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The Perfect Pregnancy Workout vol. 1

Director: Elisa Llamido
Actor: Karyne Steben
Studio: Far Star Productions, Inc.
Category: DVD

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

206 reviews

Format: Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Unknown)
Number Of Items: 1000
Running Time: 43
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

UPC: 183890000029
EAN: 0183890000029

Release Date: December 1, 2002
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Editorial Reviews:

Description
You've got nine months to prepare for the challenge of your life. Use every minute! The Perfect Pregnancy Workout will: -improve your mood -reduce lower back pain -develop mental discipline to control labor pain -tone your lower body to handle the demands of labor and birth -make it easier to lose weight after your baby is born -strengthen your upper body to lift and hold your baby -help eliminate or avoid incontinence and hemorroids

Karyne Steben, a world-class acrobat formerly with Cirque du Soleil, leads us through the sculpting workout, combining strength moves with graceful flexibility.

First time exercisers can feel at ease; Karyne illustrates exercise techniques and explains the dos and don'ts of exercise during pregnancy in a clear, easy-to-understand twelve-minute instructional section.

With options to make it fun for beginners and challenging for advanced exercisers, anyone can do The Perfect Pregnancy Workout!

The Perfect Pregnancy Workout video is a 43 minute pregnancy exercise video: 5 minute warm-up, 33 minute workout, 5 minute cool down. There is also a 12 minute instructional section explaining proper technique for pregnancy exercise.

*The Perfect Pregnancy Workout includes exercise variations for women with diastasis recti.*

Customer Reviews: Read 201 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

Great DVD for moms to be! November 11, 2008
I really like this workout, I would recommend for beginners and advance workout. I feel great after I do workout.
The background is not that great, but it doesn't bother me...

3 out of 5 stars

The Perfect Repetitious Pregnancy Workout November 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I decided to purchase this DVD because of the massive good reviews it received. I really wanted a good prenatal workout that would keep me in shape and prepare me for birth. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

Upon trying out this DVD I was a bit disappointed. It's not that I found the workout to be unsafe, or not contain anything it claimed to. I simply find this workout cheesy and boring.

I hate Karyne's accent and the video's music. Usually, those kind of things in a exercise DVD don't even bother me! Neither is cute or interesting in the least. The background is extremely dark and detracted from the atmosphere and the mood. The movements are repetitious, and remind me of being back in school gym class. I expected some innovative movements from the reviews, but it's all based on all those old boring strengthening techniques that are designed to bulk you up quickly. To top it all off I couldn't finish the workout because I grew so tired and dizzy at the pace that I collapsed on the floor half falling asleep because it was so draining...before I woke up 15 minutes later enough to drag myself to bed and black-out...i mean...sleep for a few hours.

If you prefer exercise routines that involve yoga, pilates, lotte berk technique, or callanetics then this DVD is probably not for you.

If you are more of the type of person who likes going to the gym and using the machines, or taking an aerobics class then this may be more up your alley.

On a final note, if you still plan on purchasing this DVD please take my advice and take it easy. Don't try to do too much too quickly. I was in fairly good shape when I did it--I do Callanetics 10 Years Younger in 10 Hours - Amazon.com Exclusive twice a week (minus the stomach exercises since I've been pregnant) and Callanetics can be quite challenging commonly having reps of 100 or 50, deeply contracting the muscles. I still collapsed with the Perfect Pregnancy Workout.

5 out of 5 stars

Great Workout October 28, 2008
I am a very active gal, but my first trimester left me sick, tired and completely unable to work out. I ordered this dvd to try to get back into a workout routine around my 12th week and it has really been great. It gets me moving and motivated and leaves me feeling like I really did something with my body. It has beginning, intermediate and advance positions to follow. I use a combination of all three throughout the workout. I find it pretty challenging...I probably wouldn't if I wasn't pregnant...my my energy and fitness level has definitely changed over the last 3 1/2 months! I have already recommended it to my prego pals!

4 out of 5 stars

Good workout October 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I really like this workout because it is challenging but does not require too much coordination. The instructor shows different ways to do each of the exercises to increase/decrease the intensity and you can pick which is right for you. Also, it focuses on the total body which I really like. I guess I should also add that I am not in great shape but not terrible shape either. I don't know if this is a good workout if you are a real exercise buff.

5 out of 5 stars

Another 5-star Review October 14, 2008
I purchased this video when I was a just several weeks pregnant, and I have not been disappointed. The warm-up and cool-down are very relaxing physically and mentally, and the workout is challenging without being ridiculously hard. You can also take it to whatever level you want by increasing the difficulty at which you exercise (three levels- beginner, intermediate, and advanced- are shown for several different exercises.)
She includes Kegel exercises within the workout, which is fantastic. (You can watch the informational section to find out exactly how to do these.) It's encouraging that she is very pregnant in the video and is still doing everything right along with you. Best of all, unlike most exercise videos where the annoyingly perky instructor gives you a pep-talk through the whole thing and it just makes you want to mute your tv, her voice narrates it in an encouraging and straight-forward way. I HIGHLY recommend this to anyone wanting to start exercising during pregnancy, or to someone who has worked out for a while. It's great!