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Rating:  -
What I like: 1. she looks great, which is inspiring, and she is a real person when doing these exercises (not flawlessly rehearsed). 2. The 15 minute sessions are perfect for my work schedule. I do them in the morning before hitting the shower for work. I never get to do the cool down for lack of time. Hard to talk yourself out of a 15 minute workout. 3. The exercises are very effective...and just challenging enough to bring your heart rate up and work your muscles. 4. The exercises feel safe and well planned.
What I don't like:
1. I used to like Gabby Reese, and maybe it's b/c I'm pregnant but she sort of got on my nerves in this video. She and her trainer do not have good chemistry, and you get tired of hearing the commentary between the 2 of them. I have to remember that she's an athlete and not a TV personality.
2. You need a partner for a few exercises/stretches. He suggests replacing a partner with a door knob or bed post at times...neither of which I have. My doors are modern with a lever rather than a knob, which doesn't give me a secure piece to hold onto. In one exercise, he suggests jamming a stretch band in the door for chest pulls. The band snapped loose from the door jam and whipped me PAINFULLY in the face. I was furious!!
3. He transitions from one exercise to the next too quickly sometimes, forgetting that while he is there to assist Gabby with changing out her gear, most ladies at home will not have a personal trainer to fetch these things for her. By the time you have your chair, ball, etc... they are nearly finished with the set! I.e. they are not mindful of the real audience they have.
4. The video should start with a quick address on what to expect: gear, partner, what to keep nearby throughout the program, what substitutions are acceptable, etc... I found myself scrambling around for things in the middle of the workout.
You need: large bath towel (to make a situp splint), weights, stretch band, partner (or secure door knob or 4-poster bed post!...assuming you are working out in the bedroom!!), stretch ball, and a grippy yoga mat to keep your ball from sliding all over the floor (even on rugs/carpet).
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What I appreciate so much about this series is the straight forward approach that doesn't rely on bells and whistles to make it interesting. It's about providing a comprehensive workout that targets the right body parts and aims to teach and guide the viewer. I felt challenged and not condescended to, as I have with other workout videos. And I like the idea that Gabby is going through pregnancy with the viewer.
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NOTE: you will need certain equipment to do these exercises, and it only goes up to "month 6."
I've always liked Gabrielle Reece, she seems nice and very down-to-Earth, and she looks great here. She's obviously in very good shape to begin with, (although surprisingly not very flexible!) since she's a pro athlete, and I don't mind her in this DVD at all.
Although, the trainer she uses REALLY annoys me in several ways, particularly the way he constantly says certain words like "straight, strengthen, strain, strong" etc- which he pronounces, "shhtraight, shhtrengthen, shhtrain, shhtrong," etc. Oh my GOD it is so annoying since he says words like this non-stop. I'm not sure if I can handle the same workout and hearing him with his annoying speech habits for a month at a time. {Once they get to the second trimester months, I noticed Gabby has picked up this annoying habit from him, and she starts saying things like this!!} It really bothers me, I'm sure some people won't notice, but a lot of people do this now, I guess it's new lazy American "English." I find it distracting and irritating. Even when my mom was visiting she heard them talking from the other room and was getting annoyed by them!
The trainer is always interrupting Gabby and they don't communicate well on camera, it seems uncomfortable and awkward. But I don't think that is her fault. It doesn't seem like they rehearsed much which can come off as amateurish and clumsy.
It gets very repetitive after doing them a few times a week since they're such short workouts.
Also, they jump around from one thing to the next (the weights, the ball, the band, a chair, a towel,) and unless you have someone there to keep taking them away and handing them to you, like she does, it's kind of annoying and it doesn't flow- you're always getting up to get something when you just had it in the move before last. They could have maybe grouped them together better or something.
Other than these things, its ok- not too hard, not too easy, and there's modifications for some moves to make them more challenging. It's also not too time consuming or exhausting to do the warm up/workout/cool down, it goes pretty fast.
I guess she has a newer one out that has a third trimester workout and one for after delivery, which makes more sense to buy. This one only goes up to "month 6."
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I saw this featured in Fit Pregnancy and thought this would be a great workout dvd, but I ended up hating it.
First of all, you will need a chair, hand weights, an exercise band, a towel, a yoga ball... quite a bit of props, I think, for a 15 minute workout session! What was worse was that it was not mentioned ANYWHERE on the dvd packaging or even in the introduction to the workouts that you would be needing any of these. So on the first day I was ready to workout, I got all geared up, only to realize I didn't own half of the props I needed, so I wasn't able to do the workout, and instead had to wait until I went out and bought the necessary equipment.
Once I got the equipment, I realized, this workout is ridiculous! I think I burn more calories jumping up to get my ball, then my strap, then my weights, then my chair, then my ball and my chair... than actually doing the exercises. What makes it worse is that Gabrielle has her personal trainer with her who hands her each of the props, so she is able to start the next set of exercises right away. Since I don't have a personal trainer on hand, I have to get up and get the props by myself. By the time I get situated, Gabrielle is already well into her exercises.
And on the subject of the trainer: he is really really annoying. Everytime Gabrielle tries to get a word in, even if it's just a sarcastic joke, he talks right over her. He interrupts her constantly, and this is really annoying to me.
I also didn't get the impression that Gabrielle and her trainer ever rehearsed this workout before filming. As the trainer is trying to explain to Gabrielle how to prepare for an exercise, she's completely confused and seems to have no idea what he is talking about.
I thought I'd like this workout, but I was very disappointed. I even gave it about three tries before deciding to sell it back.
I wouldn't recommend this dvd to anyone.
~Nicole
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i wish i would have known that you would have to have a partner to help you with all the changes of equipment. if i had known that i would'nt have bought the dvd
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