Thursday, April 15, 2010

Review: PowerFit Harmony



PowerFit Harmony
Stephanie Huckabee, 2010

Sculpt Strong Push (disc 2): This is a 20 minute all sculpt workout led by Stephanie with 2 background exercisers. I absolutely love the set they are in (my dream home gym). There is a warmup and cooldown in the 20 minutes but besides that its nonstop sculpting with the band. No wasted time here! I wore my weighted vest and felt that helped bump up the intensity! I would rate this as a high beginner w/o done as is.

After the warmup Stephanie moves right into a squat series with the band. You will do regular band squats then a squat w/ an abduction and a chest press with the band. From there you move into tricep kickbacks with the band, bandless squats, walking lunges with a torso twist, standing abductions (she doesnt use the band but I did to up the intensity), a quad kick-extension (again I used the band), pushups, table work with the band (I added ankle weights & used the band here and REALLY felt the burn), lying chest press with a bridge, tricep press, a pec fly & crunch combo, and a side plank before you cooldown.

Sculpt Strong Pull (disc 4): This is a 20 minute all sculpt workout led by Stephanie with 2 background exercisers. I absolutely love the set they are in (my dream home gym). There is a warmup and cooldown in the 20 minutes but besides that its nonstop sculpting with the band. No wasted time here! I wore my weighted vest and felt that helped bump up the intensity! I would rate this as a high beginner w/o done as is.

After the warmup Stephanie starts with a lat row using the band, then goes into a dip series. From there you will do an upright row with a side lunge -I really liked this move, it had a very functional feel and was a great way to utilize the band in a 4-limb type move. Then bicep curls and into a pliet series: pliets, pliet slides, & pliets with a leg sweep. Then you do a standing oblique bend, side & front shoulder raises, and dips and curtsy dips. Then you move to the floor and do a T-row with the band around your shoes, inner thigh floor work with the band, lower ab crunches, and full body crunches. You finish with a cooldwon stretch.

14 comments:

  1. I'd like to be entered for this!

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  2. This workout looks great. I'd LOVE to win!

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  3. This set is exactly what I need at this time. I love the reviews, the set, the moves..I cant wait to get this set!

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  4. These do look good....would love a chance to try them out! (alisoncooks :)

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  5. I would love to win this!!!
    maryw1981 at yahoo dot com

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  6. Okay my last entry... I posted on the FIRM website forum under "raves and reviews"...and even created a new topic called fitness blog. There it is -- directing folks to check out ur blog and enter to win...not that I want THEM to win.. haha!!!!

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  7. yea! More table work! Love it with a band.

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  8. The same thing happened to me on one of my giveaways and I felt so bad too so I decided to just wait from then on and the people always contact me eventually.

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  9. Ohhh! Please enter me! I need to get my booty in shape for my wedding!

    Thanks for the giveaway shout out

    xo

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  10. just to improve my chance with another comment...:-)

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  11. I'll enter one more time. Stephanie is fantastic. =)

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  12. I left a comment before but I think I got lost :( I like that you said it's like the Firms... I'm a total Firmie!! I've been reading about this since I saw your blog and now I am in love... it does sound like a Firmie workout!! :)

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  13. 20 minutes sounds good to me.

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  14. I enjoy reading your reviews - I really hope I win this set. I like how you are doing 3 a day because you work out for an hour+ but the flexibility is there to do 1, 2 or however many workouts you have time for.

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