with Tony Cortes
This video should be called Beginner Resistance
Training. Only one very basic exercise per bodypart,
three sets of ten repetitions, and that's all folks.
It breaks down like this:
3 sets of static lunges (dumbbells optional)
3 sets of standing side leg raises
3 sets of squats (dumbbells optional)
3 sets of one-legged calf raises
3 sets of push-ups, supersetted with
3 sets of one-arm rows (with dumbbells)
3 sets of 5 reps side raises, 5 reps front lateral raises (with dumbbells)
3 sets of biceps curls (with dumbbells), supersetted with
3 sets of triceps push-ups
3 tri-sets of hip thrusts, reverse curls, and crunches
Since the exercises are so basic, the form is
pretty easy to pick up. There is nothing wrong
with this tape, if a beginner seriously added
weight and tried to train to failure on each
exercise. But you won't be getting Linda
Hamilton's arms from this meagre and uninspiring
selection of exercises! I was hoping to see
something a little more innovative
and motivating than this. I get a better workout
on my own, and better music, too!
Instructor comments: Rachel Hunter is along for the ride, with Tony
Cortes acting as her personal trainer. He has
supposedly trained Linda Hamilton, but she
certainly didn't get her T2 look from this
tape! Tony is not very motivating, and mumbles
his cues to Rachel, leaving the viewer clued
out. Very few pointers on form. Rachel looks
pretty out of shape (a bit of a belly, and no
definition) to be doing a strength-training
video. Tony Cortes doesn't bother to do any
of the exercises himself, and Rachel's form
isn't that great.
Serena Schlueter
March 10/98