Tips for the Best Exercise Videos

Whether you are short on time or money, workout videos are what you need. Why? Let me describe two hypothetical situations:

a) Let’s say that you know the basics of workouts but cannot afford to spend a very long time in the gym because of your career and family. Workout videos would show you how to get the maximum mileage out of a given workout by investing the shortest possible time on it.

b) Or say that you don’t have enough money to hire a fitness pro and don’t know the basics of working out either. Once again, workout videos would help you by teaching you the basics of workouts so that you are able to do them like a pro, not to mention that these videos don’t cost you as much as a fitness professional would charge.

That said, it is not that easy to choose a quality workout video for yourself, especially if you are a complete novice in this area. Not all workout videos are made equal. There are good and bad videos in the market and you need to be extremely selective and cautious about the videos you are going to purchase. If you thought that you are pretty safe by ignoring the older videos and choosing the brand new ones, you are dead wrong. I have noticed that even several brand new workout videos are utter crap. While a lot of old videos are simply outdated, a few of them are pure gems.

Bottom line is, when you want to buy an exercise video, you need to ask yourself two questions, none of which have anything to do with the age of the video:

a) Are the exercising methods taught in the video safe?

b) Are the exercise strategies showed in the video effective enough to help me achieve my target?

Now let me discuss the three tips that would help you pick the perfect workout videos for yourself.

1. Your personal preferences: Which teaching mode suits your best? Do you learn better from group coaching or through one-on-one coaching? If you are able to learn better from a one-on-one coaching program where a fitness trainer guides you personally, then you need to pick up those personalized, tutorial videos. On the other hand, if you prefer group coaching, then look for the workout videos that come in a “group teaching” or “class type” format.

2. Your aims and goals: A little earlier I told you that one of the criterions for selecting a suitable workout video for yourself is to check if it is something that can help you reach your goal. Therefore, you need to plan your goals and aspirations even before you start shopping for workout videos.

Make a list of the goals you wish to achieve. Do you just want to get rid of fat, wish to build muscles, or both? The type of workout you select should be determined by your goals. Remember that weight loss workouts won’t help you a lot if your aim is to build muscles, and vice versa.

However, you should also keep in mind that a decent fitness video should cover a complete fitness program rather than one or two of its aspects. In other words, it should not only offer a safe and effective weight loss plan to help a beginner with lose weight, but also tips on performing high intensity workouts that can be performed by intermediate and advanced level users for the purpose of building muscles.

3. Check the qualifications of the video creator: A video could only be as a good as its creator. There are two groups of people who create workout videos: one group consists of true, dedicated professionals, while the other group consists of dishonest, money hungry folks with limited knowledge of fitness who pose as “experts” in order to grab your cash.

Be sure to perform an in-depth research on the authors of the videos you wish to buy. This should give you a good idea about whether the workout video is going to help or hurt you.

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