Customer Reviews
Pointless - By: J. Simpson, 31 Dec 2008 
I've never done a ball dvd before & was really looking forward to giving this a go after reading the reviews. I found it very easy - apart from one of the leg exercises which was a challenge, & didn't feel I had worked hard at all. I do exercise quite a lot - at least an hour of cardio & weights & walk between 3-10 miles every day. I feel you can get a much more effective workout without using a ball. As soon as I had finished this I did one of Davina's workouts. I would recommend hers, the ten minute solutions range or Kelli Roberts.
Brilliat workout! - By: Amy M, 21 Oct 2008 
I'm actually not an athletic person & exercising sounds scary to me! Anyway a friend of mine recommended gym ball for toning & workout. So i bought a gym ball & this DVD from Amazon. Watching that DVD first all looks easy to me but wait till you try it! It really is a good way of stretching your muscles without having to go for 100km jogging! Im glad I tried this workout, really enjoy it for a beginner like myself. I would recommend it to everybody!
Worth every penny, every cent - By: Kasey J, 21 May 2008 Definitely recommend this DVD. Give it a go, for the price, you certainly can't go wrong.
Loads on it to play with, if you don't feel like working too hard but stressed after a hard day at work, you can just to the cool down. It feels fantastic. Has really made me keen & I love working with the ball.
Brilliant for toning, I've been doing it for a few weeks & have had plenty of comments that I look firmer & toned.
If you need to buy a ball, remember to get the right size for your hight! This is very important. When you sit on the ball, your knees should not be higher than your seat or hips.
Just buy it, you can't go wrong honestly.
Easy to follow and effective - By: S. HALL, 07 Mar 2008 
Have only done this once so far but I felt itin my legs for days after so it can only be good!! Really enjoyed it & liked the fact you could take it further as you progressed, also like the emphasis on stretching which you don't always get. Would have given it 5 stars but wish the presenter hadn't felt the need to talk constantly!
Excellent all-round toning workout - By: R. Lloyd, 06 Mar 2008 I did this workout for the first time yesterday & ache horribly this morning - butin a good way. It's an excellent all-round toning workout.
I was expecting lots of core (abs) work, but the workout actually incorporates sections for the whole body - you do leg & bum work (in fact, it's my legs that are the most sore this morning), press-ups & tricep presses, etc. It's 55 mins long but split into sectionsin case you want to concentrate on one area of the body only. The warm-up is also great, though I adapted it to avoid bouncing the ball & annoying my downstairs neighbours! I don't think it requires too much space - I did itin a floor space about 6' by 5' & with an average-height ceiling.
The instructor is very good, encouraging & friendly but not annoying, & the girls are all obviously working hard. Unlike many aoz videos, it's donein a studio (presumably they didn't want the balls to blow away?).
The cool-down section is bizarrely difficult (notably because it included the dreaded plank) - I don't think I got the hang of it quite but I'm sure it'll come with practice. I felt I could have done with more stretching too - my hamstrings were stretched properly but I woke upin the night with very odd-feeling quads, & realised that I hadn't stretched them at all, despite the fact that the video incorporates lots of squats.
The pace of the workout is quite slow, but as the instructor reminds us, going slow & controlled is the way to build up muscle fibres. Also, I found (as a relative beginner) that the pace allowed me to get into position properly on the ball before each exercise.
I definitely recommend this workout for anyone who wants to tone up & build whole-body strength.
