Product Details

• Actors: Meghan White
• Directors: Michael Wohl
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Bodywisdom Media
• DVD Release Date: August 1, 2004
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002PUDPK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,834 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

YOUR NEEDS CHANGE EVERY DAY, SO SHOULD YOUR DVD!

Ultimate Body Challenging Workouts for Weight Loss™ is the 2nd in Meghan's Ultimate Body Series and a great way to lose weight, build muscle, tone your body and increase stamina. This revolutionary, interactive DVD allows you to take control of your workout like no other video and pick the routine that is right for you. First, choose the type of workout you want and then decide the workout time. Transform how your body looks, feels and performs. With over 12 customized workouts to suit your physical and scheduling needs, there is no better way to exercise in your home.

The Interactive Personal Trainer™ revolutionizes the practice of yoga in the home. Unlike other videos that may contain one or two workouts, this DVD contains over a dozen workouts of varied lengths and purposes. Get into shape, relieve stress, increase energy, become stronger and more flexible with your own Interactive Personal Trainer™.

Meghan White is a nationally known fitness instructor and has been featured in many of the foremost fitness, exercise and style magazines in America. As a certified aerobics instructor and Personal Trainer, Meghan has trained thousands of people, either one-on-one or in her highly acclaimed classes, which are captured for the first time on this DVD. Meghan is especially well known for her energetic style of teaching and fun personality.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Mixed, Mostly Good, Bag, May 9, 2005

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A.D.G. (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultimate Body - Challenging Workouts for Weight Loss (DVD)

Overall, I like this DVD a lot, but I do have some complaints and cautions. First, the positives:
1. The title lives up to its name--it's probably the most difficult cross-circuit DVD I've done, definitely not for beginners. (There are no modified versions of the more strenuous bits.)
2. It's a real bargain. Unlike many exercise DVDs, this one has a lot of routine. Two 20-minute kickboxing routines, with their own warm-up, cool-down and abs section, and two 25-minute cardio boot camp routines, with their own warm-up, cool-down and abs section. You can mix and match as you please. I like that each abs routine is tailored for the cardio routine it accompanies.
3. Timely cuing by Meghan.
4. Good variety of moves within each routine. The cardio boot camp routines use a mix of jumping, hopping, squats and running in place. I didn't find any of the routines excessively hard on the knees.
The negatives:
1. Backward directionals. I've done a number of exercise videos over the years and have never encountered an instructor who directs you to move left, while she appears (to the watcher) to be moving right. After a while, you get used to it, but it can be confusing at first.
2. Bad camera work and editing. Occasionally the camera focuses on Meghan's upper body when it should be showing you what her legs are doing.
3. Irritating voice. Meghan's voice is high-pitched, and the sound quality only accentuates its thinness. On the plus side, she doesn't have any annoying mannerisms, like saying the same phrase over and over, and she doesn't "cheer-lead" too much.
4. Occasionally the pace of the routine gets so fast it becomes difficult to maintain good form. In the second boot camp routine, one of the background exercisers uses a step for some of the moves. Because of the fast pace, she half-stumbles a couple of times, and it looks to me like the chance of injury using the step (which I've never tried) would be high, unless you're an experienced "stepper."
5. Limited instructions for the kickboxing moves. If you've never done any kickboxing, you may have trouble getting the proper form down, especially for the side kick. Other videos (Kathy Smith and Total Workout) offer better instruction for kickboxing.
6. Production values, including music, are less than stellar.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cardio, Upper Body weights, Abs and Lower Body ALL on one DVD!!!, October 18, 2005

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Sofie (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultimate Body - Challenging Workouts for Weight Loss (DVD)

I'm not an aerobics class fan or gym rat. I enjoy running and walking for my cardio and for 2 yrs I trained in karate and kickboxing 4 times a week. This is one of the few non-Pilates workouts I've ever purchased and the ONLY ONE that I actually use! It is just awesome! There are no silly dance steps or crazy choreography. The workouts are straight-forward, effective heart-pumping, fat burning, butt and ab toning sessions. The kickboxing is similar to a cardio box class that you'd get at a fitness club. If you have them, put on your boxing gloves for a little added difficulty and to get you feeling strong.

If you don't like bootcamp of kickbox workouts, this DVD is worth the price for the "Strength Training" session alone. The 12 min upper body weight workout had my toned like nothing has, and the lower body (squats, lunges and plyometric)and short ab sessions (10 min) are also fantastic. Some days I'll just do the upper body and the lower body strength sessions, or if I can get out for a run I'll do the abs after.

Winter is coming. Don't spend it on the couch. GET THIS PROGRAM NOW!!!!!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love The Selections - Strength & Abs Sections Great, September 25, 2005

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Susan P (Portland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultimate Body - Challenging Workouts for Weight Loss (DVD)

My schedule has recently changed and I can't get in my usual runs and bike rides. I'm not a fan of cardio classes so I didn't have any great expectations for this DVD but I LOVE IT! My favorite cardios on it are the longer kickboxings. They're like a cardio boxing class and you don't need to have any gloves or bags or anything. It really gets your heart rate up and with the arm work and squats and stuff it does give you a great full-body workout.

This is my second bodywisdom media disc. I like to combine some of the routines on their DVDs that I have to a make up my own workouts for whatever I feel like doing. I have the Pilates Weight Loss one and like to do a 25 minute Intermediate Pilates and then the Upper Body Strength training from Ultimate Body. I do the bootcamp and kickboxing cardios sometimes but I'm more hooked on the strength training section, especially the upper body and the all the abs.

I've had this DVD for 4 months and use it about 3 times a week. I've never had a DVD that offers me so much variety and flexibility. It's so cool! If all I want to do is work on my legs, I can do that. If I just want abs, I can do that. If I want a 45 minute complete cardio class it has that too. If I feel really tough I do a bootcamp and then after a short break I'll do a additional 10 minute ab workout.