07-28-13, 10:11 AM | |
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Fusion Fifty
This is a fifty minute workout with an almost 30 minute cardio section followed by a toning section and ending with a few minutes of stretching. There are several new moves that I liked. There is a move similar to the yoga move where you kick your legs up behind you while your hands are on the floor (as if attempting a hand stand). There are one-armed burpees, shoulder push ups from the down dog position followed by both feet kicking up towards the tush. Brooke does a tough pretzel variation, plank work that includes glute lifts and a standing move that has you balancing one one leg while squeezing a ball behind the knee of the lifted leg and simultaneously doing a triceps press with the band. This workout was probably my favorite of the new series and I think Brooke's workout in the first series was my favorite of that series. |
07-28-13, 10:35 AM | |
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Bata Barre
This workout has about 24 minutes in the (Ta)Bata section. Then there is about 26 minutes toning and a few minutes of stretching for a total of 54 minutes. Once again most of the moves, whether cardio or toning, are total body moves or at least multi-part moves. Some of the standing Tabata moves are done with the circle band around the ankles. We also had some tough triceps dip variations. The barre section is done barefoot and makes good use of a slider in some of the moves. There are some glute lifts done from a plank position (not exactly the same as in Fusion Fifty). As a modification to the plank-with-glute work, you can do the glute lifts on all fours. I thought this was especially challenging as the glute lifts are done with the ball squeezed behind the knee. After doing this workout just once, my impression is that the barre section may be more difficult than the barre section from the Barre workout of the first series. However the Tabatas may be easier than the tabatas from Tabata and Toning (first series). |
07-28-13, 11:55 AM | |
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Pacific NW
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Thanks Gerrie fir sharing your thoughts. I'm excited to hear you liked the Fusion with Brooke best as that is hands down my fave from the first series. Really really want at least an update on when mine will arrive....but these reviews will help me decide what to do first when they do arrive.
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07-29-13, 01:48 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: In a plank position
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Mary is FINALLY showing these as in stock (ok, there's a quantity of "1" but I hope that's just because she's shipping all the pre-orders).
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