I'm sure you are using muscles you haven't used in awhile! I'm a little nervous to start tomorrow.... Might have to take a sneak peek today!

:flowerforyou: Hey there ladies!!! I have this disc and will make sure I incorporate it during the evenings!!! Here goes!!!

I found this review on Amazon: (NOT ME) However, I think its sums it up pretty fairly...

This review is from: Jillian Michaels: Yoga Meltdown (DVD)

I'm starting from the standpoint of years of yoga practice and having taught Pilates professionally for seven years: needless to say, the boot camp style of "Biggest Loser" isn't exactly what I would go looking for in a yoga tape.

My initial Pilates-teacher bias notwithstanding, this is actually pretty interesting. It takes standard yoga poses and adds repetitions to the movement. What's really smart about it is three things:

1.) The repetitions are movements that don't put a lot of pressure on major joints--you're not moving through the joints in such a way that there is a lot of force, so this isn't likely to cause injury. Specifically, what you're not doing, is rolling through shoulder joints repeatedly, with all your weight on your shoulders, as in most Ashtanga yoga--which does tend to cause injuries.

2.) It's interval training. What that means is that your heart rate goes up and down a lot. Your body, in response, will default to a higher level of calorie burning and oxygen use, so this is a pretty good way to increase metabolism and what we think of as "lung capacity."

3.) It's difficult enough that you don't feel like you're wasting your time. Each workout is only 30 minutes, but it's difficult enough that, if your goal that day is fitness, you're definitely getting your money's worth.

Some negatives: it's filmed on a really bright gym set, which is a little difficult to watch; Jillian doesn't actually do all the poses; sometimes it's hard to see the beginner model when you need to.

Who this is for: experienced yoga folks who want a different kind of more athletic short practice; anyone wanting to add gym-based yoga to their workouts.

Who this is not for: if you have bad wrists, this might be undoable. Your knees also should be good enough to get up and down from the floor without difficulty.

However, this is a fairly safe, more difficult yoga dvd.

Yogi Eric Schiffman has been quoted as saying, "The point with yoga, is to do it a lot." If having another instructor in your dvd rotation, one who isn't airy-fairy, and overly emotional, for days when you just can't go there, then this is worth adding to the mix.

Hey AliciaD93! - How are your JM Yoga Meltdown workouts going? Please share your experience/s.

I should have the dvd hopefully by the end of the week. I'm excited to add a different way to burn calories while strengthening. I enjoy weight training, but a little variety will be nice. And I struggle with cardio, so I definitely need several ways to burn off fat.

Your input is appreciated. Thanks!

Hey Fallenangello,

Good to hear you were sweating. That is exactly what I am looking for and need.

Thanks for the input. I will let you know as soon as I get it. Was hoping I'd have it by now.

Please keep us posted with your progress....Thanks again.

Yay! Glad you got it! My daughter came over right as I was getting ready to start so I told her if she wanted to visit she had to either come watch me and talk or wait til I was done.

Now she's a shoe 115 pounds fully dressed, but she was so impressed with what I was doing. She tried a couple moves and said if her jeans weren't so tight she would have tried to do the whole thing with me....

It's alot harder than people think but I love the stretching.... Now holding those positions for 15 seconds is another story!

Hello YM chicks!

How about a challenge for a month? For the sake of burning calories in warp speed, or to monitor how much of a difference the YM workout can make added to our daily routines, lets challenge ourselves to complete the workout twice a day. Anybody in???

I went the wrong way on the scale and have added a few pounds (tis the seasoning on prime rib dinners) and I'd like to see how much caloric reduction these workouts can make in a months time.

Let me know if anyone is interested...

Ok so last week I came down with a horrible cold... Fever and everything! But I have to say at I still did the yoga meltdown and it helped my aching muscles! I never in a million years thought I would enjoy yoga so much.

I knew I was too sick for 30DS but the slow stretching made me feel so much better!

Now that Christmas is over I'm looking forward to getting back into a normal routine and hope to add yoga in daily! Still goi to do my 30DS 5 days a week but the added stretching sounds good!

Keep us posted on your opinion of JM's 30 Day Shred. Looks pretty difficult, but claims to burn up to 20 pounds a month. I still need to master the Yoga Meltdown, but I'm interested in reading everyone's reviews on the 30 DS.

I do levels 1 and 2 back to back three times a week (also do 'Banish fat boost metabolism' three times a week). I have to say, I do not think that level 2 is any harder than level 1. In fact, I think the two workouts compliment each other really well when done together. Good luck everyone!

Good to know! Thanks for the post.

I have yet to hold and complete the chaturanga push ups, and I don't consider my arms as weak. I am happy with level one until I can hold those poses for the full 15 seconds.

Its difficult but I actually appreciate the *kitten*-whoopin Jillian offers. Ha!

Its good to know I am not the only one struggling with those chaturanga pushups and the warrior 3 pose. We will both make it a goal to master this year.

Keep us posted on your progress...

You hit 50 lbs! Right on girl!!!