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Full Body Stretching is another 10 minute workout from Popsugar and led by Anna Renderer. It's a pretty simple and gentle stretching workout, perfect to finish off a more intense cardio, lower body or total body workout. All you need is a mat. You will be stretching your entire body. I used it to finish off … Continue reading Popsugar: Full Body Stretching
This little 10 minute workout is different from the first 3 Popsugar workouts I've done so far. I also feel the title--Ultimate Bikini Bottom--is a misnomer. Yes, this workout does include exercises for your glutes, but this workout in no way will give you the "ultimate" bikini bottom. In reality, no 10 minute workout is … Continue reading Popsugar: Ultimate Bikini Bottom Workout
While digging through my box of old Firm workouts I came across this one: Slim Solutions Yoga. I don't even remember getting this workout tho I have the equipment that came with it in my workout room (a yoga block and a strap). Since I now try to do yoga every Sunday, I decided that … Continue reading The Firm: Slim Solutions Yoga
Another major winner from Element and yogi Ashley Turner. Before I even get started, I have to preface this by stating that I have always tried to incorporate more yoga into my rotations. I know it is necessary and I even like and enjoy a lot of the yoga workouts I own. However, I have … Continue reading Element: Yoga for Stress Relief & Flexibility
***Update 4/14/16--Michelle Dozois posted an excellent blog post today about home workouts vs gym workouts. In it she talked about her Peak 10 workouts and Peak Fit system. Also, at the very end of the blog post she states that there will be a new Peak 10 system coming out later this year. I am … Continue reading Peak Fit System
I love stretching. I just do. It feels so good to stretch long and deep. I wish I loved yoga as much as I loved stretching in general. I'm a big fan of Cathe workouts for many reasons but one of the many is that she never neglects a good stretch at the end of … Continue reading Total Body Stretching
P90X2 is another advanced fitness program by Tony Horton and Beachbody. I got P90X2 around the same time as I got Insanity: Asylum Volume 1 and it fell prey to the same delay--discovery of Cathe. So in spite of my intense excitement when P90X2 was announced, it has sat on my shelf collecting dust for several years. I … Continue reading P90X2
I have actually had Asylum Volume 1 for several years. I got it for my birthday right around the same time I rediscovered Cathe, which put a halt to me doing any other program for a long time. However, over the past year I have been doing workouts by other trainers and programs, and I am finally … Continue reading Insanity: Asylum Volume 1
Tapout XT 2 is Tapout XT 1 kicked up a notch. They are both similar--same concept, same trainer (Mike Karpenko)--so for more information on the Tapout XT workouts in general, see Tapout XT 1's review (or at least the first part, before the workout breakdowns). As mentioned in that review, I have been wanting these workouts … Continue reading Tapout XT 2
Mobility RX is Mark Lauren's newest body weight training workout. The tag for it is "Dynamic flexibility. Postural strength. Move with ease. Live pain free." What does that mean for these workouts? First, they are different from his others that I have done, but no less challenging. I would equate them to painful physical therapy. The exercises … Continue reading Mobility RX