Lynne Brick
This workout is two hours long. Phew! Lynn starts
with hi/lo floor aerobics, switches to step, and finishes
with a standing and floor toning routine utilizing the
body bar. One person does use hand weights. What a
workout. I love it! Again, the same superb cuing, and the
great music. This workout is definitely for the advanced
exerciser.
Pam Culpepper
This video stars Lynn Brick, and has three segments -
aerobics, step, (each 35 minutes a piece) and a 30 minute
toning section using a body bar. In the toning section,
dumbells will work instead. The tape is awesome! You can
get a workout alone from either the aerobics portion or
step, or you can combine them for a super cardio workout.
The aerobics portion is a blast - it took me a couple of
times of rewinding the tape to learn the moves, but now
that I know them it will be a long time before I become
bored with them. I like the step portion, but not quite
as much as the aerobics. However, the step portion is
still fun, and a good workout. The toning portion has a
good lower body segment. All portions of the tape are
divided into two sections.
I recommend this a good video to buy - right now, its
$19.99 from Collage Video, so you get three workouts for
one price. I feel this tape is more for the advanced
exerciser.
Kathy Lapinski
I have done this workout maybe ten times now, and
although I
absolutely despised it at first, it's gotten a little
better. The workout is separated into a warm-up, Hi/Low
Floor, Step, and Total Body Conditioning. The floor
aerobics are difficult for me to do simply because my
apartment is not big enough. The step part is not
difficult either, from a cardiovascular perspective, but
it does have some tricky steps. My main problem with this
video is that Lynne Brick puts all these fancy moves in
the workout that don't really add to the difficulty or
intensity (i.e., they don't raise the heartbeat);
instead, the tricky moves just seem to be there to make
you trip over your own feet. These moves are for the most
part non-plyometric, but because she really doesn't do a
very good job in cueing, I have some difficulty following
her.
Despite these problems, I really like Lynne Brick in
spite of myself. She's an extremely likeable instructor,
and the music she uses is great.
Carolyn Sproule
This has the same format as 1-2-3 Workout, but not as
tough (though still pretty advanced). The neat thing
about 6001 is that each half-hour segment is divided into
two separate combos, so you can choose to do just half of
a segment, making this very versatile and easy to learn.
Lynne Brick is a very pleasing and professional
instructor, with a Voight-esque body and form, but her
dance choreography doesn't really turn me on. Instead of
innovative new steps, she takes basic steps and adds
corny embellishments like arm waving and hip grinding. I
know she's just trying to have fun, but the goofing
around doesn't do much for me. Also, as someone else
said, the hi/lo needs a LOT of room. Lynne really excels,
however, in the Body Bar/dumbell toning segment. Like
Karen Voight, Lynne spices it up with simple dance moves
like squatting back and forth while doing rows. I also
like how she does brief stretches between sets. The first
half of the toning works arms and legs; the second half
concentrates on the abs and back. These would be great to
alternate on different days if you're short on time.
While I'm not big on the cardio, the strength workout
alone is worth the price of the tape, and I'd like to see
Lynne put out more strength workouts.
Grade: A
Sue Bryant
5/10/97
I don't want to review the entire video. I just want to add my opinion about the hi/lo portion. Although I think a lot of the moves are "fun," these teach segments really slowed down my heart rate, and as the others said, a lot of time is spent teaching moves that just look cool, and don't do much for my heart rate. Also, there is a lot of high impact which bothered my knees a lot.
Abra Nardo-Carroll
02/25/98