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Summary: Results in 21 days
Review: I am 48 years old and was beginning to feel stiff in the muscles and joints. I told myself to become accustomed to getting older gracefully. Then I began Denise Austin's Fat-Blasting Yoga workout and I regained my flexibility. Plus, I lost the fat on my stomach that often creeps on with age and toned my hips, thighs, and arms. I also lost 10 pounds and have more energy. The workout is not too strenuous. I never even do the whole hour, usually just one of the workouts of about a 20-minute duration. Denise is in her 40's also, so I found that encouraging. Like Denise says, "If you rest, you'll rust." Buy the DVD and get moving!
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Summary: WOW!! Love this one!
Review: I am a beginner to intermediate exerciser, this was my first attempt at yoga, This is so much fun!! I feel so great at the end of this workout, streched out and relaxed, I did not have any real trouble keeping up though I do have some work to do on balance, I love the fast pace, anything slower would just be boring, and I love that nice slightly sore feeling my muscles get the following day, (after doing the video 4 times I can already feel great improvement in my balance and flexability). I was really impressed that the first segments worked up such a sweat, I never thought of Yoga as a cardio, but at a beginner to imtermediate level this could be a rotation for a light cardio day, I usually do this as a second workout late in the day and it is wonderful!! You can break this up into 3 different workouts but I find that once I get started I have so much fun and the time passes so quickly that I end up doing the whole tape!! A+ again Denise!
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Summary: I wish I read the reviews here prior to buying!
Review: I am a dance teacher and have been dancing many years. I can follow routines easily, but similar to Denise's Pilates, it really doesn't give much instruction. You're forced to "follow the leader" and hopefully you know enough about body alignment not to hurt yourself.
The routine in the first segment, while fun, moved too quickly to really ascertain where you are with placement, and very little instruction is given concerning placement, which is sad. You don't know if you're really doing these poses correctly or not, and with Pilates and Yoga, there is reason for good alignment, placement, so on. Otherwise you're not able to maximize what's really there.
Denise should consider a preview/reference segment where things are better explained and positions could be practised prior to engaging in the full workout.
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Summary: Annoying but Effective
Review: I am a fan of Denise's in spite of her being, well, Denise Austin.
You cannot help but love her and her motivating us to continually battle the bulge! I was very annoyed with this video at first, I have been doing yoga on and off for two years and I was a) not crazy about the variations she added to the Ashtanga, and b) the music was HORRID for yoga. That being said, every single muscle was worked, the second segment was wonderful, and the third was effective and a lot of fun- I loved the ball workout,my back felt thoroughly stretched. So there you have it- buy it if you want to add to your yoga collection but don't expect an orthodox power yoga session. I will try to do this video in addition to her Pilates for Every Body and I will see what happens, so far I feel that every muscle in my body was worked and elongated. So never mind the annoying aspects- go Denise!
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Summary: Misleading
Review: I am a practiced yoga person, I am also overweight. I after reading the back of this video thought it would be a great way to loose some weight and do what I loved; Yoga. I couldn't have been more wrong. It has little to do with yoga, superficially the poses have the same names, but there is no concentration on breathing or posture or stretch. Not to mention, honestly that woman's incessant prattle and voice are incredibly annoying, so annoying that after fifteen minutes I had to turn the sound off. It's not good if you have bad knees, it's not good unless you're incredibly flexible already, and stronger than your average person. My point is, if you're Denise Austin this workout is no problem, but if you're just trying to loose weight and get flexible, it's going to be an exercise in frustration. I imagine -after- you've lost weight and gotten strong you'll be fine, if you can stand it. But it's absolutely not good for the average woman. Not to mention you have to buy an over priced plastic ball to even do the last half of the video. You want to loose weight and get fit, try Tae-Bo, and leave this video on the shelf.
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Summary: Way to fast for yaoga
Review: I am NOT impressed with this workout at all! I have taken yoga classes before and I have a basic idea of what I am doing.. but this tape moves way to fast. I couldn't keep up. She jumps from one pose to the next so quickly. It doesn't give you anytime to make sure your body is postioned properly, So you can avoid injury.
I give this DVD 2 thumbs down
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Summary: Not for the uninitiated?
Review: I bought this DVD hoping to improve my general fitness, balance and flexibility, but it's turned out to be more of an exercise in frustration (pun intended).First, I find Denise's voice and continuous pep talk annoying. She has an overly cheerful style that can quickly become irritating, especially when she coos something like, "This is my favorite stretch!" or, "Yea, YOGA!" Second, I find the exercises too difficult and the moves too fast. For example, she has you balancing on one leg while swinging your other leg -- definitely not for the uncoordinated. Third, she doesn't do much explaining of the exercises -- hardly any, in fact. I guess you're supposed to be able watch her carefully while trying to follow, "Down dog, up dog! Down dog, up dog, down dog -- aaand up dog!" Finally, she doesn't suggest any alternative moves or strategies for those of us who aren't up to her level of balance or flexibility. Figuring out that I'll need a chair to hold onto lightly while doing the one-legged exercises was easy, but actually using the chair is difficult because she changes moves/sides so often. She doesn't give you time to perfect the positions or work on your stretch in case you aren't able to reach your big toe (or whatever). I'm not totally giving up on the DVD, but I'm not very happy with it. If I had it to do over, I'd choose something else.
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Summary: Pretend annoying yoga
Review: I found this workout NOT yoga I have no idea what Denise was swinging her arms around for at all and jumping all over the place like she just had a hit of cocaine or something. Her voice was annoying and constant...she should have been trying out for a . waitress. I am tossing this stupid tape!
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Summary: Stick to aerobics Denise
Review: I had already tried yoga with another DVD from Yoga Zone that I loved but thought it was time to change it up so I tried Denise Austin. She should just stick to what she's good at. It's nice that she's trying mix in yoga because it's "in", but she doesn't lead you into the next pose. I would be standing on one leg in one position and then she would blurt out "and leg extension!" I almost fell over a few times! There's no warning as to what's coming up next. It seemed like she was creating a cardio workout with aerobics moves and not yoga moves. And she doesn't give you any modifications in case you can't perform the move. Yoga zone always shows you the position along with a modification in case you are not as strong or flexible as the instructor. I highly recommend Yoga Zone's Sculpting DVD as well as the weight loss DVD. I like all the instructor's and they actually go silent at points allowing you to truly focus on your breathing, form, and stress release. Denise doesn't shut her mouth long enough! I do have to say, her facial expressions and voice will make you and everyone else in your house laugh.
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Summary: Not for the average woman
Review: I have a number of Denise's videos and while I find her voice and comments annoying ( I turn down the sound and put music on), I usually like her workouts. I have done yoga for 2 years and have run, biked and done strength-training all my life, so I'm in better shape than the average 40+ woman. I would NOT recommend these workouts for the average person. It moves too fast in places and too slow in others. If your balance isn't that of a gymnast, you will be falling over numerous times and struggling to figure out what the heck she's doing. I like to workout hard, but this is just not a well-designed workout. Crunch's Perfect Yoga Workout is much better, especially the Fat Burning Workout.
Don't waste your money, if you can do this workout - you don't need it!!
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