Guest guest Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 yep the dvd is titled tai chi balanced workout. i think you will find it refreshing. its not "cardio" per say but its really great. $5 is not a bad deal for vhs since her site is still probably selling that one for $15 LOL. i like the idea of rewarding yourself with the workouts. i wish i had the kind of self control LOL. enjoy!! kassiaFestival City Concrete <pvisser@...> wrote: Note Same as DVD title ?Tai Chi Balanced Workout? Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debatein the Answers Food Drink Q&A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Here are my notes! --- Festival City Concrete <pvisser@...> wrote: > cksales in canada is having a spring sale, so of > course i had to > order a bunch of stuff. i will be hiding this > package on myself > for a while though, and will use it as a reward for > staying on track > with my fitness schedule. > this is what i ordered... all comments are welcome > > :*carolyn. > > CIA 2401: Cardio Crazy Plus Bonus Core > Spring Sale! - SAVE 50%!! > An intermediate level interval workout DVD. High > energy, fun, > combines aerobics and toning using tubing. The > choreography is not > complicated and there is a modifier showing higher > impact moves if > you want to bring up the intensity. Gay?s cues are > excellent, all > moves are broken down perfectly and there are smooth > transitions > from each step, toning and hi/lo sections. Ends with > abdominal work > and a stretch. Requires a step and tubing. © 2004 I have this one and haven't done it very much! I need to pull it out again b/c I forgot what it was like. I don't remember disliking it though so that is good! And, you can't go wrong with the CIA workouts - there is usually some part of it htat you will find useful/enjoy! > > Yin/Yang Balanced Workout: Janis Saffell (VHS for > $5) > Blending Kickboxing and Martial Tai Chi, Janis > Saffell and > Cole bring you a completely new cardio, strength, > and relaxation > workout. Begins with a 10 minute Tai-Chi warm-up > followed by 30 > minutes of powerful Kickboxing and Martial Tai Chi > interval-training. Continues with standing drills > for lower body > strength training and concludes with a relaxing Tai > Chi stretch. © > 2001. > Note Same as DVD title ?Tai Chi Balanced Workout? Yes, it is the same as Balanced Workout. I like it. Not a hard workout but it has its place for a lighter day when you want a little mind/body - the interaction between Janis and is really nice, too. > > Beverly Hills Pilates: Janis Saffell > Spring Sale! - SAVE 50%!! > An intermediate, traditional, total body pilates > workout. Designed > to work your powerhouse, legs & upper body. Starts > with basic moves > before moving to more advanced routines. Each > routine emphasizes > core stabilization while you sculpt the arms and > legs for a full > body workout. Consists of 4 sections: basic > Pilates, > abdominal/core work, leg work and full body work. > ©2005 Good one! I can't remember if it is cued via voice over or not, though..... > > Totally Hot Cardio with Christi (VHS for $5) > A fast paced mixed impact Hi/Lo Aerobics workout > with moderate > choreography. High energy routines consisting of > grapevines, > scissors, mambos, pivots, turns, jacks and > kickboxing, all set to > fun motivating music such as: ?Joy to the World? and > ?Devil with the > Blue Dress On ?. Level modifications are shown by > the exercisers in > the back. After this workout Christi uses the " Move > Master? " to > demonstrate each combination in slow motion. This is > perfect if > you are ?choreographically challenges? have ?two > left feet? or just > want to master each move. ©2002 > > Totally Cool Step > Spring Sale! - SAVE 40%!! > A challenging mixed impact Step Aerobics workout > with moderate > choreography. Combinations include lots of dancy > moves such as > mambos, pivots as well as athletic jumps and kicks, > all set to fun > motivating music such as: ?We Will Rock You?, ?Oh > What a Night?, ?I > love Rock & Roll? and ?I Heard It Through the > Grapevine?. Level > modifications are shown by the exercisers in the > back. After this > workout Christi uses the " Move Master? " to > demonstrate each > combination in slow motion. This is perfect if you > are > ?choreographically challenges? have ?two left feet? > or just want to > master each move. ©2002 > This DVD also contains: > Bonus Warmup: 5 min. > Bonus Cardio: 15 min. > Bonus Abs: 6 min. > Behind the Scenes Footage: 20 min. > Move Master?: 7 min.