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Women's Health: The Wedding Workout

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This is one of those fun, new programmable DVDs where you can mix and match the exercises in the order you want, and even do the same segment more than once. You can customize your workout from the warm-up (4 minutes), power cardio (11 minutes), upper body (12 minutes), lower body (11 minutes), abs & core (11 minutes) and cool-down (3 minutes) The bonus are Love Your Honeymoon (aka Strip 101), Walk Gracefully (posture tips), and Eat Smart (where I learned I should eat like a bear; i.e., salmon, nuts & berries!) The pre-programs come from the customized sections; they include "Strapless Dress" which gives you a week's worth of suggested exercises focusing on the upper body (3 days of upper body and 2 days of lower body) and "Hip Hugger Dress" which gives you a week's worth of suggested exercises focusing on the lower body (3 days of lower body and 2 days of upper body.) This DVD is a keeper!

I wasn't expecting much from a DVD, but a friend at work had highly recommended this DVD, and she's in great shape so I figured I'd check it out. The best feature of this DVD is the menu -- it allows you to completely customize your workout. You can do a warm up and then one of like 20 routines -- which is great for someone like me who gets bored very easily! The moves are easy to pick up and just challenging enough so that you'll feel them afterwards. I especially like that there are two menus of workouts based on whether you're wearing a strapless dress (which focuses on the upper body) or a form fitting dress (which focuses on the lower body). A "complete" workout is around 30 minutes, which was perfect - just long enough that you can sneak it in anytime. The girls on the video are upbeat without being annoying, so I never got sick of them like some of those other workout divas who've put out DVDs. All in all, this is a great DVD and will definitely help if you do it a few weeks or months before a big event!

This workout is not for those of you who want a "hard core" workout. It is a good workout but gets monotonous after awhile. It fulfills it's promise of getting you in shape for a particular event. I think you might get bored if you use it too long after your event has passed (BTW, not just for weddings!). What I like best is that you can arrange the workouts in the order that you prefer them. It's also set up so you can get quick workouts if necessary. Overall, a good workout DVD and fairly priced. I would recommend it for beginners or intermediates looking to get in shape quickly.

I ordered this after realizing that I'd gained a lot more weight than I was comfortable with - I thought I'd try some DVDs so that I could embarrass myself in the comfort of my own home.

I watched this DVD before doing any of the exercises, and upon first glance, it looked like everything was totally doable for me. It's presented well, you don't spend more than 8-12 counts at a time doing the same exercise at the same speed (I get bored easily - shiny things distract me), and if you want a more intense workout, you just up the amount of weight you use with the exercises. Easy enough!

It takes a small amount of space to do these exercises (I'm 5'8" and all leg, I kick things, and I have a small living room - all of my furniture remained unscathed during this workout), which is great. The instructions are clear, and the first time any move is done, it's nothing really surprising, so that you have time to catch up should you not be familiar with whatever a "grapevine" is (like me - I was born in the 80s, folks). I'm not coordinated as I was when I was younger, so sometimes the arm-and-leg moves messed me up a bit, but luckily the warm-up is the only place you really have to worry about that.

I'm doing the upper-body workouts right now, with 2-pound weights, because I can't find my 3-pound weights - it's suggested that you use 3- to 5-pound weights, but I'm going to go ahead and say that if you're someone who's shoulder strength isn't quite up to par, go with 2-pounders! I didn't feel like I'd accomplished anything with them yesterday, for example, but today all of my muscles in my shoulder, upper arm, and chest area are feeling the burn. It's great - I feel like I've actually worked out, because it's VERY thorough, but I can't imagine how much more "worked out" I would feel had I gone with my 5-pound weights instead.

Now for the one bad point: the cardio includes jumping jacks. I have wooden floors, bad joints, and I weigh nearly 200 pounds right now, so this wasn't something I was willing to do. The jumping hurt my knees a bit, and every time I landed, I was afraid of knocking my television off of the stand (even with "soft" landings, where you roll your landing from the ball of your foot to your heel). If you're like me and are starting this at a point where jumping around, even in a very well-measured way (it made me sad to have to fast-forward through this part, because it looked fun) isn't such a good idea, I would recommend getting your cardio elsewhere for a while, such as with riding a bike.

I skipped the "Love Your Honeymoon" striptease workout for now, so I don't have a review for it.

Overall, I would recommend this DVD. There's a workout for every day of the week (except Sunday...and trust me, you're going to want that day of rest!), and you can even customize your settings and create your own workout if the ones that are there for you become too predictable.

I just got this DVD did the whole video last night! I bought it because my sister is getting married and I'm wearing a body hugging strapless dress!! YIKES!! After reading everyone's reviews I was really excited! Like many mentioned, the cardio workout is weak. But I have other workouts for cardio. Try Tae Bo or Abs Diet 2 workout for cardio more challenging. I really like the different lifting excercises for upper body. She doesn't do just the typical curls, pushups (although, those are included). And my upper body is sore today even though I dropped down to my 5 pound weights! I've been using 8 pounds with my other DVDs. Also, the ab routine is great!! About 80% of the ab/core workout is standing and yes my abs are sore today!! Well worth the $$!

You can customize this workout or use the suggested workouts for different target zones. The instructor is great. What I like is that I can select in which order I want to do my exercises, I like to start with abs first and most workouts do abs last it seems. Also, you can decide how much time you want to do, express warm up or warm up and cardio, do upper body, lower body and abs, or only one of them. Or do abs, lower, repeat abs.

This is a good dvd in that it has mix and match workouts and schedule suggestions. As someone in reasonable shape to start, I found this dvd to be relatively easy and not very challenging. It probably would get monotonous after awhile, but the instructor is good and clear, explains things well and the video moves along. I think this would be best for a very beginner. I was left feeling like I didn't get a great workout. And the blonde's incessant smile is a little annoying, lol. Good luck!

I am not a novice exerciser however I wanted something other than the gym to keep me motivated for my big day. This workout is well paced and challenging but my favorite part is that it can be customized and the menu is set up like a calendar telling you which workouts to do which days of the week. I would recommend this video to others.

I really enjoyed this video. I didn't buy it for an upcoming wedding or anything like that. Just looking to get toned for the summer. The steps are very easy to follow and don't leave me exhausted. I was excited to find myself sweating though after the very fun cardio routine. The trainer is upbeat and cheerful but not in that overbearing Denise Austin way that just scares me. I would recommend this video to anyone!

I wanted a video to work out with that I could do at the age of 50 and one that would not bore me to death. Having had a heart attack a few years ago, I also wanted one that incorporated a cardio work out. The Wedding Workout video was just what I was looking for. It has six pre-built different workouts for Monday through Saturday and you have the option of building your own custom workout. You can begin with a warm-up, then go into a particular workout, do a power cardio workout and then a cool down. Amazingly, I did 5 of the six days the very first week I had it! I'm looking forward to loosing weight and toning up. Having bought a few videos that I was totally dissatisfied with, this one was well worth my money!