This is the first total ab video that I had ever done.
Previously, I was doing The Firm 5 Day Abs or whatever ab
work was on my cardio or strength videos. The first time
I did this workout, I was really impressed by the fact
that my abs were so sore the next day because I thought
that they were in good shape. I liked the fact that the
voice over instruction was very good, lots of pointers
about correct form and visualization techniques. This
works all parts of the abs and is very basic. We have all
done every one of these moves in other videos, but these
are done in sets of three with about 30 reps in each set,
so you are doing almost 100 crunches, lateral side
crunches, oblique lifts, etc. The people doing the
workout are dead serious, no smiling or talking and the
woman doing the voice over is also very steady and
calming. Although I really liked this video and will keep
it in my rotation because I do feel it is a good workout,
it is pretty boring. You really have to keep focused on
what you are doing or you will start cheating on the
reps. I think they could have made this more interesting
by adding better music, even that is boring. Men may
really like this workout better than women just because
it is strictly boot camp stuff. It is about 30 min long
with no real warm up or cool down. I see it in the back
of the Collage catalog as videos that you can also get
from them, but I found it for ten bucks at a video store.
Instructor comments: The two people you see in this video are just
demonstrating and doing the moves, the instructor is a
woman doing a voice over.
Doreen Bochmann
6/10/97
