Misty Tripoli’s Body Groove
Get Your Groove Back This week we’re reviewing Misty Tripoli’s Body Groove, a 4-disc set including five workouts: Spirit Groove, Pilates Groove, Yoga Groove, and Latin Groove with bonus Ab Workout. All of the workouts […]
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Yogalosophy
Compare and Contrast This week we take a look at another workout that seeks to combine two disciplines in one workout. In Yogalosophy, instructor Mandy Ingber pairs yoga poses with similar toning exercises. Unlike last […]
Sura Flow
Do the Wave This week’s DVD, Sura Flow, is billed as restorative yoga with circular and wavelike movements. I figured I could use something restorative after the last couple of weeks of intense workouts, and […]
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 […]
Yoga Booty Ballet: Light & Easy
Bait & Switch No, bait & switch are not the names of moves in this week’s exercise DVD, Yoga Booty Ballet: Light & Easy. These are the criminal charges I felt like bringing against instructors […]
YogaBoxing
Sex, Lats, and Videotape Okay, this week’s DVD does not specifically target the lats, but I am physically incapable of resisting puns. It’s a sickness, really. This week we’re reviewing YogaBoxing. This one is definitely […]
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 […]
Shiva Rea: Flow Yoga for Beginners
Go with the flow … Today’s selection, Shiva Rea: Flow Yoga for Beginners, is a 70 minute yoga practice, broken into 5 sections: Foundation Flow (15 minutes), Beginner’s Backbend Flow (20 minutes), Relaxing Flexibility Flow […]
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 […]
Candlelight Yoga
Yoga is not a competition. This week’s review is Crunch’s Candlelight Yoga, led by instructor Sara Ivanhoe. On the surface, the DVD is pretty basic, with a 42-minute relaxing yoga workout and a 15-minute energizing […]