ENVY GIRLS GIFT SET (DVD) (4DISCS/FF/ENG/2.0)
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| Product DescriptionMeet Eliana, Natasha, Vala and Yvette, the girls of ENVY. This fitness superteam delivers a hot new style of simple workouts designed to target-tone the parts that really count. In no time, you'll achieve slender abs, perfect buns, sexy legs, and lean sleek arms. It's never been so easy to lose weight and look great. From the producers of Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, this brand-new 4-disc collection promises to make you the envy of others. Each workout includes an easy Warm-Up, a 5-minute Quick Fix for body maintenance on the run, and a 20-minute Primary Workout that shapes and slims for a stunning physique. This set includes: ABS OF ENVY, BUNS OF ENVY, LEGS OF ENVY and ARMS OF ENVY. - Actors: Envy Girls 4-Disc Set
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language (Original Language): English
- Region Code: 1
- Release Date: 2007-05-01
- Running Time: 128 minutes
Customer ReviewsReviewed on 2008-07-23 
Look forward to doing the arms of envy
I'm a 65 year old woman that has never liked doing weights and therefore, I'm not very strong in the arms. I've attempted weights many times but it never has lasted. Once I tried my DVD on Arms of Envy, I look forward to it every other day and I'm getting some strength in my upper body. BRAVO! It's fun! |  | Reviewed on 2008-06-16
All-Around AWESOME Toning DVDs...!
I bought "ENVYGirls" hesitantly. I had previously been dupped into purchasing Carmen Electra's "Aerobic Striptease" DVD (from the same producers) expecting a fun but somewhat effective workout, and have never forgiven myself since! Nonetheless, the reviews that I read on Amazon convinced me to take a chance on this one. And I am happy to say that I made the right decision!
This DVD is without doubt one of my favorite toning workouts. Period.
First off, as evidenced by the packaging, the production is first-rate. It is as clear and well-edited as any major Hollywood production, and the absolutely gorgeous island setting (South Pacific?? Carribean??) inspires me to work out even harder. You can practically feel the breeze coming off the ocean! :-) The music is GREAT, hip and modern; I love it! It's so refreshing to actually work out to a good soundtrack instead of the generic dance club beat that is so prevalent in exercise videos.
The entire concept of "ENVYGirls" is that of a "superteam of fitness" (their words, not mine), each one with a particularly good body part. Each girl then leads you through a 15-20 minute workout to help you get that particularly good body part. The parts are: Abs, Buns, Legs and Arms. There is an optional 4-min. warmup (it is the same on all four programs) and 5-min. express workouts for each program.
Make no mistake, this is not just an eye candy DVD a la Carmen Electra. It actually is a pretty effective strength workout. The moves are designed by celebrity trainer Michael Carson who is very knowledgable and inspiring but not drill sergeant-like (if you've ever seen "The Biggest Loser," think Bob, not Jillian!). Michael does a voiceover commentary on the warmup (as I preceeded this workout with cardio, I never really used the warmup) as well as a Trainer's Tips interview for each workout in which he guides you through correct form of some of the trickier exercises. Also, don't miss the Trainer Commentary Option on which you can have Michael give a voice over on both the Primary Workout and the 5 Min. Workout. He has a lot of important things to say, and don't worry, the music is still loud, and there is a repetition countdown on the screen, so you'll know how many reps you have left in a particular move!
ABS OF ENVY - My personal favorite! I still pull this one out from time to time, and I've owned this for over a year. When I initially viewed this program, I was skeptical because there are only a few crunches towards the end. However, when I did it, it was challenging, I broke a sweat, and when I went to stretch my abs at the end, they burned quite a bit! It utilizes a lot of standing abs moves, but if you concentrate on using your abs, your belly will become sculpted and flat and your waist will be cinched, giving you that hourglass effect. Done almost entirely standing with a few minutes of floorwork.
BUNS OF ENVY - Uses various squats (love that Helicopter Squat!), Lunges, Reverse Lunges (called dips in The Firm) and other moves to effectively shape your glutes and thighs. Done mostly standing with some floorwork about three-quarters into the workout.
LEGS OF ENVY - Uses lunges, plies, plyo jumps and even balance moves to give you shapely thighs and calves. Done entirely standing with stretching on the floor at the very end.
ARMS OF ENVY - Uses bicep curls, hammer curls and some fun, creative moves such as the Dumbbell Catch and the Gecko Pushup to work your upper body. Done mostly standing with some push-up variations and floor tricep work towards the end.
And Now For The Bad: The only real detriments that I could find: One- The packaging of the DVDs. Yes, plural. All four programs, unnecessarily, are recorded onto 4 separate DVDs. For anyone who wished to combine workouts, it can be quite annoying to have to switch DVDs and then sit through minutes of exercise advisement/legal jargon/Lionsgate material. Two-The repetiveness of the exercises. Though I found the exercises different and fun, each program actually contains about 7 minutes of moves that are repeated at least once halfway through. Depending on your attention span and the frequency with which you use this DVD, you may get bored quickly.
