Actors & Directors
- Greg Smithey
- Jacqueline Pearce
- Jan Chappell
- Fiona Cumming
- Steven Pacey
- Michael Keating
Run time: 52 min.
List Price: $9.98
Price: $24.00
Review The Original Buns of Steel / Warnervision/Maier Group:
Release date: 2001-02-13
Run time: 90 min.
List Price: $29.98
Price: $29.99
Review Jane Fonda's New Workout / Warner Home Video:
Release date: 1999-10-12
Run time: 138 min.
List Price: $29.98
Price: $27.95
Review Tae-Bo Workout (4 Pack: Basic, Instructional, Advanced, 8-minute Workout) / Ventura Distribution:Billed as the "future of fitness" and hawked by numerous celebrities, Billy Blanks's Tae-Bo actually deserves much of the hype it's receiving. A mixture of boxing punches and martial arts kicks, Tae-Bo is fun and easy. One of the best elements of this four-tape set is that the first tape (which is 40 minutes long), Tae-Bo: Instructional, lays out the movements you need to successfully complete a workout. Once you've mastered the steps, you won't have to fast-forward through half the tape to get to the workout, nor will your workout be slowed down by the repeated lessons. After you feel comfortable with the movements (and they're really quite easy to follow; nothing too complicated to trip you up), you're ready to move on to Tae-Bo: Basics, a 27-minute workout (5 minutes of warm-up, 18 minutes of Tae-Bo, and 4 minutes of cool-down) that will have your heart pounding and your body sweating. Next comes Advanced, a 57-minute workout that will have your heart racing, pulse pounding, and sweat glands working overtime. There's razzmatazz on the moves, with slightly more complicated combinations that should be fairly easy to master if you've completed the first two tapes. This video seriously raises the bar on the difficulty factor. In addition to the short warm-up, the cool-down, and the 30 minutes of Tae-Bo, Advanced Tae-Bo also includes 18 minutes of muscle-crunching floor work. You know you're in trouble when even the guys in the tape have trouble keeping up. [+]Make sure you have truly mastered the first two tapes before attempting this one. The 8-Minute Workout is a highly compacted workout (actually 14 minutes long when you include warm-up and cool-down) for those days when you're too short on time for Basic or Advanced. While the 8-minute idea is compelling, it's not an adequate substitute for the longer workouts. Blanks, a seven-time World Martial Arts champion, is a superb instructor, providing encouragement and careful instruction (if you don't know by the end of the tape to hold in your stomach, that's no one's fault but your own). The only downside to these tapes is the less-than-exciting music. Not only is Tae-Bo great exercise for all levels, but the punches and kicks are wonderful for working out stress and aggression. This is the aerobics exercise video for people who are bored by aerobics. -Jenny Brown.
Actors & Directors
- Susan Harris (III)
- Patricia F. Allen
- Mark S. Henriksen
- Tad Abrams
- Jodi Rae Ambrose
- Suzanna C. Blackwell
Run time: 60 min.
List Price: $14.98
Price: $18.00
Review The Firm: Total Body - Body Sculpting Basics / Live / Artisan:Interval workouts incorporate a variety of activities that are powerful and short in duration. These intervals create an anaerobic workout that forces the body to adjust to variations of intensity and motion. Interval training has the real potential to burn fat and build strength. The Firm: Body Sculpting Basics utilizes these same aerobic and anaerobic components to create a 60-minute workout that promotes strength and stamina. Instructor Susan Harris presents simple dance-style aerobic combinations and weightlifting techniques that are sure to make you break a sweat. This video is somewhat dated (lots of '80s-style leg warmers and traditional dance aerobic movements), but the content is so stellar that it would more appropriately be coined as a fitness classic. Pliés, squats, and split-leg lunges work the major muscles of the lower body, while lateral raises, curls, and push-ups concentrate on the upper body. Light weights (5 to 8 pounds) are used throughout this workout, and a set of ankle weights may be helpful if you are looking for a challenge. Cueing comes quickly and Harris does not give much information on form or body alignment. Therefore, beginners should watch the informational portion of this video (the segment immediately before the workout) in order to train as confidently and safely as possible. [+]This is a brilliantly designed program that merges weight training and cardio in an effective and approachable (not to mention quick) package. -Olivia Voigts.
