...if this video is any indication of her skills.
First up on my "pop fly" reviews is Denise Austin's "Hot Body Yoga".
I supremely, supremely dislike this video. For alot of reasons.
Firstly, I disliked that there was absolutely zero discussion of form. No demonstrating the poses before you went into them, no talking about how to modify if a pose was uncomfortable, nothing. Virtually no mention of safety what so ever. And if you're a well practiced yoga student, and are really just looking for some videos to do at home to supplement your own practice, you probably don't need a discussion on form. But virtually ignoring safety is dangerous.
There was also no flow to the video at all. All of the poses were popped into, and then popped out of. It honestly began to feel like a yoga inspired cardio workout, rather than a true yoga video. And some of the poses didn't feel particularly organic to go from one to the next anyway, much less to go from one to the next that fast.
The DVD menu is fairly straight forward - you can look at the trailers, or look at the workouts. "Level One" is called Yoga Fit. "Yoga Fit" gave me back spasms for the rest of the evening after I'd done it. There's a segment with an odd concentration on hip openers, and you go right from opening your hips, into Bow (with no time given to get from one to the other). I looked online for other people that had experienced back problems after "Yoga Fit" and found no mention, which surprised me. So I guess I stand alone. Or, at least, I'm the only person mentioning it. I spent about a third of "Yoga Fit" going "What? How do you do that? What is that?"
I just tried to do "Yoga Sculpt" today, and I had to shut it off halfway through. Because in "Yoga Sculpt", you also have no discussion of form or safety, popping in and out of poses, poses that don't seem to go together...but you add in WEIGHT! That's right, not only do you get to pop into, and then back out of, Warrior, you get to do it holding weights! I shut it off, because I just really, REALLY couldn't shake the feeling that it was completely unsafe to be doing. I tried to ignore that voice that was telling me I was doing something unsafe, and it just kept getting louder. I had to turn the video off. Ultimately, I know they couldn't put it on the market if it was outright dangerous, but at the same time, there was seemingly no attention paid to making sure that the video was safe to do. If every one of your instincts is telling you you're not OK, it's probably best to listen.
The video gives you the option of going through without Denise's instruction. Had the choreography in any fashion made sense, I'd recommend it. In the first one, she kept murmurming about "feeling the form", whatever that means, and in the second workout, I felt like she was whispering at me, which isn't necessarily weird (in fact, had this been more like a traditional workout class, whispering would probably be the safe play), but got weird because it didn't feel like it matched the tone of the rest of the workout.
I told myself I'd give this video a full week before I gave you guys my opinion on it, and I just couldn't do it. I've heard and read much more favorable reviews on a different yoga video of hers (the title is escaping me right now...), so I'm going to try that one next. Hopefully that got it's act together.
To recap;
Space Needed; If you can lunge, lay down, and comfortably raise your arm above your head, you're good.
What Do You Do?; Fairly standard yoga fare. Chair pose, plank, bow, warrior, that sort of thing.
Equipment You Need; Weights. She never made a recommendation for size, I'd recommend small ones, as you have to be able to comfortably lift them over your head. Although, if you can comfortably lift 50 pounds over your head, be my guest...
The Final Word; or, "Would I recommend this video?" If you didn't guess...no. No I would not. Like I said, I just really, really couldn't shake the feeling this video wasn't safe to be doing. And it has to be, because otherwise it wouldn't be on the market, but who wants to be doing something that you believe is unsafe?
I'm undeterred though, I started these "pop fly" reviews to get a feel for yoga, and I'll keep going. I just couldn't do this one another second. I checked this video out from my library, but if I'd paid for it, I'd be disappointed.
And I did take a before picture. Even though I'm switching up my workouts alot more often, I'll post the pictures every once in a while anyway, just to see what yoga does for a girl. :D
See you next time - hopefully I'll have better news to report!
Friday, July 20, 2012
Back Online, And Yoga...
Hi everybody! I haven't published in a long time! I believe I posted about this, but I injured my hand and was put on motion restriction for a while, which knocked me off the workout wagon pretty hard. Then I had dance recital, my son is on summer vacation, and I've had a hard time getting back together.
So, I made two decisions - I decided I wanted to learn more about yoga, and that I needed to get the blog back online. So I'm going to do a series of "pop fly" reviews, where I review various yoga videos. I won't do them for the full six weeks, like I had been, but I'll be doing enough to get the feel for the video, and to share my impressions with the viewing audience at home. That said, here we go!
Saturday, May 5, 2012
I swear, I didn't forget you guys!
I swear, I didn't forget everybody!
I started P90X, which was going to leave me with a long time between reviews anyway, and then I hurt my hand and was motion restricted for the last few weeks, and haven't been able to do ANYTHING. So I've fallen off the P90X wagon pretty hard.
I'm off motion restriction this week, and hoping to get back in to something. I'm not decided on what yet - I don't want to get too brave about doing things with my hands, and then make it worse, so I have to find a workout that doesn't involve bearing alot of weight in my hands. I've got some kettlebell workouts I've been positively DYING to try, but with worry for my hands, it clearly won't be either of those!
I at one point was pretty determined to do the Brazil Butt Lift, I've sort of semi-decided on going back to that, just because that's got very little bearing weight in the hands to it. That'll buy me some time to build my confidence back up.
Thanks everybody! See you ASAP!
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Inside Out and Upside Down!
So I won't lie to you - I came down with a pretty hearty case of the "Why meeeeee?!"s during the run of this video, and in part to trick my brain out of it, I didn't stay with these videos for the full six week run that I normally would have. I intend to revisit them all at some point, but I had to change my game up.
Normally in a review, I'd talk about if the exercises you see in the video are unique to this particular video, or if the trainer in question uses them alot. Given that this is my first experience with Bob Harper, I can't attest to that. I will say though, that given the difference in scope of each of these videos, there's very little crossover from video to video.
Now, for the scoop;
Inside Out Body Rev Cardio Conditioning
This video is gonna be a tough sell for people with bad knees. Never let it be said that Bob Harper is not a man that loves his squats - this 60 minute video starts out with TWENTY MINUTES worth of squats. I never knew so many variations on squats existed! You do them in every possible way you can imagine - holding a weight, not holding a weight, with your hands above your head, with your hands out to the side, swinging the weight. At one point, you even do them on one leg. Serious.
This video is also the video where I noticed the most soreness - the first time I did this video, I couldn't walk right for DAYS after I got done. That wasn't continuous - it was pretty much just the first time - but it was swift and severe punishment!
