| | |  | DANCE EXERCISE | Home » » Sit and Be Fit: All-Sitting Exercises | | | | | | | Description: | | Mary Ann's functional choreography and dynamic music make this workout a hit! Because many of her viewers have health concerns which make standing difficult, Mary Ann offers seated routines that accomplish the stretching and strengthening benefits for which she is so well known. This video features, among others, a Tarantella, a Yiddish melody, and a song from Broadway in which Mary Ann transforms a common cane into a fitness tool. All exercises are done sitting in a chair. Workout includes both upper and lower body movements. | | | Product Details: | | | Run Time:
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26 of 26 found the following review helpful:
Excercise and AttitudeJan 13, 2010
By J. Cutler
My 98 year old mother has been following the "Sit and Be Fit" exercises for a decade or so. The old VHS tape finally broke after many years of daily useage, so the new DVD was ordered, along with a player from Amazon. Both arrived promptly. This version has five exercise chapters that comprise a total sitting workout and end with a relaxing meditative segment. I credit the program with my mother's ability to still be mobile and remain reasonably active for her advanced age. Her doctor has commented that her muscle tone is very good. While the Sit and be Fit program doesn't address aerobics, it does offer, IMO, a series of low or zero impact workouts that have benefit. Too, it may be a factor in promoting a positive attitude, stemming from the satisfaction of doing something good for the body. The music probably fits the target audience and the production quality is amateurish, absent any contrived backgrounds or excessive hyping of the program. Its simply a very valuable and very basic program that has helped at our home.
15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 P R I V A T E.....F I T N E S S......L E S S O N S....! !Feb 13, 2010
By Patricia
"A Reader"
I, like so many others, saw this show on Public TV. The excercises seemed great -- but went by SO fast! Who could
remember to do even a few of them, to do after the show?
I didn't have a DVD player when I saw the show on TV --
but I do now. So, I bought one of the many "Sit And Be
Fit" DVDs. I didn't know it had been on so long....at
least eight seasons...(and counting?) I don't know if
this DVD is the best of the series or not -- but, even on
the first viewing, (and only of the "circulation" section
-- the largest on the DVD, comprising 6 minutes and 50
seconds out of the total 37 minutes of excercises on the
DVD), I know this will be valuable to me.
These are NOT just "senior" exercises! They are for sen-
iors, for those of any age who are physically incapacitat-
ed in any way....and for the physically fit, of any age,
who are just tired after a hard day's work!
OK. So I'm not as agile as Mary Ann Wilson -- creator of
this series, internationally certified by the American
Council on Fitness, (ACE), registered nurse, and present-
er on this DVD. Nor am I even as agile as the three
senior citizens who perform the exercise with her -- yet,
anyway. Doing these exercises the first time, I know
I'm very awkward. But -- doing them in the privacy of my
own home -- with NO-ONE else around to make me embarrass-
ed by seeing my awkwardness...who cares? Even doing, as
I have this first time, a MODIFIED version of the
exercises, (which do go rather quickly -- it's good they
are on a DVD so one can go back and try to perfect them),
I feel my circulation increasing! I'm sure that, with
practice, I'll get better and better at them...
Ms. Wilson does NOT talk down to her audience -- nor, is
she the "marine-drill" type personal trainer. Like a
kind and empathic teacher in a one-room schoolhouse, she
simply describes her exercises as she performs them. The
music, (in the "circulation" segment, the "tarentalla"),
is upbeat and exhiliarating.
Ms. Wllson does not, however, mention something VERY im-
portant, which I learnt whilst taking ballet lessons
when I was little. And that is -- no matter HOW modified
you have to make your excercises, you must, at all times,
KEEP YOUR BACK STRAIGHT! This seems an important thing
to remember, and it was not mentioned in the segment I
practiced on. (That would be the "Circulation" section,
ion" segment -- which comes up first on the DVD menu, but
which unaccountably shows up second, after "Warm Up", on
the back of the DVD wrapper). I can't fault Ms. Wilson
too much for this, however -- she does all the excercises
so gracefully, and her attitude, and everything else on
the show is SO perfect, it's only human that she's left
something out. OK. Well -- now it's NOT left out, be-
cause I've put it into my review!
So, do as MUCH of the exercises as you can. Awkward-
ness is OK -- and needn't be embarrassed about, if you
have this DVD on your own, and can do these things
PRIVATELY! Even if you use this DVD as part of a class,
if your instructor has the same, "we're all in this to-
gether", non-condescending, non-martinet attitude that
Ms. Wilson displays, then you needn't be embarrassed,
either.
Marie Taglioni -- a famous ballerina of the 19th century.
-- was Anna Pavlova's idol. Anna Pavlova kept a piece
kept a piece of Marie Taglioni's ballet slipper ribbons
with her always. But the truth is, when she began
ballet study, (with her uncle as her teacher), Marie Tag-
lioni absolutely HATED ballet and dancing! But with
constant practice, she obviously became better -- and, as
well, truly began to LOVE to dance. So -- it can be the
same with this tape, and people who use it. You may not
hate these exercises to begin with -- but you might, as
I am, be a bit awkward to begin with. It doesn't matter.
Just keep practicing. And be sure to remember -- even if
you have to keep your arms or legs going slower or going
lower -- to keep your back as straight as possible! : )
9 of 23 found the following review helpful:
 exerciseMay 14, 2008
By Susan Earick
I purchased this hoping to tone up because of a bad back. these were still very awkward to do and didn't really help in the areas I needed.
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