Release date: 1992-11-04
Run time: 85 min.
List Price: $9.98
Price: $17.95
Review CherFitness: New Attitude / FoxVideo Inc.:
Run time: 58 min.
Price: $29.47
Review Step Reebok: The Video (Reebok Release) / Reebok International:True Reebok Release. Small 16 page manual, and of course the original Step Reebok Video.
Release date: 1994-08-06
Run time: 40 min.
List Price: $9.98
Price: $14.99
Review Abs of Steel / Warnervision:
Release date: 1999-09-21
List Price: $34.95
Price: $5.89
Review Tae-Bo Workout - Advanced and Tae-Bo Live! Sneak Preview / Ventura Distribution:When Billy Blanks called this workout Advanced, he wasn't fooling around. This 57-minute workout will have your heart racing, your pulse pounding, and your sweat glands working overtime. The familiar moves from Tae-Bo Instructional and Basic are here, but Blanks has put a little razzmatazz on them, adding slightly more complicated combinations that should be fairly easy to master if you've completed the first two tapes. The new moves-which combine Tae-Bo's patented mix of boxing punches and martial arts kicks-make this video much more exciting, but they also considerably raise the bar on the difficulty factor. In addition to the short warm-up, the cool down, and the 30 minutes of Tae-Bo, Advanced Tae-Bo also includes 18 minutes of muscle-crunching floor work. You know you're in trouble when even the guys in the tape have trouble keeping up. As Blanks says, your "butt should be on fire," and if you need to, "go ahead and scream a little. " But, as always, Blanks is a supportive coach, reminding you to go at your own pace (stop for water if necessary), yet encouraging you to push yourself as much as you can. The music is still cheesy, and some of the camera work somewhat confusing (the overhead angle makes the body positioning in the floor work hard to follow). However, this is a terrific workout when you're ready to take Tae-Bo to the next level; just make sure you have truly mastered the first two tapes before attempting Advanced. [+]A 20-minute sneak preview of Tae-Bo Live is included with this video. -Jenny Brown.
Actors & Directors
- Richard Simmons
- E. H. Shipley
Run time: 60 min.
List Price: $19.98
Price: $3.49
Review Sweatin' to the Oldies 3: An Aerobic Concert with Richard Simmons / GoodTimes Home Video:The third workout video in the Sweatin' to the Oldies series follows the winning format of a lively, beginners' workout with Richard Simmons and a cheerful roomful of enthusiastic friends-many large sized-dancing to blasts from the past with a live band. This time the venue is a theme park, and the music includes get-up- and-dance favorites such as "Gimme Some Lovin'," "Louie, Louie," "Rockin' Robin," "Born to be Wild," "The Name Game," and "Do You Want to Dance?" The choreography is aimed at beginners: simple moves like knee lifts and cha-cha steps, always light intensity and low impact. Besides the motivating music, what makes this and all of the Sweatin' to the Oldies videos special is how much fun everyone on screen is having. You can't help but catch their dancing fever! (36 minutes of aerobics plus warm-up, cool down, and stretch, total 58 minutes. ) -Joan Price.
Release date: 1992-12-15
Run time: 60 min.
List Price: $9.98
Price: $15.94
Review Jane Fonda's Step Aerobic and Abdominal Workout / Warnervision:This multilevel class is safe for and accessible to beginners, and just right for intermediates. Three of Fonda's able and motivating instructors teach the 45-minute step class. Half the room does lower-intensity moves; the other uses higher steps and higher-intensity techniques. The teaching technique is excellent: a pattern is taught on the floor before taking it up on the step. One participant does the routines totally without the step to guide beginners or others who don't feel comfortable using the step. The patterns never get very complex, but they are varied enough to keep you interested and energized, and you can adjust your step height to make the workout harder if you wish. The instructors cue seamlessly. Fonda herself teaches the 10-minute abdominal segment, with enough variations of the standard crunch to keep your abs contracting and your mind engaged. -Joan Price.