In doing all these exercises, I've learned about myself that I don't much enjoy cardio - I like to see real, verifiable improvements that I'm getting better. With strength training, you get that. With yoga, you even get it to a point. With cardio, you get...what? Less winded? Meh. So, I didn't particularly enjoy it, but I didn't dread it either (except for maybe the second time I did it, hah...). If you're a cardio junkie, this is cardio at it's finest.
Equipment you need; Weights! Bob generally encourages you to challenge yourself with your weight use for this whole video series, so pick your weights accordingly. If 5 pounds is a challenge, go five. If 15 is a challenge, go 15.
Space you need; Lots! You fling that weight around pretty good, so if you've got room to throw the weight out comfortably in every direction, you're pretty much set. Won't lie, there were times I had to do the exercises sideways to my TV, out of being nervous I was gonna flip a dumbbell through the darn thing. You'll do some laying down work as well, so you'll need a fair amount of space here.
What you do; Pretty standard cardio stuff. Tons o' squats, in every variation you can stand, a little bit of jumping work. Bob does also enjoy his fast feet, so you'll see them there too. The most unique exercise is probably the scorpion push up - go into a push up position. Lift one leg high, put it to the other side (so, like, put your right heel on the left side of your body). Now do push ups like that. Yeah.
Random fact; One of the dancers in this video is a guy named Zach. While I'm sure Zach is a lovely guy, and he certainly looks like he's fit, Zach is terrifying. I've mentioned before that I have a phobia of being sick. Zach spends the entire workout looking like he's trying his level headed best to not yak right there on camera. If you are like me, and you also have a phobia of being sick, it will take everything you've got to get through looking at Zach for a full hour. He comes back in another video, so remember him. In the next one, it's worse.
There is also a 30 minute "beginner" level workout on the DVD too. The same exercises, but with variations - either less reps, or a little slower, or modified to be a little easier. If you're not very brave, or haven't exercised in a while, start here. If you're brave, or experienced, go ahead and go full stop.
Inside Out Pure Burn Super Strength
I like this video alot. But like I said, I like strength training. Once again, never let it be said Bob doesn't like his squats, cause you'll see them here too. Not in as many variations, and not for as long, but they're back. I didn't struggle with this video like I did with the cardio video - no particular soreness to speak of, nothing like that.
I also did the beginner version of this workout too. Once again - if you're a beginner, or not very brave, start here. Otherwise, go on to the advanced workout. I read somewhere online that the beginner strength training video burns a measly 42 calories, which is hardly worth the effort. But the beginner workouts do something the advanced don't - he very specifically concentrates on form. Which isn't to be said that he ignores form in the advanced versions, because he doesn't at all, he actually talks about form a fair amount. But in the beginner version, he takes the time to break down the moves, and in the advanced, he just assumes you're going to know them already. Which you probably will - there's not much here that seemed particularly shocking or unique.
Equipment you need; Weights. Maybe a mat if you prefer that sort of thing, but you won't miss it if you don't have one.
Space you need; Got enough space to do a pushup? Then you're set.
What you do; Standard strength training stuff. Bicep curls (which even prompted Bob to go "And you've seen these in pretty much every exercise video ever..."), push ups, crunches. Nothing terribly unique. I think the most unique thing I saw was the Matrix lunges (standing on one leg, lunge to the front, then to the side, then the back, and come back to the center. Without stopping. Flow from lunge to lunge...).
Zach the emetophobes worst nightmare isn't in this video. He's traded for Stephanie, the mouth breather. Watch her - you'll really wonder how she keeps her mouth hanging open that far for that long without her jaw getting sore. She's also the modifer for the few exercises where Bob offers modifications.
Inside Out Yoga For The Warrior
Funnily enough, the sight of this one I think intimidated my mother in law a little bit. I got it for Christmas, and I mentioned that I was so excited to do it that I was probably going to do it the same day (which I did). She was like "You might want to work up to that. Don't hurt yourself..." Haha...
This video, you watch it, and you can easily imagine Bob having a nice career as a yoga instructor. He's so calm, and so zen, that you see him doing yoga, and you're like "Yeah, that sounds about right..."
Since I've mentioned goofy things about people in each video, I'll mention this one. Robert is the modifier in this video (poor Robert doesn't look or act like he's got a ton of experience in yoga, and is paired with two girls who clearly have alot of experience in it. Poor guy, haha...). I did the 15 minute yoga abs segment first - if you go into the 15 minute segment first, it really comes across like Bob has some sort of fascination with Robert, which gets a little weird. Then you go back into the full length video, and find out Robert is the modifier, which makes it make more sense.
What you need; A mat. That's it. Some speed doesn't hurt anything, because between each exercise, the transition (vinyasa, I think it's called...I don't have a ton of experience in yoga either) is pretty speedy. This is one of the few Bob videos I've seen so far where there isn't a concentration on form, so some amount of yoga knowledge would be helpful, but isn't necessary, as long as you're smart about your work outs.
Space you need; If you can lay down, and you've got enough room to kick straight out, you're good to go.
What you do; You keep moving, that's what you do! I've tried other yoga videos that were nice and mellow, and there was alot of sitting around and deep breathing. Not here, baby! You keep it moving! The Warrior 2 to triangle pose segment is hard to get the rhythm of at first, but nice flowing once you get going. The most unique pose that I think I found in the video, for the life of me I can't pull up a picture of it on google, so I'll have to describe it. You lunge, then bend over. Put one arm under your leg, and the other behind your back. Connect hands. Stand up. That is a hot mess. I never could do it - I made everyone I could find try to do it with me, or watch me do it, just to try to figure out what I was missing, and I still couldn't do it. That's the most unique thing about it, I think. Other than that, I love this video, and I love the abs segment too!
Inside Out Bob's Workout
Bob's Workout is a video that is exclusive to Bob's website (MyTrainerBob.com. It's a workout broken out into two 30 minute segments, and is marketed as being, obviously, Bob's Workout. I say "is marketed as being" because I'm a fan of Bob's on facebook, and as any of his facebook fans know, right now he's super charged up on Crossfit, so he's doing that as his workout right now, not whatever's on this video.
Workout one is upper body focused and workout two is lower body focused. There's crossover, of course, but the focus is clear. And he says that if you want to just get it done, you can do them back to back, or you're free to do one or the other as you wish.
This workout video is also the most equipment intensive of the lot.
