Personal Training System
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Movie Review: Nice Use of Technology to Personalize Your Routine
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been doing Denise Austin's Shrink Your Female Fat Zones for 6 weeks, and 2 weeks ago added this DVD to put some variety in the routine. I love it!
What I love most about it is the technology in the DVD, which allows you to customize your routine, choosing from a menu (in most sections with subcategories covering your level of expertise) of arms, legs, abs, stretching & cardio. If you pick one from each category, you'll get an hour long work-out, but you can go as low as 10 or 20 minutes.
Denise is her usual chatty self in these routines, offering you encouragement and explaining what muscles you're working--occasionally piping in late with an essential bit of instruction (like how you're supposed to be breathing during a particular exercise) and on one exercise forgetting a step (which she does perform on the other leg). As with my other Austin tape, I like her and her presentation enough to make allowances for this, but you do need to remember these belatedly mentioned techniques so that you can begin to anticipate them on later use of the DVD. When you're familiar enough with the routine, if you like, you have the option of shutting off Denise's voice and working out to the music alone. Since I can't watch the screen during many of these exercises, I'm not sure that's a route I'll ever go.
The cardio routine seems a little complicated to me. It feels like a slightly frantic line dance, but it does get the pulse going, which is the point. The stretches, arms, legs & ab exercises are nothing too unusual, but as with the other tape I have, Austin presents a good variety to cover all the major muscle groups involved. I find some of the workout here more difficult than on Austin's Shrink Your Female Fat Zones, which moves around from area to area, even though I suspect you're hitting the same muscles with the same intensity. When you group the exercises together as they are here, you really feel it. By the end of the 10-minute arm workout, my muscles are really straining.
Equipment required: 3 to 8 lb. handweights, a towel & a dining room table type chair (I'm using my stability ball).
Movie Review: User-friendly!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this dvd. It's very easy to use and you can pre-program what workout you want to do, depending on your time constraints, your own physical needs and level.
1. 20 minute cardio workout. I'm doing the low intensity (a high intensity is also available) cardio and I find it very enjoyable to do. I love all the workouts in this segment - those which include the grapevine, shuffle, lunges, rainbow, and almost all the movements. Even my 3-year old daughter loves them, so she imitates me while watching me workout. I went through the high intensity and for me, the low intensity is a lot more fun.
2. 10 minute upper body. I'm also doing the low intensity (but dvd has medium & high too) but instead of the chair, I use the stability ball when I'm doing the weights. I find it's more flexible to do it with a ball than on a chair.
3. 10 minute lower body. I don't consider my lower body a main problem spot, so for now, I skip this section due to time constraints. That's why this dvd is so good, you can choose what you want, depending on your needs! This is also available in low, medium and high intensity. I went through the section, though, and find variety of lower body exercises which I haven't seen some yet. I have to try this when I have the luxury of time. ;-)
4. 10 minute abs. This is my problem spot so I always make it a point to do this all the time. This is tough and you would really feel it working in all sections of your abs. There are a lot of variation in the basic crunches which I find very useful. I hope it works visibly, though! I have a lot of flab hiding my 6-pack. LOL!
5. The last segment is the stretching which is basically the usual stretching we see, but of course, very important in the cool down.
All in all, I give this dvd a 5+ stars for being easy to use and the workouts being doable but effective. I guess I'm fast becomming a Denise fan. I enjoy her workouts and for me her talkies are not distracting. But if you get annoyed with her voice, there's also a function to play music only. Buy this, it is worth it!
Movie Review: Great workout for over 5 years!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my absolute favorite workout video!! I've owned it for over 5 years, and it still remains one of my favorite at-home workouts. I try to get to the gym whenever possible, but when I can't, I always turn to this workout video. I think it's great that you can choose the intensity level you want (high, medium, low), and choose to do any or all of the different workouts (Aerobic workout, Upper body workout, Lower body workout, Ab workout, Stretching). I usually pick the high intensity aerobic workout, followed by the medium intensity upper body, the medium intensity lower body, and the ab workout, and by the end I feel like I've gotten an amazing workout and worked every muscle I own! Even on medium intensity, there are parts of the upper body workout I still can't hack (tricep push-ups!), and I like to think of myself in reasonably good condition (hit the gym 1-2 times a week on average, albeit mostly just the treadmill). So I think the video offers plenty of difficulty for those who want it. I've had noticeable results from using this video - especially in my abs. I used to do crunches all the time, and I never got the results that I get from the ab workout in this video. When Denise says that you will target the abs "below the belly button", she is not kidding! I love how optimistic and encouraging she is too! One of my favorite quotes is "Keep going! We're burning butter!" - I always think of it whenever I'm doing other workouts too and want to push myself! This video is definitely a keeper - it never gets old, and I highly encourage those who are considering it to buy it!Movie Review: A Wonderful and Varied Workout
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a big fan of Denise Austin's exercise DVDs since they helped me lose some weight earlier this year. This DVD is one of my favorites that Denise has made.
I like that you can create a custom workout in this DVD, putting together specific workouts that you want to do and having them play back to back. I also like how there are different levels for all of the exercises (with the exception of the abs workout).
This DVD includes: (1) High and Low impact cardio; (2) High, medium, and low difficulty leg exercises; (3) High, medium, and low difficulty arm exercises; (4) ab exercises; and (5) a stretching segment. The cardio segments are 20 minutes each. The rest of the segments are 10 minutes a piece. The cardio and arm exercises require a set of hand weights. The latter requiring two sets of different weight.
I am not overly fond of the cardio on this DVD, as the high impact isn't quite as intense as the cardio is some of her other DVDs, such as Boot Camp Total Body Blast. This DVD is great for its strength exercises. I very much enjoy the leg and ab segments. The ab segment is quite a challenge, which surprised me as I had been doing Pilates to strengthen my core muscles previous to purchasing this DVD. The stretching segment is relaxing and one of the more effective stretching workouts I have used - it really prevents soreness.
Overall, I recommend this DVD for its flexibility and wonderful strength training segments.
Movie Review: Excellent workout!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this workout DVD, I have only been useing it about 5 weeks now and I'm starting to see alot more tone all over my body. I'm at a beginner to intermediate level and went from 3 pound to 5 pound weights in just a week. I really like the low to med workouts best and I like the fact that it works all the muscles in my body. It has such a big variety to choose from and only 10min each, with the custom options I have no excuse not to find time. The time goes by fast but I do feel it working. Plus Denise Austin has such a cheerful fun and positive encouraging personality.She has a nice soothing soft husky voice. I personal don't want to feel like I'm working out with an angry drill sargeant. I don't mind her being chatty, I need to be encouraged and reminded to hold my shoulders straight and zip up my abs since these are problems for me. I also feel inspired that Denise is now 52 years old and the mother of 2 children and still has a gorgous feminine figure. This video may not be the hardest workout out there, but I don't want to workout to the point of pure exhaustion, if I did I would never look foward to the workout and be finding excuses not to do it. My goal is to be fit , toned and feel healthy. I think the cardio will also be great on winter days when I'm stuck inside but most days I walk outside. I love this workout and feel so motivated, I will be be buying more Denise Austin DVD's soon, Thank you Denise!