Actors & Directors
- Michael Keating
- Paul Darrow
- E.H. Shipley
- Jan Chappell
- Richard Simmons
- Sally Knyvette
Run time: 45 min.
List Price: $9.98
Price: $8.85
Review Richard Simmons Sweatin' to the Oldies / Warner Home Video:Richard Simmons is the king of motivational exercise, especially if you're a beginner. This video workout is a dance party simulating a class reunion, with an energizing live band playing lively hits from the '50s and '60s, such as "It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To," "Great Balls of Fire," and "Dancing in the Streets. " The singers and musicians sometimes come offstage and dance with the exercisers, adding to the energy and festivity. The choreography is very simple, low impact, light intensity, and appropriate for beginners and overweight exercisers. (You may not get your heart rate up if you're very fit, although you'll enjoy the music. ) Richard doesn't do much in the way of cueing-he assumes you'll just follow along. His onscreen class has women and men of all body shapes and sizes, and everyone is having a blast. You will, too. At the end, the exercisers dance down the floor and the screen flashes how many pounds they've lost-several have lost more than 100 pounds. (22 minutes of aerobics, total 43 minutes with warm-up, cool down, and stretch. [+]) -Joan Price.
Run time: 27 min.
Price: $3.22
Review Winsor Pilates: 20-Minute Workout Video / Guthy-Renker:20-Minute Workout Video: A fast, fun, no-nonsense program designed to sculpt your body slim in just 20 minutes a day!
Release date: 1995-06-28
List Price: $7.99
Price: $29.99
Review 8 Minute Abs / United American Video:
Release date: 2001-09-25
Run time: 60 min.
List Price: $14.98
Price: $8.97
Review Tae-Bo II - Get Ripped Advanced (Two-Pack) / Ventura Distribution:Advanced Tae-Bo enthusiasts will enjoy this set of two 60-minute workouts, both nonstop and intense. There are drills of one move at a fast pace over and over, with up to 40 repetitions. Occasionally, you slow down for half a minute to learn a combination, but then it's back to the fast repetitions. The combinations are never complex, but they're always intense, and Blanks gives technique tips so you can focus on doing the moves for maximum effectiveness and safety. Both workouts are tough and relentless, working the whole body, burning calories, building muscle endurance, and conditioning your heart and lungs. If you do advanced Tae-Bo regularly, this set will give you two new workouts at the high intensity you prefer. -Joan Price Tae-bo 2 - Get Ripped Advanced Tae-Bo launches the latest in a series of the hottest workouts on the planet-Tae-Bo II - Get Ripped Series. These six videos are the toughest Tae-Bo workouts yet, containing more explosive moves than ever before and are jam packed with a sizzling new soundtrack. If you are a current Tae-Bo hero, or are just starting, you will see consistent, amazing results from your very first workout. Tae-bo continues to energize you with fast-paced new moves and new music that drives you to peak performance and gives you that "get ripped" look. [+]You'll sweat like never before as Tae-Bo II motivates and guides you through the ultimate total body workout. Discover for yourself why Tae-Bo has ignited a worldwide fitness revolution as you explode to your next level of physical performance. Tae-Bo II - Get Ripped is the most complete set of workouts for total body fitness. So come and join millions of Tae-Bo heroes from ages 5 to 95. Be a part of the hottest fitness revolution of the millennium with Tae-Bo II - Get Ripped. the future of fitness.
Release date: 1995-09-12
Run time: 65 min.
List Price: $19.98
Price: $27.99
Review The Firm: Aerobic Interval Training / BMG Video:
Run time: 90 min.