What you need; Bob pulls out all the stops for equipment in this video. A variety of weights of kettle bells, a step, dumb bells, even a weight bench is employed at one point. I don't necessarily feel like you have to run out and buy all this stuff. I have a variety of weights (only one kettle bell, but a variety of different weights), and I subbed in my coffee table for some of the lifted up things. It was a pretty good sub for the plyo pushups. Not nearly as much fun though, when I kicked it. Hah!
Space you need; If you go full bore, and pick up the step and all that, lots. If you decide to make due with what you've got, then enough to be able to fling a weight and lay down, and you're all set.
What you do; A little bit of everything. Deadlifts, squats, plyo pushups, all sorts of craziness.
Know how I said to remember Zach for later? He's back as the lower body workout dancer, and as scary as he was the first time, it's worse here. At one point, there's more than a full minute of the workout, where he just pants, bright red face, while Bob has to just walk around and fill time. Mind you, there's more than a minute where he's panting, and it's only a 30 minute workout. And while it is gratifying to see that you can even outlast the dancers, that's still alot of time for your heart rate to come down while you stand around and watch the guy.
My recommendations; I liked all the videos for their own reasons, but if I really had to recommend my favorites, I'd say Pure Burn Super Strength and Yoga For The Warrior. Those two were the most satisfying for me to complete, I think. I was glad to be done with the cardio video, but I was glad to be done with it in that "Thank god that's over..." sort of way. I was glad to be done with the Strength video in that "I am such a BEAST!" sort of way, which of the two, is the feeling you want from your workout, right?
The pictures are from first day, to the end of week 3. I did this video for 4 weeks total, I believe, but didn't get a picture done at the end of week 4.
Left before, right after, like always;
I think you can see alot of slimming through the hips in this one - I'm holding my arms the same, and there's alot more space between my hip and my elbow than there had been in the Before picture.
In a true testament to the differences between men and women, I looked at that picture and noticed that my stomach looked alot flatter. My husband on the other hand, looked at that picture, noticed that my butt appeared flatter, and promptly got me Brazil Butt Lift from Beachbody.
Which brings me to my next review. Yes, I'm doing Brazil Butt Lift. I've only done it a couple of days, but I'll tell you - I've sweated more in a couple of days with the Butt Lift video than I did in three weeks with Bob Harper. So clearly, this video is challenging my system in a way Bob wasn't, which is exciting, because that's precisely what I was hoping for! :)
So, I'll see you guys probably the first part of April for what I hope is a lifted butt! :D
Normally in a review, I'd talk about if the exercises you see in the video are unique to this particular video, or if the trainer in question uses them alot. Given that this is my first experience with Bob Harper, I can't attest to that. I will say though, that given the difference in scope of each of these videos, there's very little crossover from video to video.
Now, for the scoop;
Inside Out Body Rev Cardio Conditioning
This video is gonna be a tough sell for people with bad knees. Never let it be said that Bob Harper is not a man that loves his squats - this 60 minute video starts out with TWENTY MINUTES worth of squats. I never knew so many variations on squats existed! You do them in every possible way you can imagine - holding a weight, not holding a weight, with your hands above your head, with your hands out to the side, swinging the weight. At one point, you even do them on one leg. Serious.
This video is also the video where I noticed the most soreness - the first time I did this video, I couldn't walk right for DAYS after I got done. That wasn't continuous - it was pretty much just the first time - but it was swift and severe punishment!
In doing all these exercises, I've learned about myself that I don't much enjoy cardio - I like to see real, verifiable improvements that I'm getting better. With strength training, you get that. With yoga, you even get it to a point. With cardio, you get...what? Less winded? Meh. So, I didn't particularly enjoy it, but I didn't dread it either (except for maybe the second time I did it, hah...). If you're a cardio junkie, this is cardio at it's finest.
Equipment you need; Weights! Bob generally encourages you to challenge yourself with your weight use for this whole video series, so pick your weights accordingly. If 5 pounds is a challenge, go five. If 15 is a challenge, go 15.
Space you need; Lots! You fling that weight around pretty good, so if you've got room to throw the weight out comfortably in every direction, you're pretty much set. Won't lie, there were times I had to do the exercises sideways to my TV, out of being nervous I was gonna flip a dumbbell through the darn thing. You'll do some laying down work as well, so you'll need a fair amount of space here.
What you do; Pretty standard cardio stuff. Tons o' squats, in every variation you can stand, a little bit of jumping work. Bob does also enjoy his fast feet, so you'll see them there too. The most unique exercise is probably the scorpion push up - go into a push up position. Lift one leg high, put it to the other side (so, like, put your right heel on the left side of your body). Now do push ups like that. Yeah.
Random fact; One of the dancers in this video is a guy named Zach. While I'm sure Zach is a lovely guy, and he certainly looks like he's fit, Zach is terrifying. I've mentioned before that I have a phobia of being sick. Zach spends the entire workout looking like he's trying his level headed best to not yak right there on camera. If you are like me, and you also have a phobia of being sick, it will take everything you've got to get through looking at Zach for a full hour. He comes back in another video, so remember him. In the next one, it's worse.
There is also a 30 minute "beginner" level workout on the DVD too. The same exercises, but with variations - either less reps, or a little slower, or modified to be a little easier. If you're not very brave, or haven't exercised in a while, start here. If you're brave, or experienced, go ahead and go full stop.
Inside Out Pure Burn Super Strength
I like this video alot. But like I said, I like strength training. Once again, never let it be said Bob doesn't like his squats, cause you'll see them here too. Not in as many variations, and not for as long, but they're back. I didn't struggle with this video like I did with the cardio video - no particular soreness to speak of, nothing like that.
I also did the beginner version of this workout too. Once again - if you're a beginner, or not very brave, start here. Otherwise, go on to the advanced workout. I read somewhere online that the beginner strength training video burns a measly 42 calories, which is hardly worth the effort. But the beginner workouts do something the advanced don't - he very specifically concentrates on form. Which isn't to be said that he ignores form in the advanced versions, because he doesn't at all, he actually talks about form a fair amount. But in the beginner version, he takes the time to break down the moves, and in the advanced, he just assumes you're going to know them already. Which you probably will - there's not much here that seemed particularly shocking or unique.
Equipment you need; Weights. Maybe a mat if you prefer that sort of thing, but you won't miss it if you don't have one.
Space you need; Got enough space to do a pushup? Then you're set.
