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Gabrielle Reece: The Complete Fit and Healthy Pregnancy |  | Director: Gabrielle Reece
Actors: Gabrielle Reece, Mike Monroe
Studio: ANCHOR BAY
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.97
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 5704
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 258 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: ANBD15917D
UPC: 013131591798
EAN: 0013131591798
ASIN: B001AYWY72
Release Date: September 9, 2008
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 Decent workout, but not a good video. July 6, 2010
Stacy
The workout was ok, but they move very quickly from one exercise to another and one prop to another with very little warning. Also, the trainer is handing her props and getting things in place for her as she goes while I was trying to do the workout on my own, with a bigger belly than Ms. Reece, frantically moving around an exercise ball and chair and weights and so on. The exercises done on the ball were pretty uncomfortable as well and the trainer was often providing partner support and telling the audience last minute: you may need to put your ball/back/hand against a wall or have a partner for this one, while they are already proceeding with the exercise.
 Best one out there June 4, 2010
L. Purre (San Francisco, CA United States)
If you are looking for a pregnancy fitness DVD, in my opinion this is the best one out there. Very manageable length for routines (15 mins each not including warm-up & cool down) and yet you still feel like you've done something good for your body -- and of course you can always add more routines on if you want. 9 different routines for 9 months. The emphasis is not on getting a super-fit body, it's about taking care of yourself and maintaining good physical health to be able to get back into good shape after pregnancy. And if you like the style & pace of this video, AVOID the Denise Austin one -- she's the total opposite of Gabrielle Reece's down-to-earth attitude.
Props that you will want to do the routines to their full extent: a yoga mat (or something you can kneel on that won't slip), an exercise band, 2 sets of light free weights (maybe a 5 lbs. set & a 8 / 10lbs. set -- or whatever you are comfotable with), a medium sized exercise ball, and a sturdy chair to lean on.
 Challenging - in good and bad ways March 11, 2010
Boise mom
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I worked out regularly for a year before my second pregnancy and really challenged myself with interval training and serious weight workouts. Still, when I began the Gabrielle Reece Complete Fit and Healthy Pregnancy, I felt the moves challenged my muscles safely. That has been great. I began with month 1 and have used it through my entire pregnancy into month 9, where I am currently. I really like Gabby's attitude throughout the workouts and the moves are designed by her trainer whom I believe has a degree in exercise physiology and really knows his stuff. THAT SAID, different workouts at various stages in this process have been very frustrating for a few reasons. You have to have A LOT of props: a chair that is very sturdy that you can also move by yourself very quickly, an exercise band, dumb bells at around 2 pounds, dumb bells at around 5 lbs, an exercise ball, an extra large bath towel or bath sheet, and different solid objects to wrap the band around at different heights that can support a fair amount of weight (I had a treadmill and a rowing machine that fit the bill here). While Gabby has her trainer helping her transition between and set up for different moves, most exercisers will not have an assistant and that can be very annoying. At times, they wanted you to have your head and neck on the exercise ball, a foot on the chair, and "now grab your dumb bells" - yeah right! I'm pregnant! I found ways to make it work and the workouts ARE effective, but there were times when I was learning a new workout for the month that I wanted to kick Mike the trainer. I had to keep the remote close because I usually had to pause while I set up for the next move. Gabby and Mike transitioned very quickly and were a few reps into it before I was ready to go. Also, the person who filmed it might need a kick for zooming in on Gabby's face way too much. I had to do lots of rewinding to get a glimpse of her entire body performing a move so I could figure out what I was supposed to be doing. Overall, if you are a committed exerciser who wants a challenging and safe program and you're willing to put up with some inconvenience to make it work - this DVD is worth it. I gave it 4 stars for effectiveness and because I really like Gabby Reece. The missing star is for the sometimes ridiculous amount of work to transition between and set up for the various moves.
Content 2 March 7, 2010
Jessy Ko (All Over the, USA)
I bought her shorter prenatal video first, and bought this one to replace it because it is the same but with some additional workouts, third trimester workout, and postnatal workout...So It is pretty much the same so I am placing a similar review here... (Hey, it can't be bad I am paying for almost the same video twice!)
First I must say I read a lot of reviews addressing how great Gabby is, how they didn't like her trainer, or the background, or the quality, or buying the ball, weights and band. On the equipment, Ball $2 at Tjmax, the band and light weights $4.50 at Play It Again Sports. This is 258 minutes of video for $9.99, still a great deal with the added $6.50 in equipment. The rest who cares, it's just cosmetic. On the actual video, the warm ups and cool downs are great, I use them to augment some of my other videos that don't have good warm ups or cool downs. Also if I am really short on time in the morning, I just do the warm up and go, or in the evening I will just do the cool down, it is better then nothing. The workouts are simple, quick, and fast pace, which is why I bought them, for days when I don't have a lot of time. If one of the workouts isn't enough for you just repeat it as a circuit, or pause the video and do extra reps of each exercise. I do not recommend ever doing a workout that isn't for your trimester and month of pregnancy. I really liked that the workouts are completely different for each month of your trimester for the first two trimesters, you can really get board of the same workout. The exercises are good, safe, and challenging, most of them are different from all the other videos I have reviewed. I am also very happy to finally have safe abdominal work explained for the second trimester, such as splinting your abs.
Also a lot of workout videos don't have a specific third trimester workout and I am glad to find one that does, with my last pregnancy I ended up quitting all workouts except walking at that point, because your body really slows you down and everything I did before that point was just to much.
If you like this video you might also like to try Summer Sanders' Prenatal Workout it has a little more cardio but has a similar workout style.
Not for women who actively work out February 8, 2010
L. Kogen (Chicago, Illinois)
I'm not saying this was a "bad" workout tape by any means, but to me the exercises were for someone who has never worked out. They were VERY SIMPLE and I was looking for something much more challenging.
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