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J.F. Pregnancy,Birth&Recovery
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| Editorial Reviews: | | |  | | This prenatal and postnatal workout was originally issued in 1983--the products of those pregnant bellies are probably doing their own workouts by now. Although most of the workout itself is still appropriate, you'll want to update the way you do it. For example, Fonda and her participants work out barefoot (with those ubiquitous legwarmers that were popular at the time). Please wear shoes for stability. And they warm up by standing still, knees locked, doing an endless series of arm movements that do little but tire the shoulders. (We know now that rhythmic movement that gets the whole body warmed up is more effective than standing still and isolating one body part.) This video offers a 45-minute workout that is suitable for pregnant women and new mothers, plus 20 extra minutes for postnatal exercisers only, and a 20-minute segment about birth, baby massage, and infant care. Despite the generous length of this video, you might get more out of a more up-to-date pregnancy workout that reflects current recommendations and guidelines. --Joan Price | |
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| | I have never been pregnant before, so I have never done this video, but I have watched it. My mom has done it before and she didn't like it. It looks okay, but it is almost as if Jane Fonda thought that as long as there were not any aerobics and no ab work, it would be perfect for pregnant women. First there is a workout for pregnant womwn and women recovering from pregnancy. Then there is an extra floor workout for women recovering from a pregnancy. Then a women named Femmy DeLyser shows you birthing tips and at the end of the video there is a section on baby care.
| | | I find this workout to be boring, slow, and uninspiring. I used it with my first pregnancy eight years ago and recently tried to exercise with it. It is old and outdated. The newer videos for pregnancy workout feature a fun aerobics segment which this workout omits. Some of the techniques in the exercises do not match what is said on the newer videos today. The newer videos I have found state that they conform with the Guildlines of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. I feel safer performing movements that have been deemed okay for pregnant women. Also, in the videos I have, the instructors are pregnant themselves. I highly recommend the Kathy Smith Pregnancy workout along with the Buns of Steel Pregnancy workout.
Get both for variety for almost the price of this one video.
| | | This class is an excellent workout for new mothers and mothers to be. What's also great is that this class can be used simply by others looking for a different, less strenuous workout routine. However, this class is not a piece of cake. It can be very vigorous to those who are not accustomed to Jane Fonda's style, especially since the style of this video very closely resembles her earlier tapes, like the original Workout and the New Workout. The exercises are almost exact matches with minor variations them slightly easier. While no exercise class should be easy enough to be able to smoothly do the first time or two around, this can push it a little. The stretches require you to be limber somewhat, and the added recovery section might as well be a mix of her "Easy Going Workout" (old title-"Prime Time Workout") and her original. This tape, though, can be very effective if users implement their own styles and improvements to meet their exercise needs. Not only mothers can benefit from this program. If people, both men and women, desire an easier class to get into shape, without the use of aerobics (let alone shoes for this class), this can be a very nice change of pace.
| | | If you were in decent pre-pregnancy shape, this video will be too easy for you. There's no aerobic portion and the floor exercises are very boring. Plus, it's annoying. The 80s feel is hard to overcome. And the part where they haul the babies out and Jane Fonda looks at them adoringly made me laugh. I even played it for my husband so he could laugh too. I consider this a waste of money. I wish videos were returnable.
| | JANE FONDA'S PREGNANCY, BIRTH, AND RECOVERY WORKOUT | |
| | JANE FONDA'S VIDEO WAS VERY EFFECTIVE DURING MY SECOND PREGNANCY. I HAD PROBLEMS DURING MY FIRST PREGNANCY WITH HIP PAIN, LOW ENDURANCE, AND FATIGUE. WEIGHT GAIN WAS ALSO A PROBLEM. I USED THE VIDEO IN THE MORNINGS THREE TO FIVE TIMES A WEEK. IT WAS VERY STRENUOUS BUT VERY EFFECTIVE. I LOST 10 POUNDS DURING THAT PREGNANCY AS COMPARED TO A GAIN OF 50 POUNDS FOR THE FIRST. IT HAS BEEN 12 YEARS AND 2 ADDITIONAL PREGNANCIES SINCE THAT TIME AND I AM ORDERING THE TAPE NOW TO HELP ME GET BACK IN SHAPE AT 47 YEARS OLD. I KNOW IT WILL HELP ME REACH MY GOAL OF FIT BY 50. THANKS JANE!
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