Product Details

• Actors: Jeanette Kim, Helmar Gerhardt
• Directors: Jeanette Kim
• Format: NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: KCP Productionw
• VHS Release Date: August 15, 2001
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005OWER
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #172,707 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Actor

As the designer of Easy Cycler, I intended to entertain as well as provide an effective workout. The scenery serves as a visual stimulus to alleviate the usual boredom associated with using a stationary bicycle. Instead of watching television, which distracts the viewer from her exertions, the exerciser follows simple visual cues displayed every minute or so, thereby achieving a more strenuous and effective workout. I omitted the usual verbal cueing because I felt it would detract from creating a semi-meditative experience in which the viewer could enjoy the scenery and music and concentrate on maintaining a steady aerobic level of exertion. However, if a group exercise instructor wishes to utilize Easy Cycler in an class situation, she could easily do so, thereby adding her own instructional variations to the exercise session.

Product Description

Escape to the great outdoors! Breathe fresh air and feel the sun on your back while you work out with Easy Cycler, the ultimate in stationary bicycle fitness videos from KCP Productions. Join Jeanette Kim, an AFAA-certified fitness instructor and avid road cyclist as she makes her getaway from the noise, traffic and pollution of the city and pedals across the American southwest on an actual bicycle roadtrip through California, Arizona and New Mexico. Enjoy the bright blue skies and spectacular wide-open landscapes that were filmed in over a dozen different locations, including the Mojave, Owens Valley, Death Valley, Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, Sunset Crater, and White Sands. Sublime instrumental music custom-composed by Jeanette will keep you moving at the right pace as an animated cyclist silently demonstrates the various pedalling speeds. Computer-generated scenery and colorful graphics keep you focused on your exertions. Simple visual cues guide you through the workout without any of the usual annoying verbal instruction to interrupt your very own virtual roadtrip experience.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a view of the road, March 11, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Easy Cycler - Bicycle Tour Through The Southwest, A Guided Stationary Bicycle Workout [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I was looking for a cycling video from the point of view of the cyclist. If you are looking for the same, this video is not for you.
While the scenery itself is sometimes pretty, the constant focus on the cyclist does not make you feel as if you are actually on the road. It simply feels as if you are watching someone else. Swift road and viewpoint changes also leave the viewer frustrated and unable to connect with the road.

In addition, the producers have added a creepy robotic version of the cyclist in an attempt to help a viewer work out harder, faster, and the like. There is much too much focus on this creepy robot. I think the viewer is more than capable of choosing his or her own speed or tension.

Overall, a disappointing video. The effort is there but the execution is lacking. I would recommend the Video Cycle series instead.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Workout!, December 28, 2003

By 

Annie Huang (San Marino, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Easy Cycler - Bicycle Tour Through The Southwest, A Guided Stationary Bicycle Workout [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a great workout video for those who want to lose weight. If you do not want to get a serious workout, this video is not for you. I lost 5 pounds in one week just by following this workout.
The instructor is easy to follow. Even though I did not by this video to learn how to become a professional cyclist, I was pleasantly surprised to pick up some tips on how to become a better cyclist.
The beautiful scenes in the video make me feel like going camping. I may end up losing lots of weight and finally meeting an intelligent and gorgeous man, who makes as much as I do. We can go camping together. Yes, I know it is wishful thinking.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sorry, not what I was expecting, January 22, 2005

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J. Easter - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy Cycler - Bicycle Tour Through The Southwest, A Guided Stationary Bicycle Workout [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I was expecting moving scenery to give me the illusion of cycling through the landscape. This video is choppy: a few seconds of moving scenery, then a closeup of a pedaling foot, then a cyclist coming toward you, then from the right, then a still shot of scenery (I'm supposed to be moving, why is the scenery still?)
No continuity. Gives me no feeling of a journey to distract my mind while my body works.
I'll keep looking.