Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Uav Corporation
• VHS Release Date: February 14, 1994
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6303060250
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #564,743 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Although neither the title nor the cover photo tells you this, this is a weight workout for the upper body. If you're a beginner and you don't have weights, you can substitute filled water bottles, which Dan Isaacson and his assistant demonstrate. Isaacson explains and demonstrates each move carefully and gives several sets for each muscle group. All exercises can be done easily at home, sometimes using a sturdy chair with a cushion against your back, sometimes lying on a sofa cushion. It's odd that Isaacson starts with the smallest muscle groups--shoulders and triceps (back of the arms)--when traditional wisdom says to start with large muscle groups such as the back and chest. He uses the same amount of weight to work the large muscles in the back as the smaller triceps, which will work somewhat if you don't have dumbbells of varying weights, but not very effectively. He includes pushups, of course. Isaacson stretches each muscle group as it is worked. Note: although this video claims to run 60 minutes, it's actually closer to 45 minutes. --Joan Price

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2.0 out of 5 stars Upper body workout without warmup, May 4, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Better Body [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I agree with the editorial review. I would also add that he expects you to warm up first doing something else before putting in the tape. If you're going to spend this much total time anyway, Kathy Smith has a much more complete upper body workout which includes warmup, all upper body, abs, and cool down/stretch at the end.