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Age: 37
Hometown: Kansas City, MO
Family:
Fitness level: I'm advanced, but still enjoy many of the
higher-intermediate videos as well
Collecting videos for: 5 years
Number of Videos Owned: 200+
Other Fitness Activities In the summer, I love to swim -- not really for exercise, but just for fun
Current fitness goals:
To be able to use as much weight (or more) than Cathe Friedrich in Maximum Intensity Strength!
Loved ones' opinion of video habit:
Most people think my collection is amazing and pretty cool. My mother can't
understand why anyone would want to exercise so much. And I have an
8-year-old nephew who was flabbergasted when he saw on a tape that males
actually did aerobics. He thought it was for sissies, and then I turned on
Donna-Mite, and he really got into the music!
Annie's opinions:
Current Favorites:
anything with Patrick Goudeau
anything with Franny Benedetto
anything with Greg Twombly
Grace Lazenby's The Next Level
Cathe Friedrich's Maximum Intensity Strength and Maximum Intensity Cardio
Best of All Time:
CIA 9001 with Patrick Goudeau
the G-Force Ultimate Cardio Workout
MIS and MIC with Cathe Friedrich
Boston Marathon with Franny Benedetto
Favorite Instructors
Patrick Goudeau
Kari Anderson
Tim Culwell
Gin Miller
Franny Benedetto
Greg Twombly
Underrated:
The most underrated video has to be Grace Lazenby's The Next Level. That
is such a total blast, and the music is some of the best, maybe the
best, on any tape I have. The most underrated instructor is, I think,
Charlene Prickett. This woman really knows her stuff -- she's a wealth
of information. She was telling us things years ago that other
professionals are just now starting to say. Another thing I really
admire about her is that she works you hard - really hard! Many TV
fitness people seem to cater to the beginners, but not Charlene. (At
least not on her videos -- I've never seen her TV program.) For just
plain
ol' fun, it's Jeff and Scott (Vandiver and Cole, respectively).
Biggest Disappointments:
Lori Fetrick's workout. Blech, phooey! The step part was just A MESS. (The
weights section is good, though.)
Would love to see:
I'd like lots of advanced workouts, with complex but not frustrating
choreography, and with music that makes you wanna dance. The right music can
add so much to a workout, but it seems as though most producers and/or
instructors don't realize that.
Words of Wisdom:
Crosstrain, crosstrain, crosstrain! Varying your workouts gets the best
results, both in looks and strength. When you hit a plateau, that means you
need to spice things up a little bit!
