Monday - T-Tapp/Tough Cardio Mix/J. Kries - Hot Body/Cool Mind

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Hi Everyone,

I had quite the variety today. I started with T-Tapp

to warm up (there is a very active thread on VF about

T-Tapp that got me going, well, I had been adding her

Primary Back Stretch to my morning routine for about a

week or so as a warm-up, but that particular thread

inspired me to do a bit more) - I did the " basic "

sequence which, is the Primary Back Stretch through

the T-Tapp Twist - it only takes 10-15 minutes. I

think I'll try, once again, to do this sequence in

place of a traditional warm-up for certain workouts

(sometimes, however, I do think you need to do the

warm-up for a particular workout to get into teh right

frame of mind - but this sequence will definately work

as a warm-up for most strength workouts).

After T-Tapp I did Tough Cardio Mix - a FIRM workout

that is a compilation of aerobic sections from Fat

Blaster and Firm Cardio & Firm Strength. What is

nice about this compilation is that all the step

sequences are in the first half of the workout and all

the non-step sequences are in the second half - this

reduces the amount of " set up " time you need for each

combo. Also, it makes a good way to break it up if

you want to do a shorter workout or to use as an

add-on. Anyway, this one was good - but not as killer

in terms of impact as the workouts of last week.

Weights, as usual for the FIRM, are used for some of

the cardio routines - but they're light weights.

After that, I decided to play with my Kries

Hot Body/Cool Mind Level 1 DVD. I think I'm going to

really like this one and get aloto f usage out of it!

There are several different segments on the DVD so it

will be very easy to use this DVD for add-ons. Off

the top of my head - there is yoga (vinyasa and " yin "

yoga - which I've never done/heard of before!),

Pilates, Jazz, Ballet, Tibetan Rite, and " waking

energy " sections that include a standing and seated

self-massage (I'm not sure what the technical term is

for this......) Plus, there is an interview and

discussion of the background of the various

disciplines. The production quality appears to be

excellent, too! And, I personally like 's

straight-forward presentation. I know some find her

" snobby " but she is fine for me. She seems to be

knowledgeable and I like her presenation. Anyway, the

section I did today was the seated waking energy -

which is 13 minutes long (according to the DVD) and

include a seated self-massage/flow - it is hard to

describe - some of it reminded me of t'ai chi some of

it was sort of reflexology/self massage. I liked it,

though. I watched a little bit of the Tibetan

section, which is short - maybe 9 minutes as well as

the intro for this section. Sounds interesting!!

The DVD includes an insert that lists various combos

you can put together, either yin or yang (cold, hot)

or you can just navigate the chapters menu and pick

and choose what you like. The sections seem to stand

on their own. She has several what she calls, " on the

go " workouts that are 20 minutes or less. I like

this!

Anyway, I " m glad I picked this one up and I'm glad

there will be 2 more in the series (levels 2 & 3).

There is another, that is out now, that is not part of

the three-part series, but I have that one too and

will get around to it at some point. This week I

think I'll focus on working through this one. I'd

like to try the Yin Yoga (21 minutes) tonight!

This one is available at Deep Discount DVD for a good

price, under $11. I picked my copy up at Borders - I

had a 10% off day and I took advantage of the buy 3

get 1 free deal. I think it worked out to be $13 with

that deal. I think the buy 3 get 1 free DVD sale ends

today (not meaning to enable or anything!

Take care!

Donna

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