If you are new to working out, a top-rated home workout DVD can help you get started. Your own body weight and comfortable clothes combine with the DVD's instructions can get you started toward a more toned physique. Fitness magazines experts have sifted through the choices to find DVDs that appeal to beginners and help them stick with exercise resolutions. You can select DVDs tailored to your preferred instructor, duration of the workout or equipment needed.
Poise Fitness: Core Training
Fitness Magazine recommends "Poise Fitness: Core Training" if you are focused on toning the areas around your stomach. This DVD uses a combination of moves borrowed from dancing, Pilates and martial arts and is estimated to burn somewhere around 180 calories during the course of the 41-minute video.
Walk Away the Pounds Express: 3 Mile Advanced Walk
Consumer Search recommends "Walk Away the Pounds Express: 3 Mile Advanced Walk" as a good workout for beginners. In this video, Leslie Sansone guides you through a 45-minute, three-mile workout that combines walking with simple moves such as low-impact side steps and knee lifts. No props are needed.
Jillian Michaels' Yoga Meltdown
Collage Video's top at-home workout DVD is "Jillian Michaels' Yoga Meltdown." The DVD combines a mixture of traditional yoga moves with hardcore body sculpting and features 15 full range-of-motion repetitions that end with an isometric hold. This DVD is geared towards those who have some knowledge about yoga and are in relatively good shape. However, the video also offers modifications for the exercises. The two workouts on the DVD include a 35-minute standing/floor yoga sequence aimed at beginners, followed by a 29-minute standing/floor yoga sequence at an intermediate level.
Amy Bento: Hi/Lo Xtreme
If you're searching for an at home workout DVD that will get your heart pumping, Fitness Magazine recommends "Amy Bento's Hi/Lo Xtreme." This DVD combines aerobic moves with plyometrics. In a 67-minute video session, you burn an estimated 500 calories, and no equipment is needed. The video offers up 10 different variations, which gives you workout options if you're pressed for time.
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