Firm: Complete Aerobic Weight Training [VHS]
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This 52-minute video from 1992 combines low-impact and step aerobics with strength training. You keep the heart rate elevated for fat burning and cardiovascular conditioning while working the muscles. Jayne Poteet leads a class of fit exercisers of varying ages through a workout that’s as tough as you want to make it, depending on how heavy your weights and how high your step. The aerobic moves are basic–no patterns, no complicated footwork–so beginners can manage the workout. The strength moves are sometimes combined with aerobic moves and sometimes isolated, and they are done slowly for safety and effectiveness. This is a well-designed workout except that the largest upper-body muscles (chest and midback) are left for the end (they’re most efficiently worked early in a workout) and the shoulder presses start behind the neck (they’re safer starting in front of the shoulders). Poteet includes both upper- and lower-body strength moves, but emphasizes the lower (more…)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
good, solid workout
I’ve owned and used this video for nearly 10 years. I’m a Jazzercise junkie and use videos when for whatever reason I don’t go to Jazzercise.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent workout
I have been doing the Firm for years and this is still one of my favorites. I saw another reviewer commenting she previewed the tape and thought the instructors were too into…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works great, just right
PROs
- This is one of my favorite Firm videos. It’s not so easy that you’d get bored or feel under-challenged, not so hard that you’d give up.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Firm Believer since Volume 1
This is volume 6
An outstanding workout when you want something a little lighter;but you can add intensity by using a higher step up box.
5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent firm workout
i love the ab routine. this workout is the core of my collection.
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE BEST!!
This is my favorite weight training workout for when I have more time. The routines are simple, so I can learn them quickly, and the workout is VERY intense and rewarding…
2.0 out of 5 stars
You could do better!
I have to admit that I did not actually do this video, merely previewed it. I lift weights and do step aerobics, but I’d heard so much about The Firm that I rented this video to…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Slow paced, but highly effective
This is a great, basic workout that combines strength training and aerobics. The instructor is easy to follow and her instructions are concise and to the point.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Don’t buy for the aerobics!
If you can get past the cheesy flash dance type moves (it is an older tape), it’s not a bad tape. It is a great tape for beginners, or intermediates on the beginner side.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A classic from the firm
I love this workout. Some of the other reviewers have mentioned that this is a little less intense than some of the other firms.