Jane Fonda's New Workout

The aerobics are to terrible music, but (according to jane) you can burn 400 calories in a half hour of her dancy moves. The floor portion is challenging without the use of weights-- your legs, abs, and butt will hurt! Many say her flexibility is daunting during the stretching portion-- but if you build up to her level, your legs especially will show it!

In the era of crunch, 8 minute abs, and Pilates, this stands as an awesome full body workout. Participate in the new, but for variety, try the old!! :)


HOW LONG IS IT??   December 10, 2003
2 out of 6 found this review helpful

I'm considering purchasing this tape, but before I do, I would like to know how long each of its segments are! Amazon should provide that information automatically! Can anyone help me?


addicted to it!   November 5, 2003
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

look, i am the last guy you would expect to watch a video like this: it is almost 20 years old, incredibly kitsch, difficult to complete... but for some reason this video has sucked me in... i feel compelled to keep doing it over and over until the point where i can complete all of the exercises in the "advanced" workout...

the exercises are presented in a way that makes it very easy to follow the steps, even if you are terribly uncoordinated like me!... i started by doing the beginners' workout about a year ago (after finding this video buried at the bottom of a bookcase at my parents' house), and once i felt like i could do it, i moved on to the advanced workout, which is identical, but made longer by adding a few variations on the same exercises and increasing the number of repetitions... i feel it is the best workout you can get without using weights, since it targets virtually every part of the body at some point, though it is slightly low on the upper-body work... your legs, abs and waist will be exhausted, and your arms, shoulders and chest will at least remain taut, after this challenging tape... it was the first time i used an exercise tape at all, and because i enjoyed it so much, i've purchased others for the sake of variety, but in the end i only use jane fonda's new workout... hopefully i will get around to purchasing another of jane's tapes soon since i've watched this one to the point that the tape is going to tear apart!

the session consists of 1) warmup, mainly stretching; 2) upper-body work, mainly arms and shoudlers; 3) aerobics, with some arm and shoulder work, as well, and 4) a floor workout, with stretching, abdominals (difficult!), legs and buttocks worked, in that order...


love this stupid tape!   October 16, 2003
NYmomOf2 (New York)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

I've never written a review on amazon before, but I had to add my name to the list of people asking for this video to be re-released! The tape was so cheesy and I couldn't get that stupid song out of my head, but I absolutely loved it! Its great for someone pressed for time because it packs a lot of workout into a small amount of time. I did this workout every day before high school and got into the best shape of my life. I was able to recite every word on the tape and sing that silly song word for word. Now after having my son, I have to get into shape again. Jane, please get this onto a dvd!


Original   September 24, 2003
Gina B (England)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This video is really challanging, and you must be quite fit in order to complete it. However it is worth the money, and I would recommend it to the advanced exerciser. This video is unique as one of the choreographers actually sings a little song in the warm up. This appears quite annoying at first, but suprisingly I have come to like it. There is a beginners and advanced workout. Quite truthfully the beginners workout is quite advanced! Both workouts have a warm up, waist exercises, arm exercises, aerobics (which is longer in the advanced section), followed by toning for the legs, abdominals and buttocks. There is a short cool down. This video is clearly very original, and this is what I like best about it. It may be quite dated but it is really fun to do! I would recommend this video for anyone who enjoys high impact aerobics.