Hi ladies,
I'm trying to lose about 25 pounds of left over pregnancy weight. I would like to start working out at home & I wanted to know if anyone could reccomend a good excersize video/dvd? Something with cardio for sure & if it includes some toning excersizes that would be great as well. Thanks : )

Height: 5'4
Weight: 155
Goal Weight: 130
Goal Size: 5

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I cant recommend a dvd but I can spend hours on my trampetter bouncing to music - next day you can really feel it in your legs!!!

I really love the crunch fitness pilates dvds with instructor ellen barrett. She's really good with cueing and isn't super annoying like most fitness dvd instructors Both dvds have a pilates inspired cardio section and a pilates mat section. The titles are: Crunch Burn and Firm Pilates and Crunch Fat Burning Pilates

They are great for a total body workout and really work your legs and abs! Hope that helps and good luck!!

I have used the firm tapes before and i love it. I lost wieght and also toned up my body.

Hey...I'm a Firm beliver too!!! you maybe want to try this, I only have the tranfirmer edition and it's really works....now I want more dvds from them...

I love the firm as well. I have the 2nd and 3rd systems and they worked great to firm me up

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I really like the Tae Bo series too. You can buy resistance bands that go along with some of the videos, they're great for toning. I used to use them all the time and lost about 15 pounds with that and elliptical work. I gained it all back plus some so I gotta start using them again!

Firstly congratulations - my sis had her first baby in Nov 06, any woman that goes through child-birth has to be commended OMG after what I saw...!! Brave & strong!

I love bellydance it's a great workout & if you like dancing too it's a bonus. The best I've come across so far is by Jillina, she has 3 levels all on dvd & she has a few other ones that concentrate on particular parts/styles of bellydance e.g drum solo/ egyptian pop.

I highly recommend them , esp if it's around your midrift you want to work on, it's a lot of fun too.

I bought mine from Amazon

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i used both winsor pilates and the firm dvds and they work awesome! winsor pilates is great because not only do you lose weight, but you get long, lean muscles. the best part of that was i noticed my butt got really perky! haha! the firm is great for cardio and burning off pounds! hth! =D

I am chiming in a bit late... did you find any videos that you liked?

And congrats on the baby! I became a mommy last January myself! It's such a blessing

I am also a firm believer! I was never big on working out until I discovered the Firm. It has helped me firm up from my big ol 60 pound pregnancy weight gain!

I have all the systems... but I would say the transfirmer is my favorite.

Good luck!

Ditto - It is all about Tae Bo, I lost about 15lbs with it some time ago.

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Don't laugh at me, but I'm totally in love with the Denise Austin Bootcamp - Total Body Blast DVD. I do it about 3x a week and can really see a difference!

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i actually really like turbo jam....i kno it sounds corny but i sing all the little songs on the dvd while i work out lol but yah i like it b/c its fun and i have tried a lot of diff. workout dvd's and i always stop doing them b/c i kinda get bored but i havent gotten bored of tj yet yaaay

Tae Bo is pretty good for something a little more intense. I think the Leslie Sansone tapes are pretty good too, esp if you have crunchy knees like me.

congrats!! and good luck.