05-20-02, 11:55 AM | |
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A few suggestions
Leslie Sansone is great for a beginner/re-beginner. She's very encouraging, which is a big help, and her workouts are well-paced. Some specific recommendations: Weight Loss Walk (long, but broken into three segments so you can do one, two or all three parts at a time), 2-Mile Walk, the first Walk Away the Pounds set. If you get the first Walk Away set from QVC, you'll get a short toning video as a fourth video in the set; it uses the weighted balls that come with the 3-video set that's available elsewhere. Her Firm Up Fast is a short toning video (dumbbells optional), and her Miracle Mile is a 1-mile walk with some toning. Walk and Firm for Older Adults is another one that includes both walking and toning with light weights.
Kathy Smith's Moving through Menopause is broken into three segments (aerobics, toning, stretch) that can be done separately or all at once. She also has an older video, Weight Loss Workout, that you might like. 50+ Exercise with Margaret Richard is a well-instructed strength-training workout. You can see clips of all of these except Kathy Smith's Weight Loss Workout at www.collagevideo.com. Hope this helps!
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08-05-03, 02:39 PM | |
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Just wanted to add to a previous post: I agree that Tamilee Webb is a great instructor for beginners, but I think that the workouts in her "I Want Those..." series would be a bit too challenging for an absolute beginning. Instead, I would recommend that you try her "Quick Toning" workouts--I like Quick Toning for Arms and Abs, which contains 3 workouts of 15 minutes each, complete with warm-up and cool-down.
A great beginning yoga workout is Suzanne Deason's "Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss." She is very gentle, and she works out with three models of various sizes who each demostrate a different modification level. My mom (who is also in her 50s and recent began working out for the first time) has always had back problems, and she likes Rodney Yee's "Back Care Yoga for Beginners"--she has told me that she can't do everything, but she still finds it helpful. Finally, try doing a search on Collage Video for beginner's workouts--you can even view a clip of the workout to get a sense of whether it's what you are looking for. Good luck! |
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