Strength Training: Real Women--Real Bodies
Karen DonaldsonYear Released: 2005
Categories: Total Body Workouts
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On preview I think it's pretty
decent. Well-chaptered if you
have a programmable DVD
player (but there's no "menu"
from which to select particular
sections). Music reminds me of
Sesame Street. You'd want to
have tubing or bands, ideally
with handles, as well as one of
those circular tubes for putting
around the ankles. Not a lot of
wasted instructional time. Reps
aren't all that slow but aren't that
fast either. It's not nearly as
unprofessional as the
packaging made it look. The
lead exerciser has good form
and has her background people
demonstrating verrry easy
modifications. I wish she gave a
few more form pointers for the
abs section, though. Depending
on the resistance of your tubing I
think you can get in a good
strength maintenance workout
with this.
If you require that there be
people in your exercise videos
that you consider particularly
trim and cut, this is not the DVD
for you. But for women who are
verry out of shape or who are
completely new to training with
weights or scared of using
dumbbells I think this would be
a good intro to strength training.
Not that there's anything wrong
with just using tubing--I've been
using it to rehabilitate my
shoulder and have been
impressed with its versatility.
Instructor Comments:
Karen is perfectly pleasant. I
didn't hear any annoying
whooping.