What you do; Standard strength training stuff. Bicep curls (which even prompted Bob to go "And you've seen these in pretty much every exercise video ever..."), push ups, crunches. Nothing terribly unique. I think the most unique thing I saw was the Matrix lunges (standing on one leg, lunge to the front, then to the side, then the back, and come back to the center. Without stopping. Flow from lunge to lunge...).
Zach the emetophobes worst nightmare isn't in this video. He's traded for Stephanie, the mouth breather. Watch her - you'll really wonder how she keeps her mouth hanging open that far for that long without her jaw getting sore. She's also the modifer for the few exercises where Bob offers modifications.
Inside Out Yoga For The Warrior
Funnily enough, the sight of this one I think intimidated my mother in law a little bit. I got it for Christmas, and I mentioned that I was so excited to do it that I was probably going to do it the same day (which I did). She was like "You might want to work up to that. Don't hurt yourself..." Haha...
This video, you watch it, and you can easily imagine Bob having a nice career as a yoga instructor. He's so calm, and so zen, that you see him doing yoga, and you're like "Yeah, that sounds about right..."
Since I've mentioned goofy things about people in each video, I'll mention this one. Robert is the modifier in this video (poor Robert doesn't look or act like he's got a ton of experience in yoga, and is paired with two girls who clearly have alot of experience in it. Poor guy, haha...). I did the 15 minute yoga abs segment first - if you go into the 15 minute segment first, it really comes across like Bob has some sort of fascination with Robert, which gets a little weird. Then you go back into the full length video, and find out Robert is the modifier, which makes it make more sense.
What you need; A mat. That's it. Some speed doesn't hurt anything, because between each exercise, the transition (vinyasa, I think it's called...I don't have a ton of experience in yoga either) is pretty speedy. This is one of the few Bob videos I've seen so far where there isn't a concentration on form, so some amount of yoga knowledge would be helpful, but isn't necessary, as long as you're smart about your work outs.
Space you need; If you can lay down, and you've got enough room to kick straight out, you're good to go.
What you do; You keep moving, that's what you do! I've tried other yoga videos that were nice and mellow, and there was alot of sitting around and deep breathing. Not here, baby! You keep it moving! The Warrior 2 to triangle pose segment is hard to get the rhythm of at first, but nice flowing once you get going. The most unique pose that I think I found in the video, for the life of me I can't pull up a picture of it on google, so I'll have to describe it. You lunge, then bend over. Put one arm under your leg, and the other behind your back. Connect hands. Stand up. That is a hot mess. I never could do it - I made everyone I could find try to do it with me, or watch me do it, just to try to figure out what I was missing, and I still couldn't do it. That's the most unique thing about it, I think. Other than that, I love this video, and I love the abs segment too!
Inside Out Bob's Workout
Bob's Workout is a video that is exclusive to Bob's website (MyTrainerBob.com. It's a workout broken out into two 30 minute segments, and is marketed as being, obviously, Bob's Workout. I say "is marketed as being" because I'm a fan of Bob's on facebook, and as any of his facebook fans know, right now he's super charged up on Crossfit, so he's doing that as his workout right now, not whatever's on this video.
Workout one is upper body focused and workout two is lower body focused. There's crossover, of course, but the focus is clear. And he says that if you want to just get it done, you can do them back to back, or you're free to do one or the other as you wish.
This workout video is also the most equipment intensive of the lot.
What you need; Bob pulls out all the stops for equipment in this video. A variety of weights of kettle bells, a step, dumb bells, even a weight bench is employed at one point. I don't necessarily feel like you have to run out and buy all this stuff. I have a variety of weights (only one kettle bell, but a variety of different weights), and I subbed in my coffee table for some of the lifted up things. It was a pretty good sub for the plyo pushups. Not nearly as much fun though, when I kicked it. Hah!
Space you need; If you go full bore, and pick up the step and all that, lots. If you decide to make due with what you've got, then enough to be able to fling a weight and lay down, and you're all set.
What you do; A little bit of everything. Deadlifts, squats, plyo pushups, all sorts of craziness.
Know how I said to remember Zach for later? He's back as the lower body workout dancer, and as scary as he was the first time, it's worse here. At one point, there's more than a full minute of the workout, where he just pants, bright red face, while Bob has to just walk around and fill time. Mind you, there's more than a minute where he's panting, and it's only a 30 minute workout. And while it is gratifying to see that you can even outlast the dancers, that's still alot of time for your heart rate to come down while you stand around and watch the guy.
My recommendations; I liked all the videos for their own reasons, but if I really had to recommend my favorites, I'd say Pure Burn Super Strength and Yoga For The Warrior. Those two were the most satisfying for me to complete, I think. I was glad to be done with the cardio video, but I was glad to be done with it in that "Thank god that's over..." sort of way. I was glad to be done with the Strength video in that "I am such a BEAST!" sort of way, which of the two, is the feeling you want from your workout, right?
The pictures are from first day, to the end of week 3. I did this video for 4 weeks total, I believe, but didn't get a picture done at the end of week 4.
Left before, right after, like always;
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| From 2012-03-04 |
I think you can see alot of slimming through the hips in this one - I'm holding my arms the same, and there's alot more space between my hip and my elbow than there had been in the Before picture.
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| From 2012-03-04 |
In a true testament to the differences between men and women, I looked at that picture and noticed that my stomach looked alot flatter. My husband on the other hand, looked at that picture, noticed that my butt appeared flatter, and promptly got me Brazil Butt Lift from Beachbody.
Which brings me to my next review. Yes, I'm doing Brazil Butt Lift. I've only done it a couple of days, but I'll tell you - I've sweated more in a couple of days with the Butt Lift video than I did in three weeks with Bob Harper. So clearly, this video is challenging my system in a way Bob wasn't, which is exciting, because that's precisely what I was hoping for! :)
So, I'll see you guys probably the first part of April for what I hope is a lifted butt! :D
Sunday, January 22, 2012
My Name Is Theresa, And I Have A Confession To Make...
My name is Theresa, and as a self-confessed Jillian Michaels Maniac, I feel like I need to make a confession here.
I've never made it through 30 days of 30 Day Shred. Never. Not once.
Whew, that felt good.
Reason? I have a bum knee and a bum ankle from years of percussive dancing. I had knee surgery on my left knee when I was a kid, and as a adult developed achilles tendonitis in my left ankle. (Why both on the left? I had a chiropractor tell me that my pelvis sits either higher or lower on my left side, and that's why the trouble. And he didn't say "either higher or lower", he told me which, but it's been a few years ago, and right now I'm blank on which...)
