Customer Reviews

Stretching for Seniors

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

I have arthritis, including in my back and neck. The moves she does would injure me if I tried them. Her pacing is way too fast; to really stretch you must hold the stretch and she just runs through it like a dance. The routine really is for a dancer, not a senior who has been sedentary which is how they advertise it. If you're like me, try another video,like Keeping Fit in Your 50s.

I would never have taken up stretching until my wife purchased Stretching for Seniors. I think the stretches Ann portrays are ones that almost any poerson can do comfortably. The exercises also are very graceful and make you want to be graceful along with them. I do them every morning and don't have the desire to find an excuse for not doing them everyday. I have never been a person who likes to exercise so Ann's program is exactly what a person like me needs. I urge you to buy it. The only reason I didn't give the DVD a five star rating is because I think that the material is organized in the wrong sequence. I think the insruction should have been first and the daily exercise routine second.

I'm over 50, after reading an article in an airline magazine about Anne Smith, I thought I could benefit from stretching, I was expecting a progressive program to stretching. I assume that most seniors do not have much flexibility, so it would be very nice to have program that would introduce stretching in a very slow and progressive way. I was disappointed to find out that it is not the case, this DVD is not stretching for seniors but stretching for senior dancers or seniors that have been practicing some method to maintain flexibility. For the rest of us it can be even dangerous.

SAVE YOUR MONEY. This is useless. Ann Smith is not a good teacher. "Step-by-step -- easy to follow", NOT!!! I found a different exercise DVD to be excellent.

This 30 minute DVD is really only a 10 minute program. It is well suited for 17-year-old Olympic ice skaters and experienced ballet dancers.

This is such a calming, effective and helpful DVD! I am not anywhere near as flexible as Ann, but even for this 58 year old non-dancer, the gentle, fluid stretches done to calming, classical music are a delight. She makes me want to dance! I am a fan of Ann's work and choose her every time over the more common exercise videos done at a frenetic pace to boisterous music. Thank you Ann for creating a soothing alternative that is so effective!

I really like this exercize program. I us it every day. OK - I'm 60 years old, 5'11' and weight 225 lbs. Most of what she does I can not do completely but every day I do it a little more. I am making progress and gaining flexibility I haven't had in 40 years. Since I began this program I have gone on to yoga regularly and bicycling. I feel great.

This 30 minute program is a great way for anyone to gain strength and flexibility. Ann Smith is a wonderful, easy-to-follow instructor and the music is beautiful.
I work out to it all the time.

MM

The Yoga videos I've looked at have been so boring. This video covers the same types of stretches as Yoga but with a Ballerina's grace and movement so that you can actually enjoy what you're doing. Also, the work-out is only 10 minutes so it's "do-able." I wouldn't recommend this for people with back problems, though, that's why I knocked off a star.
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I found this tape to be very confusing to use, just couldn't get into it.