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Body Sculpting Basics is one of the original classic Firms and the very first Firm workout I ever did. It is led by Susan Harris.Though I did this workout many times when I first got it (on VHS), I remember very little about it except that it was hard and I couldn’t lift heavy dumbbells back then.

Upper Body is an upper body weight training workout from The Firm, released in 1993 as part of the “Firm Parts” series. As I mentioned in my Standing Legs review, these workouts are compilations (meaning that they are workouts composed of various segments from Firm workouts). There were many Parts workouts released during the early to late 1990s. Originally, there were seven: 5-Day Abs, 5-Day Stretch, Light Aerobic Mix (aka Not-So-Tough Aerobics), Lower Body Sculpting (aka Floor Legs), Standing Legs, Tough Aerobic Mix, and Upper Body. Each workout was composed of various segments from the original six Firm Classics.

As the name implies, this workout focuses on the upper body. It features segments from five of the Classics: Body Sculpting Basics (aka Volume 1; Susan Harris), Low Impact Aerobics (aka Volume 2; Janet Jones-Gretzky), Aerobic Workout with Weights (aka Volume 2; Sandahl Bergman), Time Crunch Workout (aka Volume 4; Susan Harris and Kai Sormeikun), and Boomers/Complete Aerobic Weight Training (aka Volume 6; Jayne Poteet). With the exception of Volume 6, I’ve reviewed all of the aforementioned workouts. In the original Parts workouts as well as the Tortoise/Hare Parts workouts (i.e. Tough Tape), a “transition model” was present in a different setting and would tell you what equipment you would need and set you up in position for the upcoming segment. Later Parts videos no longer did this. For this workout, the transition model is DePrise Brescia, who at the time was a regular on the ESPN show BodyShaping.

Each segment will work on a different set (many times more than one) of muscles. However, the workout emphasizes some muscles more than others (but doesn’t bother me–more on that in a second). The back and chest are worked the most, followed by shoulders and triceps, and biceps are worked the least (in isolation). The staple exercises in this workout are push-ups and one arm lat rows. I’ve often read complaints about the lack of bicep work in this workout. This is both true and false. Yes, there isn’t much bicep isolation work, but you may not realize that your biceps are working as assisting/ancillary muscles during the many sets of one arm rows (and few sets of upright rows). This is how the biceps are designed to work in real life. Also, while there is more tricep isolation work in this workout, they are also worked during the many sets of push-ups, overhead presses, and even the brief set of ribcage pullovers towards the end. If you work the biceps (or triceps) in isolation the same amount as you do the chest, back, and shoulders in isolation, the smaller muscles actually get worked more than the larger muscle groups. If you’ve ever read Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove’s The New Rules of Lifting books, they talk about this in greater detail.

For many of the segments, I use the same weights (or heavier) as I do in their original workouts. Use the proper weights and you will have thoroughly worked your upper body. I paired this workout with with two classes from Peloton: Denis Morton’s 10 Minute Arms & Shoulders Strength (from 11/8/2018), and finished with his 5 Minute Full Body Stretch (from 12/11/2019). I was well worked afterwards, and had some chest and tricep DOMS the next day.

Upper Body is approximately 41 minutes long and requires the following equipment: dumbbells, tall step (just to prop your foot on some of the exercises and to sit on), and a mat. I used my High Step set at 14 inches (five risers underneath). I will list the weights I used below.

