Reviews / Workout DVDs / Retro Reviews
Karen Voight: Great Weighted Workout
March 5, 2009 by Jenn
Let’s go back. Waaay back. To a time when neon pink, blue and orange were H-O-T and when Miami Vice-ish palm trees were all the rage in decorating. To a time when leotards and big scrunched-up socks were considered haute couture.… Continue reading...
Kathy Smith: Strong, Sleek & Slim
December 4, 2008 by Erin
I love Kathy Smith. Her Rules of Fat Burning DVD is one of my staples. It has great mix-and-match cardio and strength, and if you’ve got 17 minutes, you can fit in one hell of a jump rope workout. We’ve got an awesome Q&A with… Continue reading...
Jane Fonda Collection: The Complete Workout & Stress Reduction Program
October 30, 2008 by Jenn
Jane Fonda is an icon. Besides winning an Oscar and a couple Golden Globes, this mega star is credited with starting the aerobics fitness craze in the 80s with her cleverly titled Jane Fonda’s Workout Book and following workout VHS… Continue reading...
Cindy Crawford’s Shape Your Body Workout
September 25, 2008 by Erin
Make no mistake: Doing Cindy Crawford’s 1992 Shape Your Body Workout will not make you a supermodel. It will, however, prove to you that supermodels look good wearing anything, even if it is big hair, high-rise shorts and puffy… Continue reading...
Gilad: The 60 & 30 Minute Low-Impact Workouts
August 28, 2008 by Erin
Gilad. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Your spandex is so lovely and your belted manpris enable such free movement. Ok, enough waxing poetic. As previously mentioned, Gilad’s Bodies in Motion introduced me to aerobics and… Continue reading...
Paula Abdul’s Get Up and Dance!
August 7, 2008 by Jenn
An open letter to Paula Abdul: Oh, Paula my dear, Paula. We’ve had quite the relationship over the years. When Straight Up first came on the radio, it was love at first listen. I, a mere mortal young’un and oh so impressionable,… Continue reading...
Richard Simmons: ’80s Blast Off
July 3, 2008 by Jenn
Richard Simmons needs little explanation. He is a man of spandex, excitement and luv. And as I recently learned in Richard Simmons: ’80s Blast Off, so are his DVDs. The DVD begins with a bang, literally. The DVD announcer starts… Continue reading...
Retro Review: Abs & Buns of Steel
June 19, 2008 by Jenn
Buns of Steel is the quintessential exercise tape. It brought the term “gluteus maximus” into everyday speech, and, for better or for worse, it defined aerobics fashion, resulting in an entire generation of leotard-clad ladies.… Continue reading...
Retro Review: Strength Building Yoga
May 29, 2008 by Erin
I don’t claim to be any sort of yoga guru. I enjoy yoga, but my hammies always tell me that I need to be doing it more often. They say that yoga is a practice and if Rodney Yee: Strength Building Yoga taught me anything, it’s that… Continue reading...
Some Method to Our Madness: Workout DVD Reviews
May 22, 2008 by Jenn
The FBGs know that getting to the gym isn’t always possible. And, gosh darn it, sometimes the weather just doesn’t cooperate. (Overcrowded gyms and Mother Nature can be such a pain in the arse.) To remedy this pesky problem,… Continue reading...
