In March of this year, I had the chance to travel to NYC and meet Mary Helen Bowers, the creator of the challenging, low-impact Ballet Beautiful workouts. After discovering her workouts were free on Amazon with my Amazon Prime membership, I was so excited! I quickly made a note in my phone to look into other free workouts on Amazon and finally got around to it this morning. Better late than never, right!?
I know a bunch of you guys are Amazon Prime lovers and since I’m pretty sure we can all agree that free workouts are pretty sweet, I figured a roundup of some of the free workouts I found on Amazon might make an interesting blog post.
Below you will find a handful of free workouts for Amazon Prime members that have received great reviews on the site. (Please note that all text below the workout images comes from the Amazon descriptions of the workouts.)
- Jillian Michaels
Get ripped, flat abs in 6 weeks with America’s toughest trainer, Jillian Michaels. Forget boring sit-ups – Jillian’s ab-shredding system will chisel the midsection with her winning combination of core-focused cardio circuits and ab-toning exercises.
Fire up your metabolism with TV’s top trainer, Jillian Michaels, and lose big with her fierce formula that adds strength and ab moves to dynamic cardio for increased fat loss. This 40-minute circuit workout blasts your heart rate with challenging intervals to turn up the burn and peel off the pounds.
Get into the zone with TV’s kick-butt trainer, Jillian Michaels, and tackle stubborn problem areas with her surefire circuit training formula that combines upper- and lower-body sculpting moves to obliterate fat even faster.
- Mary Helen Bowers
Ballet Beautiful Total Body Workout + Ballet Beautiful Sculpt & Burn Cardio Blast + Ballet Beautiful Body Blast
Get a tight, toned and elegant body with this ballet inspired workout! Sculpt sleek and strong legs, arms, butt, abs and upper body. Shape a lean and graceful dancer’s body with targeted mat work and standing exercises that lengthen and tone.
- Denise Austin
Kick start weight loss with Denise Austin’s Shape Up & Shed Pounds! Includes low-impact cardio to condition your heart as well as total-body toning for a body-slimming effect.
With Burn Fat Fast: Cardio Blast you will enjoy incredible cardio training from the first minute to the last. Fitness favorite Denise Austin has designed four diverse workouts that you can mix and match for pure fat-blasting fun! These electrifying workouts condition your heart, crunch calories and melt pounds fast.
Find your "Om" at home and get the hot body you’ve always wanted with Denise Austin’s Hot Body Yoga! Designed to sculpt long, lean sexy muscle, both workouts include effective moves and poses that burn fat fast.
- Stacy Cronin
In this high energy fitness kickboxing workout video, Stacy Cronin leads you through a challenging fitness kickboxing routine.
- Billy Blanks Jr.
Learn the hottest hip-hop moves and melt off the pounds with pro trainer and choreographer, Billy Blanks Jr.
Rev up your workout with the ultimate cardio dance party! Fitness expert Billy Blanks Jr.’s 30-minute workout is a non-stop mix of the hottest dance moves and boot camp conditioning.
- Jane Fonda
Join Jane Fonda and strengthen your heart, muscles and mind with 3 dance-based routines that burn fat, firm your body and give you energy.
Jane Fonda is back with a low impact workout for Baby Boomers+. Build muscle and burn fat with a 20-minute upper-body and 20-minute lower-body workout, plus a relaxation segment!
Fit & Strong includes two 25-minute workouts that will burn fat, tone and shape every major muscle group and strengthen your core. Make a habit of doing these workouts and you’ll look and feel your best.
- Sybille Gebhardt
Total Body Cleanse Yoga Part One + Part Two
Sybille Gebhardt presents Total Body Cleanse Yoga, a new workout designed to increase your emotional stability and enhance your sense of wellbeing. The sessions focus on yogic breathing, natural cleansing techniques, postures, relaxation phases and are designed for people of all levels.
Looking for free workout videos but don’t have Amazon Prime? Check out this post:
Questions of the Morning
- What are some of your favorite free workout resources?
- Have you tried any of the above workouts? Thoughts?
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I’ve only tried ballet beautiful once(it’s one of those workouts I always mean to go back to) but I loved it! Some of the moves are a little goofy but I felt the burn the next day! My favorite free workout resource is you tubeing old winsor pilates videos and the tone it up girls work outs
I love grokker- have you ever used it? It has tons of yoga, fitness, and cooking videos. Check it out it’s free!
No!! I’ll have to check it out!
Grokker is pretty great! You definitely wanna check it out.
I never even thought of looking for workouts on Prime video! I have been wanting to get some good yoga videos so now I know where to go! Thanks for the heads up!
I’ve never tried any of the above and would love to. I usually get all my working out done at Equinox between clients or while teaching group fitness, but I just may have to call on some of these online resources in the future when I don’t have access to the facilities. Thanks for posting!
Awesome! That’s definitely a cool little benefit of amazon prime that I didn’t know about!
That’s awesome that they are free, but I’m confused how they are! I use to have Amazon Prime, but everything that I ordered never was offered for Prime so I just ended it a couple months ago haha
They are free to stream, so you don’t actually get the DVD. I hope this makes sense!
I am so happy Josh is an Amazon Prime member! These are perfect workouts for when I’m travelling!
I had the same thought! Great for hotel room workouts!
Great suggestions! I love Amazon Prime! I was really excited to see Jillian Michael’s videos on there.
I was really surprised so many of her DVDs are free on there, too! I’m excited to try them!
Whatttt I have amazon prime and never knew this was on there!! So awesome!
I love Amazon Prime workouts. I’ve got to try the Hip Hop Mix though! I had no idea that was even on there and it looks so fun.