Workout Breakdown

Warm-Up (from Volume 3)
Post warm-up stretch (from Volume 2)

CIRCUIT 1 (“Upper body warm-up,” this is Circuit 5 from Volume 2; I used 5 lb. dumbbells for this segment except where noted):

1. Tap toes side to side with alternating bicep curl/tricep kickback 16x
2. Turn to face the right side of the room, tapping toes forward as you do tricep kickbacks (as one toe taps, kick back, as the other toe taps arms come into a bicep curl) 8x, then do one more with a hold at the top 4 counts
3. (Increase to “heavy weights”; I used 8 lb. dumbbells for 3-7): 4 slow squats with double arm French press (weights combined), then do 8 fast alternating toe taps front with 8 partial French press reps, finish with 4 squats with double arm French press (weights combined)
4. “Military Alternates”: Tap toes side to side as you do alternating overhead presses (left arm presses overhead, right toe taps to the side and vice versa) 8x
5. Tap toes side to side as you do alternating upright rows (left arm rows, right toe taps to the side and vice versa) 12x
6. Repeat 4
7. Repeat 3
8. Repeat 2 facing the left side of the room (5 lb. dumbbells)
9. Tap toes side to side as you do slow long lever side lateral raise 8x, do one more with arms holding up 4 counts, then put weights down for brief chest and back stretches

CIRCUIT 2 (Circuit 8 from Volume 4; I used 17.5 lb. dumbbells for 1 and 2, and noted what else I used for)

1. Alternating toe taps front with alternating overhead presses 8x (right arm lifts, left toe taps and vice versa), then continue the toe taps with both arms pressing overhead 4x (palms face each other on the way up, palms face front on the way down)
2. Repeat 1 one more time but without the feet moving
3. One arm lat rows w/ foot propped up on step, 12 per arm (one 30 lb. dumbbell)
4. Double Arm French Press 16x (one 25 lb. dumbbell)
5. 16 push-ups

CIRCUIT 3 (part of Circuit 7 from Volume 1, note that I didn’t use the board underneath the shoulders for 1)

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1. With shoulders elevated on 2×4 board and legs extended towards the ceiling, do pec flyes (full range and pulses; I used 20 lb. dumbbells, in the future I will lighten to 15 or 17.5 lb. dumbbells since I couldn’t keep up with the quicker pace here)
2. Pulsing pec flyes with lighter weights (15 lb. dumbbells; in the future I will go lighter)
3. Pec flyes (pulses and full range; 20 lb. dumbbells; in the future I will go lighter)

CIRCUIT 4 (parts of Circuits 12 and 13 from Volume 3)

1. One arm lat row w/ foot propped up on High Step (30 lb. dumbbell)
2. Repeat 1 on the other side
3. Sit on tall step, do 4 rear delt flyes then do 4 fast shrugs (8 lb. dumbbells)
4. Repeat 3 but do 8 rear delt flyes then 4 fast shrugs

CIRCUIT 5 (parts of Circuit 3 from Volume 4; I used 8 lb. dumbbells except where noted)

1. Long lever lateral raise 4x
2. Front raise 4x (thumbs up and palms facing each other at the top, palms face thighs as you lower)
3. Repeat 1 and 2
4. Plie squat w/ upright row 8x (12 lb. dumbbells)
5. Plie squat pulse/ w partial bicep curl 8x (12 lb. dumbbells)
6. Repeat 4 but do 4x
7. Repeat 5 but do 4x
8. Repeat 6 with a hold at the top on the last rep

CIRCUIT 6 (from Volume 6)

1. Single arm tricep kickbacks w/ one foot propped on tall step, 20x (one 10 lb. dumbbell)
2. Repeat 1 on the other side
3. Double arm lat row w/ one foot propped on tall step, 20x (20 lb. dumbbells)
4. Sit on tall step, do three rear delt flyes (pinkies towards ceiling) followed by one shoulder roll. Repeat several times. (5 lb. dumbbells)

CIRCUIT 7 (parts of Circuit 8 from Volume 2)

1. Kneeling on the floor in a modified runners lunge, do 12 one arm lat rows on the right side (one 25 lb. dumbbell)
2. Put weight down on the floor, do a neck stretch w/ wrist circle
3. Repeat 1 on the same arm (one 20 lb. dumbbell)
4. Push-ups
5. Repeat 1-3 on the other side
6. Repeat 4

CIRCUIT 8 (Circuit 7 from Volume 3)

