Jane Fonda's Toning and Shaping [VHS]

Jane Fonda's Toning and Shaping [VHS] Overview

This video was originally titled Jane Fonda's Workout with Weights when it came out in 1987. The title should have been kept, because it's a more accurate description than the vague Toning and Shaping. Jane Fonda and celebrity trainer Dan Isaacson teach two weight-training classes: a 45-minute beginner-intermediate class and a 40-minute intermediate-advanced class using dumbbells, a weight bench (or substitute), and ankle weights. Instruction is clear, helpful, and safety conscious. You learn how to do each move correctly, which muscles are being worked, how to position yourself, and technique tips. Repetitions are slow and controlled, and you are encouraged to choose weights heavy enough that the last reps are difficult. This workout hits all the major muscle groups and includes stretches after the weight work. If you've wanted to learn to strength train with weights, this is a good place to learn. --Joan Price

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Jane Fonda's Personal Trainer Series: Total Body Sculpting [VHS]

Jane Fonda's Personal Trainer Series: Total Body Sculpting [VHS] Overview

As one of the highest-profile American exercise mavens, Jane Fonda knows how to work it, and in Total Body Sculpting, she's working all of it with weights. Setting muscle tone and strength as goals, Fonda has designed the segments of Total Body Sculpting as a pair of complementary 25-minute sequences. Together the two sections achieve maximum efficiency and full-body weight training. As a supplement to an aerobic exercise program, Fonda's Total Body Sculpting is a reliable way to tone muscle with no massive dumbbells, steely contraptions, or groaning beefcakes in sight.

As Fonda explains early on, the two halves of Total Body Sculpting focus in turn on different muscle groups and exercises. Each section features optional hand and ankle weights and combines standing, seated, and floor work. After a two-minute warm-up, Fonda heads for the weights and her series of gently paced exercises. Following upper body, lower body, and abdominal strength work, Fonda finishes with a three-minute stretch to keep your developing muscles limber and resilient.

Proper form is critical to strength training, and Fonda is clearly keen on good form. She talks you calmly through each exercise, underscoring what to do and what not to do, listing target muscle groups and explaining future benefits for your posture, your tennis game, and your resistance to injury. With its light and spacious set, polished editing, and unobtrusive soundtrack, Total Body Sculpting is about as relaxing as strength work gets. Fitting it into your regimen requires only moderate space, minimal equipment, and a commitment of fewer than 30 minutes a couple of times a week. --Emily Bedard

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