Yogini Workout
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Description of Yogini Workout
If you want to blast fat, firm up & de-stress, this all-in-one workout is perfect for you! Don't worry - Yogini Workout is not a yoga class. It's a workout that utilizes just a pinch of power yoga, along with core-Pilates & bootcamp style energizers, for the ultimate belly buns and thighs blitz. No equipment necessary, no shoes required. This signature Studio workout is challenging yet relaxing. Can exercise & tranquility co-exist? Yes! And you won't believe how good you feel when they collide! We begin with breathing invigoration, flow into a 30-minute zenful standing series, then spend 15 minutes on the mat, targeting our 'trouble' spots - the belly, buns & thighs. The workout is 45 minutes total, moderate tempo...and suitable for all fitness levels. Ellen Barrett says: "I've been obsessed with creating the perfect workout since I started teaching fitness as a college freshman. I've never lost sight of the real reasons for working out -- to look better (body), to feel better (mind) & to be better (spirit). This is why I created The Studio. I wanted a modern and elegant setting to celebrate mind/body fusion fitness. As a book author, best-selling DVD star, Lifetime TV's fit-pro and successful studio owner, I consider my mission to be groundbreaking - I'm pioneering the new age of fitness. The Studio is my laboratory. With this DVD, I'm inviting you to come get fit with me in my workout utopia." Barefoot, no equipment necessary, 45 minutes duration.Sports reviews of Yogini Workout
Customer Review: Surprisingly effective workout
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
Yogini looks like a gentle workout to start - something to do on "off" days. The illusion lasts until you're about seven minutes in, when you realize you're doing some fairly intense resistance training.
Like other studio videos, it's performed barefoot with a mat - no weights or props. A few elements are borrowed from yoga, more seem to be borrowed from Pilates. The standing work consists of lunge sequences, modified sun salutations, some chair pose chair pose variations, and plank work. The seated mat work is stretching and a boat pose sequence. The music is so low-key as to be almost nonexistent. As usual, Ellen cues well, keeps the pacing even, and has a soothing and upbeat voice. I really like the ballroom where she produced the first three Studio videos - it doesn't seem claustrophobic like a lot of sets.
The first time I did the workout I felt very relaxed and cheerful afterward, once I'd caught my breath. The nice stretched feeling didn't prepare me for for the "ow, didn't realize there was a muscle there" feeling that developed over the next two days. My entire core, all the way around my body, had worked really hard. It got easier with repetition, but it remains a real workout and not just a way to loosen up.
Customer Review: Great addition to your Mind-Body fitness collection!
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
This has definitely turned into one of my favorite fitness DVDs in my collection. I most always work out at home and aim to complete at least 30 minutes of yoga/pilates-type workout, combined with a true cardio/strength workout. This DVD is great for the daily yoga/pilates stretching & toning mix. The description boasts that it will provide a cardio workout as well, but as a consistent intermediate exerciser, I wouldn't really agree.
The DVD is 45 minutes long and while you will work up a bit of a sweat, it is a bit too slow-paced to truly get you breathing hard. But - it is absolutely perfect for delivering the "long & lean" toning that Ellen Barrett is known for. Your thighs get a great work-out with a lot of standing work, especially your inner thighs with a lot of what she calls "breathing plies".
As always, Ellen Barrett is a great, non-annoying instructor who cues perfectly without an excess of praise or unnecessary motivational speeches, which tend to appear too often on fitness DVDs.
I would recommend this to anyone who is looking to incorporate yoga/stretching into their routine, but wants something faster-paced & results-driven than the standard Hatha/Ivengar practices on the market.
Customer Review: Ellen Barrett's most challenging
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
The first time I did this workout I was a whimpering, sweaty mess. However, I have done Ellen's workouts for so long that I really trusted her to deliver a rewarding workout. So I persevered, and after 5 or 6 times through it I really came to love it.
The hurdle for me was mainly developing the upper body strength to do all the downward dog, plank, cobra, etc poses. This makes it sound like a yoga class, which it really is not. The workout also greatly challenges my flexibility. It's so strenuous (for me anyway) yet so flowing and graceful.
So I am whimpering less as I gain strength and flexibility. But I really have to be up for it. You can't fake your way through this one!
All of Ellen Barrett's videos are great, especially the latest "Studio" series. They are the current mainstay of my lifelong endeavor to fitness. I love the invigorating, yet placid and unhurried nature of her workouts.
Customer Review: Not a light day video
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
So I figured I could do this dvd as a nice follow-up to a 23min kickboxing video... nope. I had to stop, take a day off and then try again. Though I love Ellen Barrett, I love her Fat Burning Fusion as well as her Burn and Firm Pilates and look forward to owning other video's made by her, I wasn't sure I was going to love Yogini the first time through. I now realize it is because it isn't a subtle workout like her other's. In Yogini I am working out and I know it. This video showed me my weak points and now I am going to embrace this video to work the weakness out... ~Grin~
I have come to appreciate what Ellen accomplished in this video. Ellen stretches you and works you at the same time, I really felt the area she was working. So many other videos I hear... "do you feel that burn in your legs" and often I do not, not the case with this video. Yes, there is quite a bit of planks and downward dogs toward the end of the video so people with weak arms think about modifying and those with weak wrists may want to reconsider. However, everyone else... I loved it, I recommend it.
Customer Review: time flies and this workout delivers
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I love yoga and do kundalini yoga (which is fairly vigorous) several times a week, so I was a teeny bit skeptical about whether or not I'd feel worked out after a "yoga-type" workout. But I also really love Ellen B's workouts, so I should've known better than to doubt... this was a really fun workout that really did make me feel not just worked out, but also relaxed, stretched out and - no kidding- happy! Time flew by and the video was over before I knew it- not that it was easy, since I was pretty sweaty and sore, esp in my core. If you enjoy Ellen's other videos, then this is a must-buy. Like other reviewers have said, it's also the perfect workout for a rough day or when you've been doing a lot of other types of athletics and need a good stretch. It's also a nice introduction to the benefits of yoga for people who might be a bit wary of yoga- you get the stretchy part without the spiritual stuff that seems to put many people off.
All in all a fun video I'm looking forward to doing again.