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Dyna-Band Total Body Workout (1 Dyna-band included)
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Good, but hard workout
Review date: 2007-08-13 Rating: 10 out of 10
I got the dvd this week and have been working my way through. The resistance band does enhance the intensity of the workout and allows you to increase the intensity when you have outgrown your original band by moving to a harder band. I think she is a little quick at times and have needed the pause button to arrange myself in the right position but otherwise is great, especially the focus on different body parts each day to allow the pain to subside in the others! In response to one of the reviewers who felt it wasn't challenging enough, I suspect it isn't aimed at the hardcore gym bunny market, so if you are a daily gym goer I would recommend either doing more than just one of the daily ten minutes per day or finding an alternate toning class (and I think the demostrator is doing more than resistance bands to acheive the serious muscles she has!). It is a lot more challenging and coherent than a lot of DVD exercise tapes, however, and it allows more adjustment to individual levels than average- my mum has tried it and does it without the bands altogether so far.
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Reviews
Excellent, Quick Workout
Review date: 2007-07-12 Rating: 10 out of 10
I purchased this DVD as a short and quick bit of exercise to do in the mornings before i go to work. It really is a complete gem of a DVD workout.
The concept is you do the warm up, 1 section, and a cool down, 5 times a week.
These are the 5 sections (1 for each day) focusing on the different areas of the body
DAY 1 Waist, Back & Stomach
DAY 2 Lower Body & Stomach
DAY 3 Cardiovascular: Legs & Arms
DAY 4 Upper Body & Stomach
DAY 5 Bum & Legs
I've got a medium fitness level, but you can work to your own level simply by adjusting how you hold the dyna-band, included with the DVD.
You are given instructions on the correct way to hold the band and you are always given full instructions on how to correctly complete each move. If you feel you have progressed enough to find the routines are no longer having an effect you can get a different colour or "harder" resistance band. There are details of how to obtain this in the DVD.
Compared to other exercise DVDs there are no bright flashing lights, no lary music or loud instructors. This is just Katy (the instructor), a white background, quiet music and the dyna band.
After the 2nd day i definitely noticed myself feeling like i had done a workout. And 2 months on i am thoroughly enjoying the routines and feeling the benefits of this simple 10 minute workout. You don't need a lot of room in order to complete the DVD so you really can take it anywhere with you!
Highly recommended as a safe (yes, dynabands are commonly used in physiotherapy and rehabilitation sessions) and effective method of exercise.
Perfect for Beginners through to Expert
Review date: 2004-03-17 Rating: 10 out of 10
I bought this as I know the Dyna-Band is used by physio's so I thought it would be both safe and effective. I am a beginner when it comes to resistance work and my boyfriend is a regular runner and footballer. I bought the purple band for him to make it harder! We both really enjoy the workouts, I can feel it working, and he finds it relieves all the strains from football and running - making it the perfect compliment to cardi work. The supposed blandness that a previous reviewer mentions is all the better if, like me, you can't stand beautiful skinny tanned people on a beach somewhere hot on your screen then this is for you. It feels very much like a one-to-one gym class and she always gives tips on how to do it the easy way if you are having trouble coordinating. You can really feel the exercises working as they target all the problem areas. So if you want something that is easy to fit into your day, want to feel results instantly, and don't want someone making you feel stupid because you can't do it - then this is the DVD for you! Buy it - I feel great after only 3 days. And as for the warm up and cool downs, they do what they say on the box!!
Well worth buying!
Review date: 2004-03-08 Rating: 10 out of 10
Being quite a lazy so and so, I wanted a workout DVD that wasn't time consuming and that I could follow for just 10 or 20 minutes a day. I hate aerobics with a passion, so a workout that claims to give you the same benefits as a full on exercise routine sounded perfect for me. The Dyna-Band Total Body Workout DVD is brilliant. After just a week I could feel the results - and all I was doing was approx. 15 minutes a day, five times a week! I definitely recommend this workout - it really works.
Downright odd
Review date: 2004-01-24 Rating: 2 out of 10
I was really looking forward to this, as I thought it would help me to work out on those days when my back problem was particularly bad; I have to say, I was wholly disappointed. A presenter of sqeaky-clean Englishness and no charisma, a warm-up of spectacular dullness, ditto cooldown, and five ten-minute sections that you are supposed to complete at the rate of one a day, though the thought of having to get through that warm up FIVE times a week makes me want to eat my dyna-band. I also think it's an odd piece of equipment, and while I know I'm not used to it, I don't think it should have hurt my hands the way it did, nor was I very pleased when I let go of one end and it whipped my leg. Think huge rubber band and you'll get the picture. I'll probably do this on the odd week when I don't feel up to other kinds of strength work, but to be honest the Americans do this kind of piecemeal workout better: check out Tamilee Webb's *I want that body* - against that, this simply looks hilariously awful.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Katy Carroll
Director(s):
Recording label: Firefly Entertainment
Manufacturer: Firefly Entertainment
EAN: 5055142540100
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 2
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2003-12-15
Audience rating: Exempt
Running time: 80 minutes
Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Original Language)