Shaping Up With Weights For Dummies (2000)

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The "For Dummies" line of instructional books (with the familiar yellow-and-black jackets) brings its no-nonsense approach to the home-fitness market with this weight-training video for beginners. Instructor Tracy York introduces twelve basic toning exercises ("The Daily Dozen," which together covers all the major muscle groups) to be done in two sets of twelve repetitions, with long stretching intervals in between and five minutes of extra abdominal toning to finish off the workout. An occasional split-screen format allows for the interjection of helpful explanations along with "Myth Busters" and "Jargon Alerts." The overall emphasis is on safety, proper form, realistic results, and a basic understanding of muscle fitness. The video recommends using light hand weights. ~ Sarah Welsh, Rovi

Director(s):: Andrea Ambandos

Format(s):: DVD
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Synopsis of Shaping Up With Weights For Dummies

Theatrical Feature Running Time:: 45 mins

Complete Cast of Shaping Up With Weights For Dummies

Tracy York - Instructor

Director(s):: Andrea Ambandos

Producer(s):: Andrea Ambandos

Categories:: Music & Performing Arts, Sports & Fitness

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	Bryan G.

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

I know that this is supposed to be very instructional, but you spend more time standing around and listening to the person talk than you do actually working out. I've watched other for dummies work out and found them very helpful, but this one wasn't. Also, the warm up is not for anyone with bad knees or joints. My knees were killing me after the warmup. I guess this would be good to watch a little bit of if you have never, ever seen a weight in your entire life. Maybe that's the point. I don't know. I also found the instructor to just generally grate on me, but that's just my personal preference.

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	Beverly M.

0 out of 0 people found this review helpful

I agree with Brian G. I only watched a few minutes of this video because the woman spent too much time talking rather than demonstrating. I have seen many exercise videos where the instructor explained the exercises while actually doing them, which was not the case here. I kept waiting for the exercises to start and after several minutes, I just gave up and subsequently sent the DVD back.