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"Burn that butter!" demands Denise Austin. Austin, looking tanned and trim in a one-piece swimsuit, works out on the beach, with an ocean scene behind her. This is a true beginner's workout, with few moves and plenty of opportunities to catch your breath. The 5-minute warm-up is simple, with lots of low kicks and some stretches. Next is a 20-minute aerobic set, all easy low-impact moves, repeated many times. If you're brand new to exercise and you're fearful of choreography, this video will make it easy to start moving. The first moves are extremely simple, just walking, tapping, and kicking. Then Austin starts adding a few dancier moves, such as the grapevine, mambo, cha-cha, and box step. When she introduces the few moves that you won't catch right away, she unfortunately doesn't slow them down or describe what the feet do. She repeats each move enough that you'll get it with some practice, though. At the end is a 5-minute cool-down with standing stretches. If you like variety in your choreography, this video won't hold your interest, but if you're happy repeating moves that you've learned, this might be a good one to help you get active.--Joan Price
Not worth a dime This is suppose to be a beginners aerobics. Do not get this. As soon as you start to break a sweat she changes the aerobics in to dances and it is hard to follow her moves and by that time you have lost your sweat trying to follow her dance moves. very unfair tape for everyone.If she would have stuck with the aerobics and not tried to add fancy dances in the tape it would have been great. She ruined her own tape by making it confusing trying to be a big dancer.Not worth a dime. Not user friendly.This is suppose to be a beginners aerobic tape.By the time you try and follow her dance moves you have lost your sweat and the tape is worthless.Do not waste your money on this. I will stick with The Jane Fonda workouts. I still have not found anyone who can top her aerobics tapes.They may be hard ( depends the one you pick) but they are understandable and she never confused her workouts adding stupid dances that take away time from the work out as Denise Austin has.
If you're a Denise Austin fan you'll love this one I recently purchased three videos with exercises aimed at getting one back into shape. The other two were Startin' Simple Easy Aerobics and Fabulous Forever with Mirabai Holland. This was one of the best of the three. I haven't exercised for three years, and I am recoveing from knee surgery. I found Denise Austin's Xtralite aerobics easy on my limbs and fairly easy to follow. She is, as always, invigorating and inspiring to watch and follow. My only concern is that people who have never done aerobics might have trouble following the routines. She does not always explain the steps, and she assumes viewers know basics such as grapevine and ball-change steps. People who do not already know these things will probably feel frustrated the first few times they use the tape. Austin also adds some hops and skips to the routine, which I can not do. They are not mandatory, and I am not even sure she is aware that she does them. But Denise is Denise -- energetic, bouncy and breathless. I love her, and this tape has been a great help for me.Bad soundtrack Denise Austin is excellent, it is too bad we can't hear what she is saying. Because of the wind, waves crashing and too loud music she is inaudible. From other tapes I have of her, she gives good tips just when you need them, on this one it is impossible.I have to turn the audio off in order to concentrate the noise is so bad. It is too bad. Otherwise a good workout but I would not reccommend it.
