Re: HTH/miranda esmonde-white

December 5, 2006

Pink Pussycat wrote:

> What does HTH mean again?

it means 'hope this/that helps'.

> I watched a funny workout dvd last night that I know you would like.

> It's Athlete's Intense Stretch with someone that starts with " M " . Her

> workout reminds me of Callan's. She's older, and does a ballet type

> workout with funny names for the exercises, like " sloppy tennis " .

> I know once I do it I'll be giggling throughout!

hey now, you are talking about one of our beloved canadian

instructors, miranda esmonde-white.

she used to be a ballet dancer and she hurt her back (this was years

ago). so she developed her own exercise method to aid recovery.

she says that she trains elite athletes all over the world with her

method and i must say that her arm work (un-weighted) gets me every

time and my back pain always disappears after doing a session with

her. i have quite a few of her dvds. she does have kind of a

quirky personality, but i find her to be a sweet person and, wow,

she is super flexible. about the only time i laugh at miranda is

when she does floor aerobics with fellow canuck shelly mcdonald (of

the caribbean workout, shelly and miranda have a dvd out that they

did together). i have 'athletes intense stretch' and think that it

is great. some of her earliest videos are not cued well at all, and

she plugs a makeup line that her personal makeup artist created

(called 'schmink cosmetics' - that man also does the makeup for

shelly and gang on caribbean workout) which can be a bit annoying,

but her methods are unique and really do work.

:*carolyn.

December 5, 2006

Carolyn I did recognize the accent and she *is* sweet :-) It's just not what I was expecting so it had me laughing! That is HYSTERICAL about promoting her cosmetic line, because I was thinking her makeup looked overdone! Her long intro to the workout is even longer than Cameron Shayne's is for Budokon! I look forward to doing this workout sometime just because it's so unique. But she is up there with Callan and Fabio as instructors in my books! *L* You are always very informative and thanks for helping me out (HMO) with the acronyms! TTYL Festival City Concrete <pvisser@...> wrote: Pink Pussycat wrote:hey now, you are talking about one of our beloved canadian instructors, miranda esmonde-white. <snip>i find her to be a sweet person and, wow, she is super flexible. .

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December 5, 2006

Pink Pussycat wrote:

> Carolyn I did recognize the accent and she *is* sweet :-)

funny, i dont think she has an accent at all even though she is a

quebec-er... LOL

> But she is up there with Callan and Fabio as instructors in my

> books! *L*

heh, yes i admit that she is kind of quirky... but i dont think that

she is *that* cheesy ! LOL

btw, if you are interested, her website is at www.classicalstretch.com

:*carolyn.

December 5, 2006

Thanks for the information on this Miranda. Which workout has the

unweighted arm work?

Kerry

Carolyn wrote:

| hey now, you are talking about one of our beloved canadian

| instructors, miranda esmonde-white.

| she used to be a ballet dancer and she hurt her back (this was years

| ago). so she developed her own exercise method to aid recovery.

| she says that she trains elite athletes all over the world with her

| method and i must say that her arm work (un-weighted) gets me every

| time and my back pain always disappears after doing a session with

| her. i have quite a few of her dvds. she does have kind of a

| quirky personality, but i find her to be a sweet person and, wow,

| she is super flexible. about the only time i laugh at miranda is

| when she does floor aerobics with fellow canuck shelly mcdonald (of

| the caribbean workout, shelly and miranda have a dvd out that they

| did together). i have 'athletes intense stretch' and think that it

| is great. some of her earliest videos are not cued well at all, and

| she plugs a makeup line that her personal makeup artist created

| (called 'schmink cosmetics' - that man also does the makeup for

| shelly and gang on caribbean workout) which can be a bit annoying,

| but her methods are unique and really do work.

|

| :*carolyn.

December 5, 2006

When I was in Seattle in the summer with my youngest DD some of her friends and even their parents commented on my "accent" which I think was funny as I don't think I have one at all. Is this workout chaptered so you can skip the long intro?

Kerry

wrote:

Carolyn I did recognize the accent and she *is* sweet :-) It's just not what I was expecting so it had me laughing! That is HYSTERICAL about promoting her cosmetic line, because I was thinking her makeup looked overdone! Her long intro to the workout is even longer than Cameron Shayne's is for Budokon!

I look forward to doing this workout sometime just because it's so unique. But she is up there with Callan and Fabio as instructors in my books! *L*

You are always very informative and thanks for helping me out (HMO) with the acronyms!

TTYL

December 5, 2006

Kerry Kramer wrote:

> Thanks for the information on this Miranda. Which workout has the

> unweighted arm work?

she works the legs without weights as well.

her method is an interesting fusion of resistance and flexibility.

ballet and pilates type exercises, which miranda uses visualization

to accomplish (ex. pushing a heavy object up, pulling on a large

elastic band), and tai chi.

check your library system there kerry, since she is a canuck the

library might have some of her workouts.

specifically, she has a workout on vhs called 'arms & abs' which

made me burn. on dvd that workout is doubled up with her 'legs &

butt' workout for a total of 60 mins.... i need to use 1-1.5 pd

ankle weights for the leg/butt workout though.

i like to use miranda's workouts for recovery or if im getting over

a cold ... when i just want a light workout that day for whatever

reason.

all of her workouts are filmed outside... the older ones are done in

a garden in quebec (and here her french-canadian accent is much

stronger) ... the newer ones are done on the beach in mexico. again

cueing isnt her strong suit but she makes up for it with her

visualizations and by being a genuinely nice and caring person.

besides 'athletes intense stretch' and 'arms/abs', 'legs/butt', i

also have her '30 minute express workouts' and her 'full body

workout I' along with 'full body workout II'. oh and the dvd which

she did with shelley -- 'cardio stretch'. most of these, if not all

(i cant remember exactly), include arm work. she did a tv show on

PBS for some time too, i think.

:*carolyn.

December 7, 2006

I don't remember seeing these in our library. I'll keep watching for

them though as we do get new stuff in from time to time.

Thanks for the info,

Kerry

Carolyn wrote:

| she works the legs without weights as well.

| her method is an interesting fusion of resistance and flexibility.

| ballet and pilates type exercises, which miranda uses visualization

| to accomplish (ex. pushing a heavy object up, pulling on a large

| elastic band), and tai chi.

| check your library system there kerry, since she is a canuck the

| library might have some of her workouts.

|

| specifically, she has a workout on vhs called 'arms & abs' which

| made me burn. on dvd that workout is doubled up with her 'legs &

| butt' workout for a total of 60 mins.... i need to use 1-1.5 pd

| ankle weights for the leg/butt workout though.

|

| i like to use miranda's workouts for recovery or if im getting over

| a cold ... when i just want a light workout that day for whatever

| reason.

|

| all of her workouts are filmed outside... the older ones are done in

| a garden in quebec (and here her french-canadian accent is much

| stronger) ... the newer ones are done on the beach in mexico. again

| cueing isnt her strong suit but she makes up for it with her

| visualizations and by being a genuinely nice and caring person.

|

| besides 'athletes intense stretch' and 'arms/abs', 'legs/butt', i

| also have her '30 minute express workouts' and her 'full body

| workout I' along with 'full body workout II'. oh and the dvd which

| she did with shelley -- 'cardio stretch'. most of these, if not all

| (i cant remember exactly), include arm work. she did a tv show on

| PBS for some time too, i think.

|

| :*carolyn.

December 31, 2006

Here is the link to MIranda's online store...very intriguing stuff herehttp://www.classicalstretch.com/ame_videoselection.htmVennitta

On 12/5/06, Festival City Concrete <pvisser@...> wrote: