Perfect Abs

This is my 2nd review of this DVD.Now that I've been doing it a while I felt I could make an even better assessment.All the abs workouts on this DVD are about 8 to 9 minutes long.Mostly I am sticking with the Bootcamp Abs part of it, I have done a couple of the other workouts on it, but my abs desperately need Bootcamp Abs!The instructor, Meghan White, is a very popular instructor and mostly releases dvds through Bodywise Media.You start from the first second your hand lets go of your remote! Meghan leads you through several repetitions of crunches and tells you to breathe. She does several incarnations of these crunches, 1 leg up, 1 down. Leg in, leg out. Other side.After doing those she starts working on your lower abs (which are my big problem area). You are on your back. Legs in the air. Hands on your back. Hips up, hips down. Several repetitions of this. You feel that you can't go on, but you do because she is doing the counting, and the music is perfect for this.Then you've done those, and smaller ones with legs in the air. Next, your legs are bent at the knee, still in the air, you're doing crunches. You really feel that you can't go on, but you do. Meghan is counting, so you know you can hang in there and go on. "4, 3, 2, 1...".A couple of different ones of those, and you did it! You can do it! It's only 9 minutes, but it's so hard! This is great and challenging!Meghan White is the best instructor there is.EDIT: December 5, 2009:Well, I haven't done this for a while, but once again I am doing it again. I am seeing a difference in my abs. I am doing the top 2 sets (one is Bootcamp Abs, the other is Kickboxing Abs). I tried the Challenge Abs set and that is too much for me. I do one set a day and go between the two of the sets I just mentioned, and I do it in the morning right after I feed the cats. Is it making a difference? I believe it is. You don't want to know how bad my abs are. Let's just say the fat hangs DOWN, now it's a little bit less hanging down..know what I mean? I had to work up to doing this every day. First I started with every other day because it was too much for me. An added bonus is that since I have IBS-C this has been helping me with that problem. Amazing!Edit: February 5, 2014Am working with this - AGAIN. Life happens! So, I am taking weekly selfies and posting the pix on a private unseen photo account and have been doing this for 2 days. The LOWER ABS are shrinking. I've only been doing this for 2 days (along with a lot of other exercises) & cal counting, and I can see that it's working AGAIN. I hope that this time I can commit to weight loss the entire way through. Will again update in a few months. :)

Good for work out at home

This DVD is excellent as far as the workout goes. I really felt the burn on each of the three beginning abs workouts. I was surprised that the "kickboxing" routine is done laying on your back though.I certainly still felt the burn, although I'm not sure how a person "kickboxes" from the prone position. Nevertheless the workouts are intense and target mostly the upper abs. The lower abs and obliques also get some time but not as much as I would like.I found the lead trainer's voice somewhat irritating, but that is a really small thing, and I'm probably being over critical since the key point is to get a good abs workout, which I have done each time I've gone through one of the various workouts.The six workouts are really only 3 workouts with a beginner and advanced version of each.I am a physically fit 35-year-old soldier, and I found the beginner routines fairly challenging. If you are out of shape, plan on it taking a while to be able to get through an entire 8 or 9 minute workout. You may need to pause and rest and build up to the point where you get through the whole thing over a period of time.

I've had this DVD about a week now. I've been alternating between the three Advanced Workouts. On the positive side, as many have mentioned, this does get right to the chase. No warm-ups, no explanations or chit chat...and I love that about this. I typically do my abs tapes after I've worked out to another tape so I don't need a warm-up and am not wanting to have to bypass lots of chit chat. I also like the fact that the lower abs are targeted, something a lot of us want. There's no rest during the 8-9 minute segments, another plus in my opinion.Now, for the bad...others have said it and I agree, the pitchiness of the instructor's voice. Holy moly, I guess it just depends on your tolerance level...let's just say I turn the volume way down for this one and then it's not so bad. I don't see much difference between the three advanced segments. The "kickboxing" one...not quite sure why it's titled that. There's just really a lot of the same going on but they are effective moves, I'll give it that. I do wish more attention was paid to the obliques.So, like I said, there's good and there's bad. Would I recommend this DVD to someone? I think I would mainly for the fact that it is so no-nonsense, no frills. There doesn't seem to be a lot of that out there, where you can just hit play and start working out right away without a lot of fast forwarding.

