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Fat to Firm Fitness Ball Workout for Dummies

Rated: NR | Format: DVD
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews) |

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  • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
  • DVD Release Date: December 28, 2004
  • Run Time: 51 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000667GKA
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,235 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Get on the ball to tone and firm your entire body! This unintimidating program shows you how to use a fitness ball in easy-to-understand language. Not only can you reshape and tone your whole body with this program,but you may even change your mind about exercise. Firm up your total body with the hottest exercise tool on the market — the fitness ball. With this workout, you can increase the fun and the effectiveness of your exercise. Because the ball constantly challenges your balance, you have to work your deep, core muscles harder to remain steady. Anyone, regardless of age or fitness level, can use the ball to get a better workout, and that includes you!

Fat-to-Firm Fitness Ball Workout For Dummies offers step-by-step instruction of 15 exercises that work your entire body. Many of the exercises have modifications that make working out at your own level easy to do. This workout incorporates upper-, middle-, and lower-body exercises to help you strengthen muscles, burn more calories daily, improve your posture, and meet your fitness goals. One to two sets of three- to ten-pound dumbbells are recommended, along with a fitness ball.

About the Instructor: Liz Gillies is a fitness professional who has been teaching for more than 15 years, specializing in the Pilates Method and fitness ball training. Liz is the owner of The InsideScoop, a certifying studio for the Physical Mind Institute, and has appeared in other ball exercise videos, including the Zone ball workouts.

Customer Reviews

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53 of 53 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I'm in my early 30's, go to the gym 4 times a week and am in pretty good shape. At the gym I do the elliptical as well as some of the fitness (weight) equipment. I decided it would be nice to to add some variation to my routine as well as have a workout I could do from home.

I researched for a while and decided on the ball and the video ball workout for Dummies. The result? I'm VERY happy. At first I didn't think it was going to be worth the money or time- I'm used to working up quite a sweat at the gym and thought this workout might be "too easy" for me. Well... not so. It hurt to walk for 3 days after I did the video the first time. This tells me I was working SOMETHING that I usually didn't. It's true, it targets muscles that aren't typically "worked out" on traditional exercises or machines.

All in all, I really like this video. The instructor is a bit annoying but I've come across worse. It goes slowly (which is the point to get an efficient workout) and really explains how to position yourself correctly (which I find to be a downfall of a lot of the others). I'd say go for it!
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53 of 53 people found the following review helpful
Very good workout :-) July 22, 2006
Format:DVD
This is the first 'for dummies' workout that I have bought and I really like it. It's a good dvd if you haven't done a ball workout before. You focus on stability and balance and building up your core strength. But because you use weights too, you also get good toning for the whole body. They use your regular overhead presses and ab work too. She gives you optional moves if you want to make it harder or easier and tells you what not to do wrong.

Don't be fooled by thinking you can't get a good workout from a stability ball. You will totally feel this the next day and you will be surprised with exactly how many muscles you in fact worked. I really like this a lot.
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90 of 95 people found the following review helpful
great details March 23, 2005
By gymjane
Format:DVD
Out of all the tapes this one gave me the most results in actually elongating my body.. liz explains how to use proper postures to avoid neck pain.. I originally tried tapes off of those listed suggestions. The other tapes I tried were ok but found I really listened with Liz's tips on form. This made all the difference and is the best for understanding ball!! thanks
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Not as dumb as I thought
The video was too slow moving for me. Not much variety in the "workout". It's basically the same as the poster that came with the ball.
Published 15 months ago by diehard22
Fantastic
I had tried this workout a friend's house and loved the way it helped me to target certain muscles. It goes at a slow pace, yet you KNOW you've just had a thorough workout when... Read more
Published on October 1, 2009 by Andrea Carruth
great balls of fire
great product. have to be a little carefull at first, so you don't fall off. the wife loves it
Published on May 4, 2009 by greg Emery
Great for the Beginner
This DVD is great for the beginner. I used a ball in physical therapy and they told me I should get one at home. At first I just used the ball while watching TV - it was fun. Read more
Published on January 26, 2009 by Greekers
Caution! Same as other Dummie Ball workout.
I was looking for a similar workout to Liz Gilles On the Ball workout that was on VHS and was one of the best ball workouts I have ever found. Read more
Published on January 25, 2009 by barracuda
exercise video
This is the perfect exercise video to use a exercise ball. It was recommended to me by my Dr. to help strenthen my core muscles after a back injury.
Published on January 6, 2009 by C. Sanderson
Nice Workouts
I have a couple of For Dummies Books that are okay and this is the first video that I bought for Dummies. It was a very good choice. Read more
Published on December 29, 2008 by Cindy Ludwig
GR8 Workout!!!
This is the best Fitness Ball DVD that I have found, and I think this workout is fantastic!!! (Options for basic & advanced training are demonstrated on DVD).
Published on February 11, 2008 by D. Stern
it's okay
I just used this tape the other day. The instructor does a good job of explaining things, and they do spell out what you are doing very well. Read more
Published on December 26, 2007 by palo girl
You need to have good balance
So I thought this "Dummies" version would be easier and I realized that I have horrible balance and this dvd didn't work for me! Read more
Published on September 28, 2007 by Gabriella
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