Trish Muse's Strength Attack

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This arrived in the mail yesterday, so I did it today, and wanted to

give you a quick review. She uses light and heavy dumbells and

either a small or large medicine ball (or a dumbell could be used).

FWIW, I should mention that I have a rotator cuff problem, and have a

bit less range of motion on my left side, therefore can't do workouts

that use a barbell over the shoulders as it's too uncomfortable and I

can't do anything with proper form that way (leaning over to the

left), so I always try to choose strength workouts that either use

only dumbells or show them as an option. (Also, can only do two-

thirds of a cuban press on the left side – like I need to be doing

that very often!).

Anyway, having said that, this workout fits in fine with my

limitations. It combines low resistance/high reps. and high

resistance/low reps. and has a 3 pre-mixes of each for a total of 6

(including one which does 2 sets of the heavy weights), as well as a

chapter for each section. It also has a core workout and a

functional stretch. The bonus is core express which I haven't

checked out yet.

I just did the standard workout which was 60 minutes long and

consisted of low resistance and high resistance, core work, and

functional stretch. The stretch is very nice and very thorough and

lasted all of 20 minutes and included balance work. The stretch alone

is so nice that it could be done at any time, or as an add-on to

another workout. I feel as if my muscles have been worked in a good

way – if you know what I mean – I can feel them but am not sore. I'm

at the point in life where I really don't want to half kill myself

working out, and don't think I have to in order to be reasonably fit.

I used 8 lbs. for the first part, and mostly 12's for the second (but

had to use 8's and even 5's for a couple of exercises), and a small 4

lb. ball. So, I'd say keep an assortment of weights handy.

The really nice thing about this workout is that it is VERY flexible,

each part can be done separately, there's a good selection of

premixes, and can fit into any schedule. It moves along quickly, so

there isn't likely to be any " dread " factor to doing it. She doesn't

count out loud for every rep as she goes along, but as far as I could

tell, the counts were all right on, which pleased me. It's annoying

when the left and right reps. don't match.

This is a functional strength workout as it incorporates a fair bit

of balance work and compound moves (as opposed to a " pure " strength

workout, if you get where I'm going on this).

I can see myself using this one, especially the pre-mixes, on a

regular basis, and would definitely give it " two thumbs up " .

Fiona

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Thanks for the review, Fiona! I have had my eye on this one as well. I believe Trish is a physical therapist, so her stuff is probably very posture/alignment friendly (at least in theory!) I see this one as an "open deal" on Advanced Workouts. I'm sure I'm going to cave!

Donna

Subject: Trish Muse's Strength AttackTo: exercisevideos Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008, 3:04 PM

This arrived in the mail yesterday, so I did it today, and wanted to give you a quick review. She uses light and heavy dumbells and either a small or large medicine ball (or a dumbell could be used).FWIW, I should mention that I have a rotator cuff problem, and have a bit less range of motion on my left side, therefore can't do workouts that use a barbell over the shoulders as it's too uncomfortable and I can't do anything with proper form that way (leaning over to the left), so I always try to choose strength workouts that either use only dumbells or show them as an option. (Also, can only do two-thirds of a cuban press on the left side – like I need to be doing that very often!).Anyway, having said that, this workout fits in fine with my limitations. It combines low resistance/high reps. and high resistance/low reps. and has a 3 pre-mixes of each for a total of 6 (including one which

does 2 sets of the heavy weights), as well as a chapter for each section. It also has a core workout and a functional stretch. The bonus is core express which I haven't checked out yet.I just did the standard workout which was 60 minutes long and consisted of low resistance and high resistance, core work, and functional stretch. The stretch is very nice and very thorough and lasted all of 20 minutes and included balance work. The stretch alone is so nice that it could be done at any time, or as an add-on to another workout. I feel as if my muscles have been worked in a good way – if you know what I mean – I can feel them but am not sore. I'm at the point in life where I really don't want to half kill myself working out, and don't think I have to in order to be reasonably fit.I used 8 lbs. for the first part, and mostly 12's for the second (but had to use 8's and even 5's for a couple of

exercises), and a small 4 lb. ball. So, I'd say keep an assortment of weights handy.The really nice thing about this workout is that it is VERY flexible, each part can be done separately, there's a good selection of premixes, and can fit into any schedule. It moves along quickly, so there isn't likely to be any "dread" factor to doing it. She doesn't count out loud for every rep as she goes along, but as far as I could tell, the counts were all right on, which pleased me. It's annoying when the left and right reps. don't match.This is a functional strength workout as it incorporates a fair bit of balance work and compound moves (as opposed to a "pure" strength workout, if you get where I'm going on this).I can see myself using this one, especially the pre-mixes, on a regular basis, and would definitely give it "two thumbs

up".Fiona

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I have Trish's Ab Attack that I got as part of a CEC years ago. Now I'm excited for when it comes up in my rotation of doing all my videos. Unfortunately, that's not until August 2nd. LOL

