 Carmen Electra's Fit to Strip(Paramount) 2003 What is it? A 53-minute toning workout meant to get you "fit to strip" (actually it's a toning workout for anyone who just wants a better looking bod). It's DVD number 2 in Carmen's Aerobic Striptease Collection. Although Carmen Electra is featured, celebrity fitness trainer Michael Carson is actually the one instructing. Who is it for? Beginning through advanced beginning exercisers. You use your body for resistance, so the only equipment you'll need is a mat.
What to expect: In spite of the title, you won't find any striptease moves here. Instead, this workout is meant to get your body in shape to dance. Depending on your focus, this is either a good thing — or a great thing. Fit to Strip is the only DVD in Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease series where you really work, and it's actually the key to performing the dances on the other DVDs — if your body's not in shape you won't be able to do the moves as well, and you won't look your best, either. This DVD is a full body workout. It starts off with a 10-minute warm up, and then you do 20 minutes of full body toning. The next 20 or so minutes is divided between targeted lower body, abdominal and upper body toning segments. You don't use weights; most of these exercises are tried and true moves and highly effective even without the addition of dumbbells. Only the upper body segment is a little lacking — it focuses mainly on isometrics, and it would have benefited from a few dumbbell exercises. (That said, you do perform some push-ups and tricep dips over the course of the workout, so it's not a total loss as far as the upper body is concerned.) Michael Carson does the actual instructing and he's clearly a pro — his cueing is very good and he makes the exercises fun. Carmen Electra's mainly along for the ride in this DVD, and just following Carson's instructions. She's cute, though, and it's amusing to hear the chitchat between her and Carson. This is actually a pretty good workout DVD for beginners and up, even if you're not into the idea of stripping. It'll help you look good fully clothed, too. Other Exercise DVDs you may like:
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