Beauty to the Bone 1

Margaret Richard
Year Released: 2000

Categories: Total Body Workouts


Workout Type: Muscle Sculpting (Upper and Lower body)

Workout Length: Upper Body Sculpting : warm up - 3. 30 min. Upper body 18 min. Abs 3min. Lower Body Sculpting: 25min. then standing stretches - 3 min. then more stretches - 3min. Total Length: 56.30min.

Fitness Level: This tape is tough enough for advanced, since you just add more weights, and perfect for beginners because she even has Tanya (her student) demonstrate a couple of moves before doing them.. She reminds you of form pointers.

Equipment: all optional depending on your level - Hand Weights, Leg weights (if desired), mat, towel

Set: 2 Large modern Art paintings, some material draped behind them.

Effectiveness: I found it to be very effective, my muscles felt it.


Music: Jazzy style, smooth and soothing for warmups and cooldowns.

Presentation: Time flew by for me..

The Cast: Margaret and Tanya (a beautiful thin black girl wearing a long pony tail)

[b] Attire: Margaret wears a black shirt with black pants, Tanya wears a red shirt with black pants.

Warmup : 3.30 min
fluid movements and stretches, balance moves,
neck, shin, back, inner thigh, etc. stretches.

Upper Body Workout: 18.30 min. (I used 12lb hand weights but I think she used 5 or 8lb)

Pec flies: Tanya demonstrates move while Margaret explains.
5 Full then 8 2-count pulse
Margaret joins Tanya - 5 Full then 8 2-count pulse
then 2 Full then 3 pulses quick stretch.

Triceps: (I used 7lbs.)
lie on back arms extend over head, bend and straighten arms.
28x then 2 2-count pulse
Triceps Dips - on mat! lift and lower ... she gives 3 versions of this move, one is legs extended.
4x then 3x then 4x
back to triceps with weights - 6x quick stretch

Biceps: (I began with 12lbs and had to pyramid down as low as 7lbs 'cause it gets Tough!!!!)
Tanya demonstrates 4x hammer curls and 4 bicep curls
then Margaret joins her -
5 curls
8 stop in middle face palms down, lift and lower hand only (Ouch!)
4 curls with palms still facing down.
4 2-count curls turn palms up
4 Delt Flies (face back of hand to sides open arms to sides, elbows at waist)
then 8 3-count pulse at top.
4 hammer curls
4 reg.
4 3-count pulse

Rotator Cuff: (description - while standing brings arms in front wrist to elbow parallel to floor then opens
to sides and brings together)
8x
then 8x from bent military position bring only rotate elbows so hands go up and down. (tough!)
then straight arm Delt flies
8x hold arms out with palms up and pulse,
full delt flies,
then a couple of each. quick stretch.

Back - lie on stomach, lift torso up and down.
8x then 8x while rolling body bar or weights forward and back under hands.
8x just leg lifts.
then lift legs open and close quick stretch.

at 21.30 Abs - 3 min. then quick stretch.

Lower Body: 29 min.

outer thigh: 14 lifts then 8 2-count
then extend forward and back 6x in circular motion
8 straight pulses then 4 then 4 then 4 then 4 of each move.

Inner thigh: (Music - dancing machine!)
16x extend and straighten leg
4 bend knee foot in
12 pulses with leg straight
12 extend and straighten leg
4 bend knee foot in
12 pulses with leg straight quick stretch after each leg is worked.

Bridgework: at 41.30 min.

Quadriceps:
laying on back, extend legs in front,
6 full then 12 up and down halfway
then pulse then lift one leg up.

at 49.30 stand , no weights, stretch body side to side oblique work.

at 53.30 stretches.

at 56.30 End.

Total Rating: Excellent Body Sculpting it is what it advertises itself to be, it does not suggest cardio, for what it is, it achieves it's goal.. my opinion it's a 10 out of possible 10 points. (IMO!) I really like Margaret.It is also a flexible video because you can do upper body one day and lower on another since each section is complete

Instructor Comments:
Instruction: Calm and soothing form pointers throughout. Margaret continually emphasises form, form, form.
She encourages you to "heavy up" at one point tells you "if you are using heavier weights then slow down the movement." Many times she smiles happily, you can see she is enjoying herself, and it is contagious.

Sunshine

07/05/2003