Product Description

"Tank Top Arms" will target the areas many women complain about most, just in time for the spring and summer seasons. Minna's program include exercises that not only sculpt muscles but help women with their everyday lives.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33688 in DVD
• Brand: GAIAM AMERICAS
• Released on: 2007-04-03
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 63 minutes

Features

• Tighten and Tone Your Whole Body In Just Minutes a Day with Minna Lessig With this innovative body sculpting and toning program, you ll be able to show off your arms, belly, and bottom in no time. Tank Top Arms, Bikini Belly, and Boy Shorts Bottom can help you achieve your fitness goals and get your entire body tightened and toned! By following this program, expect to see significant fat los

About the Actor
Beginning with gymnastics at age 3, Minna has spent her life studying fitness and reaping its rewards. In 1997, Minna was crowned Ms. Fitness USA. Immediately thereafter she gained her IFBB professional fitness athlete status by winning the 1997 National Physique Committee Championships. She has a bachelor s degree in biology and an associate s degree in exercise physiology from the University of Miami where she was on the diving team. Minna was the first fitness athlete to ever sign a contract with Joe Weider. Minna has been the fitness correspondent for CBS's The Early Show and has created and starred in several best selling fitness videos. She has a personal training client list that ranges from busy moms like herself to world class athletes like Yankee baseball star Alex Rodriguez, who attributed a record breaking season while he was with the Seattle Mariners to Lessig's off season strength and conditioning program.

Customer Reviews

Another solid workout
This is my 4th dvd featuring Minna Lessig. I think she plans very balanced programs that hit all of the areas. This dvd has sections for arms & shoulders, abs, and glutes plus an additional 15 minutes segment for total body conditioning. All segments are challenging and include some moves that are new to me. You need two sets of weights (light & heavy) and a mat. I've been working out regularly for a while, so I used 5 and 8 pound weights. If you are just starting out, go lighter.

Minna demonstrates moves well and is very encouraging - never annoying. This dvd will be a regular in the rotation for quite a while.

the only one who does not like it!?!
Okay so I give a workout several chances before I make up my mind. I was excited about this one after reading the reviews here. Clearly people like it, so it could be me. I work out an hour a day to a video, usually taebo or the firm (allison davis) or pilates (ana caban), and I am thin and do well aerobically but lack strength so I thought the toning from this video would do the trick. Here are my issues with it.
What I was hoping for were challenging, simple, streamlined movements that worked my muscles. What I feel the video provides are awkward poses that focus more on forcing the body to do something strange or unnatural, for example, the "ballerina abs" pose- you are seated with your legs straight out in front of you, then with your arms at your sides you press down with your hands to lift up your butt. I just felt like my arms weren't long enough (and I don't have short arms!) to be able to do the move and that most of the stress was in my wrists once I did get some levity, and it was intended as an ab exercise. That is the overall feeling I get from the workout, that it is all going into my joints and bones and not my muscles. And I am 24 and quite flexible so I don't understand it.
I also felt there was not a natural rythym from one move to the next, it felt disjointed and there is a lot of wasted, idle time. At the end of the workout my muscles are not fatigued (and they should be I am a beginner to strength exercise) and feel like nothing was accomplished and my time was wasted. The very few effective exercises are not enough for me to justify its regular use. It now sits on the shelf forever.
I am honestly baffled by the good reviews everyone else has given this video. This video frustrates me way too much. More importantly, I found it ineffective.
I gave it two stars, not one, because it isn't the worst video out there- the production is fine, it is easy to keep up with, the instructor isn't horrible.

Fun, but I've done better ;-D
This is my second DVD of Minna's and it's good, but not as good as other workouts by other instructors. It is fun, and she is a great instructor, but there's something about this that isn't as good as others out there.
It's an intermediate workout for your whole body. There are four sections and each focus on a different section. There is a segment for abs, upper body and butt, and the fourth section is your whole body. There are the usual type of moves here, nothing too new, but in each segment there are two intensity levels depending on how fit you are or how hard you want to train. There is a fast paced and a slower version using more controlled movement. All you need is some dumbells and you are good to go. Minna is an outgoing and friendly instructor with no frills. I like this and it's good to do once or twice a week along with a real favourite of yours.