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Firm Stuff

November 19th, 2007

The Firm Transfirmation system has been out for awhile now. I don’t really have any reviews for that stuff yet since I’ve only picked up a couple of the new workouts.

I am hopefully going to review at least one of the new ones I got this week. We’ll see.

But, if you were planning on getting it, it has gone retail and you can pick it up at various online retailers. The cheapest one I’ve seen is at Overstock.com. It retails there for about $30 and their shipping is always really reasonable. The main difference between the retail kit and the one you could get through Collage or the Firm directly is that the retail kit only comes with 8 1 pound weight plates versus 12 pounds with the normal kit. Plus the kit costs about $75(!) at Collage plus shipping.

Personally, I don’t see the point of selling the videos with the weights. I mean, I already have weights. I heard a lot of people with weights already would set the weights up at 4 and 7 pounds since those types of dumbbells are a little rare to come by. I am pretty sure that most of the videos are going to hit regular retail in the next 6 months anyway though.

I am attempted to pick it up through Overstock though - just because the cost per workout for the price is really cheap. Oh yea, Overstock lists it as being out of stock. They had a whole bunch a little while ago, but sold out within a week I think.
Oh yea, if you want to see preview clips of the new videos, you can check out 2 to 3 minute clips of all of the new releases here. These are clips that are available to members of the Firm Believers club, but they didn’t do a very good job of keeping the preview address “secret.”

A lot of people on the video fitness boards I go to all gave Hi Def Sculpt by Annie really poor reviews. Tight Buns and Killer Legs by Kelsie has gotten universally good reviews - but that is part of that add on pack they released shortly after the CardioWeights release. This video looks pretty good from the preview clip I saw. It is also going retail in March 2008.

There also some new Firms set for release next year.  This is something I picked up from the Firm boards.

We wanted you to be the first to know about new programs that will be released via retail in 2008. We have tentatively scheduled these for release throughout the year so look for updates and announcements here about when each of these new FIRM programs will be available. A few will be available as early as May 2008 while others will be released later in the year.

· Cardio Dance workout led by Alison Davis

· 60 minute calorie blasting workout led by Kelsie Daniels that is slated to be packaged on one DVD with a 30 minute AWT led by Emily Welsh

· Sculpting workout led by Rebekah Sturkie

· Kickboxing Cardio workout led by Kelsie Daniels

· Balance workout led by Tina Smalley

· Travel / quick workout led by Annie Lee using a jump Rope and other fun compact equipment

· A new Cardio Sculpting Ball Workout led by Rebekah Sturkie

The most amazing news is that some of your fellow FIRM Believers will be in the cast of some of these workouts! They will be able to share the behind the scenes making of The FIRM workouts!

These sound pretty good and they were all filmed this past September.  The only drawback to these?  Well, I am pretty sure that most of them are going to be released with new gadgets.  What the hell!!???!!!!  Ugh, it’s so sickening how they are pushing so many gadgets.  I think I am pretty much done with the new Firm.  I mean, they were so great in the early years because they were different from other videos out at the time and they used weights!  The early workouts were a little gadgety to a certain extent too - I am not denying that.  But, it’s not like you would have to buy the gadget in order to get the workout.

I also heard somewhere that the Cardio Dance Fusion workout with Allison is going to be released in March 2008.  I am really curious to see how that turns out - mostly because she is in the dance workout with Allie in the lead and well, the girl ain’t got no rhythm.

I also don’t know why they are having Annie lead workouts as my understanding is that she doesn’t seem to be a very good lead at all.  Then again, the majority of the old school Firm instructors have left the Firm and are now working with Nancy Tucker at BodyFit in Columbia, SC.

  One of the sleuths over at one of my fitness boards found this image.  It basically looks like a new Fanny Lifter, renamed Body Trainer and it’s pink and purple instead of blue and purple.  There was a rumor that a new Fanny Lifter workout was filmed back in 2006, but no details were released about it.  If this is the new workout and considering the way Gaiam has been operating, the workout probably is not going to be available without the purchase of this thing.  It’s also been speculated that the name of the gadget was changed because fanny means something completely different in the UK than it does in the States.

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