At any rate, there's something in particular about 30 Day Shred that flares my tendonitis in my ankle - I've always blamed it on the lunges in level one, but who knows what it really is. And we all know, there's two kinds of pain. There's pain that isn't so bad, and there's pain that sucks. And as much as I enjoy Jillian and being tortured by her on the daily, tendonitis is pain that sucks. So I made it 16 days (beyond halfway, which I think is the farthest I've ever made it...). It makes for an uneventful set of before and after pictures, but I made it as far as I could.
Now to the important part - my opinion.
If you're familiar with Jillian, if you've done any of her videos before, or if you've watched her on The Biggest Loser, there isn't much that's new here. The third level is the newest - it's the most plyo heavy of the three levels, so that's fairly unique to Jillian. She also does a weighted plank row (go in to plank, while holding your weights. Lift your arm with weights, put it back down. Lift the same side leg, put it back down. Lift the opposite arm, with weights. Lift same side leg. Repeat, repeat, repeat), which was new to her, at least in her videos I've got experience with.
I think this video's solid - good exercises, easy to keep up with, nothin' you can't handle (Even if you hate a certain exercise or certain kind of exercise, you're gonna do it at the most for a minute. Anybody can do anything for a minute, yeah?
Space; This one is pretty small apartment friendly, if you've got space to lay down wherever you work out, you've got space to do this.
What you need; Weights. Jillian's recommendation is generally 3-8 pounds, so stick with that. If you're bad, try bigger, but don't get excited. You shouldn't kill yourself for this. :D You should be able to comfortably keep up.
If you feel like mountain climbers are easier on a mat, use a mat.
And as always, a good pair of shoes, you shouldn't work out barefoot.
For the background dancer purists, this time you get Anita and Natalie, and probably 3 out of 5 reviews I read say what a "cheater" Natalie is, because every time Jillian turns around, Natalie stops. Shoot - these exercises hurt! I stopped too! :O
My pictures. Given that I didn't do all 30 days, I don't think these are that exciting. But I find myself saying that alot, so don't mind me. On a photography tip from a friend, I wore the same clothes for both pictures (or tried to, I realized afterward that I'd put on the wrong pants, but I got close!). She pointed out that changing my hair or style of shorts or whatever could create a visual trick that would make it look like I'd done better or worse than I actually had, so for the most authentic pictures, I should dress the same. Since authentic was the name of the game when I started all this, I went for it. Left picture is before, right picture is after...
I don't know what to say. I wish my reveal was more exciting, but for two weeks, what do you want, right? I guess I should just be glad it wasn't worse!
I switched gears and am trying some Bob Harper videos this stretch (mainly owing to the fact that I got some for Christmas, haha...) so my review next time is going to be massive (I'm actually doing a rotation of four videos right now, so it'll be a four parter...). It's a hard series of videos - I did Bob's Cardio Conditioning video, ONCE, and my hamstrings haven't been the same since. If I don't come out of this with some nice gams, I'm gonna lose it!
So, see you in February!
Video Originally Released March 18, 2008
I've never made it through 30 days of 30 Day Shred. Never. Not once.
Whew, that felt good.
Reason? I have a bum knee and a bum ankle from years of percussive dancing. I had knee surgery on my left knee when I was a kid, and as a adult developed achilles tendonitis in my left ankle. (Why both on the left? I had a chiropractor tell me that my pelvis sits either higher or lower on my left side, and that's why the trouble. And he didn't say "either higher or lower", he told me which, but it's been a few years ago, and right now I'm blank on which...)
At any rate, there's something in particular about 30 Day Shred that flares my tendonitis in my ankle - I've always blamed it on the lunges in level one, but who knows what it really is. And we all know, there's two kinds of pain. There's pain that isn't so bad, and there's pain that sucks. And as much as I enjoy Jillian and being tortured by her on the daily, tendonitis is pain that sucks. So I made it 16 days (beyond halfway, which I think is the farthest I've ever made it...). It makes for an uneventful set of before and after pictures, but I made it as far as I could.
Now to the important part - my opinion.
If you're familiar with Jillian, if you've done any of her videos before, or if you've watched her on The Biggest Loser, there isn't much that's new here. The third level is the newest - it's the most plyo heavy of the three levels, so that's fairly unique to Jillian. She also does a weighted plank row (go in to plank, while holding your weights. Lift your arm with weights, put it back down. Lift the same side leg, put it back down. Lift the opposite arm, with weights. Lift same side leg. Repeat, repeat, repeat), which was new to her, at least in her videos I've got experience with.
I think this video's solid - good exercises, easy to keep up with, nothin' you can't handle (Even if you hate a certain exercise or certain kind of exercise, you're gonna do it at the most for a minute. Anybody can do anything for a minute, yeah?
Space; This one is pretty small apartment friendly, if you've got space to lay down wherever you work out, you've got space to do this.
What you need; Weights. Jillian's recommendation is generally 3-8 pounds, so stick with that. If you're bad, try bigger, but don't get excited. You shouldn't kill yourself for this. :D You should be able to comfortably keep up.
If you feel like mountain climbers are easier on a mat, use a mat.
And as always, a good pair of shoes, you shouldn't work out barefoot.
For the background dancer purists, this time you get Anita and Natalie, and probably 3 out of 5 reviews I read say what a "cheater" Natalie is, because every time Jillian turns around, Natalie stops. Shoot - these exercises hurt! I stopped too! :O
My pictures. Given that I didn't do all 30 days, I don't think these are that exciting. But I find myself saying that alot, so don't mind me. On a photography tip from a friend, I wore the same clothes for both pictures (or tried to, I realized afterward that I'd put on the wrong pants, but I got close!). She pointed out that changing my hair or style of shorts or whatever could create a visual trick that would make it look like I'd done better or worse than I actually had, so for the most authentic pictures, I should dress the same. Since authentic was the name of the game when I started all this, I went for it. Left picture is before, right picture is after...
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| From Drop Box |
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| From Drop Box |
I don't know what to say. I wish my reveal was more exciting, but for two weeks, what do you want, right? I guess I should just be glad it wasn't worse!
