I've been waiting to do this workout for a while, I finally found it today because I'm getting close to the end (!) and it's filed under Yoga & Pilates. It was excellent, I really enjoyed it but it's hard. Or maybe just hard for me. Unfortunately, in yoga, you have to do a lot of downward facing dog poses and it gives me a birds eye view of my thighs. Ugh. We still have a ways to go, is what I'm saying!
So anyway it's good - maybe it's Bethenny's trainer that guides it? Bethenny is there, doing it, and showing modifications but the woman that runs it is very good. I didn't catch her name, Anthony was hooting and hollering during all of it and I was thinking "how relaxing yoga is!". So you do about 35 minutes of yoga, just general moves, it's pretty challenging but Bethenny shows some modifications and they talk quite a bit about how it's not a contest, there is no ego in yoga, if you need to rest, you can rest. My kind of workout, ha!
After the yoga, you do about 20 minutes of strength training. Again, basic, but really enjoyable and of course they both look GREAT which is a good motivator, to me.
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Showing posts with label Yoga. Show all posts
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Jillian Michaels - Yoga Meltdown
I was going to skip the Jillian Michael's portion of Exercise TV but I thought that would be bs, in a way, right? The point is to do them all. The dance ones I don't feel so bad about not doing, because I really do think they are better in a class environment but I know that the JM workouts are good, I just don't like her. So I did the Yoga Meltdown, which I had heard good things about. It's 37 minutes long and it's challenging, but doable and she never mentions tank tops or jeans once! Win win win!
Anthony had sort of a breakdown during the workout but this is a fun thing about Comcast on demand stuff - if you start it on one tv, you can resume it on another. So I started the workout upstairs in my room (which has hardwood floors so I didn't need a mat) and then I finished later, after Mike took Anthony out for a shake and an attitude adjustment (which worked!) and I got Veronica up from her nap and then went downstairs, got out my yoga mat (because it's carpeted) and finished the workout.
I am soooore in my arms and shoulders and I am very glad that I've done that pushup challenge, because I felt very strong during the plank stuff and there is a LOT of plank stuff. Like a LOT a LOT. It's pretty simple, but you would have had to have done yoga before and be familiar with the terms and poses. Jillian has you "rep it out" when you start a pose. For example, you do Warrior 1, and then you "rep it out" by doing sort of a lunge within the pose. You do several reps and then you hold the pose for 15 seconds. Like I say, it's challenging but doable and I could totally see doing this workout once or twice a week, even with the Evil Jillian at the helm. She looks great and is very pleasant doing this. For once!
Anthony had sort of a breakdown during the workout but this is a fun thing about Comcast on demand stuff - if you start it on one tv, you can resume it on another. So I started the workout upstairs in my room (which has hardwood floors so I didn't need a mat) and then I finished later, after Mike took Anthony out for a shake and an attitude adjustment (which worked!) and I got Veronica up from her nap and then went downstairs, got out my yoga mat (because it's carpeted) and finished the workout.
I am soooore in my arms and shoulders and I am very glad that I've done that pushup challenge, because I felt very strong during the plank stuff and there is a LOT of plank stuff. Like a LOT a LOT. It's pretty simple, but you would have had to have done yoga before and be familiar with the terms and poses. Jillian has you "rep it out" when you start a pose. For example, you do Warrior 1, and then you "rep it out" by doing sort of a lunge within the pose. You do several reps and then you hold the pose for 15 seconds. Like I say, it's challenging but doable and I could totally see doing this workout once or twice a week, even with the Evil Jillian at the helm. She looks great and is very pleasant doing this. For once!
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