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Cindy Crawford - New Dimension

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Just what I needed to get me working out again! This tape is geared towards an intermediate exerciser. It's divided into three separate workouts, that can be combined if you want. The first workout (workout A; 10 min.) is designed for getting you started. It contains stretching, kegels, pelvic tilts, light abs, and light toning without weights. Workout B is 15 min., and is the next step. It contains stretching, light cardio, toning with light weights, squats, push-ups, lunges, abs, pelvic tilts, and kegels. Combining workouts A and B makes a great 25 min. workout. Workout C is 40 min., and is a complete full-body workout with cardio and weights. It contains stretching, weights and cardio intervals, squats, lunges, push-ups, leg toning, abs, and kegels. It stands well on it's own as a great workout. You could also combine it with workouts A and B, for an hour of stretching, cardio, and weights. The video is beautifully photographed. The music is excellent, with modern, real music; like they play on the radio. Not that terrible workout elevator music. There's also some footage of Cindy pregnant and with her new baby. I love this tape, and I think you will too!

This is probably not for experienced exercise freaks but there are plenty of videos out there for them. I'm 38, out-of-shape, the mother of 8 and my body was starting to show it. I bought this tape on a whim and am I glad. I'm not a supermodel fan but Cindy comes across as just an ordinary new mom who wants to get back in shape. I don't know what she looked like before her baby, but she is a beautiful woman with breasts and curves - I'm tired of the stick-look (ala Allie McBeal.)

I've seen a big difference in my fitness level and strength - I alternate Workouts A & B (adding 20 min. exercise bike) with Workout C. I still can't do the push-ups but I'm starting to keep up with the rest of the video. I love the low-key approach, up-to-date outfits & music, and very professional production with interesting multiple camera shots. I also am really enjoying using weights - I worked my way up from one pound to three pound.

Any suggestions from anyone on what would be a good video to buy that has a similiar laid-back, calm, but challenging approach? I'd like to alternate with a more demanding routine as I really start to get in shape. I've given away all the bouncy, 80's, bubble-gum, complicated-dance-step videos that I never really used.

I just got this tape and it is great. I have been working out for a couple of months and am in pretty good shape, and really wanted it for the third workout (the tape consists of 3 workouts A, B and C).
I love Cindy's first tape, and I really liked the fact that it wasn't a lot of aerobics, but mostly toning, the kind that makes you sweat, and it included a warm up and cool down. If you like her first tape you'll like this one; they are very similar in video editing and format, with a few similar moves. I didn't do work out A (10 mins for anytime,anywhere) or B (16 mins), both of which are shorter and easier than C.
C is a 40 minute workout that includes a warm up, then toning arms with weights in bicep curls, arm raises, tricep extensions, and many more to work all of your arm muscles (maybe 10 in all). Then you move on to working the legs by doing some squats, plies, kicks, butt exercises, and some non-impact aerobic moves while you hold your weights. There are many moves, all easy to do, and a good variety to keep you moving. Finally you work the stomach with about 5 different kinds of crunches. The video has mellow music (in the pop/rock genre)- not too fast and not dance music. There are a lot of different angles and shots during the workout (Cindy on the beach, in the studio, etc.) very aesthetically pleasing...
I definitely enjoyed the workout. Good for anyone just getting into a workout routine with the intro workout A, good for post-pregnancy, and good for those who have been working out to all kinds of tapes if you want something new and different.

I already reviewed this earlier when I first starting using it, but now it has been about 3 weeks and just wanted to say I am definitely seeing results. I am not a new mom, youngest is 21/2 but I have found this workout works regardless. I usually run on my treadmill about every other day but have really never done any strengthing exercises with weights, situps, pushups, etc. I have been doing Workout C consistently 4 times a week and I feel so much stronger. I can do all the pushups now, whereas when I first started I could only do 2. The situps still kill me, so am still working on them! There's not a lot of cardio work but for toning and strengthening its great. I am thoroughly enjoying this workout!

This tape, which contains three workouts, is for beginners or those who want to ease their way back into exercising. It's also a good backup for days when you too tired to do your regular workout. Although Cindy Crawford recently gave birth, the exercises are suitable for everyone. The third workout program, which is 41 minutes long snd the only one of the three I use, is soothing and beautiful to watch. The music is just right, in my opinion, and Cindy's trainer does a good job demonstrating the right and wrong way of doing the movements. To its credit, this video lacks the jerky movements and MTV-like atmosphere typical of Cindy's previous exercise videos. You probably won't work up a sweat with the cardi sections, and the upper-body workout with weights is too short. But the push ups and abdominal sections are challenging. If you want fast results, you'll probably outgrow this tape fairly quickly. Or you'll need to supplement your program with more vigorous workouts. I alternate this program with some Crunch and Firm. The first two workouts are short--10 minutes and 16 minutes. Inbetween are too many shots of Cindy and her family, which you'll have to fast forward through to get to the workout sections.

my son is now a year and a half and i still had the last 10lbs of pregnancy weight to lose (of 40lbs) before i would allow myself to get pregnant again. i alternate this video with the 20 minutes on the stairmaster, usually doing workout c and have noticed great results. i have lost about 5 lbs in 2 weeks and have a firm torso and lower body. it's like working out with a friend and a trainer. the music is soft but upbeat and the scenery changes refreshing. i have recommended this to several new moms already and will definitely be using it all the way through and after baby 2.

