In Shape with Rachel McLish
Rachel McLishYear Released: 1995
Categories: Total Body Workouts
Upper Body: 23 min
Lower Body: 22 min
Abs: 8 min
This tape is two distinct workouts, upper body and lower body with abs. The upper body starts with shoulders, than chest and lats, next is bicepts & tricepts and finally tricepts and pecs. There are two sets of each exercise. The Lower body portion starts with floor work and abs, then its onto squats, lunges, calf raises, standing side leg lifts, dead lifts, etc.
Rachel explains each move and shows modifications for beginers and those with out a weight bench. I don't have a bench, but a chair and step bench work fine. She uses 8 pound weights for the whole work out, but you can use less. I use 5 - 12 lbs depending on the exercise.
The only complaints I have are that a few stretches are included in this video, but I wish it included a full body stretch at the end. Also, there is no warm up, but it is mentioned that you need one before doing this tape. I use another tape to warm up and stretch out on my own, I just wish they had been included.
I do this video about 3-4 times a month and every time I do it I am pleasantly sore the next day. I have owned it for about 8 months (It was my intro to working with weights) and used it regularly, until I discovered the Firm.
Grade: A-
11/30/-0001