Amy Bento - The Up and Comer

One of my favorite instructors these days is the young Amy Bento (I say “young” because she seems very young, though she is probably around my age--not that I’m old or anything). I have several of her workouts already and I’m sure to get more soon (especially as she has a pre-sale coming up at the end of the month for some soon-to-be-released workouts).

Amy is extremely energetic (in fact her company is called NRG) and has a great personality for workout videos. You feel that she is encouraging you without being annoying about it. Her voice is clear and nice to listen to and doesn’t distract from the workout. This is vitally important since I’ve been known to get rid of workouts simply based on a bad voice. She also picks great energetic music to suit her workouts.

Amy is building a great library of DVDs for the home fitness video enthusiast. She does step aerobics, hi/lo aerobics, kickboxing, and weightlifting workouts. She also has videos that are a combination of things, like Cardio Pump Step which has both step aerobics and weights. One of the best things about her DVDs is that they include great chaptering and premix options. They also seem very professionally done and from what I hear Amy is extremely detail oriented--it shows. The only complaint I would have so far about her workouts is I would like her to announce what weight she’s lifting more consistently. I don’t necessarily need to lift the same amount, but it helps to have a guideline.

Click here to see her website.

Click here to see a selection of her workouts from Advanced Workouts (my favorite workout video vendor).

Click here to go to her forum.