Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Parade Video
• VHS Release Date: August 17, 1995
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303553834
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,300 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

"Just 10 minutes every other day!" is Denise Austin's prescription for a flat, defined midsection, and she should know. Despite two babies, she has the abs of a teenage athlete. In this video, Austin presents a gazillion abdominal exercises formatted into three different 10-minute workouts. She gives plenty of instruction, with tips for form, alignment, and breathing, as well as the proper way to perform each move. Exercises target the rectus abdominis and obliques, and are varied enough so that you won't feel you're doing the same workout each day. A few of the exercises seem outdated and are less effective than others. Full sit-ups, little pulsing crunches, and standing twists, for example, don't work the abs as well as regular, slow crunches. And some of the exercises in the third segment could be stressful to your lower back if you don't already have strong abs. But Austin still gets credit for plenty of variety, which is what we want if we're committing ourselves to 10 minutes of abs every other day. --Joan Price

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outrageous Abs, March 15, 2000

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Autie (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Denise Austin Hit the Spot: Abs: 3 Quick Tummy Tightening Workouts [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Before I purchased this video I was doing 150 situps a day. After using this video 5 days a week for 3 weeks, I saw muscles appear in my stomach that I had never seen before. It only takes 10 minutes a day to achieve a great stomach and I wasted so much time doing all those situps with less than half of the results I have received from this workout video. My husband has also received great results from this tape. He was recently diagnosed with diabetes and one of the most important steps in controlling the disease is to have less fat around the abdomen area. This tape really "hit the spot". He has had no glucose (sugar) problems in over 3 weeks--he has been using this tape for 3 1/2 weeks. Denise is a real life and time saver. I absolutely recommend this video!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT VIDEO-- even for the inexperienced, April 18, 2000

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Rebecca (Charleston, SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Denise Austin Hit the Spot: Abs: 3 Quick Tummy Tightening Workouts [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Trust me, you will feel the burn after doing this one... I started using it with my roommates, and it is great! You can't talk yourself out of doing it because it is only 10 minutes. After doing it regularly (and seeing results), we stepped up to the second and third levels, sometimes doing two together for a serious workout! Denise has a great attitude (she is so bubbly that she can make you laugh sometimes, which is hard to do during an ab video), and she really shows you how to do the moves correctly for maximum effectiveness. You DON'T have to do 500 situps a night for great abs-- you can let Denise Austin help you get them in 10 minutes a day. I run this tape into the ground and never get sick of it!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for working moms!, April 11, 2000

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Laura (Mississippi) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Denise Austin Hit the Spot: Abs: 3 Quick Tummy Tightening Workouts [VHS] (VHS Tape)

As a full time occupational therapist and also the mother of 3 boys, I have found this video to be excellent to help shape my abs after 3 pregnancies. (My youngest is only 18 months.) The sessions only last for 10 minutes, which even I can find time for. You can definitely tell a difference in only a week or two. I recommend it to all of my friends.