Shaping Up with Weights for Dummies

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Year Released: 2000

Categories: Total Body Workouts


My wife and I are brand new to this whole exercise thing. We went to Target and bought the Firm 4 pack, but were overwhelmed by the choreography and pace. Wow, do we respect people who can do what those folk do. But it was way too much for us, in other words, we are Dummies (capital D).
So, we went to Barnes and Noble and I saw this tape. We were excited once again! We were please with both the pace and the content of the video. As newbies, we liked that Tracy took the time to explain each move before we were asked to implement it. And her constant attention to form caught us misbehaving on more than one occassion. My wife was sore the next day (was using 1lb and 3lb weights), but she is still excited because she DID IT! If we have one minor gripe with the instruction, it is that Tracy does the reps at a very quick pace. We felt like we were risking our form to keep up with her speed, so we slowed it down and did about 10 reps while she did her 12.
We will probably continue to use this video for a few weeks until we are confident with our form. Then, when we are no longer Dummies, we will move on to The Firm Basics which will arrive at about that time.

Instructor Comments:
Tracy was great. Not intimidating or out to get us. Her pointers were very helpful.

Nat Dennison

06/17/2002