| Yoga Weight-Loss Workout for Dummies | 
| Director: Andrea Ambandos
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (15 reviews)
Sales Rank: 15554
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 39 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: ANBD13549D
UPC: 013131354997
EAN: 0013131354997
ASIN: B000A3XY8M
Release Date: September 20, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Description
Now you can experience all the traditional benefits of yoga ? such as balance, flexibility, and strength ? with an added calorie-burning advantage! This unique approach to yoga utilizes all the well-known yoga postures but blends them into a smooth, flowing sequence so that you?re moving continuously.This dynamic movement increases your heartrate and causes the body to heat up and burn extra calories, yet the workout always remains gentle and easy-to-follow. Yoga Weight-Loss Workout For Dummies offers step-by-step instruction for both standing and mat exercises and includes useful modifications so that you can move at your own pace and level. You can build stamina, strength, and flexibility while you burn extra calories. After you work out with this program, you?ll feel like you?ve done something extraordinary for yourself . . . and you have!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 NOT for the weak-kneed! June 13, 2008
I just did this video for the first time this morning and I was surprised at how sore my knees were afterward. Now they are not the greatest to begin with, but not terrible either - I can run a few miles if I'm careful. But I took a yoga class at the local college this past semester, and I had no problems whatsoever with my knees. The instructor gave us time to get into each pose correctly, the whole while giving tips on how to do each pose correctly, and then gave us time to get into the next pose correctly.
THIS VIDEO, however, DOES NOT give one time to move from pose to pose correctly, nor adequate tips on how to get into the poses correctly. I'm sure that's why my knees are sore. I don't see other complaints of this, so if you have no problems with your knees to begin with you may not have one with this video. But if you do have creaky knees, or cannot run because of knee issues, I would not recommend this video.
Beyond the knee issue, the video provides a decent amount of stretching, light strengthening maneuvers, and a couple of balance poses - which is all you can really ask of a 35 minute more-or-less beginning video.
I would not count on this video as my main exercise for weight loss. It is a nice adjunct as it will help with flexibility and balance, but if my experience in achieving and maintaining a 50-lb weight loss is any indication, you would do well to consider more strength training and some cardio that involves moving yourself in a way that requires real exertion, and not just movement per se. Try running (not jogging), jumping rope, swimming (sprints, not leisurely), cycling, rowing, etc. in addition to strength training. Of course you will need to work up to those levels - always start slowly, but do keep pushing yourself. Also cut out all sugar and grains, eat lean protein, fresh organic fruits and vegetables and you will lose quickly and without hunger pangs. Sugar and grains fuel the appetite, protein and vegetables quell it. And I do love yoga for the gains one can make in core strength, flexibility, and balance, so it's definitely worth taking a class or finding an excellent video. Good luck!
lost weight? May 26, 2008
Is there anyone who can review this and say that they lost weight? there are lots of yoga dvd's available. I did yoga for years, even taught beginners, but I never lost weight. I'm older now and want something restorative to complement the cardio and weight work I do, but I want to continue to lose weight. Does this really help with weight loss or is it just about feeling energized or relaxed?
 yoga weight loss for dummies May 20, 2008
I really like this workout. It is easy to follow. I also have Pilates weight loss for dummies, but I like this one better. It is a 35 minute workout. 20 minutes of standing yoga and 15 minutes of mat work. I would recommend it.
Exactly what I was looking for. May 20, 2008
I bought this DVD in search of a yoga-based weight loss routine, and found exactly what I was looking for. I have some basic yoga experience and while I don't know if this routine would be feasible for a real beginner, I would recommend it to anyone else. The pace is lively and intense, though not so much so that it takes twenty minutes to cool down. I was painfully sore for about two days after my first run-through, but I was surprised how dramatically the charlie horse eased with only one or two more run-throughs. Chris Freytag did seem a bit eerily robotic at first, but again it was easy to adjust too, as was the music.
My main issue with this program is the few sections during the mat work that I find too fast-paced. Specifically, it is difficult for me to move from either version of side-plank to child's pose and back as fast as Freytag does. Still, it is just something to work on. I also wish that just a bit more relaxation was added to the end, but the amount provided is sufficient.
In short, I would not hesitate to recommend this DVD to anyone with a familiarity with the groundwork of yoga who is looking for a workout. I would certainly purchase another Dummies program along these lines, should one ever be released.
a workable, sensible workout dvd April 16, 2008
This DVD was a pleasant surprise when I first borrowed it from my local library (and I've borrowed all that they have). It's reasonable and paced well (at least for me). Probably because it's part of the "for Dummies" series, it has enough technical information in it to be interesting - more than most. It's taped in a studio, so you don't get the breathtaking scenery and the music could be a little more up to date, but, (and here's the big but (really sorry about that pun)) there's nothing annoying about this DVD. Most other DVD's I've rented or purchased have some annoying element that makes it difficult to put back into the machine for the 30th time. Not so with this one. The workouts are challenging enough, the leader is perky - but not too perky, and the Yoga-ish meditation-oriented stuff is not included. I wasn't looking for a meditation guide but for a low impact workout. I am VERY happy with this DVD and will certainly buy it again if this one gets damaged.
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