Full Body Workout DVD Recommendations?

[SirenSongWoman]

I'm trying to do rotations of all full-body weight training workouts and need more workouts that are as challenging as Muscle Max. I got some new routines, including two Jari Love w/o's and the Providence KB routine, all of which I'll integrate soon. Still, the others I got are more along the lines of The Firm, which are the type of intermediate challenges I use as add-ons (second more cardio-infused workouts I tack on in a day when I have extra time) and are not challenging enough to function as primary weight training routines. I have concerns about using too many too-similar approaches and like to mix it up a bit but the selection seems pretty limited so I have some questions:

- Besides MM, does Cathe have any other full body weight routines? I can't find them...
- What Full body weight routines do you all love and feel challenged by featuring instructors I haven't mentioned?
- If you do Providence, do you think it works as a fb weight workout or is it too much of a hybrid workout?

Thanks!

 

[Ronne]

Hi Stacey

A couple of recommendations if you haven't come across them.

Cathe also has Muscle Endurance (on the same disk as Bootcamp) which is a full body workout of about an hour. It's similar to MM. There's also Power Hour which I don't have which I believe is a full body weights workout as well.

There's also Amy Bento's Slo-Mo. This is actually a split workout but there are full body premixes on there. Amy's weight workouts make a nice change from Cathe's.

Hope that helps!

 

[Stacy]

On Cathe's Pyramids dvd there is also a Bonus workout which is a full body workout. Supersets/Push Pull dvd are both full body workouts with tons of premixes. Her Maximum Intensity Strength is another which is on a dvd with 2 other workouts one of which is Power Hour which is another total body workout, but is higher rep with more of a "Body Pump" feel.

I second Amy Bento's Slo Mo as well.

 

[PhyllisG]

I also like her older ones Power Hour and Maximum Intensity Strength which come on one DVD along with Body Max.

 

[SirenSongWoman]

Thanks for straightening me out about Cathe's full body workouts. I'll check them out. I just got Bento's Slo-Mo but didn't preview it after reading on the box that it's a 3-day split and becoming irritated.... Should have previewed it before making assumptions. Thanks, everybody.

 

[jonahnah]

I recently tried Kelly Coffey Meyers NYC and liked it a lot!! I use more dumbbell variety than she suggests and pause as I need to change my weights, but I really liked this one. I tried it from netflix.

Personally, I love Slo Mo legs!! This dvd has full body premixes on it, but they are lengthy. You can watch long clips of Amy's workouts on her website. HTH!

 

[kathryn]

I second the recommendation for MIS. It's an oldie but goodie.

Tony Horton has some full-body workouts in his P90 Masters ("Sculpt 5-6") and P90X+ ("Total Body Plus") series.

 

[chefkate]

ooh, i love cathe's fb stuff!

muscle endurance
power hour
super sets
push pull
.......so fun!

i've been doing 3-4 day splits but now i want to do these!

 

[bitmover]

The pyramids are good for sure.... you might check out Tracy Effinger's Squeeze Stronger -- a lot of us have it and find it a nice twist to compliment Cathe's work.

-Beth