I switched gears and am trying some Bob Harper videos this stretch (mainly owing to the fact that I got some for Christmas, haha...) so my review next time is going to be massive (I'm actually doing a rotation of four videos right now, so it'll be a four parter...). It's a hard series of videos - I did Bob's Cardio Conditioning video, ONCE, and my hamstrings haven't been the same since. If I don't come out of this with some nice gams, I'm gonna lose it!
So, see you in February!
Video Originally Released March 18, 2008
Saturday, December 31, 2011
To Repurpose A Joke...
...that I read on a different review of this video, if Jillian called this video what it should have been called, "I'm going to kill you in forty minutes or less!", well, no one would buy it. So she went with "Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism" instead. It's got a better ring to it, doesn't it?
When I decided to start reviewing videos, I told myself that unless the video specified a certain amount of time be spent on it (like 30 Day Shred does, for example), that I'd spend six weeks doing it, because that wasn't that long, but enough time that I'd get pretty good results.
With Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism (which from here on in, I'm going to refer to as BFBM, just to save myself the time), I just couldn't do it. I stopped at the end of the fourth week. So when you get to the pictures at the end, that's why there's only two, instead of the typical three.
I've spent the last few days trying really hard to figure out how to tell you guys what about it I didn't like. And there's alot of things, that I think all compounded together.
First off, I've mentioned on my reviews for both Six Week Six Pack and Shred It With Weights that I get kind of ADD. I start developing a little muscle memory for the exercises, and they're not quite the challenge they initially were, but then level two pops up and starts me over, and it's exciting again, and hooray! BFBM doesn't have a level two. It's all one level, all the time. And it's an hour long, compared to the standard 30 to 40 minutes.
Another thing is that I like seeing that there's improvement. If you can lift a heavier weight, or lift more weight, or do more reps, there's measurable improvement. When you're kicking, there's not much improvement. A kick is a kick is a kick.
Speaking of, Jillian, for those that don't know, got her start in Martial Arts, and this video goes back to that. It's alot of kickboxing and punching, and a fair amount of plyo (jump training).
And, while I don't particularly mind any of those things, they're not my favorites. It's just not fun to me.
Ultimately, I think that's the crux of the problem - this video just wasn't fun. And I know you guys are probably reading this, going "Since when has working out ever been fun?!", but I think it is. I liked the ab exercises in 6 Week 6 Pack, and I liked flinging the kettle bell in Shred It With Weights. I'm on to my next video now, and I even look forward to that (more about that, later). BFBM was like "Ok, how am I going to torture myself today?"
I think had the video been mixed in with other videos, and it was like "Hey, it's BFBM Friday!", I would have jived with it alot better. I do plan to do the Jillian workout plan that she put together that's been floating around SparkPeople for a while, which will mean BFBM is going to make another apperance on the blog at some point, but it's mixed in with lots of other stuff. It's not just that video for six weeks.
Lest all of this sound like sour grapes though - take a look at the Before and After pictures. No question, going off my look before to my look after, BFBM has been my greatest success so far. But gauging off my personal interest in it, I think I'd label BFBM as my greatest failure. Go figure.
Equipment you need; Nothin'. Not a darn thing. No weights. There are some mountain climbers that you might find easier on a yoga mat (I usually do, I find I slip a little on the carpet). But other than that, nothin'.
Space you need; You'll do some planks on the ground, but for the most part, it's all standing work. If you can stand in front of your TV and comfortably kick in each direction without problem, you've got enough space.
What you DO; Because this is a kickboxing inspired workout and none of the rest of them really are (although rumor has it Killer Buns and Thighs comes close), the exercises are all fairly unique. There's a few old school killers that she uses alot - like the mountain climbers, butt kicks, high knees, things along that line, but the bulk of the exercises are unique to this video. She does alot of exercises that all seem to build on each other, which seemed weird to me. For example, you do high knees. Then you do upper cut punches. Then you do "standing mountain climbers", which seems to be not a whole lot more than doing high knees WHILE doing upper cut punches. So that was odd, because it started to feel a little bit like "Haven't I done this already?"
Jillian is famous for saying something to the effect of "If you haven't thrown up or passed out, you're not working hard enough...", and I won't lie - there was a moment the first day where that didn't seem like it was that far out of the realm of possibility. But I stopped, took a lap around my living room, panted a few times, and started back up, and the moment had passed. I won't lie, I'm terribly phobic of being sick, so had I been sick, that would have been the last you would have seen of me doing BFBM!
Cool DVD Feature... This DVD has something I've not yet encountered on any other Jillian DVD - you have the option to construct your own workout. You can select circuits, so if you're running short on time, you can select circuits to do, or if you're having problems with your knees, you can skip the plyo, or whatever. That's cool, I think!
So, final verdict, would I recommend it? If kickboxing is your thing, then yes. If kickboxing isn't your thing, I'd recommend it, but maybe in conjunction with different things, just to vary the routine. If you're new to working out, or new to Jillian, no. In both cases, I'd recommend starting slower, maybe with 30 Day Shred.
Which, speaking of, is the video I'm doing right now. I do not remember this video being so hard on the legs! My goodness, those squats are hard!
Picture key: pink bra before, white bra after. I did not notice that my bra was a little sideways or that I was wearing socks until after I had already done the picture, haha!
I took off a few days between Christmas and now, so my abs softened up a little bit. Boo, hah. And in a problem only a fellow mom will appreciate - my upper abs are taking on some nice shape. But that lower ab, mom pooch situation? Hanging right in there. Grr.
But see what I mean? Judging by how much my motivation faltered with doing this video, I'd call it my least favorite. But judging by the difference in the before and after, it was hands down the greatest success so far!
And finally, if you're a bit of a background dancer devotee, the background girls for this video are Kristen and Saleemah, who were both so impossibly smiley, that it got a little weird. Even my 10 year old niece was like "Jillian's talking about how hard you're supposed to be working, and they're just grinning like crazy!" So like I said - it got a little weird.
See you the end of January!
Video originally released February 3, 2009
When I decided to start reviewing videos, I told myself that unless the video specified a certain amount of time be spent on it (like 30 Day Shred does, for example), that I'd spend six weeks doing it, because that wasn't that long, but enough time that I'd get pretty good results.
With Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism (which from here on in, I'm going to refer to as BFBM, just to save myself the time), I just couldn't do it. I stopped at the end of the fourth week. So when you get to the pictures at the end, that's why there's only two, instead of the typical three.
I've spent the last few days trying really hard to figure out how to tell you guys what about it I didn't like. And there's alot of things, that I think all compounded together.
