Description
Price: $12.99
(as of Apr 02, 2025 13:41:49 UTC – Details)
Over 150 Minutes of Optimizing Energy! This video is functional core stability training for all populations! Youth, adults, seniors, athletes, and people with joint or muscle problems will all benefit from the safe, and challenging exercises in this video. These exercises are excellent to improve your strength and endurance, optimize performance in any sport, to prevent injuries, and to help you get active after rehabilitation with a physiotherapist. These exercises will help balance, strengthen and tone muscles, while releasing tight and damaged areas. The Fitness Fix will also improve your balance and coordination, which is so important in everything you do. By doing these exercises your body will look better, feel better and be strong enough to perform the sports or daily activities that you love, for as long as you like, and you will feel energetic, strong, and ready for anything!
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
MPAA rating : G (General Audience)
Package Dimensions : 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 3.2 ounces
Director : Denise Beatty
Media Format : Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen
Run time : 2 hours and 30 minutes
Release date : November 1, 2006
Actors : Denise Beatty
Studio : The Fitness Fix
ASIN : B000P7V5MU
Number of discs : 1
A thinker –
A keeper!
I have to say this one has grown on me – a lot. Its very different to most routines out there for the lack of music and functionality of the exercises. There are some great stretches you won’t find anywhere else – normal but also unique hip flexor (and other) stretches, use of other equipment (but you only really need a ball and weights) and a fabulous setting by the lake. The lack of music is actually restful -after a while I can find music irritating – however, if you like the ra ra Hollywood workouts this probably isn’t for you. The DVD starts slowly with information about posture, starts off being fairly easy, then quickly ramps up. Denise is no wimp – she manages to smile while performing some really difficult exercises on the ball – but has a good mix of moves that most people can handle with some that challenge. She has been through a major accident and so knows what works remedially firsthand if that is your reason for purchasing. I like the choice of routines available – separate upper and lower body and flexibility workouts with a 30 min workout as well – & a foam roller section – this and flexibility sections are great for runners – very good value overall too. A great, no nonsense approach to fitness. Nice job, Denise!
Reviewer Dr. Beth –
Challenging functional core stability training workout!
In her 3-DVD Fitness Fix series, Denise Beatty, an exercise physiologist, coach, and personal trainer, has put together excellent functional core stability training exercises, all of which have been approved by physicians, chiropractors, and physical therapists for safety. The Intermediate DVD is intended for those who are/have been recently active; it is also geared to those preparing for or participating in sports. The overall focus is on balance, functional strength, and flexibility.
This versatile DVD utilizes a wide variety of equipment, including a stability ball, a small ball, dumbbells, tubing, a balance disk, an Xco trainer, and a foam roller. However, Denise and her background exerciser, Amy, always show different options; Denise often ups the difficulty level with the balance disk, while Amy shows the more modified version. The Main Menu of the DVD contains the following four options: Introduction (a brief overview by Denise), the Fitness Fix (links to the exercises), Equipment (overview of all equipment used), and Credits.
The Intermediate menu breaks down the exercises into the following two sub-menus:
Exercises
*Balance Warmup Fix – 8 min
*Upper Body Fix – 28 min
*Lower Body Fix – 34 min
*Core Fix – 30 min
*30 Minute Fix
Cool Down
*Upper Body Flexibility – 4 min
*Lower Body Flexibility – 6 min
*Foam Roller Massage – 15 min
The Balance Warm-Up begins with a brief review of six Bs of posture (Base of skull, Breastbone, shoulder Blades, Belly button in, Bottoms up, Breathe) and then moves into some basic warms-up moves such as balance on one foot with arm circles and squats with knee lift and rear kick; there are also a few exercises on the stability ball (roll-outs, bird-dog) and a knee balance on the ball to finish. Both the upper and the lower body portions contain traditional exercises (eg, bicep curls, triceps kick-backs, squats, lunges), but these moves are made more functional by the addition of a balance element (either the stability ball or balance disk or BOTH) as well as a strong core emphasis. Denise frequently works the same muscle at different angles; she particularly targets shoulders during the upper body work and provides plenty of great alignment reminders during the lower body portion. The core segment is largely on the stability ball and includes plenty of plank work; the moves are doable but will REALLY challenge your abs and back, probably more than anything else you’ve tried.
In the 30 Minute Fix, Denise works out alone, doing compound moves to work the arms and legs at the same time. After a brief warm-up, she performs exercises such as French press with 1-leg squat and side squat with shoulder work. This segment uses weights, tubing, and the stability ball; it includes abs work and ends with a quick 3-minute stretch. (Note: this same series appears on the Advanced DVD as well, but additional exercises are appear in the advanced version). The Cool Down segments, consisting of flexibility work, are the same on all three Fitness Fix DVDs. The Upper Body Flexibility is performed seated on the stability ball and thoroughly stretches all of the major muscle groups. The Lower Body Flexibility also uses the stability ball; in addition to standard muscle group stretches, it contains moves that uniquely target areas such as the groin, inner thighs, and IT band. Finally, in the Foam Roller Massage segment, Denise leads you through a deep tissue massage for the entire body.
There is no music during this workout–rather, it is more like a one-on-one personal training session with Denise. Her enthusiasm for this work shines throughout the DVD, and she is extremely encouraging and motivating. She and Amy are exercising outdoors against a beautiful lakeside Canadian backdrop with mountains in the distance. Those who have mastered the Fitness Fix Beginner DVD or found it too easy will DEFINITELY be challenged by the Intermediate version, as it’s a big step up in difficulty level. I guarantee that this workout will give you great functional strength and work your core harder than most other exercise programs–highly recommended!