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Monday, January 26, 2009

yoga day yoga day

omgoodness next time remember to make sure i didn't do any hard workout before doing biggest lose weight loss yoga.

while some may think these dvds are "easy" they really are not but

maybe bob wanted to punish those that thought so with a strength

focused yoga. this is not power yoga,otherwise called ashtanga, but

this is a powerfully strength workout with holds and some flow. use of

a weighted ball(he doesn't say how much their water balls weigh) and

hand weights are used but optional as some will show. there is also

modifiers for the exercises themselves shown. what i love about the

biggest loser dvds(well besides bob LOL) is that real ppl are working

with you. that is encouraging to see all body shapes and sizes seen in

real life. i don't watch the show so i don't know much about the

contestants participating but i just know they are real ppl dealing

with a real problem, struggling with being fit. i can relate so its

encouraging.like many of the dvds, this one is programmble for

the 3 segments(20min,15,10 respectivley) along with a 5 min warm up and

a 5 min cool down. the warm up is light yoga stretching although i

wouldn't start to many practices like this myself, especially IF you

are new to flexiblity and yoga training. the first segment is 20 minute

flow work. lots of holding but also similar to some other power yoga

weight loss vids i have done, he moves in and out of poses to keep the

flow in the legs but also holds between them,unlike other vids. i

wanted to hate him so bad b/c he really killed my legs and here it was

not even 10 minutes into the workout. he did do some slow moving

vinyasas between these sets of moving in and out of warriors and

triangles mostly. he loved to make you hold planks, or planks with one

leg or plank and push ups. just a cruel little man LOL. the next

segment is mostly core focused with various planks,roll ups, and boat

pose using the ball. he also does camel while holding the ball which is

good for the core but again, not great pose for those starting out or

those with severe medical issues. the last segment uses weights so i

call it more of a total body cardio yoga focus workout. the fact you

use upper and lower body at the same time increases the heart rate

while toning the body as a whole. some of the moves are very similar to

sara ivanhoes yoga with weights and iron yoga exercises

but i like it for its compact time limit. and that fact that this cruel

little man will drag out a count on holds just to make you push a

little harder.i will admit to doing SOME modifying and even

taking breaks just b/c the minute i started i could feel soreness from

yesterday's workout. my muscles were exhausted and so many times i

wanted to quit and just shut off the dvd to try for another day but i

kept a rolling. i enjoyed it very much and i enjoy bob's workouts very

much. i have read some reviews that frown on his workouts and

complained that some of the participants looked "bored" but the only

way,myself anyway, find this to be true is if i found the workout

boring, but i didn't. it was tough to get through i wanted to quit, i

cussed bob out but i hung in there and focused. next time i do this one

it should be easier b/c note to self will say don't do this workout

after doing an 80 min amy workout the day before. i want to give it a

fair shake so while i found it hard today i am going with mid-high

intermediate for this workout. although all fitness levels would

benefit,absolute beginners probably would not but beginniners with some

workouts experience would be fine. just my opinion but this was worth

$9 i hope his boot camp dvd lives up to same value as this one did.

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