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The Perfect Workout for Preggos
Of all the prenatal videos I bought, this was my absolute favorite. It makes you sweat and helps to stretch you out, but more importantly, it's fun. I have some other videos and they put me right to sleep. I love this video.

Best labor and delivery prep
As someone who is of intermediate fitness level in the middle of my 2nd trimester, I was disappointed with the cardio (salsa) segment of this video.Maybe when I am deep in my 3rd trimester, this salsa dancing might be all I can handle.In the meantime, I will continue using Kathy Smith's Great Buns and Thighs Step workout for cardio (at beginner-level/low impact intensity), which I highly recommend.
Fit Mama is the Best
I am on my second trimester and started doing the Fit Mama workout, it is the best I've tried so far.It is simple and easy to follow.The exercises are well-tailored to a pregnant body, and leave you feeling energized, but relaxed.The repetition of the exercises lets you truly focus and appreciate your changing body and its needs of the day.I give it an A+. ... Read more

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Leisa Hart is a 5 Star instructor
After doing Fitmama Prenatal with Leisa Hart, I have become a big fan of hers because of the great ease I had with my pregnancy and delivery and I owe it all to my great motivation I got from her and the workouts in Fitmama. Now, I have enjoyed her Postnatal video, the workouts are short and to the point and I got my bouncing back. I have gained alot of strenght doing this video and am now doing some of Leisa's other great videos and I feel like she is the angel that has saved my body and rekindle my marriage and my husband is glad I am now doing some many of Leisa's workouts, I feel great and look better than ever and it's because of Leisa Hart's strong and sincere encouragement she offers in her workouts.

my body is quickly getting back into shape after baby 3!
my husband laughs at me when he see's me working out to exercise videos, but he is so much so enjoying my firm and tight body that makes him love to call me his little "fitmama" after doing Leisa Hart's prenatal and now postnatal videos. I love the way she instructed the three different trimesters in the prenatal fitmama video, and in the postnatal she is always giving cues for women who had different types of deliveries, she is very encouraging and comforting in her delivery of the information, and she never grates on your nerves like some tv people could do. She is very warm and enthusiastic, I love her style of workouts. My body quikcly got back into shape after my third baby, and I feel completely confident that it had everything to do with Leisa's preparation in her prenatal fitmama video and now the fitmama postnatal has allowed me to advance to other great workouts of hers, like the Gym in A Box and her Core Bar videos. I love her style and don't really use other videos, just hers, she is very very special.....i really am glad I found her reviews at this site and others and am very thankful to her for her guidance( and my hubbie is pretty thankful too :-) ) !!!!!!

great postnatal programming
This is a grea postnatal program. I felt very comfortable doing the moves and my body responded very well, especially after doing the FITMAMA PRENATAL video for my entire pregnancy. I read great reviews of both videos and really loved them, they helped me stay strong and focused. Th FITMAMA POSTNATAL has allowed me to get back into biking shape, and I can enjoy the outdoors and wear some sexy clothing once again, now that i am a Fitmama!!! ... Read more

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Not as great as i expected
I have been doing ab classes at my gym 5 days a week, then i moved and I have been looking for a good ab workout to do at home. I am fairly intermediate, and i found this tape boring, and not challenging at all!!! I kept waiting for the exercises to get harder, but they never did and I barely worked my abs. okay for beginners, BAD FOR INTERMEDIATES...

great ab moves, Hart is the ab expert
i really liked the sequencing in this ab video...Hart has always been a favorite of mine and this is another one of ther great videos that is very effective and cued just right.

awesome Ab routines, Hart is the best
I loved it, it is great to do at any time, Hart is the ideal fitness instructor to me, I really enjoy this. ... Read more

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Leisa Hart leads a killer lower body routine
This is a very effective workout.I have done a lot of the steel videos,and have enjoyed a lot from the series.I have never done thighs of steel 1,but I have done this one.I think it is awasome,all you have to do is grag a chair for balance and to do the sitting exercises.Lisa leads you through very hard but effective legs segments the are cool and controlled.
A Very Effective Workout!
This is a very effective workout for your thighs.However, keep in mind that this is actually a strength-training workout that uses your own body weight as resistance and uses a lot of exercises that isolate certain muscles.The only time cardio is actually used is in the beginning as a warm-up.
Difficult, but works
Without the warmup, it lasts about 40 minutes, and has three types of workout 1. Standing with a chair for balance, 2. Sitting, and 3. Lying down with heels on chair. There are lots of reps and the exercises are really hard, but if done with diligence and concentration can really produce results ie definition. One of the other reviewers mention it strains the knees, but I've had no problem with this (you have to really focus on putting weight on heels, not toes, so that knees don't go over the toeline). Also, I'd recommend doing this video AFTER doing abs work, so that the stomach is already taut and will support the body better while doing these exercises. I most definately recommend this video - its really effective. If you can get over the fact that its 40 minutes long and pretty difficult you'll really find that your legs feel firmer and more toned. ... Read more

