Product Details

• Actors: Richard Simmons
• Format: Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Digital Sound, Full length, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Goodtimes
• VHS Release Date: December 9, 2001
• Run Time: 56 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000IBN2
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,098 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

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Richard Simmons, the great motivator, presents another light-intensity, low-impact, high-energy workout in the style of his popular Sweatin' to the Oldies series. Again live music is the focus--this time 1980s dance hits such as "Celebration," "Flashdance," "Gloria," "She Works Hard for the Money," and "Call Me." Just like in the Sweatin' videos, Simmons leads a large class of people of both genders and all shapes and sizes--all having the time of their lives dancing, singing, and cheering (their noisiness may grate on you after a while). Richard wears his signature shorts and tank top, and his followers wear multicolored casual clothes. The message is that it doesn't matter how you look or how much you weigh--just show up and dance! The dance-style choreography is matched to the music, but no moves require much coordination or memory. Simmons barely cues the changes--just watch and follow. This tape is a lot of fun, especially if you remember this music well enough to sing along! At the end of the tape, the performers dance down the center while we read their names and the amount of weight they've lost. Several have lost more than 100 pounds, and one woman has lost 282 pounds! (No, that's not a misprint.) Simmons is to be applauded for making exercise accessible and enjoyable to a whole population of people who didn't know that workouts could be fun. --Joan Price

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

50 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is great for someone who has a lot of weight to lose., June 4, 1999

By A Customer

I have this video and love to exercise with it. If you have a great deal of weight to lose, and are tired of looking at all the perfect hard bodies out there, this video lets you exercise with others who you can relate to. I think that Richard Simmons tries to seek out those who don't have the perfect "10" body. His enthusiasm rubs off on you. However, you have to stick with it a few days so that you can catch on to the moves. I love the end of the video where it shows the amounts of weight that the people exercising on the video have lost. It really gives you hope. From my experience, most other exercise videos are meant only for those who already have the perfect body. Richard's are meant for "REAL" people like you and me.

42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Recommended, August 21, 2000

By A Customer

I alternate this with the "Sweating to the Oldies 2" video. This one takes about 45 minutes and is mostly aerobic with emphasis on lower body (I really feel it in my calves!). This tape has excellent warm-up and cool-down. In comparison, the "STO 2" video takes about an hour and includes a resistive upper body workout and floor abdominal routine along with aerobic. I am a beginner, and these tapes seem just right. I SWEAT, but I can do it. If you are overweight or have a fairly sedentary lifestyle, Richard is a good way to start! He has a way of motivating you to keep with it. Both have the feel of dance routines, which I have found to be enjoyable. But he doesn't give a lot of instruction on the steps or warnings before changes...so it takes a while to get it down. But, even if I don't stay with the steps exactly, at least I'm moving & sweating - you will be, too! I always feel better after doing these videos.

39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Richard is the greatest!, October 23, 2000

By	Nicole (Kalamazoo, MI) - See all my reviews

I started doing "Dance your pants off" about 10 months ago and I am happy to say that I have lost almost 40 lbs. and have gone from a size 12-13 pant to a size 7-8. I watched what I ate but Richard Simmons was my main focus everyday. I did the tape everyday and the results are wonderful! I really recommend this to anyone interested in losing weight and having a great time at the same time! Richard Simmons is such an inspiration in Dance Your Pants Off. You will feel so much better about yourself after doing it.