Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Goldhill Home Media
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 2001
• Run Time: 33 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000055ZGP
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,185 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Two good full-body programs, but some areas neglected., August 12, 2002

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Beth Cholette "doctor_beth" (Upstate NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Science of Fitness with Tamilee: I Want That Body! [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Tamilee Webb, a well-known veteran instructor, has put together a new series of "I want those..." tapes. Each tape contains two 15-minute workouts focused on a particular part of the body, with the second workout being more challenging than the first. At the start of each video, Tamilee explains that she did exhaustive research to determine which exercises were the most effective and then included the exercises that rated highest in her workouts. For each workout, Tamilee is exercising solo in the same studio from her "Quick Toning" series (minus the two televisions showing her from different angles). In fact, the entire feel of this series is similar to the QT workouts, but it moves much more quickly--eg, shorter warmups and cooldowns, and much less transition time between the exercises.

The "I Want That Body!" tape focuses on strength training for the entire body. Tamilee starts each workout with a very brief warm-up: only 2-3 minutes of moving around and stretching. In the first program, she begins with a sequence of four standing moves: lunges, squats, biceps, and shoulders. She then moves to floor, where she does a unique tricpes move--sort of a one-armed side pushup--and two abs exercises. Each exercise is done for 8 repetitions, and then the entire sequence is repeated twice, followed by a brief cool-down.

In the second workout, there is a greater focus on the buttocks, iincluding some unique leg extensions, squats, and lunges using a chair. Tamilee then moves on to arms/shoulders and does a set of flies, concentration curls, and tricep dips (with the chair). The only abs work is a weighted side bend; there are no abs moves on the floor. In the first set, there are 12 repetitions of all exercises, and then most (but not all) of the sequence is repeated a second time for 8 reps. Finally, there is a brief cool-down at the end.

Tamilee moves very quickly through both workouts. Although her cuing is excellent, she is sometimes on to the next move before you have a chance to adequately set up for it, so I found myself pausing the tape here and there (especially since many of the moves were unfamiliar to me). Although I like Tamilee and enjoyed both workouts, I question their utility, as the workouts are too short to really adequately address each muscle group. In particular, the few moves for arms left me feeling that I didn't get a very good workout in this area, and the attention to abs is pretty minimal, especially in the second workout. On the other hand, however, my butt and thighs were definitely sore the next day, so those areas seemed to get more of a workout than I had originally thought (after doing both workouts on the same day).

So, I think that this tape might be useful in the following scenarios: 1) beginners would probably find the tape useful using light weights and doing the two workouts on alternate days; 2) intermediates would probably find it useful to do both workouts together using moderate/heavy weights on days that they are time-crunched; and 3) advanced could probably use this tape as a warm-up to more intense toning by doing one or both workouts.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, May 3, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Science of Fitness with Tamilee: I Want That Body! [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I loved this video! Tamilee is a motivating, and it's obvious how experienced she is! Quite the expert! The exercises are very effective for all parts of the arms and legs, but Tamilee doesn't spend enough time to give the abs a good workout. I still love this video and do it every other day, putting ab toning videos in between.

This video has two 15-minute workouts that give you a little of everything. Beginner through advanced exercisers can enjoy this video just by adjusting the dumbell weight used.

You've got to try this video! More videos Tamilee!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you're short on time, this is for you, July 19, 2001

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Shauna Bray Gowen (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Science of Fitness with Tamilee: I Want That Body! [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'm 7 months pregnant and have been looking for videos that I can do in short blocks of time, and this one is perfect. I've been a fan of Tamilee's for quite a while and have several of her tapes, all of which are great. She's very motivating and encouraging, and I like the fact that she really has a good background (education-wise) when it comes to fitness. This one is no exception. Just a warning - if you are looking for complete body toning or cadrio, you won't find it here: this one just hits the main areas (legs, biceps, triceps, shoulders, butt and abs). But that doesn't mean it's easy! I found myself sweating just doing a few of the exercises (even before I became pregnant) and I'm in fairly good shape. I'd recommend doing this video and interspersing it with other longer, total body sculpting videos.