Tone & Sweat

A surprisingly great video for beginners. It really works your muscles! I watched the video, played around with the toning cord a bit, and thought the workout would probably be too easy since I've been doing other workouts with free weights for nearly a year. I certainly didn't expect it to make me sore the next day, but it did - that good kind of all over ache that lets you know you've really done something. I've been doing it now for a couple of weeks, and I still feel it the next day.

I like the way he focuses on one muscle group at a time, cycles through different exercises, and does a high number of reps with breaks in-between. The approach is effective and comprehensive (considering the short duration of the video).

Need toning cords for this workout. Workout has a warm up followed by toning the legs, chest, back, shoulders, arms and abs. There is a cooldown at the end. I have been using weights and I thought I probably outgrew this video. WRONG! This video got me started with toning my body and I still use it. You can adjust your cords to make them more or less resistent, meaning it is helpful for beginners or intermediate level. Music in the video is light, barely noticed it. Video lasts approx. 40 minutes. Toning cords are useful for folks concerned about form. It's hard to have bad form using toning cords. I learned how to do crunches properly from the ab section in this video. This video helped me overcome my fear of crunches. Great video for travelers, no weights. This video did define my muscles more but they did not get larger, just more defined. I felt stronger in the shoulders and arms and back. Great toning video for someone new to exercise or someone who wants to add toning to their workouts.

Richard Simmons is his chatty self in this video. He works along with 5 other rinstructors at his Slimmons Studio. He is very talkative but he doesn't annoy me, actually he makes me laugh.

Tone & Sweat comes with a toning cord and was a part of one of Richard's 'package deals'. (I got rid of everything else that came with this package within the first week. Disco sweat annoyed me and the walking audio tape was boring for me.) It is very easy to learn how to use the cord and it was comfortable right away. The moves are reasonable and very easy to learn. The tape is done by Richard and 5 of the instructors at his workout studio, "Slimmons." One of the women is as heavy as I am, and that helped me think that this was a
One of the reasons I wanted this tape was that I had this notion that I was too heavy to use weights. Well, I certainly saw results in my muscles while using the cord. Eventually I learned the moves well enough that I would do the tape without sound and listen to my own music. I liked the excercises, but wanted to be listening to something I enjoyed.
I have since moved on to weights and a variety of tapes. But when I want something known that will really work my muscles I come back to this one.