Customer Reviews

Chair Aerobics for Everyone

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I purchased the Chair Aerobics a bit over a month ago. My reasons for purchasing it were - I am overweight, but I also need a hip and knee replacement. I can not be operated on until I get a BMI (Body Mass Index under 40).
I never realised that sitting in a chair could make you perspire and puff!
I use the chair aerobics every 2nd day and in a month I have lost 7 inches all over and combined with a good eating plan lost 1 kilo per week.
This DVD is great in that you have three people at different levels that you can choose to watch. Once you co-ordinate yourself, the exercises are great and would appeal to all ages, all fitness levels and those with arthritus who find it difficult to exercise with movement.
Definately recommend to all.

I bought this DVD so I could do some kind of activity after my foot surgery--not a good idea. Although it made me work up a sweat, it hurt my foot and some of the exercising has you standing. I don't think "chair aerobics" is an appropriate name for it. It's a bit misleading. I'm unable to flex or point my foot and the instructor in this video is VERY high energy. The gentleman and the senior lady in the video both seem to have a tough time keeping up with her.

I am not sure about the last review this was a DVD not a book. I found this to be an execellent source of exercise for me since I have bad knees and this takes the pressure off them.

There are two workouts on this video. One is completely seated, the other is mostly seated with a small amount of standing exercises. I have congenital hip dysplasia resulting in two operations at 13 weeks old and two total hip replacements before the age of 40 all on the same hip. I've only been able to manage water exercise as most "land" workouts result in a lot of pain either from compensentory movements to protect my hip or the hip itself. This is the FIRST chair aerobics video that I can comfortably do. I have tried several. I can even do the ones standing up! It's a great workout and with some adaption for my lack of muscular development in my operated leg, it's working well. I highly recommend it. If you can't do all of the exercises, just keep moving until you can join back in.

Thought the title sounded like it would beneficial for us. We've some physical limitations, making chair exercises doable.

This is an amateur kind of video. Three people doing what are supposed to be three different levels. Hard to follow because they all seem to be doing the same thing except the very older person. The exercise coach seems to be listening to her own music because the count is off...never even on each side, and very very fast! No I would not tell anyone to get it.

I purchased this DVD for my mom who has bad knees. I wanted to get her a workout tape that she could do but wouldn't have her jumping around and standing. I found Chair Aerobics for everyone and got it.

This morning was the first time we tried and I loved it... I would like to think I am pretty fit, and it challanged me. Mom did the entire workout and she never said anything about her knees hurting. It's not a long workout but it gets the job done.

Thanks!

I run a seniors exercise program three days a week in my community. This video is great for such a program. There are no strenuous activities and no floor activities. The pace is a little fast as the instructor moves from one exercise to the next. The video is low budget but it gets the job done well. I recommend it to anyone seeking a low impact exercise video.

This was more of a workout than I actually expected. I have very bad knees and standing is very hard for me, jumping is impossible. When I saw that the excercises were done in a chair, I decided to try it. Now, SOME of the excercises are done standing, but, still, in a very limited area. This makes it much easier to do in my living room. My heart rate does indeed go up and I really do sweat. My legs are getting stronger, and it's only been a month! This is truly a great workout for physically challanged people like myself.

Let me introduce myself. I am a 33 yr old mom of 2. I have MS and have been in a wheelchair/scooter for over a year. I had no problems 3 yrs ago. 2 years ago I gave birth to my new baby (the older one is 10) and a few months after he was born my MS did quite a number on me.

I've gained weight, never could lose the baby/pregnancy weight. I am TIRED of sitting in a chair all the time and decided to do something for myself! I started using this DVD and I am quite impressed. I can't do everything but I do what I can. I can do all the arm and upper body work so I just keep doing that while they are showing things I can't do. I'm hoping that as my physical therapy progresses I'll be able to do more but even doing just what I can do I worked up a sweat!

I look forward to getting myself a little more active with this! So far I think it's great for people like me who are disabled.

I am 63 but used to doing Richard Simmons exercise videos pretty strenuously. I hurt my knee so had to tone things down during recovery. Senior citizen exercise videos were too slow but this one did get my heart rate up when I followed the primary trainer.