Although this tape is geared to new moms and women, men can find a solid workout in this tape. Workouts B & C, developed by pro Kathy Kaehler are good intermediate cardio/sculpting routines. You can adjust the weights for what's appropriate for you. The "card squats & lunges" are killer. Who'd have thought playing cards would pack such a punch! As with her previous videos, Cindy delivers a visual feast; great cinematography, music, settings. You won't be bored.

Cindy Crawford used the routines in this video to get back into shape after her second child. With the help of fitness expert Kathy Kaehler, she designed this workout to help new mothers ease back into fitness. Although I've never had a child, I was interested in the variety of workouts that this video had to offer and decided to give it a try. Throughout the video, Cindy and Kathy work out together in various settings, and Cindy is also shown working out alone in her bedroom and on the beach; at times, images of Cindy with her baby and her husband are woven in as well. The background music includes some popular hit songs but is generally unobstrusive.

Workouts A and B are both short (12 and 16 minutes, respectively), fairly gentle routines to help you slowly get used to moving your body and beginning to work your muscles.
Section A starts with a gentle upper body stretch, moves into slow plies and lunges, and continues with just a bit of abs work (Kathy shows how to modify if your abs muscles were torn during labor). This section ends with Kegel exercises and pelvic tilts, both of which are included in all three workouts. Section B begins with a 4-minute warmup and stretch using a chair. It then moves into a segment described as cardio, but it is really only a few minutes of side to side moves, knee lifts, etc. which can be performed with or without light weights. Next are a few sets of squats and lunges using playing cards which you pick up off the floor, and then it's on to the floor for pelvic tilts, Kegels, and a bit more abs work. As an intermediate exerciser, I found these first two segments too easy, and I was disappointed by the lack of cardio and upper body work. Although I don't expect to use these sections often, they are likely to be perfect for their intended audience of those trying to get back into fitness, especially since the time went by very quickly in both workouts.

To my surprise, the third section made a pretty big leap from the first two, as it was actually quite challenging. Again, there was not much cardio work: only two short cardio segments were included, and as in Section B, these consisted mainly of very basic moves such as knee raises and side kicks (the second segment used light weights to increase the work). On the other hand, the toning segments in this section really worked the muscles, particularly in the upper body. After a brief stretch, Section C begins with upper body toning using the weights and working shoulders, biceps, and triceps. Next is the first cardio interval (4 minutes), and then a lower body focus which includes plies and lunges (again using the playing cards), glutes work (using a chair for balance), and more upper body with push-ups against the chair. Following the second cardio interval (3 minutes), there is additional toning work for the arms using the chair, a tough push-ups segment (with Kegels inbetween), some pretty strenuous abs work, and finally, pelvic tilts. This section ends with a 2-minute stretch.

I will definitely continue using Section C when I want a full-body strength workout that I can do in a relatively short (40 minutes) period of time. Although I think those new to or returning to exercise will enjoy the gentleness of the first two sections, keep in mind that it might take you quite awhile to work up to the third segment. This is definitely a video which allows for growth and which can provide some benefit to all but the most advanced exercisers.

I think this is the worst tape out of her 3 work out tapes. I think it is best for beginners, I didn't relize how much it was geared for post pregnancy. I have been using Cindy's 2 other tapes for the past 3 years and love them. I was a little disappointed in this one. After doing her 2 other tapes and getting a great strong work out , this one seems to come off weak in comparison. I did like the small portion of aerobics that she threw in, but other then that I wasn't real impressed. I hope if she is going to make another tape she will use Radu again, I think he's great.

Two years ago I bought this tape with hopes of losing not only pregnancy weight, but, the other fat I had gained.
I started off with part one, worked up to part two, and now I do part three four to five times a week.
I went from a sixteen to an eight and am still dropping sizes!
This is a full body- circuit workout.
I have worn out my tape so I'm ordering it on DVD.
It's not just a workout for new mothers, it's a great way for people who have never worked out to get started.
This work out is not just Cindy but her trainer, Cathy, a real woman. You're annoyance radar will probably not go off with this one.