Hi Lisa..I have both of these workouts and find them to contain some awkward movements such as having to hold the bar (mine is 18 pounds) in the middle exactly balanced to do the back work. I have done these workouts using free weights in place of the bar for certain exercises. This is just my experience of the tapes and body bar. Perhaps a lighter body bar would work better for some of the exercises in the tapes.
Hope you get more input before making a decision.
Donna