self: bikini ready fast

[Guest guest]

Uh-oh, I feel myself caving.....

I bet this one would be a good one to combine w/

another of Ellen's workouts - either Pick Your Spot

Pilates, Fat Burning Pilates or Burn & Firm....

I checked Deep Discount DVD out and they have this and

the abs one for $9.99. *SIGH*

I have to decide between a Deep Discount order and

's Bootcamp. I'm really trying to cut back on my

purchases!!

Take care!!

Donna

--- Carolyn or Visser - Festival City Concrete

<pvisser@...> wrote:

> full body sculpting was on tonights schedule. i

> didnt want to do anything

> too challenging though as im still recovering from

> the cold

> thang. coincidentally my amazon order arrived

> today, so i chose to do

> self magazines 'bikini ready fast' with ellen

> barrett.

>

> the case says that one set of dumbells sized 2 to 5

> pounds and a floor mat

> would be needed.

> i chose 5 pound dumbells but had 3 pounders standing

> by just in case. i

> wasnt sure what to expect.

>

> ellen is working out with 2 friends on a beautiful

> mexican beach. this

> workout would be excellent to do in the snowy

> winter-time. despite the

> outdoor location, the lighting was quite good.

> there are were a few angles

> where the picture was dark and i couldnt really see

> much detail, but

> overall everything looked great. i am using an

> ancient tv so im blaming

> any dark shots during this workout on that.

> anyway, ellen and friends are

> wearing sensible lycra shorts and bras for the

> workout and they all have

> excellent form on all exercises. there is music and

> while i noticed it

> during the warmup, it was very non-descript during

> the rest of the

> workout. so mainly the music was just a soft beat.

>

> even though the workout ended up being only 30

> minutes long, i found it to

> be surprisingly more strenuous than i expected. it

> starts with a lively

> warmup and contains lots of unique and interesting

> sculpting exercises done

> with the light weights and a fairly high number of

> reps done in a superset

> fashion. i did most of the workout with the 5 pound

> dumbells but did drop

> down to 3's eventually. ellen and one of the

> background exercisers use 3

> pounders... one background exerciser uses 5 pound

> dumbells. ellen was

> very pleasant and encouraging and gave form

> pointers. the whole workout

> was quite flowing, one exercise ends up being the

> beginning for

> another. however, i thought that ellen could have

> cued or described the

> upcoming exercise before actually doing it. since

> it was my first time

> doing the workout i had to watch a few reps to see

> what she was doing

> before joining in and that interrupted the flow.

> this will improve after

> ive done the workout a few more times. because of

> some of the

> non-traditional exercises, i do advise a new

> exerciser to watch this

> workout before doing it. like i said, the

> demonstrated form is very good

> so everything is easily picked up just by watching.

>

> i cant say much else that is negative about the

> workout except that i wish

> it were longer. also on the dvd is a bunch of

> talking done by ellen

> concerning what constitutes a healthy eating plan

> plus a 5 minute bonus

> pilates workout for the abs. i wish that workout

> were longer as well.

>

> :*carolyn.

>

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