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Works for me!
This is the video I go to whenever my pants start to fit a little tight, or I have a couple of extra pounds to lose, and it has never let me down. IT WORKS!
Camera work is the problem.
While the aerobic moves are challenging - especially for a beginner - the moves aren't the problem.It's the camera work.The camera is constantly changing from full view to close up of the instructors' faces.And since the moves are constantly changing it's hard to keep up because the viewer can't see their legs.This video would have had a much higher rating from me if I could have been able to keep my eyes on their legs to see the move changes.

Awesome Toning Exercises BUT Terrible Aerobic Workout
I think the toning section of this video is great and very Challenging... BUT the low-impact aerobic section is aweful! The instructors are using fancy moves and changing the moves so quickly. The instructors don't show you how to do the moves. I found this hard to keep up with. When I was finally finished the aerobic workout I didn't feel as if I worked out, because I had to constantly return to the basic step. The aerobic section of this video should have been basic and not so fancy. Therefore I would not recommend this video to anyone unless you're an experienced aerobic instructor. LOL. ((Recommend "Fat Burning Workout for Dummies Video" for low-impact fat burning)) ... Read more

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excellent leg workout, left me more toned
This is an all-time favorite of mine, the full leg toning was very precise and effective. The cardio was great, and this mad emy body look and feel alot better. This is a very good classic workout, as are all of Leisa Hart's new and old videos. Very good stuff!

Great aerobics but.......
I think this is one of the best aerobic workouts out there.The toning section left a little to be desired though.I didn't feel anything after I did the toning.It just didn't get the job done like Hips and Thighs of Steel.I do give the aerobics 4 stars though. ... Read more

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great ideas, fun to do with baby
i enjoy seeing other moms having fun with their babies, and seeing a fitness star like leisa hart doing something with her little boy made me feel good. i enjoyed seeing the human element that is sometimes lost when you buy a video, this is a neat video with cute ideas to have fun with the baby, and i really enjoy seeing my better giggle and goo at the tv set while moving with me, its a blast.

Just okay
As a new mom of a 6 month old, who used to have time to exercise, I was very excited to get this.I was disappointed with how basic it was though.Not really anything that I couldn't come up with on my own, or wasn't already doing with out the tape.Don't waste your $, just dance and play with your baby on your own.

I am now a FITMAMA!!!! hubbie loves this video
my darling husband gives me grief for having a new video collection, but he LOVES doing FITMAMA & ME with our third child, its a short woorkout that is a PRICELESS experience for him, and me, and our baby....this is a great addition to any post pregnancy fitness program! ... Read more

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It is worth the buy, a must to add to all the steel tapes!!
I just did this workout(the aerobics part), and I really thought it was fun and not to difficult at all, I got all the moves by the first or second try and I didn't even view the tape first, each instructor has a new routine and they take you step by step building up to all the moves. Don't be afraid to try this fun tape, the bad reveiws I read kept me from completing my total steel collection, I finally grew so curious, as to why this tape was so bad and I just loved and enjoyed doing the rest of them, I just bought it and took a chance, I'm super glad I did. This tape is a great workout!! Try it!!!!

Toning section is great
i agree with the others. the toning section of this video is awesome but the aerobic part is to "fancy". the instructors are moving and changing so quickly i found it hard to keep up with. i found myself going back to the basic step continually. i think the instructors could have been more serious. i don't recommend this video to anyone who isn't professional jazz dancer. lol

Too Complicated!
I was so excited to get this video, only to be completely let down.Instructors went through moved very quickly and advanced on before I could figure out the initial moves.It became impossible to follow, and I eventually turned it off.One would have to watch the video multiple times beforehand or know all moves from a more advanced level to be able to participate. ... Read more

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great ab toning,t he right amount of cross training
This is an excellent blend of ab training and aerobic fat burning. Leisa Hart is the Ab Guru, she was then and is now, she is the best and this video is great.

