Wed - In the Ring w/ Amy Bento/Yoga

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

I went with a virgin this morning - Amy Bento's In the

Ring workout. This one had some criticism both on the

Video Fitness website and Collage's website about it

being difficult to follow and poorly cued. I have to

admit the reviews sort of intimidated me from wanting

to try it right away - but I'm glad I did. Yes, there

are times when the cueing is pretty much " on the spot "

and there is little to no advance notice of what is

coming next, but it isn't terrible and, as long as you

are not bent on completing this workout perfectly on

the first run through it is fine - you may have to

rewind something to catch it but overall I didn't find

it impossible to do and did work up a decent sweat (so

it wasn't one of those 'wasted " workouts where you

spend more time staring at the TV than actually doing

anything!). The choreography is also mostly on the

athletic side and there is enough repetition so that

even if you do miss something it is repeated enough so

that you can catch it eventually. This is one that

your performance on will improve with time as you grow

familiar with it.

That said, I only did a pre-mix. I think the one I

did was called " Good NRG " or something like that - it

was combo 1, interval 1, combo 3, interval 3, combo 4,

interval 4. I chose this b/c when I was previewing it

- combo 2 does look difficult/complex. I figured I'd

learn that on separately rather than as a part of

learning the whole thing together.

The intervals are all done with a medicine ball (or

dumbell as one modifier shows). Amy's speed here and

fast cueing caused me to not use a med ball for most

of the intervals the first time out. I can see using

it eventually, but not when I was first learning the

workout - too fast may be a recipe for injury. The

premix I did was 52 minutes. There are other

pre-mixes of varying lengths on this DVD.

Afterwards, my hips and lower back were tight

-probably not from this workout alone but a cumulative

effect from this week so far and just general

activities so I wanted to do some yoga - I pulled out

an oldie - Body Wisdom's Yoga for Athletes - I picked

out a 20 minute practice for the hips fron the

" Runners " section. It was great, very good hip

openers - different squats to opeh the hips, forward

bends, reclined twists. As is typical of most of the

Body Wisdom workouts I have seen the cueing is voice

over with a model (, who is in the Power Yoga for

Every Body DVD). There isn't a lot of " flow " between

the postures but that was okay for me today. The

relaxation was good, although by that time I was

getting antsy about time (I really like to do yoga in

the evenings, when I'm not antsy about getting my day

started - but if I leave it for the evening it never

gets done!) so I didn't relax as long as I should have

- although half way through my dog came down and she

laid down next to me and I petted her and that was

relaxing on its own.

I'm not sure what is up for tomorrow, I think it will

depend on how I feel in the morning - my choicees are

strength, yoga or a circuit workout.

Take care everyone!

Donna

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[Guest guest]

i so can't wait until b-day when i can get this one. i think she makes these videos a learing curve so to speak so if you do it more then once you won't get bored with all the same cueing/form. its been pretty down the middle from what i read with the reviews. although some complained she was to fast and not everyone is as "advanced" as her. well DUH!!! thats why its been rated advanced!! LOL. great job on it donna. i love amy bento, can't wait to et this one. i tried KBX from netflix and had a blast, i though i wouldn't like it but it was awesome!!! dare i say more fun then cathe's stuff just not as techincal. kassia ldy_solana's domainScouting for All

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