Regular Price $14.98

Starring: Gay Gasper, 
Directed By: Andrea Ambandos, 
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Release Date: 2003
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Format: Color,  DVD-Video,  NTSC, 

Editorial Reviews and DVD Information about 15-Minute Workouts for Dummies

Product Description
A quick and intensive workout featuring over twenty five toning and shaping exercises.
Genre: Exercise/Fitness
Rating: NR
Release Date: 9-SEP-2003
Media Type: DVD

Amazon.com
Beginning exercisers with busy schedules can shape and strengthen their bodies with four separate 15-minute workouts, each targeting a specific set of muscles: arms, abs, thighs, and buttocks. Altogether, 26 different shaping and strengthening exercises are featured, both standing and floor, some requiring dumbbells (two sets recommended), others using body weight. Skillful instructor Gay Gasper keeps the exercises and instruction simple and unintimidating. Each mini-workout has its own warm-up, and sometimes show both challenging and easier modifications. In the friendly format of the For Dummies books, 15-Minute Workouts for Dummies uses icons to indicate tips, safety cautions, "myth busters" (commonly misunderstood facts about exercise) and vocabulary definitions ("quads," for example) This is an effective and enjoyable way to fit strength training into little segments of time. --Joan Price

Customer Reviews for 15-Minute Workouts for Dummies

It really works!!

I love the whole "For Dummies" line of workouts, books, etc. This dvd is instructional (basic, intermediate, advance); and it provides helpful facts and comments that has helped me to trasfrom my body. All four workouts are right on target (Buns, Thighs, Arms, and Abs). I have seen great results, I have been using the dvd for over two months.15-Minute Workouts for Dummies

Talk about Feeling the Burn!
I bought this DVD two years ago and STILL use it. It's better than any weight machine I use at the gym (particularly the abs workout).
The warm ups can get confusing but they only last a few minutes so don't get discouraged! Keep trying and eventually you'll catch on like anything. This video is intense but is not intimidating. I've gotten amazing result in as little as 15 minutes a day! Seriously! It also has some recipes and ideas on how to eat healthier and cut calories. It really is a gem for those who are willing to invest 15 minutes a day at least 3 times a week. Highly recommended!15-Minute Workouts for Dummies

I only have one issue with this DVD ...
It should have been called 15 Minute Strength Training Workouts for Dummies. I really thought this was going to be more of a series of cardio, heart-rate raising exercises. However, as an at home weight-lifting/strength training plan, I think it's excellent.

The instructor is good at explaining the moves and not irritating, and, while there are a lot of basic moves that you'd expect like squats and lunges, there is also enough variety and different movements that it has kept my interest.

All in all, this is a great supplement to a cardio routine.15-Minute Workouts for Dummies

Awesome workout for oldies and newbies to fitness
I love this DVD. I consider myself to have very high standards for workouts and DVDs and very few get the cut in a high rating. This DVD is challenging enough for a person who has been working out for years, yet simple enough for someone who is just starting out. Here are my thoughts on the positives:
*One of the great things about this DVD is that you don't get bored. Gay will combine 2 or 3 exercises into one which makes the workout quicker and you get less bored. (Ex, combining front raises with lateral raises.)
*You get just enough of a rest in between certain reps to allow you to do more. For example, on the squats, you do 2 in a row, shuffle to the left or right and do 2 more. This way you get a 1 or 2 second rest and are able to do considerably more squats than you could alone.
*She only has you do 10-15 of each exercise. This is great because, especially on the ab workout, it is completely do-able. You know ahead of time you only have to do 10 so it makes it so much easier to do all ten vs. a trainer who has you do 20 or 25 of an exercise.
*The ab workout is amazingly challenging yet completely do-able. I have never been able to do a complete ab workout with any DVD. I have always needed to rest; yet on this DVD, I could do the entire thing. I felt completely challenged.
*The ab moves are totally new. Half of them I have never heard or seen, which actually made them FUN! I actually look forward to some of the ab moves!

There are a few negatives that pop into my head for this DVD.
*The leg workout does not include anything but the thighs. No hamstrings or calves.
*The warm up is incredibly hard to follow. I skip over it and warm up on my own for 10 minutes before jumping in.
*There is no cool down whatsoever. After each mini workout, Gay has you stretch for about 30 seconds. After working that hard, it would be such a reward to get to spend 5 minutes cooling down and relaxing.
*While the pop ups are incredibly cheesy and annoying, they also provide a nice distraction, so I would consider them a neutral point.

I could go on for several more points, but the basic sum up is this is a great DVD. A beginner could for sure do this workout, just with very light weights, and an oldie could easily get challenged and continue to get challenged. While it does have a few flaws, these are easily overlooked and do not in anyway take away from the positives.15-Minute Workouts for Dummies

Quick Workout
I like the breakup of lower, upper & ab workout. I really like Gay Gasper. She's no nonsense and gets it going. Some of the moves are geared to the more intermediate person. I know they show basic moves but it doesn't appear until she's gotten started and could turn a novice off.15-Minute Workouts for Dummies