First off, I've mentioned on my reviews for both Six Week Six Pack and Shred It With Weights that I get kind of ADD. I start developing a little muscle memory for the exercises, and they're not quite the challenge they initially were, but then level two pops up and starts me over, and it's exciting again, and hooray! BFBM doesn't have a level two. It's all one level, all the time. And it's an hour long, compared to the standard 30 to 40 minutes.
Another thing is that I like seeing that there's improvement. If you can lift a heavier weight, or lift more weight, or do more reps, there's measurable improvement. When you're kicking, there's not much improvement. A kick is a kick is a kick.
Speaking of, Jillian, for those that don't know, got her start in Martial Arts, and this video goes back to that. It's alot of kickboxing and punching, and a fair amount of plyo (jump training).
And, while I don't particularly mind any of those things, they're not my favorites. It's just not fun to me.
Ultimately, I think that's the crux of the problem - this video just wasn't fun. And I know you guys are probably reading this, going "Since when has working out ever been fun?!", but I think it is. I liked the ab exercises in 6 Week 6 Pack, and I liked flinging the kettle bell in Shred It With Weights. I'm on to my next video now, and I even look forward to that (more about that, later). BFBM was like "Ok, how am I going to torture myself today?"
I think had the video been mixed in with other videos, and it was like "Hey, it's BFBM Friday!", I would have jived with it alot better. I do plan to do the Jillian workout plan that she put together that's been floating around SparkPeople for a while, which will mean BFBM is going to make another apperance on the blog at some point, but it's mixed in with lots of other stuff. It's not just that video for six weeks.
Lest all of this sound like sour grapes though - take a look at the Before and After pictures. No question, going off my look before to my look after, BFBM has been my greatest success so far. But gauging off my personal interest in it, I think I'd label BFBM as my greatest failure. Go figure.
Equipment you need; Nothin'. Not a darn thing. No weights. There are some mountain climbers that you might find easier on a yoga mat (I usually do, I find I slip a little on the carpet). But other than that, nothin'.
Space you need; You'll do some planks on the ground, but for the most part, it's all standing work. If you can stand in front of your TV and comfortably kick in each direction without problem, you've got enough space.
What you DO; Because this is a kickboxing inspired workout and none of the rest of them really are (although rumor has it Killer Buns and Thighs comes close), the exercises are all fairly unique. There's a few old school killers that she uses alot - like the mountain climbers, butt kicks, high knees, things along that line, but the bulk of the exercises are unique to this video. She does alot of exercises that all seem to build on each other, which seemed weird to me. For example, you do high knees. Then you do upper cut punches. Then you do "standing mountain climbers", which seems to be not a whole lot more than doing high knees WHILE doing upper cut punches. So that was odd, because it started to feel a little bit like "Haven't I done this already?"
Jillian is famous for saying something to the effect of "If you haven't thrown up or passed out, you're not working hard enough...", and I won't lie - there was a moment the first day where that didn't seem like it was that far out of the realm of possibility. But I stopped, took a lap around my living room, panted a few times, and started back up, and the moment had passed. I won't lie, I'm terribly phobic of being sick, so had I been sick, that would have been the last you would have seen of me doing BFBM!
Cool DVD Feature... This DVD has something I've not yet encountered on any other Jillian DVD - you have the option to construct your own workout. You can select circuits, so if you're running short on time, you can select circuits to do, or if you're having problems with your knees, you can skip the plyo, or whatever. That's cool, I think!
So, final verdict, would I recommend it? If kickboxing is your thing, then yes. If kickboxing isn't your thing, I'd recommend it, but maybe in conjunction with different things, just to vary the routine. If you're new to working out, or new to Jillian, no. In both cases, I'd recommend starting slower, maybe with 30 Day Shred.
Which, speaking of, is the video I'm doing right now. I do not remember this video being so hard on the legs! My goodness, those squats are hard!
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| From 2011-12-31 |
Picture key: pink bra before, white bra after. I did not notice that my bra was a little sideways or that I was wearing socks until after I had already done the picture, haha!
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| From 2011-12-31 |
I took off a few days between Christmas and now, so my abs softened up a little bit. Boo, hah. And in a problem only a fellow mom will appreciate - my upper abs are taking on some nice shape. But that lower ab, mom pooch situation? Hanging right in there. Grr.
But see what I mean? Judging by how much my motivation faltered with doing this video, I'd call it my least favorite. But judging by the difference in the before and after, it was hands down the greatest success so far!
And finally, if you're a bit of a background dancer devotee, the background girls for this video are Kristen and Saleemah, who were both so impossibly smiley, that it got a little weird. Even my 10 year old niece was like "Jillian's talking about how hard you're supposed to be working, and they're just grinning like crazy!" So like I said - it got a little weird.
See you the end of January!
Video originally released February 3, 2009
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Shred It With Weights Will Kick Your Butt!
Shred It with Weights will kick your butt, and thank you for the privilage!
Every review that I had read about this DVD prior to starting it said that if you really want true results, you need a kettlebell. So, despite my husbands grumblings that I didn't really NEED a kettlebell, darn it - I wasn't spending six weeks with Jillian, the entire time aware I was getting subpar results. We were going to get a kettlebell! $30 later, I had a seven pound kettlebell in my possession!
Because kettlebells are so large, they are weighted differently than a regular dumb bell would be. So even if you could bench 20 pounds all day long, take the time to stand in the store for a second and fling some kettlebells around. Trust. Jillian markets her own kettlebells, they're the ones you see her use in the video. They're $89 at Target, and they have removeable weight plates, so you can make it as light or heavy as your physical needs require. She says at one point during level one that the workout "has legs" - you learn the moves, master it, switch to a heavier kettlebell and do it again. While I don't intend to do that, I can see that being the case.
Alot of the reviews of this workout mention how unsafe it is - that she teaches and encourages bad form during the exercises, and all of that. One review claimed that she did it once, and spend the next month doing daily visits to the chiropractor to realign her back. I didn't find that to be the case - I was new to kettlebells at the start of this video, and I never had any trouble with pain/soreness that I felt like was at all unusual. That said - I can easily see where you'd get yourself into trouble here. Much of this workout amounts to "Here's a kettlebell. How far and how high can you fling this thing?", so if you've got bad form, or knees or shoulders that are prone to dislocating/going out, I think you might be in a little trouble with this one.
That said - I'd absolutely recommend it. It's really fun and satisfying to fling that bell around and know that you're really accomplishing things, and Jillian gets pretty tough with this workout, and keeping up with her when she's at her toughest is always really gratifying and exciting.
