The FIRM: Cardio Overdrive
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Actor: Alison DavisDirector: GT Media
Brand: GAIAM AMERICAS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, HiFi Sound, NTSC, Surround Sound, THX, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 70 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-05-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: LIVING ARTS
Product features:
- Cardio overdrive will kick your weight loss into high gear. Unique low impact cardio and body shaping exercises burn calories both during and after this dynamic workout. Tone your legs, arms and waist to the high-energy beat with easy-to-follow steps and Alison s expert coaching. DVD Includes: 45-minute Complete Workout 25-minute Express Workout Optional Equipment: The FIRM Cardioweights
DVD Reviews of The FIRM: Cardio Overdrive
DVD Review: ...Not Boot Camp, But Still FUN & Fat-Burning!!
Summary: 4 Stars
The Firm has created another classic!! "Cardio Overdrive" is a 45-minute fitness program that combines cardio and intervals of fast-paced, light sculpting. This DVD is very similar in format and purpose to an earlier Firm title called "Ultimate Fat Burning Workout," in that it uses light weights only and flows through more like fast and slow cardio than cardio and toning.
I LOVE this program! It is fun, effective and challenging (but without being so difficult that it inspires dread or requires you to eat like Michael Phelps to produce enough energy to get through it!). If you are a beginner exerciser, it definitely will challenge you and the sweat will pour! However, if you are an intermediate to advanced, it is a great maintenance workout that will burn calories and help keep you toned in the right places.
"Cardio Overdrive," led by instructor Alison Davis, begins with a 5-minute-or-so warm-up. After a quick back stretch, you pretty much hit the ground running and your feet never really stop. The warm-up consists of V-steps forward and back, knee raises, glute raises, lunges and quick calf stretches. Then you're on to the first cardio segment.
All of the cardio in "CO" is medium impact. (There is some hopping, but not a whole lot, and what hopping there is can easily be substituted with low-impact squats or other variations. All variations are demonstrated by Sue Mi, the beginner modifier.) The cardio is also fun and varied. The moves are of the classic cardio vein, with side-to-side steps/sprints, jacks, high-and-low jogging, repeater knees, and some plyo jumping (the jogging and plyo jumping only occur in one section). There is NO dance and NO kickboxing (with the exception of a front-and-back kick, no arms, that occurs in one cardio section).
There are 2 toning sections. In both, Alison suggests that you use light weights (I'm guessing theirs are 3 to 5 lbs., but you can always go a little heavier if you try that weight and it is too easy). The toning is okay. It consists of a lot of The Firm's signature compound moves such as moving squats with bicep curls, lunges with L-shaped arms, side lunges with sweeping both arms, knee raises with tricep dips, etc. The moves are all done quickly, so although your heart rate will come down a little, you still will continue to burn calories AND tone up your muscles somewhat.
Though this program tones, it does so VERY lightly, and it is more of a medium-intensity cardio workout than anything else. I am a high intermediate, and does this workout max me out? No. But it is too fun to condemn just b/c it's not crazy hard! To make it more challenging, you have several options:
1. Add more weight during the toning sections.
2. Add higher impact to the cardio. Hop whereever you can, and do NONE of the lower impact options, not even in the beginning.
3. Add onto "Cardio Overdrive" with a short, 20-minute toning workout. To supplement this, I actually add on The Firm's "Power Sculpt Workout," using the green 9-lb. Sculpting Stick. This program is a mere 20 minutes from beginning to end, and is Perfection for rounding out "CO" and making a solid, more difficult hour of exercise.
"Cardio Overdrive" is another fave. Great workout, great format, great music, great instructor. If you want to preview this, check out The Firm's official site.
DVD Review: You'll be a sweaty mess when all is said & done, but it's fun!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been a "Firm Believer" for about 12 years now, and I never tire of the Firm's traditional style, but this one doesn't fit that bill as much as most of The Firm's other workouts do. This one is a bit different. Why? I think the cardio is more intense than on some of the other workouts. It's the focus of the workout this time, rather than the side dish. I like that, because sometimes, after lifting weights the day before, I really need something that's mostly cardio. It isn't a beginner workout, in my opinion, but I think intermediates to advanced exercisers will get a good workout from this one. It definitely gets the heart rate up, and quickly!
