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Navy Seal Workout 3-Pack [VHS]

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If you're looking for fitness results this is for you. If you're interested in models jumping around in spandex pretending to exercise look elsewhere.Scott Helventston is a master trainer. This is a no frills total body workout using virtually no equipment except your mind, body, and attitude. I've used all three tapes. The total body workout does just that-you work every muscle group.Start with this tape, movements and exercises are best explained here and not as detailed on the other tapes. The ab-blast will shape your abs.It's a quick 15 minute workout for your abs, you choose from beginning, intermediate, or advanced and progress from there.Excellent for a daily ab routine. The aerobic work out is the best of its kind. Unlike most aerobic exercise tapes/programs this workout again hits all the muscle groups, not just your legs and lower body.No frills. No flash.No machinery.Not a "slick production",but great results if you do as Helvenston says. No better workout tape out!

Scott is a great navy seal instructor. I'm in decent shape now, but I had a lot of trouble completing just one video. Scott uses no weights, only his own body weight and this is one great, exhausting, muscle building video. After about two weeks of steady use, I could see and feel the diffence: more muscle tone, more stamina and more strength. I've had othe videos, but Scott's workouts are the best! Don't get caught up in how he counts, it's a little odd.

Just bought my set of three tapes, abs, cardio, and total body. Absolutely loved them. The total body is excellent has three instructors simultaneously/ one beginn, one intermed, and one advanced so this is a good tape for everybody. It's a no-nonsense get right to the workout kind of video without all the talking common to some videos. The abs tape by the way is great, first section beginner, second intermed, and third advanced. I personally love the tapes because my husband and I work out together and it is not the typical "girly" tape he wouldn't be caught dead doing. These tapes are definitly keepers, great for good muscle tone all around and increasing stamina.

These are some of my favorite exercise tapes. Total Body Workout has a leg, ab, chest and back section. The back section requires either a barbell or pull-up bar. Each of sections can be done by themselves for a quick 15 minute work-out. The demonstrators each show a different version (advanced, intermediate, and beginner). The exercises are basic military exercises.

The ab tape is tough. It is the best ab tape I have used.

Some spotty production. Scott counts outloud the exercise cadence, but the demonstrators do not count the repetitions. It would be nice to hear the repetitions so I could judge my progress. I am still trying to do as many flutter kicks as Scott.

I recommend this tape for any Army soldiers looking to improve their PT test scores or get ready for a hooah school. I would also recomend this tape to any one who is looking for a solid military boot camp type workout - this is the real deal.

Just bought this 3 tape set. The total body workout is great they have 3 instructors simultaneously doing beginn, intermed, and advanced. All body parts are worked out in this tape. Liked that there wasn't a lot of talking common to these videos. Ab workout is great too, it starts beginner section, intermediate, and then advanced. Good tapes all around to give a no fuss, not a lot of BS, plain old good workout.

To start these video exercises are lead by Scott Helventon, the youngest person to every become a SEAL at age 17. This is the same Scott who was in Delta squad of "Combat Missions" blowing up every episode. The videos are easy to follow and have 3 levels for each set of exercises. It starts out with a stretching exercises on a sandy cliff overlooking a beach. It's not a military video and more like a tv exercise show like on ESPN. There's a girl training with him to provide a sense of a co-ed workout. I do have a problem with intermediate and advance levels requiring exercise equipment like a pull-up bar. Updated Revision: I'm sorry to hear he was killed in Iraq and he will be greatly missed. He didn't have to be there and yet he went where he was needed. Rest in Peace young warrior.

The Navy Seal Workout is a great excercise video. But it might not be great if you are just starting to go into fitness and exercising. It covers all parts of the body and what I really liked about it was that it didnt have the common complicated dancy moves that most videos have that take you 20 viewings to get down. It makes you feel strong and it makes you feel good. There is a small segment in the video that requires either a device to do pull-ups on or simple barbells. But this is "optional" to do.

The programs start out pretty gentle with warm-ups and then move into the move demanding exercises. The exercises include a couple of static stretches as well as a few active ones. Some of the calisthenics are pretty much like in high school gym class but there are a few I've never seen. Instead of traditional sit-ups there are many crunch variations. You usually get to see the techniques from 2 or 3 angles simultaneously and most of the movements are simple to learn. The unique 4-count jumping-jacks were, however, a challenge to my coordination. My favorite exercises have always been push-ups and pull-ups and these tapes have plenty! There is also an alternative exercise for those who aren't ready to do pull-ups. I would think a fairly active person, or one who goes to a gym two or three times a week would be at least ready for the beginning level on these tapes.

Great video, no "fluff" in it. I mainly use the "Total body workout" video and I have nothing but praise for it. If you want a calisthenic routine that gets down to business, this is the right video for you. I've done calisthenic workouts for years, and felt as though I had some holes in my routine. This workout is perfect for my needs, it fills those gaps which I previous had in my own routine.

If you want a dancey, spandex wearing fluff video you should probably choose something else.

All in all, I found this video to be helpful and extremely challenging. Scott fullfills his promise to provide a total body workout and introduced me to a few new exercises along the way. There are 2 other participants in the video, a male doctor and a female physical therapist, who complete the moves at an intermediate and beginner level. As one would expect, Scott performs at the advanced level - a level I haven't achieved yet in this program!

Truly, I have a whole new respect for the Hell that those guys go through. I was unable to do 2 of the advanced moves, but I could accomplish all of the beginner moves and *most* of the intermediate.

Exercises include: traditional, military pushups (done at a brisk pace *wheeze!*), tricep pushups, "divebomber pushups" (an exercise I haven't mastered yet), neck rolls, calf raises, lunges and squat thrusts (Have mercy!), a variety of abs moves, and pullups (or bent over rows if you're a beginner).

This routine uses your own body weight for resistance and the only optional piece of equipment needed is a pullup bar or a bar bell.

Kara's Tip: If you're new to pullups or unable to do them using your FULL body weight, try using a broom handle and 2 chairs, instead. Position the chairs so that the seats face each other. Lie down between the 2 chairs and place the broom handle on the seat cushions above you. You can do 1/2 pullups this way and strengthen the muscles in your arms.

It should be noted that this video was filmed outdoors on a beach, so the sound quality is poor at times. Scott also stumbles through his words occasionally and adds a rep or two by accident, so don't expect perfection from this. His form and advice are without fault, and that was what mattered most to me.

Wow Scale: 8 (out of 10)

Difficulty: Intermediate - Advanced

Studio setting: a pleasant beach