Actors & Directors
- Kathy Kaehler
- Claudia Schiffer
Release date: 1998-12-28 Run time: 80 min. RRP: £12.99 Price: £6.95
Review Claudia Schiffer - Perfectly Fit - Upper Body Workout [1995] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:
Run time: 85 min. Price: £4.99
Review Carole Caplin's Holistix / Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd:
Release date: 1995-05-08 Run time: 30 min. RRP: £7.99 Price: £4.99
Review Lee Haney's 3 Days On - Intensive Fitness Programme [1991] / Red Eye Entertainment:
Release date: 1998-03-30 Run time: 35 min. Price: £10.99
Review Denise Austin - Hit The Spot - Buns [1995] / Digital Video Distribution:
Release date: 2002-04-08 Run time: 60 min. RRP: £12.99 Price: £1.96
Review Gaiam Yoga - Conditioning For Weight Loss / Universal Pictures UK:Whilst the ancient discipline of yoga is not traditionally associated with the modern desire to be slim, yoga's popularity with celebrities like Geri and Madonna have made people aware that it can be used for weight loss. But don't expect aerobic style yoga with Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss from lifestyle specialists Gaiam. Anyone new to yoga is best off starting with the extra yoga session which provides an excellent introduction to yoga from Patricia Walden. Her advice, that it is better to practise for short periods every day (instead of one hour a week), is particularly pertinent to weight loss. Regular practice changes the mind-which in turn changes the body. Suzanne Deason's specially designed session incorporates a 10-minute warm-up to loosen the muscles, a core segment which works out the muscles and creates awareness of the body and a toning, relaxing cool down. Though designed with four progressive levels of fitness, featuring four teachers practising simultaneously, following one's appropriate level can be confusing. Though stunning, the Sedona setting combined with the soft American voice, the meditative music and the slow pace is very New Age. It's a sound session, but for those fired up to lose weight it's not engaging or motivating enough. -Lorna V.
Release date: 1991-09-23 Run time: 90 min. Price: £10.99
Review Kathy Smith - Pregnancy Workout / Metrodome Distribution:
Actors & Directors
- Kathy Kaehler
- Cindy Crawford
Release date: 2000-12-27 Run time: 70 min. RRP: £9.99 Price: £2.84
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: 2002-12-26 Run time: 60 min. RRP: £10.99 Price: £0.80
Review Fighting Fit Fighting Fat Club With Harvey Walden / Firefly Entertainment:
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: 2002-03-25 Run time: 68 min. RRP: £12.99 Price: £9.09
Review Billy Blanks' Tae-Bo - Vol. 2 [2000] / Ilc Prime:Tae-Bo 2 is the follow-up workout to Billy Blanks' massively successful Tae-Bo: The Future of Fitness. As with the original, it's a two-part tape consisting of a live half-hour workout and an instructional section which introduces the basic moves of Tae-Bo (this is the same segment as the first video). The secret of Tae-Bo is simple: it's a high-energy workout that is easy and fun to do and involves no extra equipment or special preparation. Just makes sure you've got space in your living-room for some shadow-boxing, switch on the tape and off you go. For anyone looking for a more advanced course than the original, this is not it. Tae-Bo 2 is a new workout routine, providing an alternative to the first tape, but goes no further. Thus it's best viewed as an additional session, allowing Tae-Bo enthusiasts a choice of workouts if they get tired of the first tape. Repeating the instructional session from the first tape does seem a bit mean, however, especially as a more advanced workout might have been more useful at this stage. But the infectious enthusiasm of host Billy Blanks goes a long way towards keeping both your interest and energy levels up during the workout. If the elderly lady bouncing and punching with such gusto behind Billy can do it, so can you: go on, as Billy says, "get fit, lose weight, have fun, be strong". [+]
-Mark Walker.
Release date: 1998-05-04 Run time: 30 min. Price: £10.99
Review Denise Austin - Beginner's Tone Up! - Xtralite [1995] / Digital Video Distribution:
Release date: 1999-06-21 Run time: 50 min. Price: £5.99
Review MTV's Grind Workout - Strength And Fitness / Paramount Home Entertainment:
Release date: 2000-12-27 Run time: 40 min. RRP: £10.99 Price: £7.99
Review Yoga Workout - Beginner's Level - Stephanie Foster / Imc Vision:
Release date: 1999-12-27 Run time: 116 min. RRP: £9.99 Price: £2.94
Review Nicki Waterman - Your Personal Trainer / ITV DVD:
Release date: 2003-05-12 Run time: 70 min. RRP: £5.99 Price: £9.76
Review Beverley Callard - Rapid Results With Beverley Callard [1996] / Cinema Club:
Release date: 2000-05-08 Run time: 60 min. Price: £5.99
Review Total Fitness With Jeremy Guscott / Black Diamond Films Ltd.:
Release date: 2001-12-27 RRP: £12.99 Price: £4.14
Review Body Control 5 - Powerhouse Pilates With Lynne Robinson / Firefly Entertainment:
Release date: 2000-02-07 Run time: 51 min. RRP: £4.99 Price: £1.49
Review Aussie Fit - Hips, Thighs, Buttocks / Aussie Fit: Hips-Thighs-Buttocks:
Release date: 1999-12-27 Run time: 60 min. Price: £10.99
Review Monica's Fabulous Body Plans [1999] / Lace Group:
Release date: 2001-03-19 Run time: 60 min. RRP: £12.99 Price: £7.28
Review Billy Blanks' Tae-Bo Gold / Ilc Prime:
| Models & Brands: Claudia Schiffer - Perfectly Fit - Upper Body Workout [1995], Carole Caplin's Holistix, Lee Haney's 3 Days On - Intensive Fitness Programme [1991], Denise Austin - Hit The Spot - Buns [1995], Gaiam Yoga - Conditioning For Weight Loss, Kathy Smith - Pregnancy Workout, Cindy Crawford - A New Dimension [1999], Fighting Fit Fighting Fat Club With Harvey Walden, Denise Austin - Hit The Spot - Hips, Thighs And Buttocks, Billy Blanks' Tae-Bo - Vol. 2 [2000], Denise Austin - Beginner's Tone Up! - Xtralite [1995], MTV's Grind Workout - Strength And Fitness, Yoga Workout - Beginner's Level - Stephanie Foster, Nicki Waterman - Your Personal Trainer, Beverley Callard - Rapid Results With Beverley Callard [1996], Total Fitness With Jeremy Guscott, Body Control 5 - Powerhouse Pilates With Lynne Robinson, Aussie Fit - Hips, Thighs, Buttocks, Monica's Fabulous Body Plans [1999], Billy Blanks' Tae-Bo Gold |