Product Details

• Actors: Francesca Fisher
• Directors: Phil Keaggie
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Palm Springs Recording
• VHS Release Date: November 7, 1996
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304896115
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,810 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Review

I can run up the stairs again... something that I haven't been able to do in 20 years. I had no idea it was because I was losing muscle. I feel great and my doctor says that whatever I'm doing to continue it. I love this tape! --Jeanne Orbb - Chicago, IL

I have fibromyalgia and this is the only workout which makes me feel better. The exercises are easy to learn and the gal leading the workout is very knowledgable about fitness. My first tape last 12 years and finally broke, so I bought another. I don't think I could live without this workout. I highly recommend it to those that are afflicted with fibromyalgia. --Julie Robbins - gerifit.com reviewer

This workout is so ahead of its time. I don't know why insurance companies don't offer to reimburse older adults that buy it. It has cured almost every malady of getting older such as loss of mobility, bad arthritis, joint stiffness and general fatigue. I found this workout at my local library and finally returned it with a hefty overdue penalty. I bought my own on amazon.com. It was one of the best purchases of my life. --Candy Donald - Cypress, NY

Product Description

Don't get older, get stronger in this medically-approved strength training workout video for older adults and senior citizens. Geri-Fit® is a 45-minute weight training workout that increases strength in the elderly aiding in independence and improved arthritic conditions. The video requires just a set of 2-pound (each) dumbbells. The exercises may be performed seated in a chair, if needed.

Geri-Fit was developed with the help of geriatrician and features fitness expert Francesca Gern and four of her students ranging in age from 50 to 72. All the exercises have been modified to adapt to the needs of the elderly. Superimposed graphics will explain and depict how each exercise is performed before they are actually performed on the video. You'll appreciate the filmed-at-one-time-setting so that when you see that we can do it, you know that YOU can do it.

The methods utilized in this video produce unsurpassed results if done on a consistent basis of two to three-times-a-week. An increase of 800% in strength can be seen in as little as three months if this workout tape is done faithfully. Range of motion and arthritic conditions will greatly improve in a few short weeks.

Give the gift of health! This video is ideal for an elderly parent or grandparent that is losing strength and flexibility because of aging, or has arthritis or osteoporosis. Geri-Fit will surely be their fountain of youth!

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This video workout produces results!, October 26, 2001

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Pat (Hawthorne, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Geri-Fit: The First Workout With Weights for Older Adults [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'm 67 years old and have been working out to the Geri-Fit videotape for 5 months. I do this three times a week, almost without fail and I follow the entire session, not skipping the stretching before or after.

On that basis, let me say that I'm enjoying tremendous benefits from this regimen. Those benefits include increased mobility, flexibility, strength, and balance. I thought perhaps I had passed the age where I could recover what was lost, but this workout has proved me wrong. I can walk up the two flights of stairs in my townhouse without pulling myself along using the handrails; I can scrub the kitchen floor on my hands and knees; all my strength for opening jars is back; I can rise from a chair without leveraging myself up by hands on knees; and can do calf exercises on a rocker board without holding on to the doorjambs. The list goes on and on. I can't recommend this video more highly to mature adults who think they've passed the point of no return.

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect "Restart" after Recovering from a Long Illness, September 9, 2001

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This review is from: Geri-Fit: The First Workout With Weights for Older Adults [VHS] (VHS Tape)

As someone who is returning to fitness after years of illness (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), this tape provided the perfect "restart" workout for me. At 41, I'm younger than most of the people on the tape - but the workout is still plenty challenging for me. The pace is slow, and Francesca seems to hit all of the major muscle groups. These are classic weight training exercises, specially adapted for seniors. Many of upper body exercises are completed in a chair. The chest and ab work is done on the floor, but the program has been designed so that you only have to get on the floor once. There are very few standing exercises, and these are supported by a chair.

My only complaint has to do with the editing of the tape toward the end. At one point during a final quad stretch, it cuts away too quickly to the next stretch. You don't have time to get into the position, let alone give it a good stretch. But I think this has to do with the editing, not Francesca's teaching. I just pause the tape there so I get a good stretch.

No intimidating, perfect bodies here -- the participants all look like "real" seniors. I found that comforting and even motivating...I kept telling myself "if they can do it, so can I."

42 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Would recommend it highly., February 16, 1999

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[e-mail] (St. Petersburg, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Geri-Fit: The First Workout With Weights for Older Adults [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I received this VIDEO last week and am very pleased with it. For a change, this exercise is for the over 50 in mind and the people involved do not have hour-glass figures. In other words, they are the average "Senior Citizens" who take responsibility for their fitness.