First of all, go read Paideiamom's review of this workout, because it's a great piece of world literature. Seriously, it's brilliant.

Having said that and if you're still here, there I was scouring Video Fitness for Tamilee Webb. Occasionally I like to look and see if an old fave has released anything in the past few years, or if I missed something. I found this item. I think to myself, "Tamilee has a walking DVD!? Yes!" Then I start to read the review and I realized, wait--I also bought this at Target because I had read the back cover and thought to myself, "Tamilee has a walking DVD!? Yes!" It's possible my memory isn't what it used to be.

Anyways, I got home and saw two of the workouts are treadmill-based, which I do not own so I put it away and kind of forgot about it (I've got a LOT of workout videos.) Then I read Paideiamon's aforementioned review and got this back out. I needed to see this. And also, if this DVD really was a jive as she said, then I need to sell it.

There are 4 workouts (or "workouts", as the case sometimes may be) in this cheaply packaged 4 DVD set. They are as follows:

1.) David Snively promises me "the stunning scenery of Barbados as you walk yourself to a new body." He could be in Barbados. In some of the scenes, mostly he looks like he's on a golf course. It's also just 23 minutes of him explaining the importance of stretching and buying the right shoes, interspersed with video of him walking down the sidewalk with two ladies. Unless you do any exercise of your choosing while watching Dave stretch his hamstrings in what might be the Barbados, you won't get any kind of workout here. And for someone whose bio purports that he was the host of various workout shows, he's pretty awkward on camera. Remember that episode of "30 Rock" where they asked Jack to be in a sketch? The one where he thought he could move and speak more naturally if he held a coffee cup in each hand? Like that.

2.) Tamilee Webb-ahhh! I loved Buns of Steel. Sadly, I haven't liked many of her other workout videos. Well, at least there is walking in this one. On a set, with a few background exercisers. Really simple walking. Really. simple. If you haven't exercised in a very long time, this might work for you but you'll get bored very quickly. It's 50 minutes. I fast-forwarded through most of it.

3.) Tracey Staehle is on the floor and her sister (in matching glitter headband) is on the treadmill for this HIIT workout. It's not too bad. It's pretty low budget and there is some awkward banter between them. Tracey seems to get annoyed whenever her sister speaks, so that was kind of funny. The idea of this workout is you can either use your treadmill or follow along with Tracey on the floor. The treadmill workout often looks completely different from the floor workout (e.g. Tracey does mountain climbers, while her sister plods along on the treadmill and comments on how hard they look.) Although this one is probably a decent workout and it was unintentionally humorous (besides the awkward sibling interaction, the first segment is title "Hill CLILBMING"), it also isn't something I would look forward to pulling out and doing. It's very cheaply made and not at all interesting.

4.) This is a treadmill workout, which I do not own. Sadly, it looks to be the best of the lot. Judi Brown seems the most comfortable on camera, other than Tamilee. And although it looks cheap too (someone just taped this in a gym, you can see members on other machines in the background), she does give good advice and specific setting information for your machine. This is about 50 minutes.

I don't know if one good workout out of four is enough to make you spend $12 for this (about what I paid.) If you own a treadmill and see my copy at Half Price Books, maybe consider it.

This compilation was put together by Mill Creek Entertainment. I will be looking side-eyes at the next "workout" video of theirs that I encounter.

Instructor Comments:
I pretty much said it all above. For most of these instructors, this video was not their shining hour. Including my beloved Tamilee, I'm sorry to say.

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