Things that turn you off from buying a video

[ardnas]

Turn offs: horrible music or when you can't hear the music, certain instructors (Denise Austin comes to mind immediately), whooping, simple/basic choreography, dated (think leg warmers and striped leotards), more than 20% high impact, ridiculously high price, fusion workouts.

[alisoncooks]

Originally Posted by athompson10

Inane chatter...

Weird camera angles...

Originally Posted by Clare*

Have to admit, I'm with you on the pretzel & compound moves. No curtsy lunges for me...

Too much high impact jumping along with lots of push-ups makes my list....

Originally Posted by Blackadar

Moves that are too "dancey"...

...Weird camera work. I don't want special effects on my vids...

Originally Posted by a_real_twit

* Instructor not in time with the music
* Poor cueing
* Swearing, which is starting to crop up, unfortunately
* Sneering & Obnixous (i.e. Jillian Michaels, IMHO)
* Weird camera angles and effects, definitely

I'm lazy today, so I'll just say "yes" to any of the above. Some things I'll tolerate on that list, but the bolded one gets the boot automatically.

[Eibhinn]

I'm getting increasingly picky about workouts, so I could make a very long list at the moment, but the absolute worst offenders for me are.

- TIFTing
- Overly complex/confusing or awkward moves and choreography
- Space-hog workouts - I don't have a spare ballroom in my house
- Workouts using more than two or three pieces of equipment, or anything requiring a Step.
- Instructors who yell and shout or make obnoxious comments
- Over-the-top background exercisers who mug for the camera, whoop, or over-emote.
- High impact with no modifier
- Cueing or camera work which make it difficult to follow along - often, but not always, this means non-mirror cueing.
- Leotards. I cannot abide by a workout where leotards are involved.

[MomOf2Gremlins]

Originally Posted by LindaL

1. When I see that the instructor is just walking around instructing and not actually working out.

2. An instructor who has a really unappealing voice - mostly it's the "shriekers". I really don't need to be yelled at.

ITA!

3. When the female instructor has extremely big fake boobs. I'm sorry, but I just find it disturbing and annoying.

[Eibhinn]

Originally Posted by MomOf2Gremlins

ITA!

3. When the female instructor has extremely big fake boobs. I'm sorry, but I just find it disturbing and annoying.

I gotta admit, I also find myself mesmerized and distracted by really unnatural bolt-ons. And not in a good way.

[Sissy B]

The ones that come instantly to mind:

Complex Choreography
Too much equipment
Use of a gadget that is required for one or two workouts and never seen again in another workout DVD
High impact
Inane chatter and stupid stories - Leslie Sansone I'm talking to you

~Sissy B

[Indy]

Too much TIFTing turns me off big time.

Excessive breakdown

When the instructor doesn't work out with you. Walking around and pointing at other people working out - just annoying.

Dark, boring, bland set - bland instructor (Jari Love is guilty of both)

Some really bad music will turn me off - It has to be really bad though and a distraction.

Anything with kickboxing in it or very athlectic style choreography.

Endless counting, bad cueing - "we are going to do 20 push ups - ok go. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 . . . . ."

If background exercises "whoop" too much or are too enthusiastic.

[moviegrl1737]

Refusal to cue when you've put me in a position where you know I can't see the screen. Especially if the only cue is keep your neck neutral (i.e. don't crane your head to see what the heck I'm doing).

[Castella]

This isn't necessarily a dealbreaker, but it is a turnoff and annoyance:
lack of chaptering (PAUL and others)
long awful intros that you can't skip (ELLEN, GAIAM)
confusing or hard-to-get-to main menus (TRACY LONG, ELLEN)

Poor cuing, including: just tell me what weights you are using for goodness sakes so I have an idea, I know how to adjust (PAUL)

Let's party! vibe

Music that is too loud, too repetitive, too uneven in volume (this crops up a lot on yoga dvds), I hate chanting and hearing the same words over and over

Poor form, also lack of form instruction and cues, this includes mysterious cues referring to what I should be feeling in my internal organs or expressions like open your heart to the sky or "breathe into your feet"

Not stating what the purpose of the workout is, or what is being worked and why

Anything that is just way more complicated than it needs to be (TRACY LONG)

Claims of medical and spiritual healing powers of the workout

[Gayleski]

Bad form...I just can't get past it or take the instructor seriously when I see it.