The Firm: Parts: 5 Day Abs

Susan Harris, Janet Jones-Gretzky, Sandahl Bergman, LaReine Chabut, Jayne Poteet
Year Released: 1998

Categories: Abs/Core


This video is good for runners, or for people who want to add a quick ab workout to the end of a cardio session. In general, I find the segments fairly boring, but I am able to tune them out and get through it quickly. For that reason alone I like the tape - it has a high "zone out" quality that I need after hard cardio. The ab workouts are from the Firm classics (volumes two through six). I am not sure why they didn't include vol. 1 and call it "six day abs". I liked the vol 1 ab routine and would have prefered it to some of the others. In my opinion, the ab routines get better toward the end of the tape (the most recent ab workouts). Overall it is a good video to have around, and if the Firm were to do another "5 Day Abs" from the more recent videos, I would probably buy that one as well.

Instructor Comments:
I am not sure why, but the guy who does the segments between the ab workouts really really bothers me. When he says "good job" or "fitness is a lifelong commitment", I want to kick him! I find him very annoying, but fortunately he is only on the screen for 30 seconds or so. The only possible reason I can see for the Firm having selected him is that they thought women would find him sexy or something. I have the exact opposite reaction - he reminds me of "Joey" from Friends.

Loleen

01/22/1998