Saundra

Lastics Lite is a 15-minute plus stretch workout that stretches the total body. It is a shorter version of Donna's Lastics workouts. Donna takes your through various standing. seated, and lying stretch exercises to improve your flexibility.  Donna never really holds a stretch for too long . You are constantly moving in and out, bending and straightening the various movements. Donna is the only cast member.  There is background music that is very faint and not really inspiring. Not a big deal as you are really focusing on what Donna is saying.  The set is a dance studio.   Great stretch workout to add to an existing workout. I can see me adding this in after my treadmill workouts. Lastics Lite - 4 stars

Advanced Lastics is the second workout or next level in the lastics system.  I started the review of the first Lastics workout with a gripe.  With Advanced Lastics, I do not have that gripe. This is a DVD workout, and it comes with the options of it being a DVD workout. In fact there is a menu with several options you can choose from. Introduction Play All Warm Up Neck, Back, & Side Stretch Hips Hamstrings Back, Chest & Shoulders Full Body with Splits The entire workout clocks in at hour and 17 minutes. So it is a long one. I did the workout in two parts.  I did all the segments except for Full Body with Splits on Saturday and then on Sunday after my 5 mile treadmill run I did the Full Body with Splits segment. One of the things I don't think I mentioned in the review of the first Lastics workouts but notice it again in Advanced Lastics is that Donna does not mirror cue.  It is not really a big deal with this type of workout - just something ...

Lastics . I am starting this review with a Gripe. This DVD is just like having a VHS. Seriously. As soon as you put it in, it goes straight into an introduction of sorts and then into the workout.  There is no title/menu page. There are no options available for you to select anything - not even the simple "Play/Start" that even the most basic of DVDs come with. If you click the menu button on your remote, it starts the workout over. At the end of the workout, it just stops because there is nothing for it to go back too. Very annoying.  However, the workout is chaptered.  Meaning you can skip to these different segments. Chapter 2 - Common Stretching Mistakes (bent is not stretch) Chapter 3 - Stretch in Motion (Standing - shoulder sockets, breathing technique) Chapter 4 - Get Into Your Body (Floor - feet stretching, quad stretching Chapter 5 - Feel The Rush (Supine, hamstring, ankle and foot stretching Chapter 6 - Body Meets Mind (Sitting, forearm stretching,m...