Elle Macpherson - The Body (DVD)

I have bought DVDs by supermodels in the past, Cindy Crawford's are my favourites, so I decided to take a chance with Elle. To be honest I haven't heard much about her before I got this DVD, even though I did know she's one of the biggest supermodels. Reviews on the internet were average to good, so I decided to see for myself. Workout outline: 1. Introduction and warm-up I feel these two sections should have been separate. I don't want to listen to Elle summarise her reasons for producing the workout, and the exercise we'll be doing, every time I play, so I have to fast forward through her quite long introduction. The warm-up is good. The ...  Read the complete review

When my flatmate first arrived home with this video, I laughed at her. Then she announced that it was in actual fact for both of us. I was dragged, kicking and screaming into the living room At first I could barely get through the first fifteen minutes, but as time went on I found I was able to do more and more, and was beginning to really enjoy it. Elle is very gentle with us unfit beings, taking it easy in stages and upping the pace in others. The routines allow you to drop in and out of parts if it is becoming a bit too much. The stretching parts can be made more difficult by the addition of weights (or in our case tins of soup!). ...  Read the complete review

I can't believe no-one else has written an opinion on this fab fitness video. Here's why I think it's the bees knees: I have been using this video at a fitness boost for about five years now and I'm still not bored by it. The beauty of it's timelessness comes from several sources. Firstly, the music used was never really high fashion chart music so has no 'sell by' date. Despite this it is very 'catchy' and has a motivational uplifting vibe throughout the video. Both Elle and Karen Voit (the tutor) look genuinely happy for the full hour! Nothing is as infectious as someone else's good mood. ...  Read the complete review