STACEY NEMOUR's Secrets of Splits & Flexibility

If all you want is to learn some stretching exercises and you're willing to do the routine on your own, then this video is for you (although there are books that cover many more exercises). If you're looking for a DVD to pop in and follow along with, then pass on this one.------Stacey is an attractive woman with some exceptional skills but this DVD is not what I'd hoped for. The individual stretches are sound but this is more of a how-to-guide than an actual exercise video. She flies through the different stretches without any inclination of how long they should be held. In short I wouldn't call this an exercise video since following along is practically impossible without pausing the DVD all the time. I prefer DVDs over books because it helps keep me in the routine.The following comments have nothing to do with the stretches in the DVD, but I'm providing it in case these issues may be important to you:The overall production value is really low. It's basically shot on a consumer level camera (albeit with decent sound) in a living room. The transitions from one stretch to the next are distracting. It's a consistent fade-through-black transition set up, which only helps because you'll need to pause the video quite often. I only bring this up because the DVD is priced pretty high for an exercise DVD. If this were half the price like other DVDs (that usually have better production value) I wouldn't even mention it.Stacey also has beautiful hair, but she should have put it up in a bun, or a pony tail at the least. It often blanketed her body and this issue coupled with some poor camera angles made for some guess work as to proper positioning and such. Imagine a wig draped over a pretzel. To note she has a million dollar smile and freakishly thin waistline (I know, that part is absolutely useless but I had to point it out ;)----This last part is for the producers and Stacey herself (hoping she reads these reviews):It's a super long shot but I wish you would redo this video. I'd buy it because it's a great routine that's very close to being exactly what inflexible people are looking for. Involve three other people (beginner to advanced), and complete the video continuously as an actual routine. This would give you the opportunity to walk around to the different people pointing out proper form, counting out time, and such. It's the coaching element that I think is missing. I hope you can understand how important this is for people who are so much less flexible and want a DVD to follow along with.

I do like this DVD--Stacey Nemour is very attractive and has a charming personality. When I follow her suggestion and do the stretches consistently, I do achieve a lot more flexibility. My only complaint is that the sequences of the stretches are not long enough. The pace is so fast that I have to do them on my own to hold them long enough. I think maybe she had that in mind when she filmed the DVD. She is teaching you the stretches so you can do them on your own. Some of the stretches against a wall were completely new to me, so if I had not bought the DVD I would not have known about them--and they work. All in all, I would definitely recommend it to someone who wants to increase their flexibility and is always looking for new ways to do it.

This video will show you a lot of stretches that will help you get to the splits, many of which were new to me, even after searching on the internet for advice on stretching for splits. I'm not super flexible so I have a long way to go. I would prefer a video that I could put in and do the stretches along with the video. You can't really do that with this one because Stacey doesn't hold them long enough to get a good stretch. If you use the video to learn the stretches and then do them on your own, I think this would work better. However I haven't managed to memorize all of the stretches yet. All in all, I think this was a worthwhile purpose, if only for learning new ways of stretching. These stretches really do get areas that traditional stretching don't get to.

The video is not bad. It's not great either, it's just an extremely flexible person going through stretches she likes. There are just about all Static stretches and talks nothing about doing dynamic active/passive stretches. She should have other people in the video with varying degrees of flexibility. Maybe a very inflexible person and a very flexible person. It should also be done in a studio, not just her apartment. This video should cost about $10 and then it would be worth it. There is just not clear defined structure on what to do to gain extreme flexibility like she has. I was not disappointed with the video though b/c i did learn some new techniques and i read other bad reviews.

I bought this DVD so that I could increase my kick height in Taekwondo. I started at an older age so this was a challenge for me. I'm kicking about a foot higher since I started this DVD and it really works. This DVD is not easy but some of the exercises can be modified until you get the flexibility needed to handle the complete stretch. She has another DVD called Flexibility for the Least Flexible People which helped me to understand where I can modify some of these. I would recommend either one. Once you learn the stretches you don't need the DVD anymore because this is really more instructional than a follow-along.

I am not really a review writer, but I was compelled to for this video. I have been trying to get down in my splits for around two years. As an adult recreational ballet dancer, flexibility is really important to me. Unfortunately, sciatic pain and tight hamstrings and hips were always preventing me from achieving full splits. I tried everything I could think of, from stretching a lot before and after classes, to buying odd contraptions, and just plain trying to force it through the pain. Finally, as a last resort, I caved and bought this video after reading the good reviews. And to this very moment I am in amazement. I got my splits in days, literally DAYS after I started using the video daily. Given, I don't think I was enormously far from them beforehand, I would say that I was maybe around four inches off the ground before. But I had been four inches away since last year, and I was just plain frustrated by the lack of progress. This video has changed all of that. Now I just slide into the splits for fun, just because I'm so excited that I can! I'm definitely going to keep using this video, who knows maybe I can get as flexible as Stacey herself!