Functionally Fit Lower Body Firming with Kathy Smith

Kathy Smith's 30-minute Functionally Fit: Lower Body Firming video is a sculpting and toning workout for all fitness levels targeted to shape the hips, buns, and thighs.

Smith's "fitness made easy" philosophy features functional movements from everyday life. Groups of muscles are trained in an integrated lower-body workout to distribute the effort naturally--as opposed to isolating one muscle at a time. You get great benefits--fast and easy total lower-body strengthening and sculpting, and natural shaping of the hips, buns, and thighs from balanced movements in everyday life--and all with safe, easy-to-follow directions. And no exercise equipment is needed.

An active 5-minute warm-up precedes Smith's two powerful 10-minute lower-body workouts. You can do them separately for variety or back-to-back for a definite challenge. (A note for beginners: videotaped exercisers demonstrate modified moves throughout.) You will love Smith's endless variety of squats, pliés, and lunges; her encouraging you-can-do-it approach; and her no-nonsense, simple, yet highly effective moves. A 5-minute cool-down stretches lower-body muscles to safely complete the 30-minute workout.