The Firm Express: Cycle 3 Turbocharge Cardio & Kick Start Your Metabolism

The Firm Express: Cycle 3 Turbocharge Cardio

This is a 20 min all cardio w/o with 8 second power bursts workout by Alison. The bursts include: side lunge floor touches, squat & jump kicks, 1 legged hops back & forth, & a quick step touch. Other cardio work includes: knee pulls, power lunges, weighted side lunges while passing the dumbbell under your knee, skaters, shuffle forward- punch- shuffle back - knee pull, & kettlebell swing w/ a fast walk up & back.   This one is more choreographed than the other Cycles.  Alison has improved as an instructor with every workout she has been in.  I give this workout 4 out of 5 stars.



Kick Start Your Metabolism - Pump It Up!

This is a intense 10 min workout lead by Jen.  You will need  5 to 8lbs weights for this workout.  Jen does not waste any time with this one but before you know it, it is over.  In this w/o you do one set of 8 second bursts (w/ 12 seconds of recovery) then a strength and/or cardio move and repeat. The bursts were all weighted and include: plyo jumps & then she adds in OH press, weighted lunges & adds in bicep curls, and plank moguls. The rest of the workout includes: ski w/ weights & alternating reach, side lunge w/ tricep kickback & dumbbell floor touch, squat- clean & press- abduction, dips & bicep curls, and pushups & renegade rows.  I hope Jen gets to lead more workouts because she is a good instructor.  I give it 3 1/2 out of 5 stars because I wished it was longer.