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The Science of Fitness with Tamilee: I Want That Body! [VHS]

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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.

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!

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.

This video is the BEST on mornings (or nights) when I only have 15 minutes to do some strength training. I usually do the new Firm tapes or Crunch Bootcamp and I love them, but sometimes I need to make it short. This is the MOST effective 15 minutes you can spend working with weights. Much harder than Quick Fix (which is good too, but easy). Both workouts together are great too when you have more time. This isn't just your basic moves either. Tamilee does very effective combo moves and she doesn't giggle, make odd noises, or act like a bimbo. She knows the science and acts like an adult!

Good workout video for only 15 min. per session.After doing the video for 2 weeks straight I could tell the difference.My only complaint was that Tamilee doesn't give very explicit instructions for all of the moves.It was a little hard to follow at first.If you are looking for a decent workout for a small amount of time,this is a good choice.

This tape is great if you only have a few minutes a day (a week?) to spend on fitness. I worked up a good sweat doing it and even had to pause a lot during the second 15 minute workout to huff and puff. I was pretty sore the next day. I wish the ab portion had been longer though, but that's okay. I got her "I want those abs" tape and it looks really tough!

This is great. First of all I love Tamilee's "no fluff" style, she is concise and to the point. This is a great toning video that I do on days when I'm not doing aerobics. The first workout hits all the major muscle groups, the second is weak on abs, but hits everything else, and with the workouts being only 15 minutes each, I usually do some additional toning exercises or videos to round it out. Very good video!

It contains two program - 15 min per program ; perfect when short of time. The reason why I didn't give 5 star is because Program 2 is lacking an Ab part, which I need most.

I love this one! It's great for all fitness levels. I run and take martial arts so I use this as a strenght builder. Tammy gives great instruction without any peppy annoying blather. In fact, I have purchased this DVD for two of my friends looking to start a workout program and they loved it! The abs section is awsome.
The only complaint I have is there is not enough chest and back focus so I usually add them in on my own. But this is well worth the money and by far my favorite toning DVD.

brand new tape (2001)....this tape was not what i expected...i thought it was an aerobic workout or at least a workout video but it is two 15 minute target toning sessions combining arms, abs, legs, buns all together.if you have her indivisual tapes like buns of steele, abs of steele, and thighs of steele, then stick with those. this tape has alot harder moves and tons of lunges which are kind of stenous to my knees. one thing i did like, however, is that it involves using weights when toning your arms. its not the worst tape but it's definitely not the best.