In my Six Week Six Pack review, I said that it didn't require much space. I won't make the same promise with this - you need to have enough room to rotate that kettlebell out in front of you in every direction - straight out, straight up, even between your legs. You'll need to have room to lay down, you'll need to have room to lunge, you'll need a pretty good amount of space in front of you. So this isn't particularly "small apartment" friendly.
The exercises are all pretty unique to this video - because this is a kettlebell workout, it does all have to be different. I think the only thing here that makes apperances in other videos (besides you know, squats and stuff that you're pretty much not going to escape in an exercise tape...) is the toe taps. And if you're hangin' with Jillian, toe taps should be the least of your concerns.
It's 30 minutes of flingin' the bell around, and you're going to be absolutely convinced you'll never make it through it, but go, baby, go! It's really gratifying to get through it! But, like I experienced with 6 Week 6 Pack - when you get to the end, and you start building a little muscle memory for the exercises, and they get not quite as interesting as they were at the start, it's hard to stay excited for them. Do what you gotta do! Stay excited! Every so often when I started feeling that boredom setting in, I went and did the opposite level of workout to whatever I'd been working on, just to keep it engaging. Do what you gotta do, keep going!
Now, since I can't catch a break when it comes to measurements, I don't have them. For this six weeks, I'm down 1 pound. Which, historically, I don't lose alot of weight doing Jillian's workouts - I lose inches, but not weight. Always. One day, I'll pop up, and my streak will change. Not like I'm complaining about losing inches - success is still success, no matter how you get there. And I've said since I started with her - if my lot in life is to weigh what I currently weigh, then I'm going to be the best looking person that has ever been my weight! :)
And the real scoop - my before and afters!
Picture key: blue bra is the before, black bra is the halfway (which actually, due to an emergency in the family, my halfway pictures were taken at the end of week four, rather than the end of week three), pink bra is the end pictures.
I don't normally like the front pictures, because I don't think they make all that great of a statement for change, but look at that last one! You can see a little shading in the abs. Could it be? Am I getting abs?!
And evidentally, there's some sort of certification that you're supposed to have to teach kettlebells, that Jillian Michaels doesn't have. So she's not "technically" allowed to teach kettlebells, but as long as you keep good form, you can see - big changes can happen!
See you in six weeks for my review of "Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism"!
Video originally released September 7, 2010
Every review that I had read about this DVD prior to starting it said that if you really want true results, you need a kettlebell. So, despite my husbands grumblings that I didn't really NEED a kettlebell, darn it - I wasn't spending six weeks with Jillian, the entire time aware I was getting subpar results. We were going to get a kettlebell! $30 later, I had a seven pound kettlebell in my possession!
Because kettlebells are so large, they are weighted differently than a regular dumb bell would be. So even if you could bench 20 pounds all day long, take the time to stand in the store for a second and fling some kettlebells around. Trust. Jillian markets her own kettlebells, they're the ones you see her use in the video. They're $89 at Target, and they have removeable weight plates, so you can make it as light or heavy as your physical needs require. She says at one point during level one that the workout "has legs" - you learn the moves, master it, switch to a heavier kettlebell and do it again. While I don't intend to do that, I can see that being the case.
Alot of the reviews of this workout mention how unsafe it is - that she teaches and encourages bad form during the exercises, and all of that. One review claimed that she did it once, and spend the next month doing daily visits to the chiropractor to realign her back. I didn't find that to be the case - I was new to kettlebells at the start of this video, and I never had any trouble with pain/soreness that I felt like was at all unusual. That said - I can easily see where you'd get yourself into trouble here. Much of this workout amounts to "Here's a kettlebell. How far and how high can you fling this thing?", so if you've got bad form, or knees or shoulders that are prone to dislocating/going out, I think you might be in a little trouble with this one.
That said - I'd absolutely recommend it. It's really fun and satisfying to fling that bell around and know that you're really accomplishing things, and Jillian gets pretty tough with this workout, and keeping up with her when she's at her toughest is always really gratifying and exciting.
In my Six Week Six Pack review, I said that it didn't require much space. I won't make the same promise with this - you need to have enough room to rotate that kettlebell out in front of you in every direction - straight out, straight up, even between your legs. You'll need to have room to lay down, you'll need to have room to lunge, you'll need a pretty good amount of space in front of you. So this isn't particularly "small apartment" friendly.
The exercises are all pretty unique to this video - because this is a kettlebell workout, it does all have to be different. I think the only thing here that makes apperances in other videos (besides you know, squats and stuff that you're pretty much not going to escape in an exercise tape...) is the toe taps. And if you're hangin' with Jillian, toe taps should be the least of your concerns.
It's 30 minutes of flingin' the bell around, and you're going to be absolutely convinced you'll never make it through it, but go, baby, go! It's really gratifying to get through it! But, like I experienced with 6 Week 6 Pack - when you get to the end, and you start building a little muscle memory for the exercises, and they get not quite as interesting as they were at the start, it's hard to stay excited for them. Do what you gotta do! Stay excited! Every so often when I started feeling that boredom setting in, I went and did the opposite level of workout to whatever I'd been working on, just to keep it engaging. Do what you gotta do, keep going!
Now, since I can't catch a break when it comes to measurements, I don't have them. For this six weeks, I'm down 1 pound. Which, historically, I don't lose alot of weight doing Jillian's workouts - I lose inches, but not weight. Always. One day, I'll pop up, and my streak will change. Not like I'm complaining about losing inches - success is still success, no matter how you get there. And I've said since I started with her - if my lot in life is to weigh what I currently weigh, then I'm going to be the best looking person that has ever been my weight! :)
And the real scoop - my before and afters!
Picture key: blue bra is the before, black bra is the halfway (which actually, due to an emergency in the family, my halfway pictures were taken at the end of week four, rather than the end of week three), pink bra is the end pictures.
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| From Drop Box |
I don't normally like the front pictures, because I don't think they make all that great of a statement for change, but look at that last one! You can see a little shading in the abs. Could it be? Am I getting abs?!
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| From Drop Box |
And evidentally, there's some sort of certification that you're supposed to have to teach kettlebells, that Jillian Michaels doesn't have. So she's not "technically" allowed to teach kettlebells, but as long as you keep good form, you can see - big changes can happen!
See you in six weeks for my review of "Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism"!
Video originally released September 7, 2010
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