Who is using Tracie Long as their Primary?

[TinaT]

I owned quite a few of her TLT releases and then like so many others, I traded them for the "bright and shiny" current releases of other instructors and methods. I mainly owned the Focus and Longevity Series.

Who is using Tracie as their primary go-to for workouts? I have viewed her recent releases at Total Fitness and I'm on the fence with them. I'd love to hear from those who use them and are they truly intermediate? I'm very familiar with her from the FIRM to current, but I've never used her as my primary. Just added her workouts in here and there. I like the idea of taking a small segment from her focus series or maybe a premix from her Longevity and combining it with my Rebounding. So, do a segment of 15-20 mins of Tracie and then another 15 of Rebounding.

I'm not into mountain climbers, burpees, etc. I do like how the Focus and Longevities had a familiar feel from days of the FIRM, yet with a total Tracie flare. They have good music, set, and Tracie looks very inspiring. I'm not sure if I'm feeling all of that from her most current releases.

TIA ~

[bubbles76]

I've done rotations of Tracie Long focused workouts, but when the rotation was over I moved on to other instructors. My rotations are usually two months. I have so many workouts! I did get great results from Tracie though. I have her two newest, but haven't done them yet. I like that her workouts are tough but doable, safe and deliberate, and fun! And she's always working your core.

[kat999]

I like Tracie a lot but never do her exclusively; she's just always kept in my rotation and classified as AWT for the purposes of how I rotate through my workouts. I find the TLT series extremely challenging; they're among the highest calorie-burn workouts I own, and yet none of the moves are too "hard" for me per se. It's more about how many reps she includes and choosing the right weights. I appreciate that her cardio is not fussy.

[Cerulea]

Yes, I've done this. For a time I was using her Metabolic Strength workouts pretty much exclusively. On days when I had more time I'd do one of her longer ones...like the Reboots, or some of the Focus ones, for example.

I find her workouts to be very well designed and I like the emphasis on functional moves. I improve my strength when I use her stuff consistently.

They are intermediate but if you heavy up they get challenging. She does use burpees here and there, and mountain climbers, especially in the Metabolic series.

[TinaT]

You all have some great perspectives on Tracie. Absolutely some things to think about. My mind is engrained from her Firm days that it's hard to move on at times. That being said, I do love her functional fitness tone she brings to her routines.

Now, I gotta go preview...again.

[Leonana]

I was interested in her dvd's at one point because of 2 Lazy 4 the Gym's reviews. She has Tracie Long in her favorite instructors list.

https://2lazy4gym.com/tracie-long/

[Lori_Michigan]

Originally Posted by TinaT

I'd love to hear from those who use them and are they truly intermediate?

I'm not into mountain climbers, burpees, etc.

I'm a huge Tracie fan, but now that I've had some injuries in the past few years, there's a lot that I have to modify. There are mountain climbers, burpees, etc. in her newer ones (the Sig Series and Grand Totals), and a lot of getting down on the ground and getting up. So if you have any mobility issues, this can be challenging. (Although her mobility work in the Sig Series is great!)

I would call her newer stuff (from the Metabolic Strength series onward) advanced. I would call the Longevity and Focus series intermediate (but high intermediate). There's heavier weights and more bodyweight work in the newer stuff, and I'd say there's more 4-limb cardio work in the previous stuff. Hope that makes sense. (ED to add: I'd say there's more higher impact cardio (plyo type stuff) in very short bursts in the newer stuff, but can also be modified)

I try to do one Tracie workout a week now (although I recently fell on the ice and have hurt my knee about 10 days ago, so I'll be out of commission for another week or so).