workout videos??

I love the Biggest Loser cardio Max. Its a tough workout and Bob and Jillian always make me laugh!

I agree about Biggest Loser Cardio and I like their Sculpt one as well. Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred is excellent as well! They truly are different than the others I have used and they really challenge you!

I prefer the gym. It's much more motivating for me to workout with other people. I'm not sure if I'd stick with my exercise if I used videos.

I was considering buying a new workout video to change things up and maybe i can find the time to do it after kids are in bed! lol (worth a try!)

anyway, I know there are several new ones out there--- yoga booty ballet, the firm, that jillian micheals tape, etc.
Which ones are your favorites and that you feel you really get a good workout from?!

Thanks for all of your help! My gym membership is up next month and I'm wondering if i should renew my contract or not. maybe if i can find some good videos that i enjoy doing and don't get burnt out on i won't need the membership!

Thank you all!! :flowerforyou:

I have never done a workout video before. sorry I can't help you on this one. :ohwell:

Oh come on Ty, You don't want to do the yoga booty ballet?? LOL :laugh:

Hmm what exactly is that??? lol

I love any of the Jillian Michaels Tapes! I am very picky with workouts but hers I have been able to stick to. They're all about 20 minutes and you can fit them in to any schedule. Plus, she has you going so quick, the workout just flies by. If you have Comcast, she has some OnDemand in the Exercise TV area to watch for free... That's how I got hooked!

I really like my wedding workout DVD. I found it because I am trying to lose weight for my friends wedding and I guess whatever site I was on pointed me toward this. It does have wedding theme stuff, like a strapless dress workout (upper body) and clingy dress workout (lower body and abs) and there are a few cheesy lines like when doing jabs they exclaim, show us that engagement ring! But if you can deal with some sillyness, you defintely don't have to be planning for a wedding to enjoy it.

The big thing I hate about exercise tapes is the monotony (sp?). I hate watching the same people make the same jokes and say the same things time after time. I am quite sure they use the same three people, but I like that there are basically 12 different workouts you can do since there is a differnt work out Monday through Saturday for each type of workout (the "strapless dress and clingy dress mentioned above). There is also an option to customize your workout so if you want to do double the cardio rather than one cardio session and one ab session, you can! I beleive the DVD is by Women's Health, but googling womens health or wedding workout or something like that should get you there, and I think it was pretty cheap too. Good luck!

TAE-BO Get Ripped Advanced Series!

It is the only video workout that I have found to be comparable with gym classes. If you want to start slower, you can always try the Get Ripped Beginner tapes.

I am dripping sweat when I am finished with this work out, and I love Billy Blanks. He motivates you the whole time. Sort of cheesy, but mostly inspirational. Sometimes you just need that extra push, you know.

get the DVd's any one that piques you intrigue will work, but by all means do renew the gym. Mine went down after a year(my rate) and furthermore if you KNOW you are spending money you will NOT want it to go to waste and will keep up the working out...

I agree with americanwolfdreamer about the gym. You can totally renegotiate once your contract expires. Also (and maybe this doesn't apply to all of you with central air conditioning) my apartment gets really hot in the summer. Way too hot to work out in. I like going to the YMCA where the air conditioning is included in my montly membership fee!

The firm is wonderful and so is Jari Love get ripped 1000 I do tapes at home and love it. When you have kids popping a tape in whenever is great

Alisha

How do you know how many calories you're burning though? I love the Bigest Loser Season 1 DVD and Turbo Jam but I'm never sure how to enter them on my log. Any suggestions?

How do you know how many calories you're burning though? I love the Bigest Loser Season 1 DVD and Turbo Jam but I'm never sure how to enter them on my log. Any suggestions?

I guess the only way to know how many calories you are burning is to have a HRM (which i don't have and I really want one!)

I have several of the TJ videos. During the 50 min workouts-depending on how hard I push-I burn between 560 and 640 calories according to my HRM. Really, it's the only way to determine accurate calories burned. It depends on your weight, your maximum heartrate, etc. I would really recommend the investment. My husband was guess-timating that when we went jogging together he was burning about 100 calories more than me....he was happily surprised after getting a HRM that he was actually burning TRIPLE the calories I was. Imagine...I burned 400 and he burned 1200. NOT fair!! :mad: