Nell McAndrew's Peak Energy DVD

Advantages: Good hard workout, will get results
Disadvantages: Very tough, makes you ache!

...DVD's, and this particular DVD, Nell McAndrew's Peak Energy, kept on cropping up, so I thought what the heck, I will give it a go. To be honest, I didn't know that much about Nell McAndrew. I remember watching her on the TV show "I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here" a while ago, and that she is always doing marathons and things, but I have not seen her on much else. Even on this DVD, she doesn't say a lot, she does the introduction to the DVD which ...
...I now know that Nell McAndrew is a bloomin' fit woman who really must have constant peak energy to stay in the shape that she is in! The DVD is hard work but I can see that if you use it regularly enough, you will get the results that you need. I would recommend this DVD to people who have quite a good fitness level already, as if you are a beginner, you may find the 40 minutes in one go just too much to handle! The DVD retails from 4.99 on some ... Read review

Advantages: Very easy to follow
Disadvantages: Not for the beginner

...begining of the video by Nell herself, but she doesn't do any of the tuition through out the video, it's all done but a man. From the way he holds himself and the way he gives the instructions myself and my husband have deduced that he must be from a military back ground. There a three parts to this dvd other than the introduction, which can be skipped. The warm up, the main routine and the cool down (or floor work). When I first started this dvd ...
...warned if you haven't done any exercise in a while don't expect to blast though this. It's pretty low impact to start off with, just the normal stretching, and it slowly seems to pick up in gear - be warned if your legs hurt doing squats then don't do too many in the warm up as the routine will be almost impossible. There's a bit of jogging and walking on the spot, but nothing too much, there's just no breaks which seems to make it very intensive. ... Read review

Advantages: Works You Hard! Challenging & Addictive
Disadvantages: Disheartening at Times. Works You Hard!

...challenge and I plumped for Nell McAndrews Peak Energy. Thinking that I was relatively fit I stood there in my tracky one Monday evening and put the dvd on. My OH was out so no embarassment, I shut the curtains, got a bottle of water and sat down to watch Nell talk through a short introduction. The dvd is split into a few sections. First there is the 10 minute warm up. The dvd is set in what can only be described as a disued warehouse. Concrete ...
...this yelling, sweating army guy, Nell, and a few other very fit people. The warm up is basically 10 minutes of jumping very fast and squatting, but I managed it and decided to go on to the next section - the main workout. AAAArghhhh! The routines are not complicated. The music and exercises are very repetitive and easy to do. It is the speed and amount which is the killer. So much so that on my first attempt I collapsed on the sofa after 5 minutes, ... Read review

Advantages: The free weights work and abs work is excellent.
Disadvantages: The second workout is boring and monotonous.

...are going to buy a Nell McAndrew exercise DVD then I would buy her Maximum Impact or Ultimate Challenge DVDs. This DVD can get a bit boring. Like the other two DVDs it is divided up into 3 sections. The first workout is 10 minutes and is basically a warm up that takes you through a number of the exercises that you do in the Interval Training. The second workout is when all the hard work is done. It does really hurt and it will take a few times before ...
...section in the other two Nell DVDs are much much better. However, the second workout does end with some brilliant free weights work. You can really feel your arms hurting and your muscles working during these exercises. If you wish to make these exercises either easier or harder then alter the weights used. The third workout works abs, bums, arms and legs. Once again this workout is probably more intense than on Nell's other two DVDs. The abs, bums ... Read review

Advantages: An intensive workout that will definately burn the calories!
Disadvantages: Definately NOT for beginners

...came about because it was Nell McAndrews favourite fitness class that she attended and she loved it so much she asked the trainer to make a DVD. When you are doing this DVD you feel very much like you are training for the marines! It is set in an aircraft hanger with the trainer bellowing out instructions and a pumping soundrack. It is definately not your airy-fairy Rosemary Connely workout with pop music and aerobics outfits. By the end of the video ...
...and you can almost smell the sweat coming through the television screen!! If you love a really hard workout which gives you pain and tests your endurance then you will love this DVD. However, if its a bit of light stretching you're after this is definately NOT the right workout for you. I can honestly say that the first time I did this DVD I could not make it past five minutes and my legs were trembling with exhaustion!! You definately have to be ... Read review