Wednesday - Classical Stretch

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In a message dated 12/13/2006 9:20:40 A.M. US Eastern Standard Time, donna112520@... writes:

I went into the workout with my hip/SI jointcomplaining and I left it feeling good! So hertechniques do work.

that is so great when a workout can do that. Makes it all worth doing.

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Hi Everyone,

I know we talked about Miranda Esmonde-White recently.

Today was my " fusion " day so I picked her Classical

Stretch workout to do. This DVD also has another

workout - Athletes Intense Stretch, both workouts are

about an hour long. The Classical Stretch workout is

a blend of toning and stretching. It is hard to

describe - you can see ballet, Pilates and Tai Chi

influences in her exercises. Plus, there is an

element of athletic stretching. She used to be a

ballet dancer, so the addition of the ballet moves

make sense. She is not the best cuer, but I kind of

like her personality - a little bit scattered, but

" real " - although the plugs for Schmink cosmetics can

get annoying (there is only one in the original

Classical Stretch workout!) I've reviewed this one

before, but it was a long time ago.

The workout starts with some standing movements to

loosen the joints - this is probably the most

Tai-Chi-ish, she does circular movements with the arms

and torso. After that she does her sequence of

un-weighted arm exercises which are torture, but you

do feel very stretched out afterwards and your muscle

burn while doing them! Amazing that you can feel that

much without lifting a weight. After arms she does

some plies and then on to " barre " work (she uses an

adirondack chair for her barre - she's outside on a

beach for the whole workout). For barre work she does

some leg lifts and some stretches. Floorwork is

Pilates-style leg work, abs and more athletic style

stretching.

I went into the workout with my hip/SI joint

complaining and I left it feeling good! So her

techniques do work. I have such a cranky SI joint -

housework is the biggest offender for putting it " out "

- unfortunately, with all my critters I need to sweep

often otherwise we'd be over-run with hair!

I used to have her back pain/stress relief workout,

but I can't find it now. I bet I traded it. I also

have her arms & abs/legs workout (it has two half hour

workouts on the DVD - one for arms/abs one for legs).

I'm hoping to go through my collection a bit this

weekend, my books and shelves are a mess and I'm

having trouble finding stuff! DH is going out with a

friend Friday night (gee, why do all my outings with

friends involve playdates? ) so I may use that time

to get organized after my DD goes to sleep. I could

wrap presents, too - but I'd rather go through my

workouts, LOL!

Miranda suggests doing her workouts three times per

week. I'm thinking about it b/c my hip/SI joint go out

all the time and I'm hoping that these can help. It

is just hard for me to find the time to devote to

these workouts when I want to do my strength/cardio

stuff, too. I may try to break her Athletes Intense

Stretch into three parts - I think there is a standing

section, a barre secton, and a floor section. Maybe

even a little bit will help.

I'm happy that one of the presents I picked out for

myself for Christmas- Yoga for Strees (?- I think that

is the title) lead by Barbara Benagh (who leads the

Body Wisdom - Power Yoga for Every Body and Yoga for

Athletes) has a segment for the SI joint!! I saw a

thread about it on VF and it is a 35 minute segment.

I'm looking forward to trying it! I've really enjoyed

Barbara's yoga style.

Anyway, I'd better run!

Hope everyone has a great day.

Donna

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for the review, Donna! Now I really must do this because my bod is screaming for a good total body stretch!Sloppy tennis arms,

Everyone is raving about the all-new beta.

[Guest guest]

donna, i agree 100% about everything that you wrote about miranda

esmonde-white.

excellent review!!

:*carolyn.

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Dang it! I AM DOING THIS ONE TONITE! MARK MY WORDS! Festival City Concrete <pvisser@...> wrote: donna, i agree 100% about everything that you wrote about miranda esmonde-white.excellent review!!:*carolyn.

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