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Summary: It doesn't get any better than this!
Comment: Karen Voight is a master fitness instructor and in my opinion, the best there is! Her athleticism and precision are so inspiring, and she does an excellent job in all segments of this. This is my absolute favorite workout dvd. Good challenge, good sweating, great feeling afterwards. Get this one, you won't regret it!
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Summary: My favorite exercise video ever
Comment: I orginially bought the "Strong & Smooth Moves" on VHS when it first came out years ago and I've been a Karen Voight fan ever since. I was very happy to see it on DVD, especially in combo with 2 more of her great workouts. Great warm-up and cool-down (which most video instructors skip), excellent cuing for moves and form, and great beg/mod choreography with mod/high intensity. When I want to work hard, I always reach for this. Even when you've finally gotten into great shape, her energy motivates you to push harder.
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Summary: this is a great workout!
Comment: I recently purchased this DVD and it is great. I have not done aerobic exercises for years. I had gone to the gym and found that I was not enjoying myself , plus I never really felt that I had done a good cardiovascualr workout. Well this DVD gives me a good aerobic workout. I am losing weight and feeling great!! I would recommend this to anyone starting out. Karen gives wonderful instruction and the moves are easy to catch on to.
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Summary: How can you miss this great workout
Comment: This is one of the most challenging workout DVD I own. It comprises of 2 workouts namely Strong and Smooth Moves and Streamline Fitness. For Strong and Smooth Moves workout, Karen starts us with a 9 minutes warmup before getting us into a vigorous 25 minutes low impact cardio. I must say that this 25 minutes is a real challenge initially. However after doing it a few times, the cardio session became fun and easy. After each vigorous 25 minutes, I always feels energized and lighter in my body weight.
Karen then moves on to strength training. I used a 5Ibs dumbbell and at the end of a few workouts, my biceps muscles became obvious. Even my friends spotted it and see the difference in my body shape.
Follow by is some tummy workouts and more strength training on the floor.
The workout ends with a 5 minutes stretching that will really relaxs you.
Streamline Fitness is a body sculpting workout. Great if you are trying to firm up your body especially your tummy and lower body. It started with some light warm up and follows by sculpting of upper body, lower body, tummy and back. Karen uses a 3Ibs genie ball but since I do not own one, I substitute with a 5 pounds dumbbell and it works just as fine for me.
I love the option where I could mix and match my own workout. Cardio is a must for me and thus there are days I would mix cardio with the sculpting sessions instead of strength training. Some days, I do only cardio and stretch while other days, I concentrate soley on Streamline fitness.
This is really a great workout DVD not to be missed. Go for it.
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Summary: How good is this??
Comment: I expect this isn't higher up the charts as everyone is rushing off to buy *Ultimate Circuit*. But this is terrific, it really is, and doesn't use any cumbersome equipment like a Swiss Ball (do people really have room for those at home?). It does use a weighted balance stick and ball weights, but shows you how to subsitute a chair and handweights - which I, and I imagine very many users of this tape, do without any problems whatsoever. My favourite thing about this DVD is that you can mix and match segments from the two workouts; for example, my preferred combo is the cardio warmup followed by the short (but unusual and interesting) cardio burst, then the half hour strength, then the short sculpt and then the stretch, which adds up to just over an hour, whereas my pal likes to do the longer low impact cardio followed by the yoga segment. Something for everyone. And Karen has the best body ever; it is so good I am beyond envy. Buy, buy, buy.
