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FitnessProsBooks.com - Keeping Fit in Your 50s - Flexibility

Keeping Fit in Your 50s - Flexibility
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Manufacturer: Acorn Media
Starring: Cindy Joseph, Robyn Stuhr
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781569386859
Format: Color
ISBN: 1569386854
Label: Acorn Media
Manufacturer: Acorn Media
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Acorn Media
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-01-13
Running Time: 81
Studio: Acorn Media
Theatrical Release Date: 2003

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Spotlight customer reviews:

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Summary: Perfect after a fatigue-filled menopause
Comment: Since I am on the other side of a fatigue-filled menopause, I am now in horrible physical condition and find this DVD perfect for someone in my condition. Every single muscle in my body aches. I have tried all sorts of different yoga DVDs and find them too difficult (at this time) for me. I think it's a good place for me to start.

I also have to say that I don't find them talking to me like I am stupid. I think they are talking to those who have not had much experience with yoga, pilates, and exercise in general, and, last buy not least, the elderly.

The worst thing I can say about this is that that in order to miss all the talk, I have to FF to the right spot. I miss the old VHS tapes, where you could turn it off and start right at the place you want. If there is a way to do this with a DVD, I would love to know.



Customer Rating: Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5
Summary: I'm so very disappointed!
Comment: This is absolutely the most annoying exercise video I have ever viewed.

Too much talk! I just couldn't get pass the chatter. The narrator is condescending lecturing as if talking to 5 or 6 year old children. The constant babble is a turn off when one is trying to exercise. I kept watching, and hoping but by the time I reached segment 6 I was fed up! I hit mute! Without the chatter the video might be somewhat useful -- don't know.

Chattr aside -- keeping fit in your 50s is a very very basic intro to body-sculpting. If you have never exercised it might be for you. If you want a good work-out video this video is not for you.

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Summary: Keeping fit series is good for women in their 50s
Comment: I purchased the series and liked all three, particularly flexibility. I was glad to see inspiring women my age in the DVD and thought their approach was realistic and not too frenzied. The exercises were familiar but effective. On the other hand, the timing can be a bit off, so the counts during workouts aren't perfectly symmetrical. The explanations take quite a bit of time, but those can be skipped later to go straight to the workout sections. The DVD series repeats a lot of information, but that might be useful to those who buy the DVDs separately. Overall, I feel good after the workouts and feel these are age-appropriate.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5
Summary: A Model & A Jock Doing Yoga . . . .
Comment: These are not your average fiftysomethings. One is a model with an obvious facelift, the other is a cyclist who keeps opening her eyes very wide as if she's having shock treatments. Both are in phenomenal shape, and both talk as if they're speaking to retarded children. (I'm fifty-five, I am not stupid!)

The video begins with a lot of "tips." Things most people know at fifteen and probably have taught by fifty. For example, we get a nice shot of what a calf is. (Body part, not farm animal.) We're told that if a stretch is too difficult, we should back off. Duh. (Again, I'm aging, not stupid.)

The stretching is basic Iyengar Yoga. That would be fine if (1) it were very simple Yoga for those of us with arthritis and other problems and, (2) if detailed information about how to do each posture properly was given. It isn't.

Just as the viewer has decided to be spoken down to and has gotten into the stretching (Yoga), the two women on the tape decide to give us a taste of Pilates, and then what they actually call Yoga, which is what we've been doing for an hour already. ???

Although the stretching and other work is all right, the women thankfully aren't twelve and bubbly, and the music is only repetitive enough to peel the enamel off one's teeth, I'm not happy with this video. I do a lot better with Rita Moreno's "Now You Can!" and the Living Arts Yoga series.



Editorial Reviews:

Muscles tighten in your 50s, inhibiting the full range of motion and making a regular flexibility program more important than ever to improve posture, prevent injury and relieve stress. This fact-filled flexibility guide and workout is uniquely designed to address your changing body’s needs and to inspire you to get in the best shape of your life.

DVD BONUS FEATURES include tips for creating a personal fitness plan, Keeping Fit Fundamentals, suggestions for beginners, participant biographies and glossary of terms.

A complete flexibility workout and much more including: insights into the importance of flexibility training in your 50s; exercise tips for achieving maximum results; 40-minute core routine; introductory Pilates and yoga workouts; and Keeping Fit Fundamentals, a Q&A session with medical experts Lisa Callahan, M.D., author of The Fitness Factor, and Lillie Shockney, R.N., author of Breast Cancer Survivor’s Club.

Cindy Joseph, one of today’s most popular print and television models, began her modeling career at age 49. She shares her enthusiasm for exercise and for the amazing potential of life in your 50s.

Robyn Stuhr, administrative director of the Women’s Sports Medicine Center at New York’s Hospital for Special Surgery, is a certified exercise physiologist with 20 years of experience in sports training.


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