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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
Buy New: $9.99
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Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 9987
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
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
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: September 9, 2008
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 Challenging - in good and bad ways March 11, 2010
Boise mom
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.
Challenging, but with lots of props January 19, 2010
Sharon Bayliss (Austin, TX)
I enjoyed this DVD throughout my pregnancy because it was challenging enough to get my heart rate up and really work my muscles. Also, the nine completely distinct workout routines helped keep me from getting bored. The only downside is that the exercises require many props (stability ball, weights, chair, fitness bands). If you don't already have these props (especially the ball and weights), you will not benefit from this DVD because there are no modifications shown for those without props.
 Not for me. January 13, 2010
vbbe
I found this video good for mothers-to-be who are already fit. Many of the moves are quite intricate and I wouldn't recommend it if you aren't already accustumed to Pilates, the exercise ball, and other props used in the video. The trainer Reece works with suggests pulling a door (!) to replace a person when performing a stretch. I assume he means pulling a door knob, but I don't find that to be very practical. He also suggests using a chair yet he stands there holding it while Reece uses it in order to avoid it tilting!
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