Customer Reviews

Cory Everson's Basic Sculpting System with Weights: Chest, Shoulders, Triceps [VHS]

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Cory is encouraging and knowledgeable. I especially like the way she and her assistants show different variations of each move. She's not irritating like Denise Austin either, so you can get through the workout without wanting to throw a shoe at the TV screen! There is no warm-up though. Before the workout begins, Cory does a brief introduction in which she suggests warming up during the introduction (or better yet, before you start the tape). Highly recommended.

This is one of two videos in Cory's Basic Sculpting Series that focuses on upper body. Chest, Shoulders and Triceps are worked and worked well I might add. Cory is joined by Beth and Mike in this video, Beth showing the exercises on machines found in fitness spas, Mike showing them on machines found in weightlifting gyms, and Cory demonstrates them using home equipment.

There is no formal warmup, Cory is shown marching in place, while Beth and Mike are warming up on other pieces of equipment, such as a bike and a treadmill. Cory explains about the workout during this warmup, which lasts about 5 minutes. I either march in place along with her or warm up to another video.

Then it's on to the workout, you will do 2 sets of 12 reps of the following exercises:

pushups
bench presses
incline bench presses
chest flies (done on an incline)
military presses
lateral raises
front raises
bent over raises/rear deltoids
pushdowns/lying tricep extensions
tricep kickbacks
french presses

Some of these exercises use a bench, but you can do the workout without one. I think the selection of exercises is good, and the muscle groups are covered well.

I like Cory's teaching style, she is very laid back and down to earth. She really seems to know her stuff and I find her information throughout the workout useful. She is a former Ms. Olympia after all.

The workout setting is plain but clean, it's a room with gray carpet and plants, the music is nothing special, instrumental keyboard. I don't find that it interferes with the workout at all, it suits it fine. The clothing is a little dated, lots of bright colors but not too bad.

I think this is a good workout, I like upper body work more than lower, and I am hopeful that rotating these 3 tapes in the series will really shape me up. I like the fact that they are short and to the point, plus I can add a short cardio on before or afterwards. I think if I were to do each tape twice a week I would see some nice results.

Overall, a solid 4 and a half stars. I wish Cory would make an updated set of these workouts. They are among my favorites.

I was disappointed with this tape. More than half of the exercises require a bench, which was not specified in the tape description when I purchased it. I did the whole workout, simply lying on the floor whenever Cory used the bench, but I did not feel that I got very much out of it. The triceps workouts were good (and do not require a bench), but if that is all you're looking for, I recommend trying something else. Also, the tape claims to be from 1995, but it looks more like it was produced in 1985. This tape is for people with a home gym or for those who go to a gym to workout.

I bought this video but ended up returning it. It's not for a home workout but more a gym tutorial. Plus it is not done in Cory's normal style. Sorry Cory... If you are looking for some really good tapes by Cory, I highly recommend these three: Cory Everson Get Hard - Arms and Shoulders; Cory Everson Get Hard - Abdominals and Glutes; Cory Everson's Total Workout. I use these three tapes weekly and am sore after each workout.

There are hundreds of fitness video targeting for thighs, butt, stomach but I couldn't find any tapes tagaretting on arms and chests. So I decided to order this tape from amazon at once.

I was very exciting when I received it so I immediately put it in my machine, then after 5 mins of gabbling(her accent is annoying btw), the actual workout still has not begun. Then I realised some of the exercises required a bench but it hasn't been mentioned on the tape cover. Worst is, the whole workout is only 35 mins long, so I was left with less than 10 mins for each exercises group after all the "introduction". I wouldn't hv complained if the exercises are effective and/or if Cory has brought in something new, but these are just standard exercises that u can easily find in a fashion magazine(note: not even fitness magazine)

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the video is very informative and sexy i love the way you workout with your body as awomen ilove it and want to spur my hands on uour bodyyyyy it will make you feel sexier than ever by the way iam slma