Product Details

• Actors: Buns of Steel
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Atlantic / Wea
• VHS Release Date: August 24, 1994
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303201423
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #8,556 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and easy to fit in your new (non) schedule!, June 20, 2002

By	Colorado reader & parent (Colorado Springs, CO) - See all my reviews

My baby is 3.5 months old now. I've had this video for 6 weeks, and wish I'd gotten it earlier.

Good Things:
1) Tape divided into shorter workouts that you can put in your day whenever you have and extra 10 minutes. Warming up, abs, thighs, and butt are all covered, plus some pushups.
2) I really did 'feel the burn' on these!
3) Madelaine is a fun workout leader, and is energetic - it really helps. I also like that all the women in the video had babies recently. Of course, they look alot better in their tights than I do right now, but, well, that's why I got the video!
4) She has one of the gals in her group doing exercises the way you do them if you still have the separation in your stomach muscles.
5) The exercises in each segment start easy and get progressively harder, so you can stop if you have to.
6) She doesn't ignore the upper body - you have to do pushups! Ack! Even though you only do a couple of sets, it makes a difference.
7) No special equipment required.

Bad Things:
1) I was wishing for more!

Definitely a keeper - I think that it would be good whether you were previously athletic or not - no matter what, after the last 3-4 months you were pregnant, some muscles are just going to need some work!

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars User-friendly way to ease back into exercising after baby.., May 9, 2001

By	Melissa P. Cooper "kymissyin" (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fitness level: all levels, early post-partum Setting: Studio Breakdown: 3-minute segment floor exercise segment for the very first days post-partum; 5-minute standing warm-up; 10 minute segment for abs; 10 minutes for buns; 10 minutes for legs Music: cheesy "exercise" style--it's so bad I have no words with which to classify it! Focus on the excellent instruction instead and you'll be just fine :) Production: good Safety: A+++ meets ACOG guidelines

I bought this tape before my daughter was born, after reading in Shape Pregnancy that it had a segment you could do right away even after a cesearean delivery. That was what I was facing, so into my shopping cart it went along with the diapers and baby lotion. How glad I am that I bought it. Next pregnancy I'm going to buy Madeleine's pregancy workout to rotate with Kathy Smith's. This lady, like Kathy, not only pays attention to safety, but she calls in the experts to help her make it safe. Bonnie Rote, RN was the medical collaborator on both BOS Pregnancy and B & A Post-Pregancy.

I did the three-minute segment at the beginning when I was a week post-partum, then added the five-minute warm-up two days later. At two weeks I added the abs. The rest, as they say, is history.

What I loved about this workout was that each toning segment has its own little warm-up and cool-down, so I could break it up and work out whenever I had 10 minutes of time. When I was breastfeeding, especially in the first three months, that was often all I had time and energy for. (New moms in the group can probably relate to this--right?) Besides, I have this thing about floor exercise. I'd rather eat nails. Doing it in 10 minute increments--and with Madeleine and her crew suffering along with me--made it much more bearable. This tape was all I did for about 6 months post-partum before easing back into aerobics.

Madeleine is an excellent instructor--she cues well, provides just the right amount of encouragement, and best of all, is friendly without getting on your last nerve. Somebody get this woman in front of a camera again! I, too, recommend this as a great present for a new mom or mom-to-be. Put it in a pretty basket with some bubble bath and a gift certificate for free baby-sitting, and you'll be a shoo-in for Friend of the Year. . .

Grade: A+ and ten points extra credit

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Didn't exercise before but want to get back into shape now?, January 12, 2000

By A Customer

This tape is great! I put my son in his swing so he can keep and eye on me while I work out. It is low impact and great for those people who didn't work out during their pregnancy but want to get their shape back afterwards. After the first few days I can really say that I can feel the affects. The way the tape makes you feel, you want to get up and do it everyday!