Product Details

• Actors: Richard Simmons
• Format: NTSC, Color
• Language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Goodtimes
• Run Time: 70 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303471153
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #817 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Disco Sweat is pure Richard Simmons: "get-up-and-dance" oldies and a bevy of exercisers of all shapes, sizes, and clothing styles, shaking their booties with abandon and joy. This time they're boogying at the "Brooklyn Disco" under flashing lights. The music is all 1970s disco, with songs like "Mighty Real," "Boogie Fever," "Born to Be Alive," "Last Dance," "I Love the Nightlife," and "I Will Survive," accompanied by special effects such as a silver ball overhead or bubbles from a "car wash." Richard's choreography, as always, is easy and accessible to beginners: light, low-impact moves, repeated often. A few songs are especially fast for higher-intensity intervals, but the moves are still low-impact and uncomplicated. An occasional "disco point" of the fingers or "Travolta arms" add effect. After you dance your buns off, Richard takes you to the floor for ab work and stretching. This is a long workout, and if you're just starting, you may not have the stamina to do the whole tape. Just do what you can on this 70-minute video, taking frequent breaks, and each week you'll be able to do more. --Joan Price

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone needs a little..., January 25, 2000

By	Stacy (West Virginia) - See all my reviews

This workout is one for people who are not thin! Anyone can start getting physically fit with this video and without all the annoying super fit people laughing at your fat jiggling! If I can do it anyone can. Sure, Richard is cheesy, but he makes it fun--you can always laugh at him! Plus at the end you see the people and how much weight they have lost and it's inspirational. The best part is the people's outfits and the cheesy DJ. The music is great, no pulsating techno! Give ol' Dick a try! And remember.. You had the munchies, now its time to do the crunchies!

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the greatest video ever made, January 14, 2000

By	bob (Springerville, IL) - See all my reviews

Richard Simmons is to the horizontally challenged what Bill Parcells was to the New York Jets. He is such an awesome motivator and coach thatI wish I could hire him to be my personal trainer. Now when I started this video I was weighing in at 375 lbs. I was hating life and hating myself. After 3 weeks of intense training with Richard I am now weighing in at a svelte 360 lbs and boy do I feel great. Whenever I get the craving for a piece of cake or a hamburger or 3 I just grab the video and pump up instead. Some advice: Buy as many copies of this video as possible an put them all over your kitchen. Put them in the pantry, in the bread drawer, in the fridge,...just everywhere. This way when you want to eat you will see Richard there smiling at you and saying "get up off your duff and work out and be beautiful" ...you won't eat again. Put one in the oven and microwave as a second wave of defense just in case you actually do get the food and attempt to cook it. Thank you Richard for making me into a man again...

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is one disco-rific video!, March 3, 2000

By	"horsechik" (Highland, md usa) - See all my reviews

I love Richard Simmons! I've loved him since I was just a wee lass and being a lucky enough person to get this disco sweat video I have really benefitted. Going from 398 pounds to 250 really was a big step for me and I think that I owe Mr. Simmons my sucess! Thanks to him, I am one disco master mama and a boppity boo bop boppin' fool. Enjoy!