Posts Tagged ‘Hips Thighs’

The FIRM Power Ball Kit with Slim and Trim DVD

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

The FIRM Power Ball Kit with Slim and Trim DVD




Boost calorie burning as you tighten and tone your abs, hips, thighs, shoulders and arms with The FIRM Power Ball. Youll toss, roll and pump the 4 lb. Power Ball as you move to the high energy beat.

The Power Ball adds intensity to your entire workout while challenging your core muscles for solid abs. With just one simple fitness tool, youll learn easy-to-follow sculpting moves and total body conditioning drills that make your body slim, trim and stronger than ever.

Power up your workouts for faster results with The Power Ball. Youll reshape your entire body for a leaner, stronger, healthier you with The FIRM Master Instructor Tina Smalley leading the way!

Kit Includes

  • One 4 lb. Power Ball, textured for a comfortable, solid grip. Dynamic and fun to work with, the Power Ball helps you burn more fat as you sculpt your entire body.
  • Slim & Trim Complete and Express Workouts on one DVD.

    The SLIM & TRIM WORKOUT DVD Led by Master Instructor Tina Smalley includes:

  • 40-MINUTE COMPLETE WORKOUT
  • 20-MINUTE EXPRESS WORKOUT
  • BEGINNER MODIFICATIONS, SO ANYONE CAN DO IT!

    BONUS WORKOUT: Twist Your Belly Flat in Only 8 Minutes!

    The FIRM Foundation
    For over 25 years, The FIRM has worked with an incredibly insightful idea: strength training combined with aerobics yield better results than either alone. And the founders were right, thanks to one simple truth muscle burns fat all by itself. With The FIRM, you burn fat through the aerobic portion of your workout while you build muscle that increases your bodys natural fat-burning mechanism. Your collective muscle burns more fat. Solid thinking. Solid body. No wonder its called The FIRM.

    For more than 25 years, The FIRM has combined sculpting and cardio in a unique, effective way to help you develop the body youve always wanted. The FIRM method maximizes your ability to sculpt and shape

  • User Ratings and Reviews

    3 Stars Expected to like this more than I did….
    I love weighted workouts, but this one had so many multiple things going on.. for instance, the fancy side squats (while doing like 4 other things at the same time) should be done very carefully if you have ever had any knee injuries or pain. this is a move a person should be extra careful to do in correct form anyway, but the way it is done in the video makes it difficult to understand if you are doing it in correct form or not. i understand the need to be creative, but i also think there is a balance in the sense that we must be mindful of the way we are moving as well in order to avoid injury.

    5 Stars Excellent workout

    I was pleasantly surprised with this DVD. Tina is not my favorite FIRM instructor but she does a great job with the workout. The workout itself is very challenging-this is not for beginners.

    4 Stars Innovative and fun!
    Pluses:

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    - interesting new versions of well-known moves

    - good lower body workout, keeps your heartrate elevated

    - nice and motivating instructor that cues well

    Minuses:

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    - apart during moves that use my own weight ( pushups ) my upper body does not feel challenged enough by the workout

    - if you are a beginner or are not too coordinated some of the lower body moves could be dangerous to your joints as you have to change directions very quickly

    5 Stars Challenging and Fun!
    MI Tina did a great job with this one. I’ve been using FIRM videos 5 times a week for a couple of years and this one kept my heart rate up the entire time. I didn’t think a 4lb ball could fee so heavy. The additional 8 minute ab workout is really good as well. She uses a variety of classic moves with a twist as well as all new moves. If you’re up for a total body challenge, you need this one!

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    Ironman 65cm Deluxe Stability Ball Charcoal

    Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

    Ironman 65cm Deluxe Stability Ball Charcoal




    The Ironman 65-Centimeter Deluxe Stability Ball is designed to be used in a variety of strength, balance, core training, flexibility and rehabilitation exercises. Its proper use is intended to improve your posture, balance and flexibility as well as trim your hips, thighs, and abdomen. The 65-centimeter ball is charcoal in color and fits a person five feet, seven inches to six feet tall.

    Manufacturer’s Warranty
    90-day warranty for materials or workmanship with proof of purchase

    User Ratings and Reviews

    4 Stars Nice but too small
    This might be a nice size to work out with but I wanted one to use as a chair for my desk. This one was too small. 75cm is what I needed. Fully inflated, this ball comes up to a little under my knee.

    This ball has a nice silver color (a bit duller in person than the picture).

    It comes with a small hand pump which is a workout in itself.

    The ball does have a bad smell that is failry strong for a few days. After that, it is fine.

    4 Stars Sitting on it as I write this!
    I got sick and my therapist recommended I get one of these for two reasons. 1, to do exercises with and 2, to sit on at work. After buying it, I never really used this particular model for exercises, since I my therapist always had their own…from experience though these things make a lot of exercises harder, and I’ve become a fan of using them to strengthen your abs and your other core muscles.

    I took this one to work and sit on it like a chair. It is not really comfortable enough to sit on full time, so I keep my office chair nearby and usually switch after about 4 hours. Sitting on it does improve your posture and seems to really help your core strength as well since you can’t slough down and lean on anything like a chair back.

    Per other reviews. Mine might have smelled like vinyl when I first got it, but that quickly faded. Yes, the pump that is included sucks, and worse off there isn’t a standard hole on it so you can’t use a regular pump to inflate it. This isn’t too big of a problem since you only really inflate it once and it holds the air pretty well. Also, according to another review regarding slow leaks…mine has never had any leaks. I inflated it at home and actually carried it to work I think I had to re-inflate it once and that was more to get comfortable with it and haven’t had to pump it up since over the last couple of months.

    5 Stars Great Product!
    This is a great product. It has helped me increase my situps and improve my abs tremendously.

    2 Stars Hate to burst your bubble, but.. . .
    I was using this as a seat at my computer desk, and unfortunately, it got a slow leak within a week.

    Pumping it up again did not help, though it is possible I simply received a defective item, or my [persnickety] cat took out its aggression on this ball while I was away.

    That being said, I CAN tell you that using it as a seat will offer you a good core and stability exercise. I was enjoying the subtle, but constant workout of my abs and lower back, which is why I was so disappointed when it deflated.

    3 Stars holds air fine, but smelly and not round
    The included pump is a joke if you want to get this thing inflated out of the box. I used my bike floor pump and it still took forever. But hopefully it’s something you only need to do once.

    The ball I got is not round, and may explain why some folks complain that it’s not the advertised size. It may well be the advertised size on one axis, but not another.

    I’ve had this thing airing out in the garage for weeks now and it still wreaks of the plastic/vinyl/whatever smell such that I can’t stand having it in the house long enough to actually use it. The smell is subsiding though, so maybe in another few weeks I can bring it inside.

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