Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: November 15, 1994
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000680E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,336 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST MOTIVATION AND WORKOUT EVER!!, January 3, 1999

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[e-mail] (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reach for Fitness - A Special Video of Exercises for the Physically Challenged [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I am a paraplegic from a birth defect, paralyzed the knees down. Richard Simmons is a major motivator in keeping fit and healthy and he makes the exercises easy to do, fun and really a good workout on the whole body whether you can move your whole body or not. The video really gets me pumping! Go get it!

51 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars HE'S A GOOD MOTIVATOR, BUT....., October 20, 2003

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Donna J. Gibson (lancaster, ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reach for Fitness - A Special Video of Exercises for the Physically Challenged [VHS] (VHS Tape)

this tape has a serious flaw in my opinion. i was very excited to get it after reading all the reviews here. no one mentioned that a large majority of the exercises are done out of the wheelchair lying on the floor. well, in my particular case, i cannot get out of the wheelchair down to the floor at all so this tape was a total waste of money for me. i am able to do about 5 minutes of exercises which are actually warm ups for the floor work and even they are all arm and neck work, very little leg work. it was a BIG DISAPPOINTMENT to me.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great workout, June 12, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Reach for Fitness - A Special Video of Exercises for the Physically Challenged [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Someone should make a special award for Richard Simmons. What a sweetheart! Richard Simmons is able to bring fitness to all levels of abilities. This video has a great workout for those of us who aren't very ambulatory. It uses real people with real disabilities to show how each exercise is done. It's easier to follow than any other video I've tried. It's very upbeat and encouraging for those who have more than just weight to contend with.
The only jarring part is the rather inane popup screens of perfectly healthy HollyWood stars chanting "You can do it!" in a rather patronizing manner. Richard really doesn't need this fluff for his video, so you can simply avoid these plastic people by staying in the middle of the tape where all the good stuff is. I wish everyone in a wheelchair or in braces or who just can't walk without pain could have this video.