Wednesday, April 14, 2010

PowerFit Harmony Reviews: Core Body Balance & Cardio Move It


PowerFit Harmony
Stephanie Huckabee, 2010

Core Body Balance (disc 3): This is a 20 minute core workout led by Stephanie with 2 background exercisers. The set is awesome-open and inviting. There is a warmup & cooldown included in the 20 minutes and there is some stretching interspersed throughout. I would rate this a high beginner core w/o. You will only need a band for this w/o.

Stephanie starts with a standing balance move-glute lift while extending the band in front of you. After that you move to the floor for a series of crunch vartions, she includes crunches, oblique crunches, and leg drops. Then she moves into some lower back work (my fav!) and a plank series.

Cardio Move It (disc 1): This is a entirely low impact 20 minute cardio workout led by Stephanie with 2 background exercisers. The set is awesome-open and inviting. There is a warmup & cooldown included in the 20 minutes but besides that it is nonstop cardio! I would say a similar intensity to Cardio Pure Power. I would rate this a high beginner cardio w/o. You will only need a band for this w/o.

After an active warmup and stretch Stephanie moves into floor aerobics-hamstring pulls, side steps, mock jumproping (low impact), grapevines and other easy to follow athletic type cardio moves. This w/o adapted nicely to the step. After the floor aerobics she moves into a mock step routine using the band on the floor. She includes basic step, v step, knee ups, hamstring curls, and knee repeaters. Again easy to use your step with if you want to up the intensity. Adding the step and weighted gloves really made this a solid intermediate w/o!

8 comments:

  1. I like that it's 20 minutes. sometimes I just can't fit 60 minutes like I'd like.

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  2. Less than half an hour, and low impact? Sounds perfect for days when you want to move, but not kill yourself :).

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  3. The Powerfit DVDs sound really good. Thanks for the reviews!

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  4. I love your reviews, 20 minutes is doable even on my most motivational-less days.

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  5. Thank you for the reviews Lindsey..I am loving every bit of it...I want to get started now but have to wait another week for recovery. Thanks!

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  6. I'm glad you think it's similar to bss1. Should be a lot of fun!

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  7. I love Stephanie as a lead - Super Body Sculpt is one of my favorite workouts. I'm excited to try this venture. I love bands and simple cardio.

    Kia

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  8. Lindsey - I love BSS2 so I know I will love these workouts! Thanks for your excellent reviews!

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