Serious Curves

Charlene Prickett
Year Released: 1992

Categories: Total Body Workouts


I'm an active beginner and I've been working out with weight tapes for several months now. I have only done this tape one time. I used a maximum of 10 Lb dumbells.

As the other reviewers here have said, the lower body work in this tape did not give me a very good workout. However, I do not own any ankle weights and the instrutors all use a MINIMUM of 20 pound ankle weights PER LEG. I'm sure I would have felt the leg work with that much weight on my legs. Even without the ankle weights, I still felt the abductor work, the adductor work, and the calf work.

The upper body work was very intense. I had trouble, at some points, getting into the proper position as fast as the tape required. Charlene uses an inclineable step bench (which I have) and rearranges the blocks a lot and it took me a while to catch on to each new formations. She also shows you how to use an ironing board and box instead of a step for inclined ab work. I didn't feel the ab work at all, probably because I didn't take the time (and stop the tape) to get into proper form.

Charlene's chattiness really helps the time go by much faster than in the other weight tape like this that I do. I appreciate having the information and the distraction from very repititious work.

I think this tape would be an excellent way to add some variety to a rotation with a one hour, total body, slow rep, high weight work out. Just gotta have plenty of ankle weights. And don't forget to warm-up before you start the tape.

Thanks to the fellow VFer who sent this tape to me for a SASE!

In this tape, I think that Charlene's chattiness really helps the time go by faster. As another review here has said, I was very surprised to hear her say that breathwork is unimportant during weight work, but for the most part, I really trust Charlene and find her very informative.

Jennine

10/31/1999