Good Day

[abka]

I finally got sleep last night (almost 13 hours) so although my day started very late it's been productive. I made stuffed peppers and hamburgers (had left over ground beef) and then excercised for the first time in a while. Now that my landlady's gone I can do my tapes again (although today I did the DVD). Now I'm at the library starting research on my semiotics paper. Hopefully the good mood will last through finals.

Comments

Exercise tapes

[mrsjadephoenix.livejournal.com]

I own a couple of exercise tapes and DVDs too! Just out of curiosity, what kind of tapes do you do? Regular aerobics? Step? Tae-Bo?

Re: Exercise tapes

[abka.livejournal.com]

I have a random variety that I've acquired over the years, mostly as gifts or ones that my sister got tired of. I have a couple of step tapes, Tae Boe ones, a Denise Austin kickboxing one (she's annoying in a horrible yet funny way ie "if you don't squeeze that butt no one else will"), a dance one that sucks, most recently I've been using this DVD set that Denis bought a while ago called Power 90 (ie reshape your body in 90 days) they have 2 levels of aerobic and a strength-training workouts that are fairly good. The instructor is annoying (but most tape instructors are) but the workouts have a little bit of everything.
If you have any good tapes, I'd love suggestions. I don't have any straight aerobics. Over the years I've acquired a decent (if yet also somewhat random) amount of inexpensive at-home equipment, adjustable free-weights, an exercise ball, an adjustable step, a yoga mat (I have no yoga tapes, but good for floor exercises), a heart-rate monitor, and most recently my aunt gave me an (unsolicited) mini-trampoline. I have no idea what to do with the trampoline, we haven't even assembled it. Any trampoline suggestions would also be a plus.

Re: Exercise tapes

[fatwetdog.livejournal.com]

I don't have any aerobics tapes, but i've found that actually 8min abs & 8 min buns are really actually very good. They're pretty fucking hardcore. and the next day i usually feel sore in that really good "I kicked my own ass last night" sort of way.

[mrsjadephoenix.livejournal.com]

Denise Austin kickboxing one (she's annoying in a horrible yet funny way ie "if you don't squeeze that butt no one else will"

I so agree with you. Sometimes I can't follow along with her because I'm laughing too hard about the silliness of what she's saying. Example: "These exercises are a great way to get yourself some nice buns. No, not cinnamon buns, but these! The backside of your body!" I was doing an aerobics tapes of hers once and there's this part where she's marching and pushing her arms up into the air, and she kept yelling, "Hallelujah!" every time her arms went up. It got rather annoying.

But anyway, have you tried any tapes by Kathy Smith? I generally like her as an instructor - she's nice but she's not as overly enthusiastic like Denise Austin. If you're interested in trying out yoga, I'd recommend "The Perfect Yoga Workout" from The Crunch (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005NQGR/qid=1039335211/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_4/002-1661164-9234408?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846), which has two forty minute workouts that I find to be pretty good. Also there's Abs Yoga with Rodney Yee (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000G3GH/qid%3D1039335396/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-1661164-9234408), which is a twenty minute workout that focuses on just the abs. It's a killer!