On the Ball: Pilates Workout for Beginners
In a Box, With a Fox? I saw the On the Ball: Pilates Workout for Beginners video and thought, “hey, maybe I will like Pilates better if it’s done on a ball.” Clearly, six months […]
Strength
Yogilates: Level 1
Is That Yogilates in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Happy to See Me? It seems like August is the month of vaguely inappropriate workouts, between the see-through pants of YogaBoxing, and last week’s suggestively […]
Budokon Beginning Practice
Dogs and Cats and Snakes, Oh My! This week’s selection, Budokon Beginning Practice, had two strikes against it before it even got started. First, according to the insert in the DVD, this is part of […]
Express Belly Blast
Best Ab Workout Ever … Period. The design of this week’s DVD, Express Belly Blast, looks like a 90’s tampon commercial, but don’t let that put you off the workout. Master of Disguise instructor Ellen […]
Minna Optimizer: Balanced Blend
Workout/Life Balance I’m embarrassed to have missed my self-imposed Sunday night deadline for this week’s workout review. I got the chance to go to the final two days of the US Open this weekend; I […]
The New Rules of Lifting for Women
Why Isn’t There an App for That? A couple of weeks ago I was talking with another member of my bowling team about how we tend to bowl better when we’ve been working out, and […]
Pick Your Level: Weight Loss Pilates
Pick Your Poison Clearly the last few weeks of man-led workouts have been hit or miss, so I’m going back to one of my favorite female instructors – Ellen Barrett. This week, I’m reviewing her […]
Total Resculpt
This one’s for the ladies … Today we review Total Resculpt from Crunch Fitness. About 10-15 years ago, Crunch Fitness came out with a line of DVDs based on classes available at their gyms (they […]
Get Moving with Chris Freytag
You had me at “Elvis”. Today we’re reviewing Get Moving with Chris Freytag, from Prevention Fitness. This is a DVD I bought on a whim from a Collage Video super sale (back when they were […]
BalanceBall for Weight Loss
Caution: Contents May Shift During Exercise I generally shy away from workouts that require special equipment. I’ve got a set of small hand weights, but if you don’t, you can make do with water bottles. […]