recommend good workout dvd's

The only workout DVD I would recommend is any of Davina McCall's. For those of you outside the UK, she's a British television presenter which, whilst not seeming like the obvious criteria for being a fitness expert, still seems to hold her in good stead. She's in her 40s, had a few children, and looks incredible. Fit, slim and not one of those ridiculous 'sleb DVDs which comes off the back of a failing career/liposuction/obvious set-up 'before' pictures etc.

I used to use her 'Power of 3' DVDs when I was a poor student who couldn't afford the gym, and have to say they worked me hard. Some of the workouts use weights, but not all, and she has several DVDs to choose from.

I'm doing the Insanity workout series right now and I love it. Lots of cardio, no weights, but strength training using your own body weight only. It really pushes me and I sweat like crazy.

i agree with the Davina workout, i used those and they will give you a good aerobic workout, some do use small hand weights, but are generally good, im use Jillain Michaels dvd's now and find they really do the trick, again she uses small hand weights in most of them,but not in all.

Some of my favorites are:

Hip Hop Abs (Beach Body)
Insanity (talk about cardio!!!)
Supreme 90 (but weights are involved)
Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred
Zumba (shows how incredibly uncoordinated I am)

Those are a few that I have used and will use again once I'm 100% post surgery.

I absolutely love my " Pump it Up" ones, good tunes and a lot of feel good factor, have worked wonders for me x xx

If you like the dance type of dvd's, Jennifer Galardi's Dance off the Inches: Hip Hop Party is a great one. I lost 35lbs a few years ago doing only this tape 6x a week. I am back to doing it 3x a week myself.

I usually hate workout DVD's but a few months ago I bought a "Dance off the inches - latin party pack" It came with 4 workouts and it was $25 bucks which I didn't think was bad.

Now, 1 workout focuses on cardio (35 minutes I believe), one seems kind of like cardio to me but I guess it's not as quick paced (38 mins). Then the other two are both toning workouts, the pack comes with 2 1.5lb weights to tone arms, legs and abs. One is 20 mins and the other is 13. I'm not sure why you want to avoid weights unless you just don't want to build muscle. These 2 aren't really to build strength, just to tone what is commonly trouble areas.

The workout set comes with a 30 day guild, what they suggest you should do each day and you could always skip the two toning workouts if you wanted...either way, you aren't doing those every day.

Each workout uses latin dance steps as the base lines for all the moves so it's kinda cool to learn to salsa as you go!

I LOVE Leslie Sansone's walking DVD's! Some incorporate stretchy bands, hand weight, including light weight balls, and a walk belt, BUT you don't have to use any of these. Her walks are fun and challenging. Most of the music is really upbeat. She incorporates different moves that are steps not used in regular outside walking. How often do you walk backwards when you are outside walking? Or side steps and leg lifts? They work the whole body and are workouts for every age group from kids to the elderly. I recommend her workouts whole heartedly. If you can't find them in your stores you can order them online from Walmart.com. You should be able to find her whole selection there and they are even cheaper than her own website. (Altho she does have AARP discounts). She's been around for many years and has new dvd's almost yearly.

Totally agree!!!!

Jillian M - Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism is pure cardio circuits with no weights and is great!

I have only one word - INSANITY!!!!

i want this but dont no where to buy it, ive looked on ebay and amazon and play, help im in the uk xx

Jillian Michael's "Burn Fat Boost Metabolism" good cardio- no weights!

Yep, I second this! That one's a killer!

I've used the ministry of sound ones before. Up to date dance music it's quite good fun :-)