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Age: 30
Hometown: Mansfield, OH
Family: Married with 2 boys
Occupation: Stay at home mom
Fitness level: Advanced
Collecting videos for: over 10 years
Number of Videos Owned: Right now I have 175 videos but I have traded
and given away a number of videos
Other Fitness Activities I love to hike and mountain bike in the
summertime and also take long evening walks
Current fitness goals: I would love to be able to do Maximum Intensity Strength
with a 35 lb barbell and do leg presses with a 40 lb barbell. I
would also love to strengthen and tone my abs and have a nice lean washboard
look.
Loved ones' opinion of video habit:
My husband has his own collections
so he never comments on mine because he knows why I love working out
so much but nobody else seems to understand. My in-laws think I am
crazy and most of my friends that come over and see my workout room can't
believe somebody could possible use that much equipment in one
lifetime!
Dawn's opinions:
Current Favorites:
Strength:
Maximum Strength
Firm Standing Legs
Firm Tri Trainer All Weights
Firm Tri Trainer Better Buns
Firm Tough Tape
Firm vol. 1
Cardio:
Reebok Intense Moves
Cycle Circuits spinning
Maximum Intensity Cardio
9703 slide
CIA 9704
Favorite Instructors
Cathe Friedrich
Christi Taylor
Tracie Long
Susan Harris
Franny Benedetto
Underrated:
Definetely FIRM vol. 1-3. I happen to still love doing these 3 videos
and when I am pressed for time I can get a super workout in only 60
minutes and not feel cheated.
Biggest Disappointments:
I buy lots of exercise videos and what I don't like seeing when a new
video is listed as Advanced only to see that it isn't even close to
being for the advanced exerciser. Or getting a video and the
instructor is so horrible you can't stand doing the workout even if it
is a good one.
Would love to see:
A super awesome circuit workout with very intense cardio sections and
very advanced strength sections. By the sounds of Cathe's new Body
Max, it might just be a dream come true for many advanced exercisers!
Words of Wisdom:
I have been so thrilled to find Video Fitness and find so many others
that share the same interest I do in exercise videos. It is so hard
to find the support it takes to commit to working out by yourself at home
and by hearing from all of those at VF, it makes it alot easier for me
to get out of bed in the morning knowing there are so many others that
do the same thing. I have to workout at home, there just aren't any
nice gyms where we live, but thanks to everyone contributing to the
VF reviews I can now buy the videos that I feel will challenge me and not
waste money on those that won't. I love getting motivation and also
motivating others to stick to their workouts because you 'will' see
results. I have made lots of VF friends that write on a daily basis
and that is something I would have never found, but thanks to Wendy we
are all here supporting each other!!
