Product Description
You've got nine months to prepare for the challenge of your life. Use every minute! The Perfect Pregnancy Workout will: -improve your mood -reduce lower back pain -develop mental discipline to control labor pain -tone your lower body to handle the demands of labor and birth -make it easier to lose weight after your baby is born -strengthen your upper body to lift and hold your baby -help eliminate or avoid incontinence and hemorroids Karyne Steben, a world-class acrobat formerly with Cirque du Soleil, leads us through the sculpting workout, combining strength moves with graceful flexibility. First time exercisers can feel at ease; Karyne illustrates exercise techniques and explains the dos and don'ts of exercise during pregnancy in a clear, easy-to-understand twelve-minute instructional section. With options to make it fun for beginners and challenging for advanced exercisers, anyone can do The Perfect Pregnancy Workout! The Perfect Pregnancy Workout video is a 43 minute pregnancy exercise video: 5 minute warm-up, 33 minute workout, 5 minute cool down. There is also a 12 minute instructional section explaining proper technique for pregnancy exercise. *The Perfect Pregnancy Workout includes exercise variations for women with diastasis recti.*

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 294 reviews)

Loved it by MichClay

5 Stars
November 17, 2009
I purchased this DVD based on a random mention of it on some pregnancy website and later on the positive reviews I read here on Amazon. It was a great buy! I really liked the "French lady" (that's what I call her) instructor. Her voice is very soothing and sweet and she has a slight French accent. The workout is pretty rigorous too. I like the flow of the exercises, the transitions between each one, the music, and how she gives you the option to do beginner or advanced moves for most exercises. She doesn't stop to show you instructions between each move which is great because this gets annoying and your workout becomes so stop-and-start if you've done the video more than a few times. There's just an easy flow from one exercise to the next. Just watch the intro the first time you do it so you are aware of some tips she has for the exercises. From then you can just do the exercise sequence as presented. I also liked that she does her right sided exercises on her left side, so you can actually mirror the moves when she does them. I really enjoyed exercising along with her and I particularly like how she says to "picture your baby in your arms" when you're doing the pick up exercise at the end of the tape -- you want to give up because your arms hurt, but imagining the baby in your arms helps me get through to the end.

Good sculpting workout by C. Joyce (Massachusetts)

4 Stars
November 14, 2009
I bought this dvd thinking it was a yoga tape. But I was not disappointed once I actually did the workout. It is thorough, she takes you through strengthening exercises for the whole body and includes kegels. It's just hard enough without being overly aerobic, definitely gets my heart rate pumping. There are 3 levels of difficulty so you can progress to the higher levels as you get used to it. I am 4 months pregnant and have been working out at the gym as well as doing cardio exercises, and this tape still kicks my butt!

My favorite prenatal workout DVD - hands down by kellerberts (NY, NY)

5 Stars
November 06, 2009
I have purchased 5 different prenatal workout DVDs (yoga, pilates, light weights/stretching) and this is BY FAR the best of the bunch. I do it as many mornings a week as I can. My legs and arms are very toned as a result, which feels great as my belly gets bigger! The moves are very straightforward, so I think this is appropriate for beginners as well as gals who already have a fitness routine. This DVD is great!

Great pregnancy workout!! by Amy N. Smith

4 Stars
October 27, 2009
I have to admit the first few times I did this workout dvd I was a little sore. I worked out before I became pregnant but just your basic cardio stuff so this video was a bit of a challenge at first. Once I stuck with it I absolutely loved it!! It made me feel great throughout my pregnancy! It did get a little challenging towards the last month or so of my pregnancy but definitely would recommend.

Great workout for the preggies! by J. Chesla (GR, Michigan)

4 Stars
October 26, 2009
I really enjoy this video...the first time I did it though, I was SO SORE! But by the second and third time, my muscles had warmed up and it just felt good. The "keep up" exercise is particularly fun and challenging (at the very end). I would recommend watching the instructional portion the first time, it will help you to know what you are supposed to do when. Also, I actually do not own a regular chair in my house (we have benches at the dining room table) so I have to make do with a coffee table and bar stool, but you should have one handy. Maybe by month 9 I will be to the "advanced" level...or not!

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