Customer Reviews

Self - Your Best Butt Fast

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(0)
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This 45 minute workout is led by Violet Zaki, she is joined by two female exercisers, one who shows beginning or low impact modifications. They are exercising on a beach with the ocean just behind them. All you need is a pair of 2-5 lb weights and a mat if you don't have carpet.

This workout is split up into sections, kickboxing where you will do front, back and roundhouse kicks, then you will grab your weights and do some squats and various lunges (front, rear and side some adding leg lifts). Then there is a dance inspired section where you will do plies, standing leg lifts to the side, rear and diagonal in various tempos, finally you will do some yoga poses such as downward facing dog, 3 point pose, chair pose and tree pose.

You finish out on the floor where you will do a very brief bridgework segment before going into the cooldown and stretch. There is also a brief bonus routine that Violet leads all by herself.

This isn't a bad routine, it has a nice variety although some of the moves seemed a bit uncomfortable to me. Such as the side lunges into leg lifts, which could be modified into a 4 count move rather than adding the leg lift. Also during the kickboxing segment the roundhouse kicks are performed quite fast as they do 3 kicks in a row, I modified this and did 2 knee lifts and 1 roundhouse kick instead which felt more comfortable. Violet Zaki is a black belt in martial arts and has good form and can execute these well, but not all of us are as experienced as she is.

This workout is beginner/intermediate level, although I wouldn't recommend for complete beginners as there are some tricky moves in here that one can injure themselves doing if they do it incorrectly. There isn't any instruction on most of the moves, they just go right into it. For those more experienced, this workout isn't very challenging but is nice for something a little different. Violet Zaki does a good job in this video, plus she has a set of abs that I wouldn't mind having either. Overall I give this one three and half stars.

Unfortunately, I went off of the one review that was listed here alone when making the decision to buy this DVD. Big mistake. Best Butt Fast offers a variety of exercise moves, all targeted to shape your butt and thigh areas, but when I purchased this I wasn't aware that there was a kickboxing section right after the warm up (I have bad knees and therefore can't stand kickboxing), nor did I realize the yoga component at the end was as lengthy as it was - it takes up almost 20 minutes of this 45 minute workout, and I am not a big yoga fan either.

Overall it is a decent DVD, but I will likely stick with my stability ball workouts and only do various sections of this DVD if that, as the standing floor work is KILLER, and what I'd initially hoped I would find on this DVD when I bought it. I've read the reviews for Self's Sleek and Slim Fast and will be trying that out. Best Butt Fast is somewhat decent, I will likely give it some time to see if I can get into the yoga piece - otherwise, I guess I can always re-sell it on e-Bay.

I wasn't expecting much from this DVD, but it was surprisingly pretty good! I did the routine last night and my buns are hurting today! It's not a killer workout, but it seems effective. I like the fact that they mix a bit of aerobics (warm out), kickboxing, toning with weights (mainly squats), and yoga stretches. I think they cold have done the yoga part a bit more challenging.... overall it's an ok DVD for lighter days. I see myself doing this one when I feel kind of lazy!

This is my top "to buy" workout! Not only is it a great timesaver working out at home, but its fun, too! I noticed a difference after doing this 4x a week for 2 weeks. My hips trimmed down, although what's tough is staying on it 4x a week!

This video won't make you sweat but it is a great toning video. Violet Zacki is a much tougher instructor than Ellen Barret who is in some of the other SELF videos. This is a great workout for someone who has graduated from the basic workout videos. I was sore after this video (not even advanced Taebo videos makes me sore)

This was a challenging and effective lower body toning workout lead by a good instructor. I liked the variety of exercises and the yoga component at the end. This is a good 40 minute lower body routine to put in a monthly rotation. I would consider it to be intermediate level

I really like Violet Zaki, and enjoy her Self Firm Flat Abs DVD, but I am less impressed with this one. They jump right into the kickboxing moves without any explanation on how to do them, and run through them so quickly it's very hard to figure out how to do the move properly if you're new to kickboxing. About half of the workout is kickboxing, so if you're new to it or don't/can't do it, you're going to miss out.

This is a very good workout that I still do occasionally to this day. It will give you results if you do it often enough and it's fun to do so there's no problem.
This uses three distinct exercise styles to give shape and burn fat off the three muscle groups within your tush. The cardio segment is also targeted to that area. The toning portion has classic lunges and squats with ballet-style pliés and relevés. This whole routine is geared to quickly burn fat and reshape your body. It's fun to do and motivating each and everytime you look at the stunning beach setting. That should get you thinking about swimsuit season. At the end of the dvd is a bonus ab workout that while small, will really help if you always tag it on to the end.
This is really fun to do and enjoyable and before you know it, you've had a great workout that is bound to keep the fat off and tone up some of the major trouble spots we almost all have.

This DVD was pretty good. I bought it after I'd gotten the "Slim & Sleek Fast," with Ellen Barrett as the trainer. The lady on this one is Austrailian I think, so there was a bit of difficulty at first understanding her. Overall, the routine is effective, but the trainer isn't as good as Ellen.

This was the first exercise DVD I ever bought and since then, it is still the best. I have ordered many more Self DVD's and I have to say that they are by far the most conducive to my work out. They are slow paced enough that you don't feel lost, but by the time you are halfway through, you are already EXHAUSTED! This particular DVD is great too because there is a bonus on it, an ab work out, that, when done only three times, produces amazing results. I could recommend this DVD to a beginner or someone advanced. It has techniques that get those hard to work out places, but is easy enough for anyone to do. If you are looking for an amazing lower body work out, this is a perfect DVD to get.