Release date: 2003-05-12
Run time: 76 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £8.27
Review Rosemary Conley's Ultimate Whole Body Workout / Cinema Club:When dieting guru Rosemary Conley declares that the Ultimate Whole Body Workout is her last fitness video, cynics might either be relieved that the population is finally to be spared her evangelical diet-speak, or conclude that she's "past it". However, this programme is not so easily dismissed. There might be nothing new here, but there is no doubt that a great deal of Conley's success comes from her ability to motivate. Conley first runs through the key moves featured in the work-outs, cleverly eliminating the problem of figuring it out during the sessions-and the risk of giving up. The 35-minute aerobic workout and the 20-minute body conditioning session are designed to be done on alternative days, while the final chair programme is for those with limited mobility (including pregnant women) who still want to burn calories. With no expense spared on the original soundtrack, a series of pop hits make this all the more easy to go along with. Conley punctuates her instruction with references to members of her backing team and their weight-loss successes. This is a work-out for the woman committed to being slim against all odds, and for whom dieting is likely to be a lifestyle. -Lorna V.
![Review 2 Entertain Video / Rosemary Conley's New Body By Design [1996]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KD74GZJTL._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 1999-10-01
Run time: 75 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £8.97
Review Rosemary Conley's New Body By Design [1996] / 2 Entertain Video:
Release date: 1996-12-23
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £9.99
Review Barbara Currie - The Age Free Body / Sony Bmg:
Release date: 2003-05-12
Run time: 82 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £7.48
Review Rosemary Conley's Five Day Fat Burner / Cinema Club:Famous for her bestselling book Rosemary Conley's Complete Hip and Thigh Diet and many other exercise and diet tapes, Rosemary Conley is such an established name in the fitness business that you know that any video from her won't be faddy, but based on solid research that definitely works. There are no fancy clothes and visual tricks here, and the only "prop" you'll need is a solid dining chair for the abdominal section. We are taken straight into the exercise studio where Conley acts as our instructor, describing the moves in a calm, clear voice. The exercises that promise to burn up our surplus flab are divided into five 10-minute sessions, followed by body conditioning and a cool-down. She recommends doing one session each day, with a day off every four days, so as not to overdo things. The idea is to step up our level of fitness gradually, until we can fit the sessions together into one mammoth workout. The people accompanying Conley on the video have all successfully lost weight with her programme. Conley reminds us of this at carefully spaced intervals-"Hayley lost five and a half stone"-to give us a goal and keep us at it. We are instructed to keep our eyes on the individual whose exercise level best suits our own. So we can leap along with Annette, or march with Debbie. [+]Conley packs many different movements into each session, so you really do feel as if you're working the whole of your body. But be warned, some moves are more difficult than they look, so make sure you clear a big enough space in the living room, and put breakables and the dog out of harm's way! The menu planner at the end is introduced with sensible information and deliciously piled plates, reminding us that, though we may be on a diet, we certainly don't need to starve. -Lorna Read.
Release date: 1998-03-30
Run time: 30 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £10.99
Review Denise Austin - Hit The Spot - Hips, Thighs And Buttocks / Digital Video Distribution:
Release date: 2002-12-30
RRP: £13.99
Price: £1.98
Review Billy Blanks' Tae-Bo - Get Ripped / Ilc Entertainment:
Release date: 1999-01-04
Run time: 65 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.98
Review Rosemary Conley - The Best Rosemary Conley Workout In The World ... Ever! / 2 Entertain Video:
Release date: 1999-12-27
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.99
Review Barbara Currie's Yoga / 2 Entertain Video:
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Actors & Directors
- Cindy Crawford
- Kathy Kaehler
Run time: 70 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.86
Review Cindy Crawford - A New Dimension [1999] / ITV DVD:When model Cindy Crawford wanted to trim down and firm up after the birth of her baby, she chose trainer Kathy Kaehler, who had gotten herself back in shape after gaining 80 pounds with her twins. This programme includes two short, easy workouts and one long one. Workout A (12 minutes) is a light-intensity routine, mostly stretching with some strength moves such as lunges and abdominal curls (nothing strenuous), with bland background music. Workout B (16 minutes) includes cardio moves that are very simple and low-impact, such as knee lifts and marching, no choreography. You can use light hand weights if you want to add intensity, although your shoulders might tire before your large muscles. Workout B also includes strength moves such as squats, lunges (while picking up playing cards for a balance challenge), crunches, and pushups. Workout C is a full-body workout consisting mostly of muscle endurance with some segments of cardio. The cardio is more complex and intense than in Workout B, but not "dancey"-combinations of marches, squats, and kicks, for example, with or without hand weights. The production is full of visual stimulation: constantly changing views-colour or black-and-white, clear or grainy, insets, beach scene or workout room-and changing camera angles. The workout doesn't stand out as exciting, but it is solid, and if you saw Crawford's awful first workout video many years ago, you'll be thankful that she traded in Radu's unsafe, poorly designed routine for Kathy Kaehler's safe and sane one. [+]-Joan Price, Amazon. com.