I work out vigorously. I am a new mom and before my baby was born, I worked out a few time a week regardless I reaching my goal. My abs were in pretty good shape. After the birth of my daughter; my stomach was, well, not so sexy. I had a stretch marks and flab for days. My lower tummy hanged. Literally. However, after getting back in the gym after my daughter was 3 weeks old (even though my doctor told my not to) I couldn't loose the baby fat in my tummy. I did many workouts for abs. Nothing satisfied me. Until I purchased this workout. I have only 5 pounds left to loose to reach my pre-baby weight and my tummy is looking very nice. I am getting better definition than before I got pregnant. The workouts are short, to the point and very effective, for those who are consistent. Difficult to the point where you break sweat, but the way this workout was designed the recovery is smooth and leaves you ready for more. When I laugh I feel like I did an hour worth of abs and its only about 8 minutes long.I LOVE it and do it EVERYDAY. Even when my daughter is trying to sit on my tummy at the same time! My lower tummy no longer hangs and I feel so confident and look great for having a one year old!!!!! Summer, here I come!!!!!

ブートキャンプ系とキックボクシング系とストレングス系の３種類の腹筋スタイルに分けて各々ビギニングとチャレンジコースの２パターンを用意してあります。各チャプターが８〜９分なので、けっこう頑張れます。どれをやっても何々系というほどの違いはないのですが、飽きないよう工夫されています。ちょっと前のdvdですが、使えます。

A little Hello, introduction to the lady and some explanations would have been welcomed but are non existing at the beginning of the DVD.Will get you abs, but not for beginners as you could easily hurt yourself ( neck ), you have to have a little bit of experience with exercising and know your limits.I started really using it after I got back in shape with 30 days shred workout by J. Michaels.Kick boxing style is really hard to do.Will make you have nice abs but to use with caution.

it works your abs, but they are scattered curcuits, this dvd is not for me

Right, this is a good abs work out DVD BUT there are some things which should be told about this work out.First there is no warm up, so do a warm up before starting. Since I started to work my abs, some 2 years ago, I learnt that for basic crunch, and not only, you should have a fist distance between the chin and chest and look up at the ceiling. Well, the lady instructor tells you to keep your chin into your chest and look straight away, which I think that is wrong and could lead to neck injuries. So, if you are a beginner take my advice.The music is very, very annoying like the lady's voice, but if you can ignore both, which I manage to do, the work out it's killing. I'm still struggling to keep my legs in the air and do the crunches, so tough is. I am trying to do abs as a plus to my work out at least 3 times a week, using also the abs section from "Slim in 6 pack" .So, all in all a good abs work out DVD, ignoring the music and lady's voice.

Has 8 different sections: bootcamp, kickboxing and strength in both beginners and 'challenging' section, and 2 extra that are pilates-inspired using weights, a ball and a ring. (I haven't bothered with the last two sections).Results: I have done the beginner versions of the three sections every other day for a two weeks and let me tell you - the definition and difference is noticeable. And I've never done Abs work before. Being female, I don't want a six-pack but there is potential for it to go that way so I intend to have a break and do some pilates abs work to keep it streamined. However, as a whole, this is a FANTASTIC workout programme - not too difficult but really gives results in a VERY short space of time. Plus it has encouraged me to lose some weight (I'm apple-shaped booooo)so teh definition really shows through. I'm highly impressed and won't be buying another Abs DVD. Cannot recommend enough if you can play Region 1 DVD's. Yes, presenter voice is annoying but couldn't care less. One caveat though - some of the lower ab work could prove quite tough on your lower back so skip or only do a couple of reps of those exercises until your abs are strong anough.