\ I don't have either of these Christi's but I'd love to hear what you think of them. I like her as an instructor, I just tend to not go for her stuff b/c of the complexity and space requirements. My new workout space is smaller than my old one - it is a bummer! > > FitPrime: Floor Burn (VHS for $5) > Collect the Original FitPrime series. This highly > popular series > from Benson, one of the original creators of > ?The Firm?, is > now out of print. > Begins with compound moves to heat the body (2 > min),followed by a > step-assisted stretch (4 min). The 2-part warm-up is > followed by > floor work for the hips, thighs & front, back & > sides of the torso > (34 min). Exercises include multi-limb calisthenics, > Pilates & yoga. > giant, Non-Dominant super-set trains the weak side > of the body > first, then repeats on the dominant side. The > workout concludes with > yoga asanas & relaxation(5 min). Floor Burn is a > " Cellulite Buster " > because periodic floor-cardio phases are utilized to > increase > fat-burning & lymphatic circulation. > Equipment: 14 " box, light dumbbells, a towel & > optional ankle > weights. ©2003 > I liked this one, but I can't remember if I still ahve it or not - I may have traded it since I got the Kickbutt version with another instructor. I should really do my Kickbutt/FitPrimes again soon. Enjoy your new workouts!! Even though I haven't exactly been depriving myself of new things lately, I really want to get some new workouts! 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Guest guest Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Donna M-P wrote: >I > don't remember disliking it though so that is good! re: gay gasper cardio crazy heehee! thanks for your comments donna! yes, it is good that you recall not hating the workout...LOL >> Note Same as DVD title ?Tai Chi Balanced Workout? > > Yes, it is the same as Balanced Workout. oh, it was cksales that had written that as part of the description... i am aware of the alternate title. im not too keen on buying vhs tapes anymore, but at $5 for a brand new tape, i cant complain too much. some day i will copy it to dvd anyway. >I like it. > Not a hard workout but it has its place for a lighter > day when you want a little mind/body - the interaction > between Janis and is really nice, too. yes, that will be my plan for it.... to pull out when i want something light and easy, yet enjoyable. i like janis so much that i want all of her workouts (well, except for south beach slam that is). and scott will be a nice bonus > Good one! I can't remember if it is cued via voice > over or not, though..... re: beverly hills pilates yeah, you recall my dislike of voice-overs! i was surprised that janis's beverly hills yoga was not a voice-over, so im hoping that this one is cued live as well. and if it isnt, then i will just have to live with it. > I don't have either of these Christi's but I'd love to > hear what you think of them. I like her as an > instructor, I just tend to not go for her stuff b/c of > the complexity and space requirements. im hoping that i will be able to follow these cardio workouts ok. i like christi and how she cues and layers her workouts. it takes me a bit of practice to get used to her cueing though, as it is always early... sometimes that confuses me a bit. these 2 particular workouts (the 'totally hot' ones, have the backgrounders stick to the first layer of choreo while christie does all of the fancy steps, so i can just follow the backgrounders in order to keep up. also these have a little tutorial (christie calls it a 'move master') which does help. so that is why i picked these over some of her other titles. > My new workout > space is smaller than my old one - it is a bummer! my kids are saying that they want separate bedrooms now, threatening to kick me out of my workout room i keep telling them that they need to stay in one bedroom together!! it is a large room and there is definitely room for both of them in there.... if i have to try to workout somewhere else, it is not going to go over well with me at all. > I liked this one, but I can't remember if I still ahve > it or not - I may have traded it since I got the > Kickbutt version with another instructor. re:floor burn im glad to hear that you like this one donna! im drawn to lower body workouts because that area needs the most work! of course the lower body stuff is hard for me and i tend to dread those workouts, but i really need to suck it up and get this lower body into some sort of shape. > Enjoy your new workouts!! Even though I haven't > exactly been depriving myself of new things lately, I > really want to get some new workouts! even though it isnt true, im getting the impression that im running out of virgins! LOLOL! i still have tons of stuff to do, but feel like i deserve a new dvd or two dh still has a spending moratorium in effect, but im ignoring it a bit...shhh! of course as soon as i order, we get a $500 heating oil bill ::sigh:: :*carolyn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 kvetro60@... wrote: re: floor burn >It's a good lower body workout > and I love my . I used my ankle weights thru the whole > workout to increase the intensity. Your lower body will burn after all > of those outer leg reps! thanks for your input kathy! i wonder if i should get the ankle weights out on the first time through. i guess that i could load them up fairly lightly just to see... maybe 1.5 or 2 lbs (?). its hard to know until i actually do the workout. do you remember what size you used? i will know to go lighter than you did :*carolyn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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