The Firm - Total Body - Time Crunch Workout
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VHS Movie Reviews of The Firm - Total Body - Time Crunch Workout
Movie Review: Excellent Workout, Poor Production
Summary: 3 Stars
This Firm video makes for a great, quick workout. I purchased this tape because I needed something short, and this really fits the bill. However, when I first watched it, I was dismayed at the awful music, and poor production values. You can see the boom mikes hanging down in front of the camera many, many times! There are also blue screens behind the "doors" on the set that were never changed into any kind of scenery.I really get into a tape when the music is fun & upbeat, but this stuff is odd, not always appropriate for the movements & just plain awful!
If this kind of stuff is important to you (which I didn't think was that important to me, but is!), there are many other Firm tapes that may be better.
BUT, I have to say, that the workout is still good, and I've enjoyed adding extra weights as I've gone along. It's just hard to make myself do this tape when I've got other, newer ones that give me less of a headache to look at.
Movie Review: Great if you're coordinated
Summary: 4 Stars
This, like all the other Firm tapes, provides an excellent workout. I, however, found that the combination moves, e.g. doing overhead presses in conjunction with step ups, required more coordination than I have, and to do these would have risked injury from losing balance during the step ups. By electing to do these moves separately, it defeated the "time crunch" of the original workout. Other excercisers, who do not suffer from the same balance problems, would find this workout very effective.Movie Review: Cheesy? No. Classic? Yes!
Summary: 5 Stars
Yes, the hair and costumes look like 1990, but the moves, sequencing, tight choreography, and excellent production quality make this video timeless.Susan Harris and Kai Soremekun provide excellent cueing in this no-nonsense but entertaining workout. Short sets with heavy weights, alternating with aerobic segments, give a great, complete workout in minimum time. The ab section is innovative and very effective. The cooldown/stretch is wonderful, and the optional "dance" at the end is just plain fun. Composer Marc Aramian wrote the music specifically for this and the other original 6 Firm videos. It's perfectly synchronized, so you don't have to listen to monotonous "gym music" or deal with music that doesn't match up with the instructor's moves.
I have more exercise videos than I care to admit to, but when I want RESULTS, I always go back to the Firm.
Movie Review: Tried and true
Summary: 5 Stars
The Frim series delivers what few others can...and its promise of visible results in ten workouts is not hype. That said, this is one of the tapes in the series I come back to. The segments are quick and having two instructors helps to break up the tape mentally. The instructors are cheerful, but never annoying and the setting is bright. While the moves are simple, they are also quite effective. In response to criticism tht the tape is dated, I would say that many of the Firm tapes are dated by their choice of costume, but barely. Their outfits were tasteful to begin with, not trendy. And while no tape is perfect, this one is close! Definately worth the money!
Movie Review: Short and Sweet!!
Summary: 5 Stars
45 minutes may not seem like a "time-crunch" video, but compared to other Firm videos it is. Their typical work-outs run an hour or more. This tape has the same exercises and benefits, but in a shorter amount of time. It's great for those days when you're a little short on time. It has lots of step work with light weights, to combine cardio with resistance in a short amount of time. You get a full body work-out in 1/3 less time. Worth the money, even though the fashions are a little dated; cheesy leotards, bad hair. It's one of the better Firm tapes.