Customer Reviews

Big on Fitness [VHS]

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This is the perfect workout - it gets my heart pumping, stretches my muscles, builds strength - and the instructor is clear and pays attention to special cases. Simple moves make this video easy to follow. It's divided into 5 sections, so it's easy to just do a short workout if you want.

.... This video is for women who are left out of other aerobics regimes - women who, for whatever reason and to whichever degree - are over what is currently deemed "average" body weight. There is no exhortation to "lose the flab" as in many of the tapes marketed to those who fall into that golden average. This tape mentions burning fat - for energy, not for weight loss. This is all about being healthy, supple and energized, not about negatives of losing, dropping, shedding or any of that other stuff. Kathy does smile, she's just not the giggling type. She reminds you to maintain proper form and breathing instead of relating how she trains with some yoga superstar in Tahiti. If you are someone who is down-to-earth and want a good exercise video to get you started on aerobic fitness, I HIGHLY recommend this tape.

I am so into this tape! I turn down the sound and turn up my favorite music and get into it. The instructor is a little sadate, thank god. I have seen a few of those hyper ladies and they just make me feel fat and stupid. But the women in this tape are real life women and I can keep up. I advised my mother to get the tape and would advise any overweight out of shape woman who is looking into starting an arobics program.

So far I have only done this video once, but I am pumped to do it again. The instructor is very friendly. I am starting to exercise in the mornings and so far I am off to a good start with this video.

Our exercise group has been using this tape for over a year, 3 times a week. We have people from age 42 to 72, all participating fully. It needs a better stretching section, at the end, but for the sake of our hearts, this one is good for us.

This is a great video! Finally, an exercise video made specifically
to meet the abilities and needs of the full-figured person. No more
huffing and puffing to keep up with those 90 lb. aerobic instructrors.
Now it's easy and fun to tone your body, burn fat and increase your
cardiovascular health in the comfort of your own home. Free target
heart rate chart included right on the box in this 55 minute video.

The people in the video are of varying sizes, but all full-figured, which makes a full-figured person more comfortable in following along. It's pace is easy to keep up with. It includes warm-ups, cool- downs, floor exercises, stretches, and a guide that helps you see if you are exercising in your fat burning range based on your age.

This video is great! It offers 5 sections: Warm up, Cardio 1, Cardio 2, Cardio 3, Cool down, Floor stomach and leg exercises, and stretches. Whew! I thought I could do this video with no problem but I underestimated it. This is a complete workout and I'm VERY happy with this purchsae.

I have been looking for this on DVD for two years now. It is the best exercise tape, but I no longer have a VHS player; because of copyright no one will transfer it for me. I'm willing to pay to buy a new one. Please, someone release this on DVD!

I own many exercise tapes and DVDs, and this is my favorite.

For once, everyone in the tape is fatter than I am. (I'm 5 foot 4, 211 pounds, 51 years old.)

At first, I couldn't do the whole tape - but if these women, who are fatter than me, can do it, then I can do it, too. I kept at it, and I can now do the whole tape.

When I'm watching skinny 25 year olds on exercise tapes, I often think "Sure, it's fine for you to do that - you're young and strong and fit - but I can't do it". On the other hand, if these fat women can do it, so can I.

I feel comfortable and capable with this tape.

I just wish it was out on DVD. I'd re-buy it again in DVD format in a minute. There aren't many exercise tapes I'd be willing to buy a second time just to get them in my prefered format, but this is one of the few that I would. In fact, that's why I was looking at this product now; I was hoping to find it for sale in DVD.