Is there a category you go to to find these free videos? I tried once but unless I actually searched for something, I couldn’t find free ones. I love this post and seeing how many great ones there are. Thanks so much for sharing!
Heather- I did a search for Yoga and it brought up a ton of free prime videos and a few not free ones. I would assume it would be the same way if you did a search for a specific trainer. Also, I am doing it from my Roku box through my tv, it may be different through the computer. Maybe search through your prime account if you are on your computer. If you are on a tablet download the amazon app, if you don’t have it already. I hope this helps!
Thanks, Jen! I can find them if i search, too. I just wasn’t sure if there was a category for like fitness DVDs you could stream without paying. Thanks so much for responding!
Gotcha! You mean like the categories they have for comedies, action, etc?
Yeah 🙂 Sounds like they don’t have it though and I wasn’t just missing it!
If you go to Prime Instant Video and click “more categories” you’ll find the Exercise/Fitness category. They’re all there! 🙂 Here’s a direct link (I hope this works): http://www.amazon.com/gp/videofinder/ref=aiv_vf_p1_list_21_exe?ie=UTF8&cat=2662338011&mv=1&pr=1
My favorites are free workout apps on the iPhone…like NTC, 7 minute workout, etc.
Loooove NTC!
I LOVE Amazon Prime! I watch tons of TV shows on there too!
We have Prime and I always forget about their free workouts!! I think the last time I looked a lot of them were Jillian-centric and I’m not the biggest fan so I haven’t looked recently. This has given me incentive to peruse! Thanks!
Have you tried fitness blender? It’s a free website with thousands of workouts!
Yes!! Their workouts are great!
What?!?!? I have been a member for 2 years and had no idea! Thanks for enlightening me!
I totally have had amazon prime for years and never knew this. They sent me an email a few months back about free movie streaming but I forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder!
WHAT! This just made my day! Thank you so much for sharing!!
We order a lot of our groceries on amazon prime! Didn’t realize there were so many workouts available! Who knew?!
Whoaaa I didn’t know amazon prime had so many free workout vids! I’m not a prime member because I’m pretty sure I would spend 10x more money on amazon if I knew I always had free shipping!! 🙂
This is so cool! I love Amazon prime!!
I can’t believe I didn’t know about this! We’ve got Prime, and it always is worth it when the holiday season comes up and I”m doing a lot of online shopping! I had no clue I could be getting some free workouts! Great to know!
I’m all about Fitness Blender! They have so many incredible workouts with such great variety.
I’ve tried Ballet Beautiful. It was awesome when I was under Dr.’s orders to keep it low intensity with no heavy weights. My arms and legs were weight enough with all those reps!
Other free workouts I love: random meet-ups with instructors-in-training and my bicycle! If I’m feeling feisty, I’ll do a body weight circuit halfway through the ride.
Thanks for sharing this! I love Amazon prime but have never explored to see what fitness resources it has. I’ll be sure to check it out!
YAY! I have Amazon Prime, but had no idea about these 🙂 I am so excited!!!!
Which workouts of these Amazon prime workouts are your favorites/have you tried?? Definitely going to try some of these out!
I’m a bit old school, I like to go to the library and borrow workout DVDs. i do have Amazon Prime, I’ll have to check out the free videos.
Have you tried all of these? I’d much rather read about exercises that you have tried and not just the ones that you found in a search because that’s not helpful at all to me.
How did I not know about the free workout DVDs through Amazon Prime?!? I love YogaDownload — they have some free 20 minute sessions and downloads for only $1.99. I’m thinking of trying one of their barre workouts today actually.
I’d love to see a similar list for Netflix streaming!
I just joined Amazon Prime! Thanks for posting. I’ll be using these.
I didn’t know about this! I use youtube, but it has ads, and fitness blender for workouts.
I LOVE me some amazon prime! I had no idea some of these were on there! Thanks girl!
I’d love free workouts! WHAT is Amazon Prime?!
My fave free workouts all come from this chick who goes by Peanut Butter Fingers…? 🙂
I had done a similar post last year … I had Prime but didn’t realize there were so many workout videos offered on it. Amazon’s streaming isn’t quite as user friendly as Netflix (just the presentation, making a watchlist, etc). I had purchased a Jillian workout on DVD and then realized I could have streamed it for free (AND no waiting for the shipping!). Very good to spread the word as not many people seem to be aware of this! 🙂
Nice collection! I actually love Tae Bo by Billy Blanks (senior) – nothing gets me more pumped 😉 As for the the Amazon offer – I believe that only works for the US – but hey, good for you!
I’ve always gone back and forth about Amazon Prime because I love ordering things from Amazon but I’m not sure if I order ENOUGH for the fee to be worth it. I will ponder on that some more.
That’s great that there are so many free workouts! I tried doing a Denise Austin one before, though, and I couldnt get past her voice. I just couldnt handle it haha. Also, there’s a Billy Blanks JR?? Who knew?
I just found out about this Prime Videos thing a few days ago (late to the party….), and I noticed that they do fitness, unlike Netflix. Thanks so much for this round up, because I had no idea where to start!!
Omg, I went on Amazon Prime to do Ballet Beautiful yesterday and it’s not free anymore! Neither are the Jillian Michaels DVDs. Did anyone else notice this? So totally bummed!
Yes! I just noticed it today 🙁 the ones they have for free are so lame!
They must have taken all of these off of prime. I just looked at the link above and none of them were on it. There was just a whole bunch of Kung foo ones, lol. When I searched Jillian Michaels and Mary Helen bowers they came up as if I had to pay for them. Has anyone else found this too?
what!? i wonder when this changed!!!
No idea but let me know if you can find it bc I cant. I See someone else mentioned it in October too