Customer Review(s)
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Your'e going to stick to this one!
Comment: Even though I adore Callanetics and have done it on and off for the last 10 years, I never seemed to be able to stick to it long enough for those promissed results to show. I just can't stick to a routine which takes an hour at a time, as the original program does - I just can't stay focused that long!
So here's where the Am/Pm program comes in! In my opinion, it's the best off all the Callanetics programs - and I have them all!! It is the only program that I have EVER been able to stick to.
I can easily motivate myself to do these short programs twice a day, 3-5 times a week. They only last 20 minutes and time just flyes by!
I do the Am program first thing in the morning, and start my day of feeling great! The Pm program I do shortly before bedtime, because it leaves me so relaxed, I could fall asleep right there on the floor!
But best of all: it really does deliever those results promissed.
My posture has improved, my tummy is flatter, my hips are narrower, my legs leaner, I'm more flexible and I am not nearly as tence in my back, shoulders and neck as I usually would be.
Another great thing about the program is, that all the exercises are show with different modifications, so the program will challenge you whether your'e a beginner or experienced exerciser.
Customer Rating: Summary: I was so sore
Comment: I picked this dvd up about 6 months ago. When I did the first routine it seemed so easy, so I didn't bother to do the pm routine. Thinking to myself this is a complete waste of time, because it seemed like I was barely moving. The next morning when I got up, I was so sore!!!!!!!!!!! Legs, butt and arms! I had to stretch to get myself loosened up. Then I went and did the am routine again. Also, this time, later on in the evening, I did the pm routine. My gosh does this work! I love this tape. The transformation it has done for my body is amazing. A couple of weeks later, I did work in a 30 minute cardio (treadmill or kickboxing for me) routine with it every other day. Now I am up to every day. Just give it time and you will see the results! I have since moved on to the Callanetics 1 hr. video. But, when I know I am short on time, I pop this one in and I'm on the go again. By the way, I am 48 years old and feel so much younger, I have much more strength and am totally toned. I am no longer stiff and I can do a cheerleading split! My husband who was 92 lbs. overweight started doing it with me and he states he feels so much better and his back dosesn't hurt anymore! Try it and just stick with it for a couple of weeks...I promise it will work!
Customer Rating: Summary: Great short workouts
Comment: Once you get these exercises memorized, the workouts will be closer to 15 minutes each. But do the exercises with the tape for a while to get the technique and the proper speed down (which is slow). You get most of the exercises from the original (blue) tape, although some are repeated in both segments. Take notes so you can make a "cheat sheet" for when you travel. Please note you really don't need a barre per se--e.g., to do the Pelvic Wave you can hold onto a column or the sides of a doorway. The Beginning Callanetics video (also highly recommended) shows people using all sorts of furniture when doing the workout.
The AM workout more closely follows the order of the body parts worked in the original book. The PM workout splits the leg stretching for some reason from where it is in the book--you may want to switch if it's easier for you to remember. Also, some of the exercises have slightly different names from those in the book, and one in the PM section (stomach exercise, "Bent Knee Reach", says "work up to 100 both sides" but since both knees are bent at the same time, you're just doing the one set of 100.
The biggest complaint about Callanetics has always been that the entire program (either Callanetics or Super Callanetics) lasts about an hour, depending on whether you're using the tapes, or using the book. It can be hard to set aside that amount of time in one chunk. With this tape, there is no excuse not to benefit from this wonderful exercise program, which is NO impact, and NO sweat(ing). Another nice thing about doing the AM/PM Callanetics is that you can more quickly improve your flexibility, since you're doing some stretching twice a day, instead of just twice a week (if doing the long program as originally recommended).
However, until the DVD is available in a chaptered version, you may as well buy the tape for a lot less money.
Customer Rating: Summary: AS LONG AS IT'S DONE CORRECTLY....
Comment: YOU WILL DEFINITELY SEE RAPID RESULTS.
IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD ALL OVER-BODY AND SOUL.
AND IN RESPONSE TO THE FOLLOWING POST MADE BY "BARBPL":
3 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
very boring - little or no challenge February 20, 2001
It's probably just me - perhaps I should have NOT purchased this tape. I was looking for a video that would really help me "jump-start" my day. I found this to be really boring, the movements quite basic and Callen's personality very cloying. This might be a wonderful relaxation tape, but I do not see the effect I was hoping for.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THIS POST BARELY MADE A DENT IN THE 4.5 STARS THIS VIDEO GOT REVIEWS FOR.
ALL OF CALLAN PINCKNEY'S VIDEOS ARE AMAZING AND YOU GET IMMEDIATE RESULTS. ALL OTHER WORKOUT VIDEOS CURRENTLY ON THE MARKET CANNOT COMPARE!
MY ADVICE TO "BARBPL": TRY IT AGAIN, OR TRY ONE OF HER OTHER VIDEOS. YOU WERE NOT FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE "T" IF YOU FELT OR SAW NO RESULTS. UNLESS YOU PREFER TO JUMP AROUND ALOT AND HAVE FAST MUSIC (BUT GET NO RESULTS)THAN THIS WASN'T FOR YOU.
