Work Out at Home: Fitness DVDs

The Best Workout DVDs for Rainy Days

When spring showers keep you from the gym, fry fat with these awesome DVD workouts

By Alyssa Wells fitbie

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Saving your workout for the summer sunshine? Well here’s the cloudy truth: You still need get moving the other 273 days of the year. If your sweat sessions only occur “weather permitting,” consider investing in a trainer by way of a DVD. The following nine picks offer challenging workouts, motivating instructors, and enough variety that you won’t file them away with all your old Disney videocassettes. Whether you want to slim down, tone up, stretch it out, or dance it off, don’t let anything rain on your calorie-burn parade.

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