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Prenatal Workout with Summer Sanders |
  Summer Sanders - Prenatal Workout |
| I purchased this video even though I am not expecting. I have a condition called spinal stenosis, which is basically severe back pain and I thought a prenatal video would not involve a lot of jumping and pressure on my spine. Well this video did the trick, I did not break a sweat, but my legs, arms and stomach got a great workout without more injury to my back. I recommend it for anyone with back pain. - posted by Jan on 9/20/2012 |
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| Tough! |
| Summer Sanders makes lots of jokes as she's working out with her sister-in-law/trainer and her humor makes this DVD enjoyable, especially since the routine is tough! She complained at all the parts that I wanted to.
I have only tried the first trimester segment (nearly 55 minutes long). Summer is 7 months pregnant in the video so she does some modifications for the first segment; her trainer demonstrates the first trimester body position. There are a number of lunges and plié squats. I was breathing heavy after the warm-up! Maybe I'm just horribly out of shape... The day after the workout my hams and glutes were a bit sore, but not uncomfortable, and I could definitely feel my obliques, too. They use a resistance band, which I do not have. I still did the exercises, but resistance would have helped. I felt that this workout was good cardio and toning. I'm hoping that I'll be less intimidated by it the second time through and once I'm past the first-trimester exhaustion. - posted by Helen on 1/18/2012 |
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| too repetitive and bad ab work |
| I genuinely like Summer in the video, her trainer is in great shape but I did find her countdowns to be a little annoying (something about the three with a trill). I just found this to be so repetitive because you repeat the workout. there is a lot of similarity between trimesters. I also did not like the ab work at all, crunches and side crunches. side crunches felt wrong to me during pregnancy and it looks like Summmer has a serious separation which I thought required splinting during ab exercises? I have 8 prenatal videos, I rank this one at 6 out of 8 with Suzanne Bowen's at the top and Shiva Rea's yoga at the bottom. - posted by sara on 8/1/2011 |
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| Boring |
| This work-out is boring and ridiculously easy. The warm-up, at 9 minutes, is entirely too long, and the exercises really did nothing to make me feel as if I had worked out. I know that being pregnant prevents me from doing as much intense activity as I did before my pregnancy, but I can still do more intense activity than this. - posted by christina on 3/3/2011 |
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| Great Workout! |
| I'm in my first trimester and love this workout! Before I became pregnant, I worked out daily and considered myself in rather good shape. I like that I can still feel the muscles working with this dvd yet don't feel that it's too much for me or the baby. I like the repetition of the moves; exercise and fitness publications that I've read say that multiple sets for each muscle group are the best. The camaraderie between Sanders and her trainer is fun too. It's like we're all just girls hanging out. I'm not a big fan of the resistance band, so I do modify some of the moves with weights, but it works out just as well. - posted by Stephanie on 2/15/2011 |
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| Not as great as I expected |
| I'm a pretty fit mom-to be, having worked out regularly since I was a teenager. This video left me feeling not quite as worked out as I had hoped. The moves are really simple, which is fine when you consider balance issues, but they were a little too simple. In the extended workout, you actually just end up doing the first half of the workout again (which, by the way, means you end up doing 40 push ups--not my fav). I had been hoping for more variety and different moves, but it ended up being boring. Also, Summer and her trainer are sister-in-laws, so there was a lot of joking going on between them that just annoyed me. I did the workout once and then returned it for something that will challenge me. - posted by Liz on 1/10/2011 |
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| LOVE IT |
| i'm 2 months pregnant and i did the 1st trimester workout this morning. It's really good.
It's a REAL workout ! Don't think it'll be easy exercises because you're pregnant. That's what i love. If you want to keep you body slim or just keep the form you need that dvd. - posted by ODY on 11/29/2010 |
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| EXCELLENT PRENATAL WORKOUT |
| I'm an avid exerciser and since getting pregnant, I've been using this DVD and an online prenatal workout. I'm SEVEN MONTHS and have gained only @14 pounds with regular exercise, walking and healthy eating. This DVD (purchased in my 2nd trimester) is WONDERFUL because it works you out with gentle intensity, but doesn't overdo it. I definitely felt my muscles working in both upper and lower body. Both instructors are encouraging without being annoying. You can do a quick 30 min. or a longer 45 min. (I always did the longer and it still went by SO fast) routine. Cuing, music and movements were EXCELLENT. I highly recommend! - posted by Jolie on 10/27/2010 |
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| Good so far |
| I am only in my first Trimester so I have only done that workout, but so far I feel like the workout targets all the major areas (legs, butt, arms, abs). Although I was used to doing vigorous exercise before I got pregnant, this workout is much lower impact. Summer and Kerrie make it fun, relaxed, and centered around the pregnancy. - posted by Jess on 9/9/2010 |
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| Loved it! |
| This dvd was definitely a great work out. I'm was never huge into working out but enjoyed it whenever I did. This dvd was a challenge and I got a good sweat out of it. I really enjoyed how there was a different workout for each trimester. I'm in my second now and it feels good to be toning my body and not letting myself go. They are both down to earth not annoying like some and the beauty about a dvd is being able to pause it whenever it was too much. But now after weeks of doing it I feel better and my body feels it too! - posted by Seyleen on 7/29/2010 |
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