Release date: 1997-09-01
Run time: 72 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.94
Review Rosemary Conley's Ultimate Fat Burner - Burn Fat, Lose Inches / 2 Entertain Video:
Release date: 1997-12-29
Run time: 52 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £15.99
Review Jane Fonda - Total Body Sculpting / Warner Home Video:As one of the highest-profile American exercise mavens, Jane Fonda knows how to work it, and in Total Body Sculpting, she's working all of it with weights. Setting muscle tone and strength as goals, Fonda has designed the segments of Total Body Sculpting as a pair of complementary 25-minute sequences. Together the two sections achieve maximum efficiency and full-body weight training. As a supplement to an aerobic exercise program, Fonda's Total Body Sculpting is a reliable way to tone muscle without massive dumbbells, steely contraptions, or groaning beefcakes. As Fonda explains early on, the two halves of the video focus in turn on different muscle groups and exercises. Each section features optional hand and ankle weights and combines standing, seated, and floor work. After a two-minute warm-up, Fonda heads for the weights and her series of gently paced exercises. Following upper body, lower body, and abdominal strength work, Fonda finishes with a three-minute stretch to keep your developing muscles limber and resilient. She talks you calmly through each exercise, underscoring what to do and what not to do, listing target muscle groups and explaining future benefits for your posture, your tennis game, and your resistance to injury. Fitting it into your regimen requires only moderate space, minimal equipment, and a commitment of fewer than 30 minutes a couple of times a week. [+]-Emily Bedard.
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Release date: 1995-12-27
Run time: 70 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £13.98
Review Rosemary Conley's Complete Flat Stomach Plan [1995] / 2 Entertain Video:
Release date: 2001-04-02
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £9.98
Review Billy Blanks' Tae-Bo Advanced / Ilc Prime:Advanced Tae-Bo is an advanced and very strenuous workout tape for those who have already followed the beginner's Tae-Bo course. World Martial Arts champion and occasional action movie star Billy Blanks has become (almost) a household name with his own brand of fitness video, Tae-Bo. It's a simple yet inspired idea: take martial arts and boxing moves (punching, kicking) and turn them into an aerobic dance-style workout that viewers can do in their own living room (providing you move furniture and any fragile ornaments out of range first). No equipment, no dieting, no frills required: just enough space for some shadow-boxing and kicking. The testimony of Tae-Bo converts confirm that it's a high-energy, calorie-burning routine guaranteed to work those muscles and sweat away the flab. -Mark Walker.
Release date: 2000-12-27
Run time: 68 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £9.99
Review Billy Blanks' Tae-Bo - Two Workouts on One Video / Ilc Prime:
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Release date: 2001-12-26
Run time: 79 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £9.99
Review Billy Blanks' Tae-Bo 4 - Abs And Glutes [2001] / Ilc Prime:
Release date: 2002-04-01
Run time: 125 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £5.95
Review Billy Blanks' Tae-Bo 5 - Active / Ilc Prime:
Release date: 2000-12-27
Run time: 89 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.99
Review Barbara Currie's Power of Yoga / 2 Entertain Video:Barbara Currie's Power of Yoga makes some powerful claims. Promising you "the best body shape ever" Barbara assures the viewer the video will teach you how to "re-charge and re-energise your entire body in just 10 easy minutes a day". The video itself consists of four self-contained sections based on Hatha yoga techniques that can be done individually if you're short on time or all at once for a longer workout. First up is the 10-minute "tone-up" which you should aim to do daily. Once you get used to this try and do the second 10-minute "power workout" for a more advanced stretch. Section 3 is "power toning" which places particular emphasis on arms, bums, tums and thighs. And finally, section 4 brings you "power stretching" aimed at relieving tension. At the start of each exercise Barbara outlines the muscles that each exercise is working and the benefits you will receive-and her glowing good health should be evidence enough for even the most sceptical viewer. All four sections show versions of each exercise for both the beginner and those with previous experience. But although aimed at all levels, Power of Yoga will be of particular interest to beginners. [+]No previous knowledge is assumed and with the easy-to-follow sequences and strong emphasis on working at your own pace, Barbara's soothing voice will encourage even the most hesitant beginner. -Anna Freeman.
Release date: 1997-12-29
Run time: 58 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £17.99
Review Jane Fonda - Abs, Bums And Thighs / Warner Home Video:You get two 25-minute workouts here: both are low-impact, aerobic routines alternating with intervals of lower-body muscle work using the body's resistance, no weights. The aerobic segments are taught by Fonda and two other instructors. The choreography is simple-nothing more complicated than step-touch, grapevine, heel digs, marches, and hamstring curls-and each move is repeated many times. If you like choreography challenges, this video won't hold your interest, but if you like to keep your choreography simple, or if you are a beginner to aerobic dance, you will be at ease here. The intervals of lower-body training, taught by Fonda, include moves such as stationary lunges, squats (without weights) and standing leg lifts. Both workouts end with abdominals and a stretch. This video is suitable for beginners. -Joan Price, Amazon. com.
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Release date: 1995-03-06
Run time: 65 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £9.98
Review Rosemary Conley's All New Hip And Thigh Workout [1994] / 2 Entertain Video:
Release date: 1997-12-29
RRP: £10.99
Price: £9.55
Review Suzanne Cox's Aerobic Dance - Total Body Toning / Imc Vision:
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