Great aerobics and change of pace from toning
I thoroughly enjoy this workout. It's a great cardio workout. It is a nice change of pace if you do a lot of the toning videos. I use this video three times a week and do the toning the other days. I enjoyed the change of pace. It is very upbeat and jazzy. I find the instructors very motivating and energetic. It is a tough workout and might take some time to master and they state this. The first portion has a warm up. Then the three instructors, Leisa Hart, Nancy Popp and Tracy York, each do an aerobic section. The intensity gets stonger with each instructor. There is a nice cool down portion followed by the toning segment. The toning section has more variety than I am used to, which was good. It's nice to try new techniques rather than just change the lever of the old stand-bys. I have always used Tamilee's videos, but I was very impressed by Leisa Hart and her team. I would definitely recommend this video to anyone looking for a good low-impact aerobic routine.

Great Stomach Work
This video starts out with an aerobic section that can be tricky, but is effective once caught onto. The arm toning segment did not seem to do very much or be very effective. The instructors went through the arm segment fairly fast and I would have liked to work on the arms longer, to develop more of the toned look, instead of just three minutes of work. However, the ab section was great. It had the 'hurt pain' and it was so effective. I have only used the video a couple of times and I can already see results on my abs. ... Read more

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my A-S felt it, a great butt workout
I loved the TNT Series. hart puts together great workouts for beginners who need help, and I really enjoyed her TNT Series, especially the Buns & Thighs workout and Arms & Abs, but the cardio was great too. My (...) felt this, she really got my butt sore with the great toning...no pain no gain! She is very fit and leads by example, which is why I buy all of her videos.

great to do when time is tight
i really got alot more of a workout than i expected during the TNT workouts. THe Buns & Thighs were feeling the next day, which always tells me things are being worked. Hart's other TNT videos are also great, i love the idea of ten minute bouts of exercise when i am short on time. These are well worth it.

Good but not great
TNT Buns and Thighs is a 30 minute workout, including a 5 minute warm-up and 5-minute cooldown. This workout is perfect for beginners but for me, a more advanced excerciser and modern dancer, this was not the best workout. It was not difficult or interesting enough. Still, I liked the instructor, Leisa Hart. ... Read more

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great 40 minute ab routine
I was really pleased with the abs of steel 4.I still love the first abs of steel,but this one was really different.It is 40 minutes of non stop ab work.Leisa Hart goes through a standing warm up and stretch then down to the floor for the abs.This workout targets nothing but the abs.So for you people who want a pure ab workout,this is it.This tape is good for beginner and advance levels.Leisa Hart adds a bonus 5 minute extra ab sequence using a chair forthe ultra advanced people out there who want even more of a challenge.There is a cool-down at the end of the workout that relaxes and a stretch.Leisa Hart adds a another bonus after the workout an extra relaxation part that is about 5 minutes,It really makes you feel good.I think this tape should get even more than 5 stars,I think it is wonderful.I have been looking for something like this for a long time.Leisa Hart cues well and is very easy to understand.So for you people out there who are looking for a 40 minute video of straight hardcore ab work,this is it.Give It A Try ... Read more

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awful!
this video did nothing for me and was really boring.I was expecting to do lots of leg lifts with the ball and crunches with the ball and all she did was do different rolls with the ball. I didn't even feel my abs working. For a better routine try pilates on the ball with lizbeth garcia or balance ball for weight loss with suzanne deason.

sucks
so dam borning..god i wish i can burn it

simple to follow, great instruction
when it comes to doing ab crunches or any type of ab work, expecially when using my stability ball, i find alot of the videos to be to hard or too difficult to follow....not true with this video, Leisa Hart is a fine instructor who is very simple to follow, she is easy to listen to and gives great tips to watch for safety...my abs are getting into the defined range after just 3 weeks...when my husband see's my get out of the shower and towel up, he is amazed that he is seeing results from my doing exercise videos....and all of the videos I use now are Leisa Hart's videos...I love all of her stuff, and definitely recommend this one as well. ... Read more

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Great for Beginners
This video was easy for me, so I'm only giving it 3 stars. The aerobic segments are short and very easy to follow, so this is great for someone who can't yet make it for 20 minutes in a row. The toning is done with anexertube, and not many repetitions, so I didn't feel this part since I workout with weights between 3-4 times per week. Also, good for someone whowants to tone up, but does not want to invest in weights just yet. ... Read more

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top notch, great toning video!!!!!!!!!!!!!
not sure why this video isn't rated as a top 10, it is a very good toning and strenght training video with very unique and interesting moves that really challenge the body. I find it it to be the b est video i hav tried in months, if not years, and really enjoy the CORE BAR, it is a versatile and efficient piece of weight trainging that i wish i had found years ago, i can change the weight and vary the workouts in a spic of time, it is so cool, you'll love it, yo uhave to try it!!!!!!!!!!!!

CoreBar is great, workout is great!!!
i love my CORE BAR. it is the bet weight training tool I have ever used. It is a great quality wieght training tool, and it is effectively used in this workout video. The Body Bars i have do not compare to this, the CORE BAR is GREAT. The Burn FitToTheCore video is a far out cardio cross-training workout where Leisa' fuses or blends a great tempo of weight training moves with some Pilates and Core Training weight training moves. I LOVE THIS WORKOUT.

Leisa Hart is the best instructor
I have done 225 videos in 12 years and find Leisa Hart to be the best of the best, she is a great instructor and the Fit To The Core videos are very very good. My body is getting definition in areas that before were defined as ugly! I have some muscles appearing in my abs and buttie and feel energized. Leisa's other videos, the Chisel Fit To The Core and her Gym in A Box are the other two videos I am using to lose weight...she is the best. ... Read more

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fun time savers, i LOVE Leisa Hart
TNT is short for Tone-N-Ten, and the ten minute workouts are relly fun....I LOVE Leisa Hart, she is a wonderful instructor and really makes great fitness videos. I have all of her new videos and decided to try TNT and really enjoy it, I also love her older MBC YOGA videos, they are great mind/body workouts that add some variety to my weekly routines. I think you';; love some of this vintage Leisa hart choreography, she does a great job explaining short andsimple moves and you get a good sweat going whenyou only have TEN minutes!

lotsof fun
Leisa Hart is the best instructor ever, and she proved it to me during this tne minute bout of various body part conditioning. The TNT Series is perfect and is well worht it.

TNT Cardio is great, easy to follow aerobics, low impact
Hart is the best instructor of all the video people that make videos, her TNT Cardio video is very fun and easy to follow. SHe teaches all the moves very thoroughly and you don't feel lost. SHe is so good at leading you through the workout that you forget about the time, and she does that very great in her MBC Yoga videos which are great also...I bought them at her website. TNT Cardio is great, and so are the other TNT videos by Leisa Hart! ... Read more

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Worst Exercise DVD I've Tried
During the cardio burn segment, the trainer would spend a long time explaining one move while you did it in slow motion.Then you would go over three more moves in slow motion, and then you would do all four moves at tempo with poor cueing.Then it was on to four different moves.Again each one in slow motion, and then just a few times at normal speed with poor cueing.Then you would do all eight moves together.After that, you never saw those moves again.The only time I broke a sweat was doing the step touches.The moves are a lot of yoga type of moves (not power yoga).So if you want something slow and easy that felt like a long, slow warm up, maybe you would like this.I am very dissappointed and would return this if I got more than 50% back.

Great workout!
If you want an intense, low impact 30 minute workout, this is it.Great directions, an easy to listen to personality and a quick, not boring workout.The 30 minute workout is great for travel, since you don't need any equipment.The other sections require weights and a mat and are good too.

RESULTS
I have been interchanging this workout with kathy smith lift weights to lose weight and I am seeing great results.I especially like the Cardio section and the Buns and Thighs section of the workout. The rest is good too but I like the arms on Kathy Smith so I haven't done much of the arms on Leisa Hart's.
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great workout
this is a great fat burn and toning video, the Core Bar is the best weight bar i have, and i absolutely love Leisa Hart's teaching style, She is not a hard core instructor, but she's also not a primadonna trying to do stuff that others do, She does her own style, which is different at times, but my body feels it and i am never so sore it hurts, its a fun workout.

Core Bar is best weight bar, excellent routine
The Body Bar workout videos are ok, but they do not compare to this GREAT weight bar workout. Leisa Hart's CORE BAR is the BEST weight training tool i have ever purchased. The Chisel and Burn FotToTheCore videos are very challenging and creative. They both work the entire body, with the Chisel "chiseling" your arms, abs, back, and shoulders. I loved the music and really like Leisa's teaching style.

toning my abs, arms, shoulders
I feel as though this Core Bar workout, combined with some of Leisa Hart's other videos, is why I have lost so much weight and gotten so toned up the past few weeks getting ready to wear a bikini at the beach. I feel so much better about my body, and Leisa's attitude is why. Her workouts are great, they are unique and flow very good. My arms, shoulders and abs have deifintion and I feel good with the body I have. I could still stand to lose some more pounds, but i carry my weight nice now and want to keep it up so Leisa's videos keep getting easier, she is great, has a great body, and is inspirational. ... Read more

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