Conference rocks::weight_control

    I have been using Kathy Smith's Low Impact Aerobic Workout.
    It is working wonders for me.  The tape is about 1 hour long
    and has an Upper Body Workout and Lower Body Workout as well
    as two levels of Aerobics.  The Lower Body Workout is great for
    tummy, legs, and buttocks.  I do the workout every other night
    and I noticed a difference in the way I looked and felt in about
    2 weeks.
    
    The video is $29.95 and can be bought @ any Video Store.
    
    Dee

    I just received the Richard Simmons' "Sweatin' to the Oldies" video
    work out and I love it! I am one of those people who hate exercise
    but this video is great because it makes me feel like I'm dancing,
    not "exercising". It's a low impact aerobic workout of about 50
    minutes. It doesn't have sections solely for firming and toning,
    more of an overall aerobic workout effect (I think!).
    Some of the songs you move to are:
    Peggy Sue
    On Broadway
    It's My Party
    He's a Rebel, etc.......
    It's really fun. I ordered over the phone (from a tv commercial
    that said "Are you tired of all those exercise videos with elevator
    music and a bunch of leotard clad Stepford Wives?" This tape is
    certainly not like that. There are several very overweight people
    in the tape who move great!

    BTW- one really neat point-- at the end of the tape, the 15 or so
    exercisers each dance up to the camera and their names and how much
    weight they have lost appears on the screen. Most all had lost over
    a 100 lbs. and you can see their happiness and sense of accomplishment
    in their weightloss refelcted in the true joy they put into their dancing.
    It is just great to watch. (I do my sit-ups to it!)

    The tape arrived in less than two weeks. Cost was $39.95. I have
    the order # at home if anyone is interested.

 
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        see notes 29.9, and all of note 63.

    
    sarah
    
    p.s. both women's sports and fitness, and SHAPE magazine rate
     cathy smith's aerobic tapes the highest, far above both jane fonda 
     and callanetics. the #1 rated tape was kathy smith's winning workout.

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    I'd like to know how to order the Sweatin' to the Oldies video tape.
    I LOVE old music, and currently do low impact aerobics every other
    day.  This would be a nice change for me!
    
    							Pat

    My vote goes for Jane Fonda's Low Impact Workout Tape. Having about
    15 lb's more to go and not having any regular exercise routine I
    started with this tape. There is about 5-10 minutes
    of stretching and warm-up exercises, followed by 35 minutes of low
    impact exercises. Considering that Im pretty out of shape I was
    able to keep up without loosing my breath. Jane asks you throughout
    the tape can you say a sentence and talk to someone. If the answer
    was no she asks you to slow down. I was not out-of-breath. 
    I was very pleased and felt relaxed afterwards.
    For me going to a place to workout does not fit in my life. Also
    with my diet. I want it to be private. I have been to places before
    where I felt as tho I was the only over-weight person there. I hated
    it. So privacy is for me. 
    It was fun enough that my daughter and I do it together. I enjoy
    that alot.
    					Judy
    

    
    I got Kathy Smith's Low Impact Workout tape for Christmas and have
    done it about 6 times.  My opinion:
    
    Warmup, arms and stomach - good
    Legs and buttocks - great (where I need it the most, so maybe I'm
    biased here)
    Aerobics - fair
    
    I don't like the actual Aerobics as much because I work out in my
    living room, so I don't have the gymnasium sized floor on which
    to slide and shuffle in each direction.  I think she could have
    done just as hard a workout, in fact harder, if it were done in
    a smaller floor area.  Also, two of the moves are very hard to
    coordinate and I have yet to do them right.  I will admit that
    coordination is not my strong point, but I wonder why she put in
    these two confusing moves when it seems the aerobic benefit of doing
    them right is not any more than less confusing steps.
    
    But I like it enough to stick with it, though I am searching for
    another low impact tape just so I can alternate and therefore not
    get bored.
    
    Sharon
    
    

    
    
    If you live in NH and have cable...I tape channel 26 (sorry I don't
    recall the call letters). They have three workouts in a row, starting
    at 11:00. Bodies in Motion, and Basis Training.
    
    Regards,
    Bonnie