Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Bmg Video Label
• VHS Release Date: September 17, 1996
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304166842
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,412 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This 52-minute video from 1992 combines low-impact and step aerobics with strength training. You keep the heart rate elevated for fat burning and cardiovascular conditioning while working the muscles. Jayne Poteet leads a class of fit exercisers of varying ages through a workout that's as tough as you want to make it, depending on how heavy your weights and how high your step. The aerobic moves are basic--no patterns, no complicated footwork--so beginners can manage the workout. The strength moves are sometimes combined with aerobic moves and sometimes isolated, and they are done slowly for safety and effectiveness. This is a well-designed workout except that the largest upper-body muscles (chest and midback) are left for the end (they're most efficiently worked early in a workout) and the shoulder presses start behind the neck (they're safer starting in front of the shoulders). Poteet includes both upper- and lower-body strength moves, but emphasizes the lower body. You'll need a barbell, dumbbells, a tall (14-inch) step, and a medium step. --Joan Price

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heart Pounding Workout, February 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Firm: Complete Aerobic Weight Training [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I just did this tape today and my heart was pounding hard at the end of the aerobics section. You get at least 30 minutes of aerobics in this tape which is great for fat loss. I have done lots of Firms this past month, including Better Body and Buns, Tough Tape 2, Lower Body Split, Upper Body Split, and the two new Firms called Cardio Sculpt and Body Sculpt and I must say I did not get as great an aerobic workout with all those other tapes as I got with this tape (Volume 6). The aerobic steps are so simple to follow with no jumping around. This tape is perfect for people who live in New York City like me because we are more likely to be living in apartments with someone else living underneath. I always feel so bad for the people living below me when I jump up and down during my workouts. Well, there is no jumping in this tape, so it is great for me. I was sweating more with this tape than with all the other Firms I have mentioned. I don't waste time with non-Firm tapes. Get this tape-- you won't regret it.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The classic videos are the best!, June 12, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Firm: Complete Aerobic Weight Training [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I started using these videos in 1988 and enjoyed their incredible benefits until 1995. Nothing else compares to them. The intensity can be any level you choose to make it. The Boomers workout is by far the best, especially if high impact aerobics have take their toll on your joints. After a break, due to illness for 7 years ( I blew up like a toad) I am once again a Firm Believer and can attest that "muscle memory" is a fact. Do not hesitate to invest in these tapes, they are more effective than Denise Austin and Kathy Smith combined.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great baby boomer workout, January 27, 2000

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Anne E.Clark (South Carolina, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Firm: Complete Aerobic Weight Training [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I own several Firm tapes and this is my favorite. I am over fifty and it is great to see some "older" fittness buffs. This tape gives me a total body workout without wearing me out. I would like to see more videos featuring the "older exercisers". Janie Poteet is an excellent instructor. It would be a shame if this video remains unavailabe.