Kathy Smith: Tummy Trimmers

Perennial fitness favorite Kathy Smith has created a tough workout focused on your midsection. Everyone from beginners to seasoned fitness enthusiasts will be pushed to do their personal best with this DVD. This workout DVD has five, 10-minute workouts. The five workouts are: Standing Abs Core Abs Boot Camp Abs Stability Ball Abs Pilates Mat Abs There is no dedicated warm-up or cool-down on this disc, but the Standing Abs section works well to warm up. There are some light stretches at the end of each segment, but this is not a cool down. For this reason, you will want to use this workout as a piece of your overall routine which includes stretching. The setting of the DVD is a fitness room. The background has an Eastern flair, using a round, orange circle backdrop over a pool of rock-lined water. The walls have bunches of bamboo spaced around the edges. Kathy exercises with a diverse group of people in this workout. There are people of many age groups, from a man in his 20's to women in their 40's. This is not a group of people with rock hard abs, many people in the group don't even show their midriff. You will be encouraged as Kathy shows you several levels for some exercises, as well as provides instruction on what mistakes to watch out for. The exercises are challening. From standing crunches, planks and old-fashioned crunches to newer moves like cross chops and Pilates, your body will be pushed. If you are looking to 'get a six pack' of abs, bear in mind that all the core toning in the world will not give you definition in your midsection without incorporating good nutrition and fat burning. If you have toned abs, you cannot see them if you have layers of stored fat on top of them. For this reason, you will want to use this workout as part of an overall fitness routine that incorporates plenty of cardio, back strengthening and overall body toning.

I love, love, love this DVD! There are five different ab workouts, and each one is only ten minutes. You can do anything for ten minutes! Time is definitely an issue, and I can fit this into my exercise routine at least four times per week. The exercises are quick and challenging and each workout is different. I don't have a stability ball, so I usually skip that workout, but definitely recommend this DVD for anyone who wants a quick, challenging ab workout that will get results!

...it was okay to work out to this. It didn't make me detest exercising. I do realize, that only time will make me more- how do I say, balanced so that I can be able to do the exercises on this dvd. I am not balanced. At all. I got this dvd with an Everlast slimming belt to help lose extra baby weight gained during pregnancy. I'll be honest, when it comes to the part where you're doing pushups on your elbows, I wanted to die. The bootcamp portion of the video is definitely not for the novice workout person. I can tell you this, after the first segment (the intro/warm up) you'll already know what to expect from the rest of the dvd- sweat, tears, and maybe some blood. Ok, no blood...but you'll feel the burn in your body. And what can I say, I did lose like 5 lbs so far....but it's not entirely because of this dvd (eating right, better health habits also helped).

I am a 60-year-old woman who needed a bit of work in the tummy department. Kathy Smith's exercises are varied and challenging. I do one short 15-minute workout from the five different ones on this DVD each day after I do cardio exercises for 45 minutes. The variety is great, and the results have been great for me. I have loved Kathy Smith's DVDs since I was a young mother of 3 small children. She came through again, even after all of these years!

Kathy Smith has put together 5 different ab workouts that are each 10 minutes. The DVD breaks down like this: 1) 10 min Standing ABS - working with some dance-like moves that strengthen the core and work your abs. 2) 10 min Core ABS - this is usually the one I do. It is moves on the ground that work your abs all over. 3) 10 min Boot camp ABS - a more challenging workout. 4) 10 minute Stability ball ABS - working with a stability ball. 5) Pilates mat ABS - this workout is pretty good as well. I found all of her ab workouts to be ok; the one drawback that I found to all some of her exercises is that you have to be fairly light to do some of them. For example, you are on your knees with one leg stretched out behind you and one arm stretched out - well this is great for the abs and your core but if you have extra weight on you, it's hard to do. I ended up getting some great ideas from her AB DVD and now I just do a workout on the floor of a variety of some of the great exercises that are on the DVD. I normally do my ABS at the end of my aerobic and strength training workout and it's great-finishes it off nicely.

I have severe osteoarthritis of shoulder, elbows & hands & I cannot do planks or pushups. 3 of these involve planks. The standing one I can do as well but I didn't feel any soreness. The boot camp one made me sore, it's does make the purchase worth it & the reason for the 5 star rating.

Fun way to work out! Kathy is such a beautiful teacher that it's easy to follow her and her voice is so sweet that you don't feel you're breaking a sweat. But you do! Not an easy workout by any means. I just got this so hopefully I can keep up and be slim and trim like Kathy soon!

I love Kathy Smith. This is excellent. The DVD is segmented into 10 minute sections so you can do all or as many as you like. Be prepared to feel the burn. I am a regular gym class attendee but always feel like I need more ab/core work and this dvd meets this need. Kathy Smith is clear in her instruction and her DVDs are my favorites and I highly recommend.

I love the videos Kathy Smith is the best!

I love Kathy Smith. This is a normal abs workout, but I like the fact that is not doing it in a rush. She explains and takes her time and in my opinion you can feel it harder when you work out slowly. The standing abs are super and quite challenging with basic abs workout but in a aerobic form. I have Jillian too and in some DVDs she is in such a hurry that I don't get it. You can get a sweat even if you are not doing it in a hurry. Anyway, I have a bunch of Kathy DVDs and in all of them she is lovely and makes the workout enjoyable. She is such a calm and pleasant lady.

This video has lots of variety to focus on your abs. I can no longer do floor ab work and the standing abs routine is perfect. I could feel it working the first time I tried it. I highly recommend this video. Kathy Smith is the best, tried & true.

Die Übungen sind gut, was nicht beschrieben wird: bei einer kompletten Übungseinheit wird ein großer Gymnastikball benötigt. Wer den nicht hat und sich auch nicht besorgen möchte, kann demnach nur vier der fünf Einheiten turnen. Das finde ich sehr schade.

The condition of the cd & case is sealed in plastic. The video is great for a good workout. Would make a great gift as well.