Tonya

Trish Muse's Strength AttackTo: exercisevideos Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008, 3:04 PM

This arrived in the mail yesterday, so I did it today, and wanted to give you a quick review. She uses light and heavy dumbells and either a small or large medicine ball (or a dumbell could be used).FWIW, I should mention that I have a rotator cuff problem, and have a bit less range of motion on my left side, therefore can't do workouts that use a barbell over the shoulders as it's too uncomfortable and I can't do anything with proper form that way (leaning over to the left), so I always try to choose strength workouts that either use only dumbells or show them as an option. (Also, can only do two-thirds of a cuban press on the left side – like I need to be doing that very often!).Anyway, having said that, this workout fits in fine with my limitations. It combines low resistance/high reps. and high resistance/low reps. and has a 3 pre-mixes of each for a total of 6 (including one which does 2 sets of the heavy weights), as well as a chapter for each section. It also has a core workout and a functional stretch. The bonus is core express which I haven't checked out yet.I just did the standard workout which was 60 minutes long and consisted of low resistance and high resistance, core work, and functional stretch. The stretch is very nice and very thorough and lasted all of 20 minutes and included balance work. The stretch alone is so nice that it could be done at any time, or as an add-on to another workout. I feel as if my muscles have been worked in a good way – if you know what I mean – I can feel them but am not sore. I'm at the point in life where I really don't want to half kill myself working out, and don't think I have to in order to be reasonably fit.I used 8 lbs. for the first part, and mostly 12's for the second (but had to use 8's and even 5's for a couple of exercises), and a small 4 lb. ball. So, I'd say keep an assortment of weights handy.The really nice thing about this workout is that it is VERY flexible, each part can be done separately, there's a good selection of premixes, and can fit into any schedule. It moves along quickly, so there isn't likely to be any "dread" factor to doing it. She doesn't count out loud for every rep as she goes along, but as far as I could tell, the counts were all right on, which pleased me. It's annoying when the left and right reps. don't match.This is a functional strength workout as it incorporates a fair bit of balance work and compound moves (as opposed to a "pure" strength workout, if you get where I'm going on this).I can see myself using this one, especially the pre-mixes, on a regular basis, and would definitely give it "two thumbs up".Fiona

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Thanks for the review Fiona, this sounds really good!

(off to see if netflix has it!)

Trish Muse's Strength Attack

This arrived in the mail yesterday, so I did it today, and wanted to give you a quick review. She uses light and heavy dumbells and either a small or large medicine ball (or a dumbell could be used).FWIW, I should mention that I have a rotator cuff problem, and have a bit less range of motion on my left side, therefore can't do workouts that use a barbell over the shoulders as it's too uncomfortable and I can't do anything with proper form that way (leaning over to the left), so I always try to choose strength workouts that either use only dumbells or show them as an option. (Also, can only do two-thirds of a cuban press on the left side – like I need to be doing that very often!).Anyway, having said that, this workout fits in fine with my limitations. It combines low resistance/high reps. and high resistance/low reps. and has a 3 pre-mixes of each for a total of 6 (including one which does 2 sets of the heavy weights), as well as a chapter for each section. It also has a core workout and a functional stretch. The bonus is core express which I haven't checked out yet.I just did the standard workout which was 60 minutes long and consisted of low resistance and high resistance, core work, and functional stretch. The stretch is very nice and very thorough and lasted all of 20 minutes and included balance work. The stretch alone is so nice that it could be done at any time, or as an add-on to another workout. I feel as if my muscles have been worked in a good way – if you know what I mean – I can feel them but am not sore. I'm at the point in life where I really don't want to half kill myself working out, and don't think I have to in order to be reasonably fit.I used 8 lbs. for the first part, and mostly 12's for the second (but had to use 8's and even 5's for a couple of exercises), and a small 4 lb. ball. So, I'd say keep an assortment of weights handy.The really nice thing about this workout is that it is VERY flexible, each part can be done separately, there's a good selection of premixes, and can fit into any schedule. It moves along quickly, so there isn't likely to be any "dread" factor to doing it. She doesn't count out loud for every rep as she goes along, but as far as I could tell, the counts were all right on, which pleased me. It's annoying when the left and right reps. don't match.This is a functional strength workout as it incorporates a fair bit of balance work and compound moves (as opposed to a "pure" strength workout, if you get where I'm going on this).I can see myself using this one, especially the pre-mixes, on a regular basis, and would definitely give it "two thumbs up".Fiona

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fiona_galbraith wrote:

> I can see myself using this one, especially the pre-mixes, on a

> regular basis, and would definitely give it " two thumbs up " .

fabulous review fiona!! thanks for the recommendation,

:*carolyn.