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The Firm Firm Parts 5 Day Abs Classic Workout Series VHS

Firm Parts: 5-Day Abs offers five distinct workouts that train and strengthen the abdomen. A variety of instructors lead each segment and concentrate on specific areas of the torso. Crunches, reverse curls, and cross-lateral movements are presented in this uncomplicated format. All of the major muscles of the abdomen get attention here, including some great target toning for the obliques. Time-savvy exercisers will appreciate the quick and effective delivery of each set (ranging from six to nine minutes). Students have the option to do all five sets back-to back (36 minutes) or to complete one set for a quick fix. Firm Parts provides vital information on proper form while keeping the movements challenging. Beginners will learn about safely executing sit-ups in the informational segment at the start of this video. Several exercises are performed with the legs off the ground, and students with injured backs and necks may need to modify these moves. This brief but winning workout combines easy-to-follow moves with schedule conscious formats. Participants of all fitness levels will find a program that can tighten and strengthen the abdominals. Simply said: 5-Day Abs delivers crunches for the time-crunched. –Olivia Voigts

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars easy to incorporate into your daily routine
I starting buying the FIRM tapes back in 1989 when they were fifty bucks a pop. I added this as soon as it came out. At first, I was disappointed — there’s nothing new in here; all of the 5 - 9 minute ab segments were cut from the long workout tapes I already owned. However, once I started branching out into other tapes, or skipping the FIRM total body workouts all together, I became much more dependent on this tape. It’s so easy to find 5 - 9 minutes to workout; I can do these right after I roll out of bed (even with my jammies still on), and the exercises are so familiar I can keep my eyes closed & still make it through them while I’m half-asleep. I don’t know that my abs look any better, but they sure feel strong — and I NEVER have the backaches that I used to have ten years ago. The best part about this is that it’s so short (and effective), it’s hard to find an excuse for skipping it. Two of the five segments require a FIRM “step-up box,” a stool used in the FIRM workout tapes. Frankly, anything in the 12 - 20″ range that you could prop your feet up on would be effective. I’ve got the whole array of FIRM step-up boxes, but on occasion, I’ll just use a chair seat when it’s most convenient.

I definitely agree with the ky reviewer that Stud Boy, our “personal trainer,” whose role is to introduce each of the five segments, is a bit much. He does add comic relief — My sister (who also owns the tape) & I have been known to call each other or comment while trying on clothes (using a Tracy James New Yorkish — I guess — accent “Remember, you won’t be able to see your firm new abs until you get rid of that ugly layer of fat.” I find him an amusing annoyance, tolerable for the fifteen or so seconds he appears on each segment.

I don’t have the second abs tape, but I’ll definitely get it. Although I haven’t done so many of the FIRM tapes lately, I do own at least twelve of them (collected over twelve years — ); I’ve discarded many, many, many other tapes over the years (Denise Austin, Jane Fonda, Jazzercise, Kathy Smith, . . . ). They were enjoyable, but I got to a point where I didn’t want to do them any more, and off they went to Salvation Army. In contrast, I’ve never discarded a FIRM tape — the early ones, in particular, really are good and for some reason, much less boring than other tapes. This is the only ab tape I own now — I used to have Abs of Steel ab segment tapes & a Joanie Greggains ab tape — but this is the one I would always do — and which I definitely prefer. Now if I could only get rid of that ugly layer of fat . . .

5 Stars Best Ab workout I’ve tried
This is ABsolutely (haha!) the best ab workout tape I’ve used! Just simple, effective, difficult but do-able ab exercises, some fitness tapes try to hard to be inventive… gimmicky awkward workouts are impossible to stick to in the long run. But this is just clean, easy to follow ab routines that are short enough to fit into you daily routine. I’ve been doing 1-2 workouts from this tape every morning for years and I’m still not bored with it!

If you want an ab workout you can actually stick to and stay motivated, this is it!!

5 Stars pretty good actually
my friend who has a perfect body recommended this video to me. It is easy, quick and does make a difference. I tell friends about it all the time. You can’t go wrong.

5 Stars A must have
I love this tape because of the variety in exercises. You have 5 different workouts for each day and it works. With a healty diet and exercise you will definitely see results in a matter of weeks if you are consistent.

2 Stars This tape annoys me
Okay, so the exercises ARE good. The abs exercises on most of the FIRM tapes that have them ARE good. But I still think it was a mistake ordering this tape for two reasons:

1. It’s just a collection of routines from other, earlier FIRM tapes, so to me it pretty much seems like a rip-off. Also, get ready for some OLD ones there - from the time when instructors looked like Kate Moss and even guys were wearing pink and orange aerobics clothes. If you ever felt like you didn’t quite enjoy looking at such things anymore - well, then you’ll find this tape a visual disaster.

2. Who is this Tracy guy, for heaven’s sake?! All he does is introducing the sets of exercises - half naked and looking as unnatural as a diamond ring on a homeless guy’s pinky. He’s ridiculous, but he’s actually too annoying for me to be able to simply laugh at him.

Altogether, this tape was a disappointment and the two stars are strictly for the exercises.

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