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Fighting Fit, Fighting Fat Club with Harvey Walden
Features :
Color
DVD-Video
NTSC
Directors :
Steve Kemsley
| Release Date: |
01 December, 2005 |
| Manufacturer: |
Well Go USA, Inc. |
| Availability: |
This item is currently not available. |
| List Price: |
$14.95 |
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 Customer Reviews 
Could use some improvement, but good workout
Rating: 4
Good solid workout, easily adaptable if you are more or less advanced. Variety of exercises performed in 30-second circuits.
What I didn't like:
No detailed form pointers (he doesn't give much instruction during the 30 seconds). The three exercisers, in their quest to knock out as many reps as possible, showed very poor form as the workout levels progressed. You're just wasting your time if you're not doing the exercises correctly, and worse, you could injure yourself. A separate chapter showing proper form and variations (especially as the names he used for some of the exercises may or may not be familiar to you right off the bat) would be welcome if this DVD were ever redone.
Sound was rather garbled, and it didn't help that he was competing with the sound of marching on the floor. This made for too much standing around when instructions were given, when you could have/should have been marching or stretching. If this had been filmed outside on grass, this would not have been an issue. Lack of music didn't bother me, but it would have been nice if he'd counted cadence out loud (and simply speeded it up in the advanced workouts), so that you could get in a rhythm, and avoid the problem I mention in the previous paragraph, as well as making sure you work both sides evenly when necessary.
Finally, would have preferred more total-body active stretching in the cool-down, instead of going through much of the warm-up backwards. All of the stretching is done while standing.
Good workout, especially as far as cardio. And Gunnery Sergeant Walden was very restrained in this DVD, all things considered--the reviewer who wrote that he was yelling throughout does not understand the concept of the boot camp experience.
Good Variety
Rating: 5
I liked this workout because it is broke into 3 segments, beginner, intermediate, and advanced. I am always in a hurry so I can do just one or two segments if I'm crunched for time or all three if I'm not busy. Each segment features the same basic exercises, just with added intensity. This would be great for someone just starting to exercise, they could do circuit one and built up to 2 and 3...or an advanced could just do 2 or 3 for a quick workout. I broke a good sweat and the variety made it more exciting. Plus I'm uncoordinated and these are basic moves like squats, lunges, jogging, jumping jacks, ect....Plus you could modify for various issues like weak knees by using lower intensity moves.
It's okay
Rating: 3
No music! What were the producers thinking?!? I like Harvey's more laid back style f/TV & will give the other DVD a try. This one has 2 much of an "army feel" to it
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