The Firm - Firm Parts: Tough Tape 2 | Firm Parts | Tough workout in less than an hour

The Firm - Firm Parts: Tough Tape 2 | Firm Parts | Tough on the legs

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	The Firm - Firm Parts: Tough Tape 2 Firm Parts Good Times Video, 2001 average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Tough workout in less than an hour

TT2 was one of my very first FIRM workouts. This tape, along with good nutrition, has really helped my body to become toned and slim. I now have an extensive collection of workout videos, yet I reach for this one time and time again. I use it on days when I am pressed for time yet want to feel as if I had a good, effective, total body workout (minus abs). The varying segments taught by different instructors, including Traci Long, flow together well. I prefer the older FIRM videos such as this one rather than the more recent. They are fun and exciting to do! I would not recommend this tape to a beginner unless perhaps you try it with no or very light weights. It begins with a warm up, followed by strength, then a cool down. Throughout the strength training, your heart rate will be kept up, increasing your metabolic rate. At first you may need to pause the tape a few times to catch your breath, especially if you are new to working out. You will need lighter and heavier dumbells, a tall step, and a dowel (I use a mop). I usually follow this workout with a segment off the FIRM's 5 day Abs.

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Tough on the legs

This tape lives up to its title, especially on the lower body workout. I couldn't even walk right the next day I was so sore. I took off one star in the rating because it's a compilation video (I do not like the constant change of scenery and instructors), and there is no ab work.

You'll need a Fanny Lifter and dumbells for this workout. They also use a 2 x 4 for some tricep dips and a dowel for balance.

Tough workout!

Another of Firm's compilation tapes, this one has 45 minutes of toning toning toning. Unlike other Firm workouts, there are no cardio sections, which I missed, since I use them to recover from the tough strength work. That said, my heartrate was definitely in the target zone through about 30 minutes of this tape.

For intensity, this one is an intermediate/advanced tape, on par with Firm Strength or Firm Cardio, I think just below Total Body or Body Sculpting Basics. The compilation flows nicely, and all your major muscles get a great workout, except for the abs. I find myself adding a set from 5-Day Abs at the end and 10 minutes from some other cardio tape somewhere in the middle to round things out.

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Good workout, but not enough cardio

Full-body muscle toning, with limited cardio. You WILL get your heartrate up, but I thought the whole selling point of The Firm was that mix of muscle shaping & cardio. Also not much for the abs. The benefit of this video is that it's only 45 minutes, a quickie compared to most FIRM videos, plus the leg toning is the best of pretty much any exercise video series on the market. Worth having in your workout library.

Solid total body workout...

This is another "Firm Parts" video, compiled from Firm Strength, Firm Cardio, Maximum Body Shaping, Fat Blaster and Better Body and Buns. It runs about 45 minutes and is very thorough in hitting all the muscle groups, although there are no abs. But it is short enough that you can tack on a brief ab session following as I often do. You will need a tall box and assorted dumbells for this routine.

You start with a fun warmup from Better Body & Buns then moving into the stretch from the same video. A dowel is used for this segment but a body bar or broom or mop handle will do. Then you start out with 2 sets of squats and pushups from Firm Cardio. The next section is from Maximum Body Shaping, dips with kicks using a dowel and optional dumbell for counterbalance and squats with military presses. There are 2 sets each, the squats and military presses are short sets so one could "heavy up" if they choose to. Next is an upper body set from Better Body and Buns with plyo jumps. You will do plyos first, then move into military presses, french presses and bicep curls, then you will finish this segment with more plyo jumps. Then from Firm Strength you will do a set of lunges and dips, first lunging on the right leg and dipping with the left leg working the right leg, then you will do a set of squats before lunges and dips on the left leg, lunging with the left leg and dipping with the right. Next is more upper body work from Maximum Body Shaping, one arm rows on the left side, you will do 16 reps then you will do biceps curls with the same arm, these are "cheat reps" where you assist on the positive and resist on the negative.

We are about halfway through the workout, now it's time for leg presses from Firm Cardio, you will work the left leg first, you will do one set of 15 reps and then do a set of french presses allowing you to catch your breath, then you will do one more set of leg presses again on the left leg. I like how they do this as I often need to get some air after leg presses. Next are tall box climbs from Maximum Body Shaping which can be tough after just completing all those leg presses. Following those you will do a set of one arm rows on the right side, then the bicep curls with the "cheat" on the right arm. After this you will do more leg presses from Firm Cardio, this time you will work the right leg, you will do one set of 15 reps, then you will do a set of bicep curls, then do your final set of leg presses. Next is a tough shoulder segment from Firm Strength. You start with side deltoid raises seated, then you will stand and do front deltoid raises, I usually stay seated though. Then you will pick up heavier weights, and do overhead presses once again seated. This segment can be really tough but you will feel good once you finish it, I know I do.

We are on the home stretch now, time for more one arm rows and rear leg extensions, preceded by some brief hamstring work which is all from Better Body and Buns. You will do the right side first then immediately go into the other side. Following this you will do a set of plie squats, with some tempo variations and glute pinches to make a just a little more intense. More shoulder work follows from Firm Strength, side deltoid raises then you will work the rear deltoids in a standing position. A set of tough tricep dips completes this segment. They perform these using a 2 x 4 and feet up on the tall box which seems to be tough, but I just use my tall box with hands on it and feet on the floor as I do not have 2 x 4's laying around, and it works just fine. Finally you will do some pushups and spinal erector work from Fat Blaster, this is the only segment taken from that video. Then it's time to stretch out, the cooldown/stretch from Better Body and Buns is used.

This is one of my favorite Firm videos, and I have quite a variety from the classics to the present era Firms. I give it 4 stars only because there are no abs, otherwise it's great. It is short and hits almost everything. Some might not like the constant change of instructors but this does not bother me at all. I also think the routine flows nicely. Recommended.

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