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 Full body workout in one hour November 19, 2008
I am a fan of body weight exercises. You do not need heavy weights to get into shape. Tracey Anderson's workout uses subtle positions to work areas you don't realize you are working. I have been doing this 5 days a week for 3 weeks and already feel a big change. Before this workout, I always had areas I could not improve. Now, I feel I can finally tighten up those difficult locations. Great DVD!
 Good and bad November 18, 2008
I am an intermediate to advance exerciser. It has good things and bad things. The good ones, the music is very cool, the set is clean and crisp and the workout itself is like dance-callanetics. The bad ones, the instruction is almost non-existent (watch me and do as I do), she pouts and moves a bit too sexy for my taste and she talks about "reengineering muscular structure" and "teeny, tiny arms" in a way that makes me cringe a little. She wants you to commit to doing her workout 4-6 times a week to get results.
The dvd is chaptered but there are only these sections: mat intro, mat routine, Gwyneth interview and Tracy's interview. During the workout itself, you cannot jump to the arm series but have to FF. The workout clocks at 57:20 min divided into a gentle warm-up 5:48, a series of leg lifts using a chair for balance 15:12, followed by a series of rib-cage isolations 4:00. Next come two different arm series: one without weights 7:11, and one using light weights (3 lbs or less.) 8:10. Then you lay on your mat for leg and butt work 6:35, and finally a floor ab-series with straight legs 5:25, and a cool down 3:35.
It would be too boring for me just to do this workout, but I try doing it once or twice a week.
 what a disappointment! November 17, 2008
It took Tracy 8 years to put together the research for her "Method" and this is what she came up with?? I don't even know where to begin. It's not an instruction video, because she doesn't give any instruction! you have to watch her every second, but here's the trick: sometimes you can't see what she's doing, either because she's behind a chair or because she's in a contorted position on the ground with her legs behind her. Couldn't they have worked the cameras to show the exercises from more than one angle? This is a terrible video, and if I could return it, I would.
The best and most effective workout on the planet November 17, 2008
I've tried everything from TaeBo to The Firm and classes at the gym (spinning, step aerobics, kickboxing) and nothing has made me look and feel great!!!!!! Her method is the only way to go if you want to be thin and not beefy looking like some women at the gym. Her approach is on the money BUT you have to follow her mat workout and cardio dancing for 6 days or the results will not show as quickly as you want them to show. I went from a size 4 to a size 0 in a month but I was dedicated to the workout and I don't eat any starches or sugars. She's awesome!!!!! Thank you Tracy Anderson for showing us how to really work out!
 What kind of body do you want? November 16, 2008
Ouch! Even though I exercise regularly in a gym, I had a tough time making it through this workout at first. It really did work my muscles in a different way (who knew how challenging a arm workout without weights could be?!).
I love this DVD and can already tell my body is changing, now that I've had a chance to adjust to this type of workout. If you like conventional toning workouts (with heavier weights), this DVD is not for you. It's meant to tighten without bulking. Not everyone wants a tiny, dancer's body -- but if you do, buy this DVD.
(And I do agree that the standing-ab section is hard to follow, just a little more instruction would have helped. But that's my only quibble since the rest of the workout is fantastic -- including the laying-down ab section and especially the arms and legs/glutes parts.)
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