1. Single arm French Press 16x (one 10 lb. dumbbell; switched to one 8 lb. dumbbell halfway through)

CIRCUIT 9 (part of Circuit 1 from Volume 1; I used 12 lb. dumbbells this entire circuit)

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1. Overhead press w/ palms facing head 2x
2. Single arm overhead press 2x
3. Repeat 2 on the other arm
4. Repeat 1
5. Alternating overhead press in a reciprocating fashion 8x
6. Bent arm side lateral raise 4x
7. Alternating bicep curls in a reciprocating fashion 8x
8. Repeat 6
9. Repeat 5
10. Repeat 6
11. Repeat 7

CIRCUIT 10 (Circuit 16 from Volume 3)

1. Single arm French Press on the other arm 16x (one 10 lb. dumbbell; switched to one 8 lb. dumbbell halfway through)
2. In a modified push-up position, hold at the bottom of the push-up 4 counts (some cast members demonstrate on toes), then shift back into child’s pose and hold 4 counts. Do this twice.
3. 4 push-ups
4. Repeat 2 and 3

CIRCUIT 11 (Circuit 12 from Volume 2)

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1. Pec flyes 12x (12 lb. dumbbells)
2. Ribcage pullovers 12x (12 lb. dumbbells)
3. Repeat 1 and 2

Final stretch (post warm-up stretch from Volume 3)

Susan Harris (née Spivak; born October 28, 1940) is an American television writer and producer, creator of Emmy Award-winning sitcoms Soap (1977–81) and The Golden Girls (1985–92).^[1] Between 1975 and 1998, Harris was one of the most prolific television writers, creating 13 comedy series.^[2] In 2011, she was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.

Life and career[edit]

The first script Harris sold was Then Came Bronson. She then wrote for Love, American Style, All in the Family, The Partridge Family and the TV adaptation of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park. Her abortion episode for the Bea Arthur-starring series Maude in the 1970s won Harris the Humanitas Prize. She would later work with Arthur again in the 1980s when Arthur took one of the lead roles in The Golden Girls.

Harris created many television series: Fay, Soap, Loves Me, Loves Me Not, Benson, It Takes Two, The Golden Girls, Empty Nest, Nurses, Good & Evil, The Golden Palace and The Secret Lives of Men.^[3] Her most financially successful show was The Golden Girls.

Harris had the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome, which affected her ability to participate in the production of The Golden Girls. In an episode of that show titled 'Sick and Tired' (1989), Harris wrote some of her struggles into the storyline where Bea Arthur's character Dorothy Zbornak was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. It later turned out Harris had an adrenal issue, but she wrote the episode as 'my revenge script for all the people out there who had a disease like that'.^[4]

Harris formed the production company Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions with Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas.

Harris married television producer Paul Junger Witt on September 18, 1983; he co-produced all the shows she created. He died in 2018. Earlier, she was married from 1965 to 1969 to actor Berkeley Harris; the couple's son is author Sam Harris. She lives in suburban Los Angeles. Harris was the step-sister to American film producer, editor and screenwriter Marion Segal Freed.^[5]

Awards and honors[edit]

She was honored with the Writers' Guild's Paddy Chayefsky Award in 2005 and inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2011.^[6]

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References[edit]

1. ^https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/friday-november-16-2018-susan-harris-classified-and-more-1.4907201/the-golden-girls-creator-susan-harris-on-pushing-the-boundaries-of-the-sitcom-1.4907659
2. ^'How The Golden Girls creator Susan Harris changed TV comedy forever — and why she doesn't watch it now'. www.yahoo.com.
3. ^'Golden Girls Creator Adds Shows'. LA Times. September 10, 1991. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
4. ^Hunt, Stacey Wilson. 'The Golden Girls Creators On Finding a New Generation of Fans'. Vulture. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
5. ^Barnes, Mike (December 25, 2011). 'Marion Segal Freed, Film Editor, Dies at 77'. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
6. ^'Susan Harris - Hall of Fame Inductee'. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved September 16, 2020.

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External links[edit]

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• Susan Harris at IMDb

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