I've read several reviews here, stating that this workout is too "dancey" and/or "too difficult to learn". Well, I disagree. That's what the rewind, pause, and slow motion buttons are for. To me, it was no more difficult to learn than any other workout, and it's definitely not as difficult as some of the other instructors' workouts that I've tried in the past. If people think this one is tough to master, then I hope they never try a Cathe workout. Compared to her, this one is a piece of cake! Maybe the first time through would be a challenge to master the moves, but the second and third times through, I think it would get easier.
The best thing about this workout is it's FUN! The time flew by pretty quickly! Always a good thing. The second best thing about this workout is it brings the sweat! By the time the workout ended my hair was soaked, and my sports bra was nearly so. That's the sign of a workout being a "burner" and a keeper, in my book.
DVD Review: Eh...
Summary: 1 Stars
Personally, I don't like this instructor, so take my review as you will. She instructs at a very fast pace, and I am trying so hard to keep up that I am not paying attention to form. I am probably doing over half the workout wrong. Also, it seems like they do not tailor these workouts to be done on carpet. There is one segment that I have to stay with the "modified" version in order to finish because my feet keep getting stuck on the regular. It is like you are skiing, yet they want you to change directions. This instructor also is a very "dance" oriented instructor. I prefer the simple moves that anyone can do. They may be boring, but they are effective because you have proper form!
I use this video in my rotation, but I don't like it.
DVD Review: If you're new to The Firm, you'll be totally lost...
Summary: 3 Stars
So I tried this work-out for the first time this morning. Now, I know that I'm not going to be able to follow ALL the moves on ANY work-out video the first time... but I was TOTALLY lost here. I completed probably less than half of the moves because the instructor just yells out some name of a move and doesn't explain it or walk you through it or anything. Even when it was the 2nd and 3rd time thru the sequence I wasnt able to get thru it. And I consider myself a very quick teach if actually taught properly the first time around. My heart-rate never really felt elevated, but I sweat a little (I'm sure it would've been a better work-out if id have been able to follow it). I don't know if this is a FIRM thing or if they just assume you know what all these names mean and how to do the moves perfectly without any instruction what so ever.
I gave it a 3-star rating because I could see it being a decent work-out if you have all the moves perfected. I dont see it taking less than 5 watches to do that though... I'll probably try this one a few more times, but just be warned, there is no instruction or explanations, so be prepared to get frustrated the first few times thru...
DVD Review: I'd give it 6 stars if I could!
Summary: 5 Stars
This might be my favorite FIRM workout in my little FIRM library. It's so much fun! I think it helps a bit with coordination (if you're like me and some days have 2 left feet). It really gets your heart pumping and you sweat up a storm, but at the same time it's fun!
I know everyone's at a different fitness level, and mine is about intermediate. I didn't experience a whole lotta soreness from it and I never felt like I was gonna pass out. The moves are really energizing!
Some people wanna put it down because Alison repeats the same moves over and over in each segment, but that's the way you gotta do it in my opinion. You gotta focus on one part of the body, and do repetitive moves in order to get the results you want.
I highly recommend this workout to anyone.
Description of The FIRM: Cardio Overdrive
cardio overdrive will kick your weight loss into high gear. Unique low impact cardio and body shaping exercises burn calories both during and after this dynamic workout. Tone your legs, arms and waist to the high-energy beat with easy-to-follow steps and Alison s expert coaching.DVD Includes:
45-minute Complete Workout
25-minute Express Workout
Optional Equipment: The FIRM Cardioweights
The FIRM Methodology
For more than 25 years, The FIRM has combined sculpting and cardio in a unique, effective way to help you develop the body you ve always wanted. The FIRM method maximizes your ability to sculpt and shape your entire body, burning up to three times more fat than cardio alone.
REAL WOMEN. REAL RESULTS. GUARANTEED.
cardio overdrive with Master Instructor Alison Davis
Special Features:
Learn & Burn FIRM Moves Tutorial
New FIRM Workout Trailers
Includes Spanish Audio Tracks
Consult with your doctor before beginning this or any other exercise program.
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