Recommend Good Home Workout Videos

Hi A.,

I used to do marketing for a company that distributed fitness titles. Out of all of them, including Tami Lee Webb's, the ones that seem to work best and fasted for me is Jari Love's Get Ripped series. She has different tracks so I can pick and choose what I want to work on if I don't have time for the full workout. I know there is a specific term for it but can't remember this early in the morning...she'll have you do things that work upper and lower body so your heart rate goes up while doing the squats or lunges but you're also working your arms with weights too. You get the aerobic but also the toning. She does high reps so you don't get bulky. After doing it a few times, I already started to see muscle definition in my arms, legs and a firmer butt.

Another suggestion for you or anyone who is looking for fitness DVDs...go to www.collagevideo.com. They are well respected in the fitness world and their staff actually does the workouts from all the DVDs they sell and makes pretty thorough reviews on each.

Good luck to you!
Deb

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I would recommend anything by Jillian Michaels. Also, Bob Harper's book "Are You Ready" is excellent and discusses health/exercise/eating properly and Rodney Yee has great beginners yoga DVD's. Also, there are some 10 minute solution DVD's that I heard are ok. If you have a Wii, my sister said that the EA fitness or EA active is a great workout.

Best of luck,
J.

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fluidity is fantastic it can be expensive. you can usually find a great deal on craigslist
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=fluidity
good luck finding what works for you

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Hi A., if you have a Wii try Wii Fit and Jillian Michael's new exercise Wii. Or the BeachBody Workout for your DVD.

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I have done numerous videos. Too many to list. The BEST by far for toning is P90X.
It is intense!

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I love p90x...It's worth the investment.

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Hi,

The P90x videos are intense, but awesome. And, they work.

C.

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Have you heard of Stroller Strides? We are starting evening classes this month. Come check out a free class www.strollerstrides.net/riverside. You can bring your girls with you. :)

B. H

Hi A.,

I'm gonna have to disagree to the posters that recommended Jillian Michaels. Since I am such a fan of hers on The Biggest Loser, I bought 2 dvd's of hers a while back. But I was VERY disappointed. She kept saying before the workout "This is gonna be SOO hard!" and stuff like that, and I hardly broke a sweat. You seem like you're already pretty fit, and I am too, so maybe it's just not right for people that are already pretty much in shape. But it was horrible...Definitely very beginner. I would recommend Billy Blanks Tae Bo. Not only do they work you out really well and get you sweating, it's fun too. I never get bored.

Good luck =)

Tape some Denise AUstin, thye take about 15 min and she works a diff. body part each day. I like Quick Fix DVD's, I check them out of the library. They are 10min sections on abs, buns, arms, legs... Any kick boxing, yoga, pilates... variety is key, I think. I get diff videos from the library each week so I don't get bored and my body doesn't platau.

Anything by Jillian Michaels! She's the best :)

Hi A.,

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"The Firm" workout DVD's are real great, and challenging and they have all kinds of workouts. I've been using them since I was in college... and currently too. These videos never go out of style, like some others do.

You can get it from www.amazon.com and also see the reviews on it.

The best thing to tone up/firm up areas are light weights (even just 3 lbs. are good enough) or resistance exercises... even just doing them as you watch TV, or if you have stairs/steps in your home, just do lunges on them or push ups etc. Even a wall can be used to do push ups or squats.
Just 20 minutes a day, a couple times a day will get you toned up.

All the best,
Susan

Yoga and pilates videos are great for toning. also John Friend has a great yoga CD. So you can just listen on a CD player or ipod. That way you can do it anywhere. It's called Yoga Essentials. It's a one hour class and there's a chart to familiarize yourself with the postures then after that, just listen. You can get it at Anusara.com.

Anything pilates is great for toning. I've had good results with Denise Austen pilates workouts. If you have a Wii, Jillian Michaels "game" is good.

A.,

I jump rope for 10 minutes and added squats, jumping jacks and power lunges into the 10 min. Make sure you squeeze your butt while doing it. Very effective. Good luck

A. K

A. - you live in San Diego!! You've got to check out CrossFit!! www.crossfit.com go here to find a location near you. You WILL tone up, all over and look/feel great and even run faster/stronger! You won't bulk up, just tone. If you can't pay the money right now, crossfit.com is free and they post daily workouts, however, learning the fundamentals first is always helpful, otherwise you won't know what they are talking about. That being said, you still want to workout at home w/a dvd, then I recommend P90X.

Best wishes!
M.

A fun one that you can do when you are crunched for time is pick 9 excercises and list them on a paper ie. jumping jacks, high knees, push ups, alternating lunges, butt kicks, mtn climbers, bicycle crunch, squat jump and grab a deck of cards. If your kids are around and want to be involved have them draw 3 cards and then add up the numbers. Do the first excercise how ever many it adds up to then draw 3 more cards and do the second and so on...that way you are not deciding how many you need to do and your kids have fun and see you excercising. Go through your list once then take a break have some water and do it again!! Trust me you will get a work out...Good Luck!!

I recommend The Firm videos- they have a ton of them and they will def get your lower 1/2 in shape! They are about 40-60 minutes long.