This is really a perfect workout to help work out your abs. 3 easier and 3 more difficult exercises that are straight abs, and then a couple of extras with some extra things to try. Short enough (5-9 minutes or so) that it is real easy to do whenever you want and has really helped me tone and stengthen quickly.

My friend and I started working out together and using this as a portion of the workout class we tried to do a couple of times of week together. It has been very effective in working on our abs. Short and focused workouts without any fluff or chatter.

She is straight forward with a good personality that gets you through them. The 6 to 8 minutes (depending on which of the exercises you choose) pay off nicely within a few weeks and are good to add to whatever other exercise you are do.

I measured my waist before starting the workout (67cm). After a week I remeasured my waist and found out that my waist measure got bigger not smaller (a bit more than 67cm). A month later my stomach looks as big as it did before and I got constipated. I'm disappointed because the workouts are really challenging and I had hoped to lose at least one inch. I find that doing yoga for 50 minutes is much more effective for losing weight around the ab area than doing specialized ab workouts. Also, yoga is more relaxing and seems to work out my body more thoroughly.

I've had this DVD about a week now. I've been alternating between the three Advanced Workouts. On the positive side, as many have mentioned, this does get right to the chase. No warm-ups, no explanations or chit chat...and I love that about this. I typically do my abs tapes after I've worked out to another tape so I don't need a warm-up and am not wanting to have to bypass lots of chit chat. I also like the fact that the lower abs are targeted, something a lot of us want. There's no rest during the 8-9 minute segments, another plus in my opinion.

Now, for the bad...others have said it and I agree, the pitchiness of the instructor's voice. Holy moly, I guess it just depends on your tolerance level...let's just say I turn the volume way down for this one and then it's not so bad. I don't see much difference between the three advanced segments. The "kickboxing" one...not quite sure why it's titled that. There's just really a lot of the same going on but they are effective moves, I'll give it that. I do wish more attention was paid to the obliques.

So, like I said, there's good and there's bad. Would I recommend this DVD to someone? I think I would mainly for the fact that it is so no-nonsense, no frills. There doesn't seem to be a lot of that out there, where you can just hit play and start working out right away without a lot of fast forwarding.

I am a busy athletic 40 year old male and hate to waste time. Get ready because the exercises start the moment you hit play. I have a very busy work schedule and have little time to waste on long warm ups/cool downs, or jibber jabber of explaining exercises or how this will improve my [insert holistic phrase here]. Lets talk while we move!! There are eight high intensity routines to break up the monotony of doing the same video over and over and over. I use this video most every day during my 'power' lunches (luckily I work from home) were I only have time for 30-40 minutes of cardio and a little core that also serves as my cardio warm-up. My posture has improved (I sit at a desk all day) and my wife likes the results too. Yes, I would like more oblique and lower back work but c'mon this is an intense 10 minute speed ride. I have kids to raise, a wife to appreciate, and dogs to walk. Save those longer videos for the weekends.