Nibble DVD Review: Core Fusion Abs & Arms

After proclaiming my love for all things Core Fusion, I decided to order another dvd from the series to nibble on. Core Fusion Pure Abs & Arms. As the title says, the dvd focuses on abs and arms and comes with a free resistance band! I had never used a resistance band in my strength training and was looking forward to trying something new.

The workout is broken down into 5 ten minute sections:

• Upper Body Weights & Resistance Band
• Upper Body Resistance Band
• Abdominals
  
• Abdominals With Leg Variations
• Upper Body, Back & Hip Stretches

All of the workouts started with the traditional Core Fusion warmup of lifting your arms and legs, and a back stretch of swinging your arms side to side. I like that the warmup is in each section because if you only choose to do one or two of the workouts on a particular day, you'll still get a warmup in.

The weights portion of the upper body workout consisted of shoulder presses, upright rows, bicep curls, and tricep exercises that are KILLER. I don't know the names of them because I've only ever done them in Core Fusion, but they are tough! The resistance band portion consisted of more bicep and tricep exercises with different variations using the band. I liked using the resistance band a lot. I found it easier to use than the weights in this workout because you can control the resistance simply by using less or more of the band. You don't have to pause to change your dumbbells, you just move your hands. The resistance band was also a lot tougher than I expected...in a good way.

The first ab routine consisted of the traditional C-Curve and using the resistance band to add in some oblique exercises. I'm still using the modified version of the C-Curve (holding on to my thighs), but I let go more often so I think I'm getting better. The second ab routine with leg variations was really tough for me. Lifting my legs for every ab exercise while maintaining a C-Curve was very difficult. I was cursing at the television. I think that's a sign of a good workout though. If you're not being challenged, you're not going to see results right?

The last segment was stretching so that was my favorite. It was just different stretches using the resistance band.

Overall, I loved this workout. I prefer it over the Body Sculpt Core Fusion dvd, but only because I'm not trying to lean my lower body out right now so I don't do the lower body workouts on that dvd. Core Fusion Abs & Arms is more tailored to my current training goals. I'm definitely going to be adding Pure Abs & Arms to my workout schedule. 5 out of 5 Jersey Shore Fist Pumps!!

You can read my Core Fusion Body Sculpt Review here.