| The Perfect Pregnancy Workout vol. 1 | 
 enlarge | Director: Elisa Llamido
Actor: Karyne Steben
Studio: Far Star Productions, Inc.
Category: DVD
List Price: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (212 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1406
Format: Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Unknown)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 43 minutes
Number Of Items: 1000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 183890000029
EAN: 0183890000029
ASIN: B000BLKJ5E
Release Date: December 1, 2002
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Description
You've got nine months to prepare for the challenge of your life. Use every minute! The Perfect Pregnancy Workout will: -improve your mood -reduce lower back pain -develop mental discipline to control labor pain -tone your lower body to handle the demands of labor and birth -make it easier to lose weight after your baby is born -strengthen your upper body to lift and hold your baby -help eliminate or avoid incontinence and hemorroids Karyne Steben, a world-class acrobat formerly with Cirque du Soleil, leads us through the sculpting workout, combining strength moves with graceful flexibility. First time exercisers can feel at ease; Karyne illustrates exercise techniques and explains the dos and don'ts of exercise during pregnancy in a clear, easy-to-understand twelve-minute instructional section. With options to make it fun for beginners and challenging for advanced exercisers, anyone can do The Perfect Pregnancy Workout! The Perfect Pregnancy Workout video is a 43 minute pregnancy exercise video: 5 minute warm-up, 33 minute workout, 5 minute cool down. There is also a 12 minute instructional section explaining proper technique for pregnancy exercise. *The Perfect Pregnancy Workout includes exercise variations for women with diastasis recti.*
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 Great beginning workout video November 30, 2008
I bought this dvd at 4 weeks (I know, very early!) and have been using it for the last 6 weeks, along with her sister's, vol. 2 and Pilates during Pregnancy. I have not had extreme morning sickness, but I certainly haven't been feeling like myself. Before I became pregnant I would classify myself as an intermediate in workouts, I typically do calisthenics and pilates at home on dvd. While pregnant I find I am tired and much less motivated to work out. So these videos have been great at just getting me up and moving, stretching and giving me a boost of energy. As some women mentioned, her voice is dubbed over the video, which I think works very well. There is no huffing and puffing or change in clarity. I find her accent charming and her tone soothing. The Kegel exercises are a real bonus, I'm not sure how many others focus on this, but it's something I think about as I get later into pregnancy and worry about sneezing or laughing too hard! Hope you enjoy and have a happy and healthy pregnancy.
 challenging, yet rewarding November 25, 2008
I bought this based on the great reviews I read...I think they are right on. It's a challenging workout (more so than any other prenatal workout I've tried) but not so challenging that I feel discouraged. When I've missed a few days, I can definitely feel it--a good kind of sore!
I love the warmup and cool down, all the stretching and emphasis on breathing does wonders for my aching back!
Bustin a sweat November 25, 2008
I Like to do challenging work-outs>>.shes very good!!!! at first the video was a little confusing...but see the preview of the workout before so you can have everything ready!!!!!!
 Not all it is cracked up to be November 25, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
To start out I am a very active person and consider myself to be in pretty good shape. I have done a lot of videos before I was pregnant and catch on quickly. I got two videos hoping to alternate them with the days I do my cardio. I will write about the videos separately.
The first one was The Complete Pregnancy with Erin O'Brien. I really enjoyed this video. At times it got my heart rate up and my legs were even a little sore the next day. I wish it would have had a little more upper body work and stretching but overall it gave me a good workout. I would recommend this video. I will continue to do it.
The next video I did was The Perfect Pregnancy Workout With Karyne Steben and it was absolutley the worst video I have ever done and believe me I have done my fair share of workout videos. Everything was so random in it. There was no flow of exercises. One minute I am using a bench, then I am using a chair, then I get weights, then I am on the chair again changing its position, then I am on the floor, and then I am standing with weights again. I felt like I was just jumping from one thing to another. I probably got more exercise moving equipment than I did doing the video. It feels like the last five minutes of the video I am doing arm circles with the weirdest music playing. My heart rate never got up and I don't feel like I even worked my muscles. Besides all that her voice is recorded. I was very disappointed with this video after all the great reviews I saw. I am now going to have to order another one because this video will not cut it. I would not recommend this video to anyone.
Good workout, worth the price. November 23, 2008
This is a pretty fun and challenging workout that will actually make you sore afterwards, but does offer easier movements if needed. I would buy again for sure!
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