Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Atlantic / Wea
• VHS Release Date: September 19, 1995
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303575617
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,492 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great basics video, January 27, 2000

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M. Kaufmann (kiel, wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cory Everson's Basic Sculpting System with Weights: Hips, Thighs, Calves [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I enjoyed the video greatly. Cory shows you how to lift weights the right way to keep your form when doing lifts. She explains everything in a straight forward easy way. This video would be great for anyone starting and not knowing the first thing about proper weight training. I would recommed this to any woman no matter what age. I'm 47 weight training made me stronger and it didnt hurt my golf game either.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good video for intermediate exercisers, September 13, 2002

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Nancy C. Beck (Northwestern New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cory Everson's Basic Sculpting System with Weights: Hips, Thighs, Calves [VHS] (VHS Tape)

With all due respect to Terri's review below, I have a question: Were we watching the same video?

I consider myself to be an intermediate exerciser, having worked out on a regular basis for about 5 years. I'd been thinking about getting a lower body only tape; I finally chose this because I also have Cory's Get Hard Arms and Shoulders (excellent) and Kardio Kick (a decent kickboxing tape for beginners or a light cardio day for intermediate/advanced exercisers), and I like her style.

As others have noted, Cory includes gym machines in this tape, but she concentrates (and is front and center) teaching the home version. This is NOT a gym only workout (if it were, I wouldn't have hesitated to return it). Since she does the reps slowly, you can use as heavy weights as you want. (Beginners may want to learn proper form first before using this tape since she only gives a few form pointers.) She really works the quadriceps, calves, and hamstrings well, and even throws in some abs work at the end (basic crunches). Note that you may want to use ankle weights for some of the exercises, and the calf step ups require a step.

Another exercise she does is called a Good Morning. Although I'd heard of it, I'd never done this one before; it works the lower back. I'd caution anyone who hasn't done this before to do it the first couple of times without weights (Cory pretty much says the same thing). The first time I did it, I felt a little tug down there, so I immediately got rid of the weights. Anyone with back problems should probably just skip this exercise.

A couple of not so good things: 1. No warm up (she *does* stretch between sets) and 2. She has you putting on and taking off ankle weights instead of doing all the ankle weighted exercises together. The warm up you can do on your own, so that was no big deal. As for No. 2, it irritated me at first, but I've since gotten used to it.

All in all, a very good tape. I give it an A-. And if you want some more reviews, pro and con, check out www.videofitness.com (click on Video Reviews).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good, October 16, 2001

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"ngarbarini" (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cory Everson's Basic Sculpting System with Weights: Hips, Thighs, Calves [VHS] (VHS Tape)

When I got this tape as a gift recently, I was somewhat reluctant because of the "80s" look of the video, figuring that it might be outdated in terms of proper form. However, I'm very pleased with the workout on this tape. It really focuses on pure muscle building and/or toning, and demonstrates how to alter each exercise based on the weight machines you have available to you (in my case, none... I prefer free weights at home, and it still worked great for me) Ignoring the clothes on Cory and friends, it's a very modern workout. I've since read some of Cory's books, and have come to be impressed by both her foresight and expertise on fitness issues, as well as become an admirer of Cory-Everson-the-person. She's a great role model!