Hi
I have been getting back into Tonique after only walking my dog 2-5 miles every day for a month and doing Cathe shorter weightlifting premixes and Ballet Body downloads. Cathe premixes were less than one hour and Ballet Body was only 1-2 segments each time. (After my walks in this crazy hot weather).
So I started with just Euphoria, Power of You (Hawaii workouts), San Sebastien 1&2, Fem Fatale 1 & 3, Born to Move 1.1. These were hard for me. My butt was crying. They used to be my moderate ones.
So reading this thread made me want some new Tonique, even though I'm on a tight budget right now. So I carefully decided to get Prague Girls, Vienna and Infinity Anguilla 2. I was looking for less break dancing moves because I have a recovering elbow from a fall a couple months ago. It's a little twing-y still. Well it's improved since I've been swimming laps on occasion. That seems to be very restorative, for some reason.
Anyway, I did Prague Girls this morning and I absolutely love love it. It's hard but very doable. It's like an updated version of BTM 1.1. That is really my perfect workout for hitting me everywhere below the waist.
The music is instrumental but seems to have the flavor of that part of the world. The girl that works out with Sylwia just makes the workout even more fun. She is in amazing shape too but there are points where she struggles a bit and that makes me feel much better about myself, somehow. They seem like great friends and that they are having fun together.
Nothing gets my lower half like Tonique. Even when I do other workouts or walk or run, I feel myself engaging my lower body in ways that I never did before. It's like she activates or woke up my muscles where I use them properly. I'm just not sure whether I should get Sylwia's new Budapest mat workout because Leah's BB seems to have the most amazing floor work (toning) for me.
Thank you so much, Helen and Ebianco for reviewing these workouts. It was really helpful to me. Waves to Carb and congratulations on your little one!
Casey