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10 Minute Solution: Quick Tummy Toners

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I have to admit, I was a little concerned about purchasing this because I had loved Blast off Belly Fat with Suzanne Bowen so much and I was afraid it wouldn't measure up or would be too similiar, but not so! This is a great video! The only workout I don't like is "Yoga Abs." I, personally, found it not so challenging. I've really only dabbled in Yoga, though, so it may have some benefits I'm not really aware of. As for the rest...

Crunch Free Abs- Don't be fooled by the title, just because there's no crunches, doesn't mean it's easy... on the contrary, it's quite difficult. Some twisting, turning, and variation on pilates moves.

Bikini Belly- I love this one! It's a standing cardio segment, which helps to burn fat. This is great because it's actually fun to do, and while it gets your heart rate up, you don't feel like your going to die.

Waist Definer- It's all about twisting here! Some very innovative twisting and rotational moves that really help to pull your waist in.

Sexy Sporty Abs- some of your more basic crunch style moves and also some side plank raises. Very good.

The whole video is a good combination and it's not just a bunch of moves you've already seen. Jessica is pretty and perky. I liked her, even though she seemed just a tad too enthusiastic at times. You can tell she knows her stuff.

Oh, and I always try to include this: you don't need any equipment or even much space to do this workout. A mat would be preferable, but really not necessary as long as you have carpeting. Enjoy!

I really love the new addition to the 10 Minute Solution series, Quick Tummy Toners. Each section tones in different ways, which is great. It ensures that you will never get bored. There is a little bit of everything included to work every area of your tummy, even cardio which I think is great! I could really feel and notice a difference after each workout. The instructor, Jessica Smith, is very friendly and motivating without getting irritating. This would be a great dvd to do all by itself or to add on a section or more to the beginning or end of a workout.

I already got my copy and have done this once through and really love it. It is another great workout that like all the others, can be done in the shortest of time or in 50 minutes if you want. I really love in particular, the standing rotational moves because they really work your obliques and doing these standing up makes a great change and makes you work a little harder to feel it. There is even a 10 minute cardio segment to burn the fat that lies over your ab muscles and this is essential to shrinking your abs.
The instructor is Jessica Smith and she is motivating and cues quite well. She gives you different ways and positions to try the exercises so you work at your own level. She also goes through the usual pilates and crunch type moves, but overall there is heaps of variety to attack your stomach and help shrink it and burn off the fat around it.
Like the other 10 Minute dvd workouts, you can do these routines in any order and that is always a help to keep it feeling new and fresh. I've done three segments already two days ago and I'm still feeling it a little today. This is a new favourite of mine and after work this afternoon, I plan on doing it again. I think that exercisers of any level will love this too and highly recommend it.

I must admit that part of the appeal of this DVD was the fact that I couldn't fathom what 50 minutes worth of ab exercises could look like. I was pleasantly surprised. There's a bit of everything in this workout--yoga, cardio, and of course, lots of ab exercises--plenty of variety to keep the workouts interesting. This is my first DVD with Jessica Smith as instructor, but I like the way she explains things and encourages me through the workouts. I'll try other videos by her in the future. My favorite way to use this DVD is to supplement other workouts--a quick jog and one or two 10-minute routines or free weights and a few of the Tummy Toner routines. I've been very pleased with the results. This one is a new favorite!

This is the first 5 star review I've ever given to a workout DVD, but I loved this one. Jessica is an excellent instructor, she talks enough to give instructions and be motivating without getting obnoxiously perky and over-the-top. Also I thought all the sections are effective ab workouts, although differing intensities, and I often use them to replace ab sections on other 10 minute solution DVDs.

Section Breakdown:
Crunch-free abs: this first section is just what it claims to be, an ab workout with no crunches. It's a nice change from the usual crunch filled routines, however to make it effective you have to be consciously engaging your core muscles the whole time (unlike in a crunch where your core muscle have to engage to do the move at all) or else you're not really getting an ab workout, you're just moving. It's nice because it takes strain out of your neck and back and it can be done multiple days in a row without straining the muscles. I thought it was medium intensity.

Yoga Abs: this is probably the easiest workout on the DVD. I enjoyed because she really makes you focus on how you hold your abs in different yoga poses. Being someone who pratices some yoga I thought it added an interesting new dimension to what I'm doing with my abs rather than just letting them go. However, I think this is an easy core workout and mostly use it as a stretching cooldown.

Bikini Belly: Here Jessica uses cardio to get an ab workout that I would say is moderately difficult. It'll get your heartrate up (especially if you get into it) and the moves are not hard to follow and jessica cues well. Here again you've got to think about engaging your core but if you do it right its a moderately difficult abs workout and a good cardio.

Ab & Waist Definer: This is a hard ab workout focusing on the obliques. The idea is to workout on twisting and building a belt of muscles that will pull in your waist. This is high intensity abs.

Sexy, sporty abs: This is another high intensity ab workout and probably my favorite on the DVD. She focuses on strengthening the muscles in the abs to improve balance and athletic performance.

Overall, I loved this DVD and highly recommend it to everyone.

I love these 10 minute workout dvds, not only because of the short workouts, but the fact that I can customize the program that I want to do. (I usually do 20 minutes in the morning). With the exception of the Yoga abs section, I really like this dvd, especially the Ab and Waist definer workout (there were some moves there that I'd never done before and they were very effective - incorporation strength and pilates moves). I also especially enjoyed the Bikini Belly workout - it's cardio combination is great! And last but not least, I really dig the instructor. Before purchasing these dvds I like to check out little video clips to see if I feel like I can be inspired by the instructor as well (there were some other dvds that I'd wanted to purchase from this series, but was turned off by some of the instructors' aura - I dont know why that was). Anyway, this is now my second favorite worksout series (Yoga Zone being my first fav).

This DVD has a nice selection of 5 different types of ab workouts. They range in difficulty, so if you are more beginner or starting out, I would recommend the Yoga Abs, especially if you do yoga (this still my favorite ab routines on the DVD) and the Definer. Perhaps the Definer first if you have not done yoga, but you should try both to see how it goes for you. Working with this a few times a week is a definate help with toning up the abs. The instructor is great in the presentation of the material.

I already had another "10 minute solutions" video and loved it so I decided to try this one targeting the abs. I can really feel it's working. Some of the workouts are more intense than others. You can start with something easy and then switch to other workouts for variety and progression. I like that you can choose which 10 minute workouts you want and how many you want to do, so you're not stuck with 30 minutes of same ol' same ol'. Instructor is motivational and effective.

So far this video tape is fantastic! I may not physically see a difference yet, (I've only been doing it intermittenly for a few weeks), but when I did not do the tape for one whole week I felt as though I could feel a "loosening" of my abs.

Some of the exercises are very difficult, but they say "no pain, no gain". What I like very much about the video is that as hard as the exercises are...they are over quick enough that it makes it all bearable. I would highly recommend this video, especially for the price!!

This workout is perfect! I'm getting amazing abs and some of them are harder workouts and some are easier, so it has a perfect balance.