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Customer Reviews: Average Rating:  Rating :  - The FIRM Total Body Toner
I am an intermediate exerciser and like The FIRM, particularly the BSS 1, 2, 3, and 4, and the classics. I don't like ALL the "pink" FIRMs (the ones produced lately by Gaiam) that have come out. However, I do enjoy the moves in Total Body Toner, many of which are varied and different at least for me (pushups touching one shoulder when coming up, rotating the hip with a weight in one hand and pull, etc.) combined with other traditional moves (lunges, squats, french press, bicep curl, etc.) Of course it does not use the Fanny Lifter or any other step, but surprisingly I have sore hamstrings and glutes for two or three days after doing the workout, which I like a lot! I have been using 3, 5 and 8 pound weights, with this and many other workouts, which I plan to increase soon. I think it will be pretty easy to go heavier with this DVD. Allie as usual cues really well and is motivating and pleasant. The only thing I would change about her is her hairdo. She needs a makeover! (I saw her in the new Wave infommercial with a different look and she looks very nice) But that's just off topic.
Usually, I don't care much for the music in fitness DVDs, but I have to say the music selection for this workout is lame. Fortunately, it's not too loud, so I can put a CD with a much better music and still can hear Allies voice.
The other thing I don't like much is the final stretch. It's way too short for the kind of workout one has just done. It really is a total body workout, but I need to add my own stretches to really feel stretched. I know, it is only 40 minutes, but I wouldn't have cared to spend 3 more minutes stretching a bit longer.
Overall, I do like Total Body Toner and feel worked out at the end of each session using it. I sweat a lot too! I'm giving it 5 starts because I do feel it was a good purchase and the workout itself, apart from the stretch, is worth my money. Besides, it is now part of my rotation. + See Full Customer Review |  |
