Product Description

If you have 10 Minutes a day you can strengthen your muscles and improve your balance and coordination! QuickFIX Stability Ball Workout brings an exciting spin to the same old workout routine. Broken into three 10 minute segments the first segment will concentrate on the lower body. The second segment you will shape and tone your arms and back. The third segment is a focused ab routine.System Requirements:Running Time: 35 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MISCELLANEOUS/SPECIAL INTEREST Rating: NR UPC: 071083562266 Manufacturer No: 5622-6

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #42784 in DVD
• Brand: INSPIRED DISTRIBUTION, LLC
• Released on: 2003-01-28
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 35 minutes

Amazon.com
There's no doubt that that adding an exercise ball to your routine will perk it up, but--depending on your sense of balance--it may also land you on the floor. Instructor Keli Roberts and her two able assistants make no such descents, but beginners are bound to wobble, which Roberts acknowledges with reassuring frequency. The three 10-minute workouts can be done individually or combined since they focus on different areas. Round 1 concentrates on the lower body with squats while holding the ball, balancing on it for a variation of the yoga bridge and squeezing it with the upper thighs. Workout 2 tones the arms and back by lifting dumbbells while sitting or leaning on the ball and using it for pushups. The final routine is specifically for the abs: sit-ups, curls, yoga's plank and downward dog, and Pilates scissors--all atop the ball. Weights are recommended for the second routine. --Kimberly Heinrichs

Customer Reviews

Great Quick Workouts
These workouts are fast and effective. They are only for toning, so I usually add one or two to a cardio workout. There are many creative uses of the stability ball in all of these workouts, and the instructor moves through the exercises quickly and gets a lot done in 10 minutes. The upper body segments requires heavy and light weights thought I found using five pound weights for both effective especially the first few times. Some of the exercises are difficult the first time, but there are alternatives for beginners. A lot of the exercises in all the workouts require good balance and core stability.

great for beginners-too short/easy for the more advanced
while I did enjoy this workout-a lot of focus was put on executing the exercises and proper positioning on the ball which is key for everyone novice or experienced-I found just doing a single segment at a time was ineffective but the geat aspect about dvd is that you can do all three in a row-very effective or do 2 of one type, 3 of another ect.Overall a good purchase, I have over 50 exercise dvds and movies-not sorry I bought this one!

Perfect!...almost
Doctors recommend three 10-minute strength workouts a week, and this video provides just that. The workouts are challenging and thorough (addressing all muscle groups in the target area), without actually killing you. The stability ball is perfect for those who, like me, have a very sensitive back that can't handle Pilates or other mat exercises. The presentation is not hokey, fake, cheerleader, or in any other way insulting - just calmly assuring and relaxing. I am surprised and disappointed when the 10 minutes are up - but my muscles are relieved!

I say "almost" perfect because there is no warm-up or cool-down on the DVD. I need to jog my memory for stretches and walk my dogs for warm-up/cool-down. I'd love some great stretches to complete the DVD.