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Hi! I'm Paula Z, exercise video enthusiast and ACE-certified personal trainer. I've been working out at home with exercise videos for more than a decade. Over those years my video library has grown huge as I've indulged my mania for buying and trying new workouts. To a FitVid-Nut like me there's nothing quite like popping a brand-new, untried video into the VCR and discovering a motivating, enjoyable workout to put into my training rotation. But as my fellow FitVid-Nuts know, not every exercise video purchase turns out to be a satisfying one.

Below are links to reviews of exercise videos that I've watched, thoroughly analyzed and worked out to. My goal is to help you choose your next workout by telling you more about the workout than you'd ever see on the video cover. Web video stores and video catalogs sell with sizzle! Using flashy yet vague descriptions they can make any workout sound terrific. My goal is to help you choose a video that won't fizzle! My frank and forthright reviews outline each workout in detail, so you know what to expect before you break the seal on that non-returnable video.

There's one more factor you need to consider before you begin your workouts. I rarely follow any video workout exactly -- and neither should you. Even workouts that I've rated 4 or 5 stars have their shortcomings. You may need to make adjustments based on your fitness level and your fitness goals. And sometimes you also need to correct poor technique!

Many of these videos can be ordered online at Collage Video or Amazon.com.


Click on a category immediately below to go to a page of reviews for that specific category.


Floor Aerobics | Floor Aerobics & Toning | Step Aerobics | Step Aerobics & Toning
Upper Body Toning | Lower Body Toning | Total Body Toning | Ab Toning
Beginners | Yoga/Stretch | Short Workouts | Ball Workouts | Pilates



Click on a title below to go directly to my review of that workout.


LEVELS:
B=Beginner, I=Intermediate, A=Advanced, VA=Very Advanced





Click here to go to Reviews A - F

VIDEO TITLE

   LEVEL  TYPE

Gay Gasper - NutraBody Workout

  I aerobics & toning

 Geri Fit - The First Workout with Weights for Older Adults

  B, I toning: total body

 Gilad - New Beginners Workout

  B aerobics & toning

 Gilad - Quick Fit Abs

  I, A toning: abs

 Gilad - Quick Fit Cardio Classic

  I aerobics

Gilad - Quick Fit Chest & Back

  I, A toning: upper

Gilad - Quick Fit Hips, Thighs & Buns 

  I, A toning: lower 

 Gilad - Quick Fit Shoulders & Arms

  I, A toning: upper

Gilad - Sculpt & Tone Workout

  A,VA toning: total body

Gilad - Step Aerobics

  B, I step & ab toning

Gilad - Step & Tone

  A,VA step & toning

Hips and Thighs of Steel 2000

  I aerobics & toning

In Shape with Rachel McLish

  A,VA toning: total body

 Jane Fonda - Complete Workout

  B, I aerobics & toning

Jane Fonda - Personal Trainer Series Abs, Buns & Thighs

  B, I aerobics & toning

Jane Fonda - Personal Trainer Series Total Body Sculpting

  B, I toning: total body

Jane Fonda - Step Aerobic and Abdominal Workout

  I step & toning

Jane Fonda - Step and Stretch Workout

  B, I step

 Jane Fonda - Toning & Shaping (Workout with Weights)

