Product Details

• Actors: Tracie Long
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Women's Health Fitness Network
• Run Time: 55.0 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000A88ZFY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #245,260 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

A light & fast DVD burns calories and tones muscles. A Non-Dominant Trainer, Cheetah expands the definition of cardio with a variety of heart-pumping activities. Free form mambos, kicks & punches alternate with unusual medicine ball patterns. Light weights keep the heart rate high & train specific areas of the leg. Both long & short levers are used to increase musical variety & increase results. Military-style calisthenics use the entire body for a tough, lean physique. Standing tall step & floor work give the leg biceps & glutes extra attention. A medicine ball makes oblique clams & core training more effective and interesting. All moves are synchronized to appropriate tempos with diverse musical styles in one hot soundtrack. Equipment: 14" step, heavy & light dumbbells, medicine ball, optional ankle weights.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice alternative cardio option, December 12, 2005

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Beth Cholette "doctor_beth" (Upstate NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DVD FitPrime FAST CHEETAH Tracie Long from creators of THE FIRM (DVD)

This is the third video I've tried from the old FitPrime series, but it's the first that was a mainly cardio focus. I've found the FitPrime workouts to be quite quirky, but I think that's what I like about them. In particular, I appreciate the variety of unique moves combined with simple choreography and an overall great workout.

The Fast Cheetah DVD is very well-chaptered as listed below. I've added my own brief descriptions of each segment as well as approximate times.

1. Step Climb, 3.5 minutes. This warm-up uses the tall box for slow step-ups/overs, nicely warming up the lower body and beginning to get the heart rate up.

2. Warrior, 2 minutes. This brief stretch incorporates warrior pose from yoga.

3. Ball Toss, 2.5 minutes. Here Tracie uses a medicine ball to "play": she does side steps tossing the ball lightly back and forth plus throws the ball in the air while doing squats. I don't have a medicine ball, so I just used a light (3 lb.) dumbbell; this wasn't a perfect substitute, but it worked fine.

4. Step Chug, 3 minutes. Here Tracie sort of stomps on the box for the "chug" plus does v-steps and small hops.

5. 4-limb Squats, 4 minutes. Using light weights, Tracie incorporates some toning into the cardio by working the delts and biceps. This segment also contains plenty of balance moves.

6. Push-pull, 5 minutes. This section includes knee-ups and jumps from a lunge position.

7. ND Handstand and Hip, 2 minutes. Beginning on the non-dominate side, you perform "handstands" on the tall box--these aren't as scary as they sound, as you basically just put your hands on the box and jump up to raise your hips (ie, you don't actually come all the way up into a true handstand position). This segment also includes squats.

8. Hyper Sweeps, 2 minutes. Here you keep your hands on the box for squats and rear leg extensions.

9. Kickbox, 2 minutes. Tracie incorporates some simple kickboxing moves with knee-ups, side kicks, and punches.

10. D Handstand and Hip, 2 minutes. #7 repeated on the dominant side.

11. Climb and Jump, 2 minutes. More tall box climbs, this time with jumps and rear leg extensions.

12. 4-limb Cross, just under 3 minutes. The light weights are again used for more delt and bicep work with squats and dips.

13. Ball sports, just under 3 minutes. This segment is kind of fun; you again use the medicine ball to simulate sports moves.

14. Ball balance, 2 minutes. Uses the medicine ball for balance and stretch.

15. + AWS Spring Hypers, 1 minute. Not sure what this name means, but it's basically some cool-down work with the ball involving slow squats, balance, and reach. At the end, you add ankle weights for the floor work.

16. ND Bridge Pecs, 3 minutes. With one foot on the box and the ball between your legs, you do bridge work followed by push-ups.

17. D Bridge Pecs, 2.5 minutes. Same thing repeated on other side (the segment is shorter due to less set-up time).

18. Prone Spine, 3 minutes. This is some basic back extension work; ends with a plank.

19. Supine Abs, 4 minutes. Simple crunches for the upper and lower abs plus obliques; also includes some inner thigh work. The ankle weights are removed at the end of this segment.

20. Crunch Stretch, 3.5 minutes. There are just a couple of additional moves for the abs without the weights, then Tracie performs a final stretch mostly on the floor.

The workout comes in right at 55 minutes. Overall I enjoyed it, although I think I'll need to do it a few more times to really get the moves down--sometimes I get confused on the tall box climbs. Overall, I liked this workout and think that it will be a nice alternative cardio option.