Editorial Review
You've got nine months to prepare for the challenge of your life. Use every minute! The Perfect Pregnancy Workout will: -improve your mood -reduce lower back pain -develop mental discipline to control labor pain -tone your lower body to handle the demands of labor and birth -make it easier to lose weight after your baby is born -strengthen your upper body to lift and hold your baby -help eliminate or avoid incontinence and hemorroids
Karyne Steben, a world-class acrobat formerly with Cirque du Soleil, leads us through the sculpting workout, combining strength moves with graceful flexibility.
First time exercisers can feel at ease; Karyne illustrates exercise techniques and explains the dos and don'ts of exercise during pregnancy in a clear, easy-to-understand twelve-minute instructional section.
With options to make it fun for beginners and challenging for advanced exercisers, anyone can do The Perfect Pregnancy Workout!
The Perfect Pregnancy Workout video is a 43 minute pregnancy exercise video: 5 minute warm-up, 33 minute workout, 5 minute cool down. There is also a 12 minute instructional section explaining proper technique for pregnancy exercise.
*The Perfect Pregnancy Workout includes exercise variations for women with diastasis recti.*
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Customer Reviews
great workout and good information 
2008-06-24
This is a really great dvd. It not only is a great workout, but also answers most of my questions about what you can and can't do exercise-wise while you are pregnant. If you get the video, I recommend listening to the intro first to give you the background. The other great thing is that it includes 3 options for you to do, beginner, moderate and advanced, which is something I wish all exercise dvd's did.
Great workout! 2008-06-21
Most prenatal workouts are just plain boring and do not work any of my muscles. This DVD is great! It has different "levels" for you to choose from on alot of the moves which helps more advanced people feel the burn. I have noticed a difference in my strength after only a few weeks of using this. I would reccomend this to every pregnant woman who is actually looking for an interesting,good workout.
What a Workout! 2008-06-05
I just did this work out for the first time. All I can say is it is GREAT! I loved the warm up and the cool down, they are great parts of this video. I did the beginner exercises and worked up a sweat. I felt great and energized after doing this workout. I would definately recommend it to anyone who is able to exercise while they are pregnant.
Useful for toning only 
2008-06-05
After reading reviews of this and the yoga videos, I went with this because it sounded more challenging. It is challenging, but I find that the stretching sections are far too limited for my preference. It is really only a TONING video, so if that is what you want it is very useful. Its sort of like taking a trip to the weight room at the gym. I was hoping for more stretching and relaxation.
The video moves very quickly from exercise to exercise, which is good after you've done it for a while but difficult at first.
Karyne is a very sweet host and not at all annoying or obnoxious. Still, I wish I'd gone for the prenatal yoga video. I may still purchase one, its probably even better to have both!
The name says it all! 2008-06-05
I just did this workout for the 1st time last night! I loved it! I am 8 months pregnant and I haven't been working out steadily but I did before my pregnancy. I am very active, just not working out, so I have been feeling very fatigued so I got this DVD since exercise always makes you feel better! I just love it! It is perfect! Not too hard, Not too easy. I am just the perfect amount of soar! I highly recommend it for all Mommys-2-B!
Good Workout Video 
2008-07-21
If I could give this workout video 3 1/2 stars, I would. The video definitely will make you sweat, but some of the exercises made me a little bit nervous. I consider myself a somewhat advanced exerciser -- prior to my pregnancy, I regularly went to the gym and lifted weights, ran anywhere from 3-9 miles on the treadmill and did strength training classes -- but I was afraid to do some of the exercises in this video as demonstrated for the advanced exerciser, as they seemed a little bit dangerous for joints (specifically the lunges and deep squats). Some of the exercises were also a little bit different from what I am used to (less traditional), and when I did these exercises, I wasn't 100% sure what muscles they were supposed to be working. However, on a positive note, this video made me sweat, it has a great abdominals sections and the arm exercises are very good. Please keep in mind that if you want to do the "advanced" or "intermediate" versions of the exercises, you will need 3-5 pound weights and a small step (for the "step ups").
I also purchased the Prenatal Fitness Fix video by Erin O'Brien, and I liked that video better. The movements were easier to do, and the instruction was better (instructor focused a lot on what muscle groups were being worked).
Great Strength Training Workout! 2008-07-21
I love this workout. It's perfect. She has a soothing voice and is not irritating at all. She simply guides you through the workout making you feel strong and calm. I am a beginner although have strength trained extensively in the past and I felt great but really "worked out" afterwards. Highly recommended!!
SO-SO 2008-07-18
The video is definetally a challenge for beginners. She doesn't really tell you what is going on next or what props you will need she just starts doing them, that is very frustrating when you haven't done this video many times. I have tried many work out videos before but this is my first pregnancy video. Hopefully I will try more because I am not very satisfied with this one. I mean it is a good work out and gets me sweating but the instructor and instructions could be much better.
only workout video you need during pregnancy! 2008-06-30
different levels of difficulty demonstrated so anyone can benefit greatly! precautions and informational preworkout sections helps you stay safe AND healthy. you really feel great after this workout! it gets your heart beating and your body ready for birth!
Challenging Workout, but NOT for the faint of heart 2008-06-25
I bought this video about 6 weeks ago. I use it anywhere between 2 to 3 times a week (on my off days I go to the gym and do some vigourous walking on the treadmill, squats and some upper body work). I am currently 28 weeks pregnant. I have to say that this video is definitely challenging. I love the fact that she gives you the option to do beginner, intermediate and advanced exercises. I also love the fact that there is some actual cardio component to the workout, as I have found some of the other prenatal videos skip that. I also feel that the exercises themselves are very safe and I feel very grounded when doing them. Nothing seems to extreme to me or compromising, and if one does feel a little off kilter doing a particular exercise there are modifications available (for instance, if the advanced version of the step up is too challenging, then you can modify and do the intermediate or beginner level).
I have definitely noticed an improvement in my ability to do some of the exercises and have watched myself advance from the beginner level to the intermediate or advanced levels in some of the exercises. The first time I did the video I had to stop it a few times along the way to give myself a bit of a break. So, yeah, it can be tough at first glance and fairly intimidating. But I encourage you to not give up...if you can't do the full number of repetitions, do as many as you can. And maybe next time you'll be able to do more. Keep at it! You will improve!!
Take it from me, as time has gone on, I've seen myself improve in almost all of the exercises. I've owned a couple of other prenatal videos and find that I get bored easily or don't feel challenged after a while as the exercises get too easy, too fast, offering little or no place to advance to.
While already somewhat in shape when I started the video, I nonetheless find this workout challenging. In particular, the tricep dips, the pushups, the shoulder dips, and the keep up exercise are continually kicking my butt (I presume that part of the ongoing challenge has to do with the extra 20lbs I am carrying with me, which will only continue to rise with the pregnancy). I love the labour squats and while I couldn't do the advanced version to begin with, I can do them now! I feel my legs getting stronger and my flexibility improving little by little.
While I have read some criticisms that the video lacks lustre in its production quality, I frankly don't care. I would gladly pay what I paid time and time again as the exercises are awesome. I'm paying for the exercises, not hollywood bling.
While I can certainly begin to feel the effects of the pregnancy (increasingly winded going up stairs, etc.), I really do hope to continue to do this workout to the very end of my pregnancy.
