Product Details

• Actors: Patricia Moreno, Cameron Shayne, Debbie Rocker, Tanja Djelevic
• Directors: not provided
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: GAIAM AMERICAS
• DVD Release Date: September 1, 2009
• Run Time: 160 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001VC9962
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,313 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Genre: Exercise/Fitness
Rating: NR
Release Date: 1-SEP-2009
Media Type: DVD

Customer Reviews

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, but not great., September 28, 2009

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This review is from: 5 Day Fit Weight Loss (DVD)

This DVD consists of five 30 minute workouts:
1) starts with a lot of yoga/pilates then a little bit of martial arts. I found the instructor to be a little too calm somehow. For people who like very soft spoken instructors, this might not be a negative, though. Though the cuing on the pilates/yoga warm up section was pretty good, I did find the martial arts part to be confusing. I felt like I needed a little more information about form.
2) a walking in place routine. This one could be good for light workout days, but it wouldn't be enough for me on days that I really want to sweat. I liked the instructor, though.
3) a dance workout...includes a few different sections. First, she shows a move, then you add that move into the whole routine that you have learned thus far, then you learn a new move, etc. I have no dance background, and I think it will take me a while to learn this. However, it's really different from everything else I have, so it's nice to have.
4) yoga. Instructor is fun and has good cuing.
5) a workout by Tanja Djelevic...I love her, and have several workouts by her. This one is also good and very high energy as always.

You may want to note, I don't think this is new material. You can tell this because some of the sections come to an end and the instructor is obviously still going..I think they are just segments taken from other GAIAM dvds. In all, I think it was useful to buy because now I know some instructors that I like and some that I do not like, which will help me picking exercise dvds in the future. However, I don't think most of this dvd will make it into my rotation frequently, except when I am bored and want to do something different. I will probably use the yoga and Tanja's workout more frequently.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this dvd!, June 9, 2011

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Jesica Brubaker "herkind" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 5 Day Fit Weight Loss (DVD)

I had to quit the Y since I couldn't afford it anymore, so I went back to getting exercise dvds. This is the first one I bought and absolutely love this. I love that it has several different workouts all with different levels. If I'm feeling exhausted I'll do the walking workout, if I feel like kicking ass, I'll do the budokon workout (martial arts), etc. I have lost 10 pounds since January (didn't lose anything by going to the Y), but of course it helped that I started eating healthier and cutting back on dairy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Solid Workouts, August 7, 2011

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SW (Chicago, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 5 Day Fit Weight Loss (DVD)

This is a great boredom buster. The budakon workout is a real kick-butt workout, leaving me feeling like I'm going to pass out when it's over. Great cueing from the instructor. The cardio portion with Tanja Djelevic was a great head to toe workout and Tanja is an enthusiastic and helpful instructor. The walking workout with Debbie Rocker was good for days when I just needed to get my heart rate up, but couldn't deal with a lot of kicking and jumping.

I tried doing the dance portion with Patricia Moreno, but through no fault of the instructor, just couldn't get the steps down. I'm just an uncoordinated mess. I didn't do the yoga portion, because well, yoga just bores me silly.

Overall, great compact workouts with a little something for everybody. Definintely reccommend the Budakon, the Cardio and the walking, in that order.