The Firm - Cardio Sculpt Fusion

Really fun, enjoyable and fat burning ;-0
This is about my third or fourth The Firm dvd workout, and I think it's one of the best ones from them. I've done it twice already and I found it fun and doable and I sweated up a storm.
It's not too tough and in fact I'd mainly use this on days where I don't want an intense workout but yet still want to burn some calories. It's a combination of fat burning and toning; the cardio is low impact and aerobic classics with latin dance. The toning blends yoga with traditional body sculpting. Emily teaches all the moves in 'add on' style where you learn a base move and go from there. She is a good cuer and instructor who's encouraging and pushes you along.
All up, it's about 45 minutes and you feel good afterward. I wouldn't use this every single day as there are far more challenging routines out there to do more often, but I would do this once or twice a week on days where you want an easier pace of workout but one that's still beneficial.

A nice circuit recovery workout...
Cardio Sculpt Fusion is billed as a low impact, low intensity recovery circuit workout...very accurate description. The full workout runs about 46 minutes. There's also a 25 minute express workout that skips the cardio segments and a couple of the weighted segments from the full workout.

The instructor, Emily Welsh does a decent job cueing the moves. All of the cardio is low impact and easy to do on carpet. The strength moves are the usual newer-Firm compound moves, starting with leg movement and then adding the arms. If you are not very coordinated, you might not like these newer Firms...a lot going on with the arms and legs! I enjoy these newer Firms because I feel like I get a lot done in a short amount of time.

As this is a recovery circuit tape, there's an emphasis on stretching throughout...I really enjoyed this one.

The main reason I didn't give it 5 stars is the music, which is pretty bad. Fortunately, the music level is low enough so...

Good for an Active "rest" day
This is actually Total Body Lite, which is what it should be called instead of Cardio Sculpt Fusion. It isn't a hard workout, but is still good if you are looking for a light way of working out for a day. It doesn't target the arms and the abs as much as I would like, but it is overall a great tape for a beginner or for a light workout.

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