5 Step Fat Attack with Claire Richards from Steps (DVD)

I have always been overweight, now more than ever after having my twins in November 2007. My actual weight would be classed as morbidly obese, but thanks to my height of 5ft9 I don't actually look as big as what I weigh if that makes sense? Well anyway for some reason the past month I've decided I am FINALLY fed up of being fat. I don't want to be skinny though I just want to lose some weight until I feel comfortable in my body as at the moment I am not. I have bought many fitness dvd's all for them to be stashed in a cupboard gathering dust but this one I have used as I was a big follower of Claire when I was younger and she was in the band steps. Not only ...  Read the complete review

It was time to lose weight after Christmas 2008 was another one of overeating, and I decided that 2009 would be the year to get slimmer and healthier. I have two children and work full time and although I always have good intentions of going to the gym or a keep fit class, something always happens and I rarely make it there. So I decided a needed to buy a fitness DVD which I could do in the comfort of my own lounge when the kids are in bed. I looked at the various DVDs available, and the one thing that struck me was that these were all celebs who were skinny and healthy before the dvd, and were still skinny and healthy after. That's not me, and I ...  Read the complete review

I've always been self-conscious of my size, and when I decided it was time to seriously shift some weight, I thought there was nothing better to do than buy some fitness DVDs. There were a few I had my eye on, but when I noticed that there was quite a few of them coming out on Boxing Day, I thought it would be a nice idea to purchase a few of them. One of these DVDs was the '5 Step Fat Attack', with Claire Richards (Steps). Claire was once in the pop group Steps along with four other members, which lasted for four years with many successful hits. As expected with a pop group, Claire had to dance! Thus a fitness DVD with a dancer would usually be quite good! ...  Read the complete review

Since having children I have to admit I have piled on a lot of weight. Ratherconsious of it, I decided that the gym was not the best place for me just yet! So I decided to have a look at some fitness dvd's. One of the first ones to come up was the 5 Step Fat Attack by Claire Richards. Claire was once a member of the pop froup Steps. She used to be very slim, but admitted that after leaving the group and not doing the hard dance routines anymore, she struggled with her weight. She ballooned up to about 15 stone, but has since managed to trim right back down and looks fantastic! I am not completely naive to know that as a celebrity she didn't enlist the help of ...  Read the complete review

Having always been skeptical about celebrity exercise DVD's, I only decided to give this one a try, (and I'll be honest here!) just because she looked SO different in the before and after shots! I know that in order for Claire Richards to have lost all the weight, it takes more that doing moves from a basic exercise DVD, however, I didn't feel the whole "you will be super skinny after 3 sessions" vibe that you tend to get from other exercise DVD's. I actually enjoyed this workout quite a lot (and having recently watched a program all about Claire's problem with her weight after Steps), I really believe that she practiced what she preaches; ...  Read the complete review