Price: $21.98
Review Workout: Staring Jane Fonda, original 1982 / Karl Video:Jane Fonda's Workout Video copyrighted 1982. This video is hard to find and has been out of print for a while. This VHS features a complete two part course: Beginner-30 minutes and Advanced-60 minutes. The back of the video has all the information you will need to get started. Also, you will find 9 tips you should follow to get the results you want. And at the last of the notes you are advised to eat nutritious and all natural foods. This is her original tape. It's an exercise program based on her best-selling book. A 30-minute beginner's program and a 60-minute advanced session is included.
Release date: 1998-12-29
Run time: 67 min.
List Price: $14.98
Price: $5.95
Review Tae-Bo Workout; Instructional and Basic (TaeBo; The ultimate total body workout for men and women) / Ventura Distribution:Billed as the "future of fitness" and hawked by numerous celebrities, Billy Blanks's Tae-Bo actually deserves much of the hype it's receiving. A mixture of boxing punches and martial arts kicks, Tae-Bo is fun and easy. One of the best elements of this two-tape set is that the first tape (which is 40 minutes long), Tae-Bo: Instructional, lays out the movements you need to successfully complete a workout. Once you've mastered the steps, you won't have to fast-forward through half the tape to get to the workout, nor will your workout be slowed down by the repeated lessons. After you feel comfortable with the movements (and they're really quite easy to follow; nothing too complicated to trip you up), you're ready to move on to Tae-Bo: Basics, a 27-minute workout (5 minutes of warm-up, 18 minutes of Tae-Bo, and 4 minutes of cool-down) that will have your heart pounding and your body sweating. The only downside to this tape is the less-than-exciting music. Blanks, a seven-time World Martial Arts champion, is a superb instructor, providing encouragement and careful instruction (if you don't know by the end of the tape to hold in your stomach, that's no one's fault but your own). Not only is Tae-Bo great exercise for all levels, but the punches and kicks are wonderful for working out stress and aggression. This is the aerobics exercise video for people who are bored by aerobics. -Jenny Brown Energizing. [+]Explosive. Powerful. Uplifting. That's how superstar athletes, Hollywood celebrities and thousands of people just like you from around the world describe Tae-Bo, the hottest workout in America. Personally developed by 7 time World Martial Arts champion Billy Blanks, Tae-Bo blends your own hidden strength with the ancient arts of self-defense, dance, and boxing combined with today's great music. Tae-Bo is unlike any workout program you've ever tried before! See consistent, amazing results from your very first workout as Tae-Bo takes you to your next level of physical fitness.
Release date: 1992-01-30
Run time: 40 min.
List Price: $9.99
Price: $15.89
Review Abs of Steel 2 / Wea Music Video:
Actors & Directors
- Rodney Yee
- Rodney Yee
- Ted Landon (II)
- Patricia Walden
Run time: 60 min.
List Price: $19.95
Price: $2.11
Review AM/PM Yoga for Beginners / Living Arts:This yoga set is perfect for busy people who need to work in a way to relax. On the a. m. tape, Rodney Yee takes you through a 15-minute morning yoga set, while Patricia Walden leads a 20-minute evening routine on the p. m. tape. The a. m. tape was filmed on a beach on Maui at sunrise, providing a soothing background for this gentle workout. In the morning, Rodney tells us, "the body is rested but stiff from inactivity. [+]" The stretches he demonstrates are designed to increase circulation, improve mobility, and bring clarity to your mind. The movements are easy to follow (they include a conscious relaxation, the a. m. workout, and a guided meditation), and the set is short enough that it can be squeezed into the most hectic of morning schedules. The p. m. video was filmed at sunset in Death Valley. Patricia's yoga set is designed to quiet the mind after the stress of the day and to help you make the transition from active to quiet. She uses a combination of a centering series, standing poses, forward bends, and restorative poses to help you ease into night. You will need some firm blankets to sit on and a yoga strap (although a belt or scarf will serve the same purpose) to perform these movements. Perfect for the beginner and for the overworked. -Jenny Brown.
Actors & Directors
- Richard Simmons
- E.H. Shipley
Run time: 65 min.
List Price: $14.99
Price: $7.29
Review Sweatin' to the Oldies 2: An Aerobic Concert with Richard Simmons / Good Times Home Video:
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