Where do you get your workout videos?

Tia_N_Mac
Tia_N_Mac Posts: 181 Member
edited October 6 in Fitness and Exercise
Since ExerciseTV is going off, I need to get some dvd's. Besides Amazon or Walmart, what other places have good prices on workout videos? I'm mainly looking for cardio. Thanks!

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  • Becoming_A_Butterfly
    Becoming_A_Butterfly Posts: 2,534 Member
    I use Amazon or Collage Video to choose my videos and read reviews, then I switch to eBay or the used DVDs on Amazon.com to find them a lot cheaper.

    I also use Netflix to rent workout DVDs. They don't have some of the instructors I like, but it's a good way to try out different workouts and not have to commit to it.

    Dollar stores, Marshall's, TJMaxx, and Goodwill stores usually have workout DVDs for cheap too.

    You can also borrow them for free from your library.
  • AZackery
    AZackery Posts: 2,035 Member
    I buy my workouts from Amazon, Walmart, Salvation Army, Goodwill, Garage sales, Exercise TV, Ross, Marshall, Dollar Tree and Total Fitness dvds.
  • koutwater
    koutwater Posts: 47 Member
    Costco (if you're a member) or used ones off Amazon:) You can try craigslist too!
  • Tia_N_Mac
    Tia_N_Mac Posts: 181 Member
    Great suggestions...thank you all. Im gonna check out used videos on Amazon and the library.
  • AZackery
    AZackery Posts: 2,035 Member
    Great suggestions...thank you all. Im gonna check out used videos on Amazon and the library.

    You don't have to check out used videos on Amazon. A lot of third parties sell new videos for cheap.
  • amfmmama
    amfmmama Posts: 1,420 Member
    walmart. reasonable and everywhere.
  • Becoming_A_Butterfly
    Becoming_A_Butterfly Posts: 2,534 Member
    Just a caution about buying workout DVDs: I have tried to return them after I try them and hate them, and stores won't take them back if they are open. Walmart and Kmart have refused to take them back if they are opened, or they will only exchange them for the exact same DVD. So definitely use Collage Video, Amazon.com, and other sites to do a good review of a workout DVD you haven't been able to try out yet. You may end up stuck with it!
  • giannajoy0106
    giannajoy0106 Posts: 1
    A great alternative to purchasing DVDs is using a home video service like Netflix. You can get DVDs sent to your home or you can use the streaming service and watch some of them instantly.
  • Becoming_A_Butterfly
    Becoming_A_Butterfly Posts: 2,534 Member
    A great alternative to purchasing DVDs is using a home video service like Netflix. You can get DVDs sent to your home or you can use the streaming service and watch some of them instantly.

    Oh, that gave me an idea. Exercise TV's website has free workouts you can stream, and there are websites like workoutsondemand.com that also, for a monthly fee, give you access to online workouts. Thegymbox.com is another one. I have a free trial to this one right now.
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    A great alternative to purchasing DVDs is using a home video service like Netflix. You can get DVDs sent to your home or you can use the streaming service and watch some of them instantly.

    Oh, that gave me an idea. Exercise TV's website has free workouts you can stream, and there are websites like workoutsondemand.com that also, for a monthly fee, give you access to online workouts. Thegymbox.com is another one. I have a free trial to this one right now.

    For those sites, can you write the workouts to DVDs?
  • AZackery
    AZackery Posts: 2,035 Member
    Before buying, I like to check out the videos on collagevideo.com or youtube. Tae Bo is an automatic buy for me.
  • Becoming_A_Butterfly
    Becoming_A_Butterfly Posts: 2,534 Member
    A great alternative to purchasing DVDs is using a home video service like Netflix. You can get DVDs sent to your home or you can use the streaming service and watch some of them instantly.

    Oh, that gave me an idea. Exercise TV's website has free workouts you can stream, and there are websites like workoutsondemand.com that also, for a monthly fee, give you access to online workouts. Thegymbox.com is another one. I have a free trial to this one right now.

    For those sites, can you write the workouts to DVDs?

    I think on Exercise TV, you have an option to purchase the download, which I guess then you could put onto DVD. You have an option to download or stream the workout on WorkoutsondDemand, but I never downloaded from there. Thegymbox.com is like an app, and I don't see how to download the workouts, but I'm not exactly technologically savvy either!
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    I think on Exercise TV, you have an option to purchase the download, which I guess then you could put onto DVD. You have an option to download or stream the workout on WorkoutsondDemand, but I never downloaded from there. Thegymbox.com is like an app, and I don't see how to download the workouts, but I'm not exactly technologically savvy either!

    Thanks, those are great sites! After the new year (when Exercise TV goes off the air) I may well check them out!
  • AZackery
    AZackery Posts: 2,035 Member
    Exercise TV is selling workouts for $1.00. They don't have that many workouts left.
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