  B, I, A toning: total body

 Jane Fonda - Yoga Exercise Workout

  B, I, A stretch

 Jay Blahnik - Serious Results

  I toning: lower 


VIDEO TITLE

   LEVEL  TYPE

Karen Voight - Cardio Strength Circuit Training

  I, A step & toning

 Karen Voight - Core Essentials

  A toning: total body

 Karen Voight - Ease into Fitness

  B toning: total body

Karen Voight - Energy Sprint

  I, A step & toning

 Karen Voight - Firm Arms & Abs

  B, I toning: upper, abs

Karen Voight - Great Weighted Workout

  A,VA toning: total body

Karen Voight - Lean Legs & Buns

  A toning: lower 

 Karen Voight - Pure & Simple Stretch

  B, I, A stretch

 Kari Anderson - Angles, Lines & Curves

  I, A stretch

Kari Anderson - Bench Works Advanced Step Workout

  A step & toning

 Kari Anderson - Fitness Formula

  I step & toning

Kathie Lee - Feel Fit and Fabulous Workout

  I aerobics & toning

Kathy Ireland - Total Body Fitness

  B aerobics & toning

 Kathy Ireland - ABSolutely Fit

  A,VA toning: abs

Kathy Ireland - Advanced Sports Fitness

  A,VA aerobics & toning

 Kathy Smith - Fat Burning Breakthrough

  I aerobics & toning

 Kathy Smith - Fat Burning Workout

  B, I, A aerobics & toning

Kathy Smith - Functionally Fit Lower Body Firming

  I, A toning: lower

Kathy Smith - Functionally Fit Peak Fat Burning

  I, A aerobics & toning

Kathy Smith - Great Buns & Thighs Step Workout

  I, A, VA aerobics & toning

 Kathy Smith - Kickboxing Workout

  I, A aerobics

 Kathy Smith - March to Fitness

  B, I aerobics

 Kathy Smith - Power Step Workout

  B, I, A step

 Kathy Smith - Relaxation System

  I, A stretch

 Kathy Smith - Secrets of a Great Body - Lower Body

  I, A toning: lower

Kathy Smith - Secrets of a Great Body: Upper Body

  B, I toning: upper, abs

Kathy Smith - Shaper Ball Workout 

  B, I, A ball

Kathy Smith - Step Workout

  I, A step & toning

 Kathy Smith - Timesaver: Cardio Fat Burner

  A aerobics

Kathy Smith - Timesaver: Lift Weights to Lose Weight

  I, A toning: total body

 Kathy Smith - Ultimate Stomach & Thighs Workout

  B, I, A toning: lower

Keys to Weight Training for Women & Men

  B, I, A toning: total body

 Kicked-Up Step (CIA 2K04)

  A,VA step & toning

 Leslie Sansone - 2 Mile Walk

  B, I, A aerobics

 Leslie Sansone - Walkaerobics Firm Up Fast

  B toning: total body

 Leslie Sansone - Walk-N-Tone

  I aerobics & toning

 Linda Evans - A New You

  B, I aerobics

 Living Arts = Balance Ball Fitness - Lower Body Workout

  B, I ball

 Living Arts - Balance Ball Fitness - Upper Body Workout

  B, I ball

 Living Arts - Upper Body Yoga for Beginners

  A yoga

 Living Arts - Lower Body Yoga for Beginners

  A yoga

 Living Arts - Pilates Beginning Mat Workout

  B, I pilates

 Living Arts - Pilates Intermediate Mat Workout

  B, I pilates

 Living Arts - Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss

  B, I, A yoga

Mary Tyler Moore - Everywoman's Workout Body Sculpting

  I, A toning: total body

 Men of Steel Series - Arms of Steel

  I, A toning: upper

 The Method - Dynamic Cardio

  B, I aerobics

 The Method - Precision Toning

  A,VA toning: lower

Minna Lessig - Emergency Workout 

  B, I aerobics & toning

 Minna Lessig - Fat Eliminator

  B, I aerobics & toning

 Minna Lessig - Strength & Grace

  I toning: total body

MTV Advanced Workout Total Body Training

  A,VA step & toning

NAC System - Body Parts

  I, A toning: total body

Pilates for Dummies 

  B, I, A pilates


VIDEO TITLE

   LEVEL  TYPE

Quick Fix Toning - Firm Buns Workout 

  toning: lower

 Quick Fix Toning - Legs & Arms Workout

    toning: total body

 Quick Fix Toning - Tight Abs Workout

  B, I, A toning: abs

 Quick Fix Toning - Total Body Toning

    toning: total body

 Quick Toning Arms and Abs of Steel

  B toning: upper, abs

 Quick Toning Lower Body of Steel

  I, A toning: lower

Rachel Hunter - Power Conditioning

  I toning: total body

 Reebok Peak Strength

  I, A toning: total body

Reebok Step Circuit Challenge 

  B, I, A step & toning

 Reebok Strong Abs

  B, I, A toning: abs

Reebok Strong Arms

  I toning: upper

Reebok Strong Legs

  B, I, A toning: lower

Reebok Winning Body Workout

  I toning: total body

Serious Curves with Charlene Prickett

  A,VA toning: total body

Silver Foxes - Power Pilates

  B, I pilates

 Step Heaven featuring Christi Taylor

  A step & toning

 Stott Conditioning - Flex-Band Workout

  I, A toning: total body

 Strength, Balance & Flexibility - Christi Taylor

  A,VA toning: total body

 Tamilee Webb - I Want That Body

  I, A toning: total body

 Tamilee Webb - I Want Those Abs

  B, I, A toning: abs

 Tamilee Webb - I Want Those Arms

  B, I, A toning: upper

 Tamilee Webb - I Want Those Buns

  I, A toning: lower

 The 10-Minute Solution

  A toning: total body

Thighs of Steel 2

  I toning: lower

 TNT Cardio with Leisa Hart

  B aerobics

Tony Little Target Training Hips, Buttocks & Thighs

  B, I, A toning: lower

Tony Little Target Training Total Body Shape Up & Maintenance

  B, I, A toning: total body

Trish Muse - Body Management

  A toning: total body

 Xtreme Strength Circuit on the Ball with Gin Miller

  A ball

 Yoga Journal's Yoga Remedies for Natural Healing

  B, I, A stretch

 Your Best Body - Target & Tone - Kathy Kaehler

  I, A toning: total body

Your Personal Best Workout With Elle Macpherson

  I, A aerobics & toning


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