ZCut Power Yoga!

cherrysevenfold

Does anyone have this yet? I have it in my cart at Amazon and I can't wait to get it. It looks really hard, though. I'm scared!

Anyone else planning on getting it?

hmuh

Just got mine! I haven't tried it yet. If I survive, I'll give ya details soon. Lol

oddyogi

I purchased it and posted this review on Amazon

If Zuzka puts her name on it, you know it's going to be a quality product. While I wouldn't recommend this yoga series for a relaxing, pre-bedtime routine, I would definitely rate it as one of the best yoga workouts I've done. I received it in the mail over my lunch hour (a day earlier than expected) and I couldn't wait to get home to try all of the workouts!

It includes the following segments. There isn't an option to do all at once, but it's no big deal to choose whichever ones you'd like to do. I've put approximate times beside each.

-Warm Up: 6 minutes
It is what it says...a warm up. It is actually a really good warm up for a yoga workout. It also reminds me that I really need to work on my chaturangas. I'm better at regular push-ups.

-Crescent Series: 7 minutes
Right now I'd say this one is my favorite. Probably because it's the first one I did and my muscles weren't fatigued yet. I could definitely feel the burn in my booty by the time I was done. This one is a bit over 7 minutes.

-Balance & Plyo Series: 5 minutes
If you're bad at balance, like I am, this one will be a challenge for you (especially if you've just done the Crescent Series). I found myself falling over a lot, but don't give up. Just keep trying and some day you'll be able to do Warrior 3 without falling, right? Well, that's what I tell myself anyway. My legs and tush were still burning after this one.

-Upper Body Plyo Series: 12 minutes
If you don't have a lot of upper body strength, this series will be hard fo sho. The handstand prep thingies surprised me.. I was actually able to almost do an almost-handstand for about half a second a few times. Anyway.. lots of upper body strength, so expect push-ups of course. She doesn't provide any alternate exercises for people that can't do push-ups, so if you can't, I'd say just hold the plank pose when she says to do them, or go down only as far as you can.

-Chair Series: 6 minutes
This one would probably have been my favorite because the flying burpees are cool as hell. But I had already the three prior series, so my muscles weren't as fresh as they should be for this one. I wasn't able to keep up with Zuzka, but I bet I would be able to if I'd have done this one first. So to all of you that are doing this DVD for the first time, do this one first--especially if you like burpees!

-Warrior Endurance Series: 7 minutes
I liked this one a lot too. It's a lot of the Warrior Pose, which I'm fond of because it's the first yoga pose I ever learned. There isn't a lot of jumping around in this one, which is good because I don't think my legs would have liked that very much. They were still burning trying to hold the poses though! Maybe I was just relieved that this was the last series.

-Cool Down: 4 minutes
It's a good cool down. I added some extra upper body stretches, and that yoga thing where you just lay there and do nothing for a few minutes. That's my favorite part.

-Bonus Abs: 3 minutes
In the first minute and a half I was like, "Ha! This isn't hard!" and then my abs said, "Ha! You're a pansy!" and then I had to take a break because I don't have abs of steel like Zuzka.

All in all, great yoga workout. If you're not familiar with yoga, that's okay. Either watch all of the workouts before you do them so you can know what's coming and be familiar with her cues, or google "common yoga poses" or something like that. Easy peasy. My arms are still shaking after doing this and I got done with the workout about half an hour ago!

I only did all of them at the same time so I could do a thorough review. I will probably only do two at a time max from now on. I will probably do the following series together:

Crescent with Upper Body Plyo or Chair
Balance & Plyo with Upper Body Plyo
Chair and Warrior
Chair and Upper Body Plyo

Of course you can mix and match to your own liking. Last thing I'd like to say is a big thank you to Zuzka and her team for bringing us another quality DVD. I love my ZCUT cardio series, the weekly ZWOWs, and now the ZCUT Power Yoga!

Don't forget to breathe, WarriorZ!

cherrysevenfold

AWESOME review!!

I can't wait to get it, I especially like that you included good routine combo recommendations. Thanks!