Gaiam Balance Ball DVD
Since there was clearly some interest, I went back and did a thorough study of the chaptering in the Balance Ball DVD. I got it direct from Gaiam - couldn't find it anywhere else.
It begins with the usual warnings, which are technically Title 9 and can't be skipped. Approx. 40 seconds. Then 9.2 is a Gaiam promo, also can't be skipped, also approximately 40 seconds. Annoying, if you ask me.
The Main Menu then lets you go to either "Choose Workout" or "Special Features". "Choose Workout" lists Upper Body, Abs, Lower Body. When you select one it takes you to a sub-menu that lists "Introduction", "Warm-up", "Workout". So at least you can go straight to the workout you want. But you can't just hit "Next" to get to the next workout - you have to go back to the menu. Not so good if your goal is to combine UB with Abs, for example.
If you have a programmable DVD player, you can combine workouts. Title 1 is Lower Body: 1.1 is Intro, 1.2 is Warm up, 1.3 is Workout, and 1.4 is the credits. Title 2 is Abs and Title 3 is Upper body, with the same config as Lower Body in terms of individual chapters. So you can select 1.3, 2.3 and 3.3 to get all three workouts only. Programming also allows you to skip the annoying intro.
The Special Features are not very special. 4.1 shows you how to inflate your ball. 5.1 is an interview with Suzanne Deason. 6.1 - 6.3 has the text from the back of each video describing the contents. 7.1 is "About Suzanne" and 8.1 is a Gaiam catalog.
Hope this helps!
Lindsay
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