The Firm: Body Sculpting System 2 - Total Sculpt Plus Abs

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Summary: Total Sculpt Plus Abs = Total Body Workout
Review: Total Sculpt Plus Abs, led by Jen Carman, will do what it promises. It is a total body workout focused on sculpting and toning your muscles. The equipment used in this video includes the Firm Fannylifter, Sculpting Stick, and a range of dumbbells such as 3, 5, and 8 pounds. If you do not own the Fannylifter, you will need a step or stool of some kind. You can substitute a broomstick and/or dumbbells for the Sculpting Stick, depending on how they are using it in the video.

This is considered to be a sculpting video, but there are three cardio segments included. This is a great addition, helping to break up the workout and raise your heart rate. So even though the focus is on weight training, you will get a cardio workout as well. I much prefer this to Body Sculpt, another Firm sculpting video that Carman leads.

I also like the way the workout is structured. Carman alternates exercises for the upper and lower body. However, you will work your muscles to exhaustion, which is ideal for optimum results. For example, in an upper body segment focused on biceps, you will do sets of bicep and hammer curls with dumbbells as well as two types of biceps curls with the sculpting stick.

I like the use of the Sculpting Stick in the abs section. I found the abs exercises to be good variations on some old stand-bys that were made fresh by the stick.