Product Details

• Actors: Jane Fonda
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: March 15, 1992
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302872170
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,793 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This video was originally titled Jane Fonda's Workout with Weights when it came out in 1987. The title should have been kept, because it's a more accurate description than the vague Toning and Shaping. Jane Fonda and celebrity trainer Dan Isaacson teach two weight-training classes: a 45-minute beginner-intermediate class and a 40-minute intermediate-advanced class using dumbbells, a weight bench (or substitute), and ankle weights. Instruction is clear, helpful, and safety conscious. You learn how to do each move correctly, which muscles are being worked, how to position yourself, and technique tips. Repetitions are slow and controlled, and you are encouraged to choose weights heavy enough that the last reps are difficult. This workout hits all the major muscle groups and includes stretches after the weight work. If you've wanted to learn to strength train with weights, this is a good place to learn. --Joan Price

From the back cover

An exciting dimension to video fitness training programs and an effective and inexpensive way to bring your own "personal trainer" into the privacy of your home. A two-part program designed to develop strength and balance in your body's major muscle groups. In addition, stretching exercises designed to improve flexibility are included. Class I (45-minutes): Beginner/Intermediate, Class II (40-minutes): Intermediate/Advanced. Toning and Shaping is the result of more than two years of research, including a 16-week pilot study conducted at the St. Francis Hospital Center for Sports and Dance Medicine in San Francisco. Both workouts are led by Jane Fonda and Dan Isaacson, personal trainer for many well-known entertainers. This program requires the use of certain weight resistance equipment, including dumbbells, a flat bench (or substitute), ankle weights. Be sure to read the enclosed booklet and watch Class I in its entirety prior to purchasing your equipment. Jane Fonda Workout programs are reviewed and approved by a team of medical professionals, including cardiologists, exercise physiologists, and orthopedic surgeons. The Jane Fonda video workout library includes more than 8 core workout programs. To maximize your overall fitness, the perfect Jane Fonda Workout video complements to this program are: Complete Workout, Lean Routine, Lower Body Solution.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent weight training here!, October 12, 1999

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This review is from: Jane Fonda's Toning and Shaping [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is an excellent weight training video. The exercises are demonstrated well and proper safety procedures are always priority to Jane and her partner. Simple to learn, fun to do, and not too much time. Alternating this with Jane's Low Impact Aerobic Workout video is guaranteed to get one into shape!

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sufficient workout with weights!, January 28, 2002

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Rizzo (Nowhere) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jane Fonda's Toning and Shaping [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Jane Fonda's Toning and Shaping video is actually a 1987 workout previously called "Working out with Weights." The package was redesigned in 1993.

The trainer is Dan Isaccson. He and Jane repeatedly warn you that if you can't do this or that because of pain, choose an alternative or don't do it. There are sufficient "15 sec. breaks" in between the lifting of weights. Plus there is intermittent stretching, instead of waiting til the end to stretch.

The 85 minute video is structured in two segments, class I , 45- minute beginner intermediate and Class II, a 40 minute intermediate/advanced

A bench is needed. The pamphlet suggests a picnic bench, good idea! Ankle weights and dumbbells are also used. Displayed on the screen are the weight sizes they use. At times you will see one of the people working on the floor as opposed to being on a bench. Each time the trainer or Jane goes into a new exercise, they inform us which muscle you are working.

Focused here are hamstring curls, arm curls, lateral raises, triceps curl, pelvic thrusts, abdominal crunch. The armwork is similar to leg work, work on one arm, shift to the other, back and forth.

Class II focuses on about the same as Class I, but there are those dreaded lunges, squats, and pushups. It is easy to wind your tape to get to the 2nd part of the tape if you need. It is certainly a good workout tape. .....MzRizz

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good weight workout, November 19, 2001

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This review is from: Jane Fonda's Toning and Shaping [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is an excellent workout for all fitness levels. The classes can be alternated after six weeks if one feels ready to give it a try. Great workout because it hits all the areas of the body: arms, back, legs and those hard to reach aductor muscles on the inner thigh. Also those hard to reach lower abs. Great to do with or without weights. Jane and Dan are very clear in the instructions and they stress doing the exercises safely and effectively.