All in all, I highly recommend this DVD and don't think anyone who wants a great body will be dissapointed.
| | Reviewed on 2008-03-19 
Boring....
This was a very boring video. I paid 30 dollars for junk. I mean i feel the burn and it's an ok video but i don't want to be there for 30 min. counting every second before it's over. don't waste you money. | | Reviewed on 2008-03-02
Unneccesary Flaws on Otherwise Sound Workout
I've had this DVD for about eight months now, so I felt it was time to review it.
I was very excited to try out these workouts as they were designed by Michael Carson, the man behind Carmen Electra's Fit to Strip DVD, which is an amazing workout.
I thought this could only be better but sadly, it fell short due to a few flaws that just can't be ignored.
Firstly, the fact that the four workouts are on four DVD's. It would have been much easier and more logical to have placed all four workouts on one DVD. The packaging they come in is also rather cheap and one of the DVD's has the tendency to slide out and as a result has become scratched.
Next, there are some serious issues with the sound. Judging by the special features, the crashing waves on the background of their on-location Mexico shoot were very loud. So what did they do? Drown it out with music. That's fine, except they forgot to make the voices of the instructors louder as well. I have to turn my volume all the way up and it's still difficult to hear.
Then there's the picture, which inexplicably shows up in a box of blackscreen. Not widescreen format, but an entire box of black surrounding the picture. This is rectified by using the zoom button on my DVD's remote but I imagine if you didn't have a zoom button, this would be annoying. You have to rezoom every time you move from section to section as it is.
My next criticism is in regards to production. As I've stated, the workouts were shot on a beach in Mexico, which is beautiful (if unneccary). The bodies of the girls doing the DVD's are also beautiful, obviously BUT the cameracrew seems so taken by the beauty of the beach and the girls that they seems to focus on them instead of the exercises. Various camera angles from a distance make it difficult to see the form, random close-ups midway through an exercise; all unneccesary and irritating. This is very different from Fit to Strip where the camera stayed in pretty much the same position for the entirety of the workout.
Another disappointing difference between Fit to Strip and Envy Girls is that Michael Carson isn't leading the workouts, the girls are, and while he clearly taught them well in terms of form, they're not so adept at cueing and they all seem somewhat bored. You can change the voiceover track so that it's him talking, which I did at first. You can also see him explain proper form for some of the moves in the special features.
That being said, the main workouts themselves are excellent. All four areas (buns, abs, legs and arms) require one set of handweights and a mat.
The buns workout is paced well and you definitely feel it where you're meant to, as opposed to other buns workouts I've done where I'm struggling to make myself feel it in certain places. The standing and the matwork are on par with one another.
The abs workout is incredible. Lots of standing ab work, which is a nice change from most workouts of this kind. As I said before, you will use your handweights in each segment and the abs segment uses them a lot. Because of this, you get quite the arm workout which I feel somewhat detracts from the goal because you stop concentrating on your abs and start concentrating on your arms. My solution to this is to not use the weights and just make fists on certain exercises, namely the ones that involve holding the weights above your head, to give my arms a break. The matwork is good as well, though sometimes I just do the standing work and supplement the matwork with the Perfect Abs DVD. The girl leading this one definitely seems to be "going through the motions" and she has a rather dry delivery, which can be off-putting.
The legs workout, by contrast, has a very upbeat girl leading and because of this you forgive the fact that there are some repeat exercises from the buns workout. This segment seems to go by the fastest, for some reason.
The arms workout is a killer in that I have never been able to get all the way through it. Very intense. It's possible that it's just me but luckily, arms aren't a trouble spot for me so the fact that I can't do it all doesn't bother me. I do as much as I can. The girl leading this one is nice enough but there is one very distracting thing about her; her breasts. They are clearly not what Mother Nature gave her and so obviously so that when other members of the household have passed by the television as it's played, they have commented. Due to the aforementioned close-ups, they are not so easy to ignore.
Each segment begins with the same warm-up and while it's probably a good one, it's very difficult to follow because the camera won't stop moving around. Therefore, I don't use it and warm-up with something else before I start. The music on the warm-up as well as on the workouts themselves is rather blah and uninspiring so after going through it once or twice with the narration, I now watch it on mute with my own music. This works out best for me.
So, I have to take half a star off for all the technical issues and another half a star off for the slow pace. All in all, I think the workout themselves are good for their targets and you can easily integrate them with other routines. Hopefully, Michael Carson's next project will be less lacking.
| | Reviewed on 2008-01-27
Not a FULL SCREEN.
I bought this on sale at my local DVD store. I have a Large Widescreen TV. the Workout Video only filled up a small square in the middle of the screen. Is this normal? thats why i only gave it 2 stars. Otherwise i would have rated it higher.
If anyone else has this dvd would you please comment, and let me know if yours is the same way? I'm wondering if i got a defective copy. It doesn't seem like the manufactuer would make the screen small on purpose but who knows. Thanks :)
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