which muscles are being worked, how to ...
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