Element: Pilates Weight Loss for Beginners

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• Format: DVD
• Color; DVD; Full Screen; NTSC

Pilates can transform your body in a way no gym equipment can match. Filmed on a breathtaking location overlooking the Pacific Ocean, this dynamic beginner's workout is designed to maximize calorie burn while teaching you the basics of Pilates. With a combination of Pilates-conscious cardio and mat Pilates, this sequence uses the principles of control, concentration, precision, center, breath, and fluidity to help you sculpt a new shape. The gentle, low impact exercises will strengthen and tone your whole body to develop a slimmer, leaner bodyline

List Price: $ 14.98 Price: $ 4.92

Are you interested in losing weight?  If you are, you may be interested in starting your own weight loss program.  Of course, you can join a local weight loss program or even an online weight loss program, but many individuals prefer to do their own, at-home weight loss programs. If you are one of those individuals, you may be interested in buying exercise videos. Exercise videos, also commonly referred to as workout videos, are a great addition to any weight loss program.

Although you may have bought workout videos before, have you even done so when seriously trying to lose weight?  In the United States, a large number of individuals buy exercise videos just because.  Just because exercise videos are a lot different than exercise videos that are a part of a weight loss plan. That is why you should shop for them differently.

When it comes to buying exercise videos for yourself, as a part of your weight loss program, there are number of important factors that you may want to take into consideration. These factors will not only make buying exercise videos for yourself easier, but they will also help to ensure that you choose the exercise video or videos that are best for you and your own personal needs. A few of the many factors that you should take into consideration, when buying an exercise video are outlined below.

One of the many factors that you will want to take into consideration, when buying exercise videos as a part of your weight loss plan, is the type of exercises that you want to do.  For instance, you often get to choose between traditional aerobic videos, Pilates, kickboxing, and so forth.  To spice up your weight loss plan and to keep it fun and exciting, you may want to think about buying a collection of exercise videos, particularly a mixture of them.

Another one of the many factors that you will want to take into consideration, when buying an exercise video for your weight loss program, is difficulty. What you need to remember is that many workout videos come in sessions. For instance, it is possible to find kickboxing videos that are designed for beginners, those at the intermediate level, as well as those at an advanced level. You want to make sure that you choose the right video for yourself.  If you are not careful, you may end up with an advanced workout video that you cannot even use, as you are unable to keep up with the instructor.

Cost is another factor that you may want to take into consideration, when buying workout videos or exercise videos for yourself.  In your search for exercise videos, you will find that they are sold for a wide range of prices. Some are affordable, others are a little bit more costly, and many are downright expensive.  Of course, the expensive workout videos may be worth the cost, but you never really know until you order them.  One way to help make sure that you are spending your money wisely is to search for exercise video reviews online.  This can often be done with a standard internet search.

The above mentioned factors are just a few of the many that you may want to take into consideration, when buying exercise videos to incorporate into your at-home weight loss program.  Most times, you will find that any exercise video is better than no video at all, but taking the time to find the perfect one will likely make your weight loss program much more enjoyable.

 

There was a time when simple gymnasium exercises were all anyone thought of when they heard the word exercise. Then there came the aerobics classes at workout studios, resorts and spas. These were difficult and eventually got boring. Now the word exercise has taken on a new meaning. It now means a dance workout to the rhythms of such music as salsa, hip hop and other modern dance rhythms. Now you can dance the weight off with a great dance exercise DVD. Dancing your way to weight loss can be a bit strenuous but you can get the effect you want by putting on a good sweat.

Julian Michaels: No More Trouble Zones is a series of dance moves for muscle toning. (55 min.) Petra Kolber: Boot Camp Boogie alternates basic dance moves to athletic exercises (64 min.) Jazzercise: Dancin’ Abs is a floor aerobics and toning DVD that blends toning with fast paced aerobics. (59 min.) Jari Love’s Get Extremely Ripped! 1000 Advanced tough aerobics and toning workout (81 min).

There have been many dance to lose weight DVDs made. The five listed above are among the many that were chosen as the best. One other dance DVD that targets weight lost is Zumba. There are a series of Zumba DVD featuring Latin music as well as Latin dance steps that are done to these DVDs. It’s an aid to not only losing weight but to learning to dance the latest Latin dances.

One other workout dance DVD to mention is 10 Minute Solution, Fat Blasting Dance Mix. Each dance segment in this DVD is ten minutes long and works on every part of the body. Three of the segments are on endurance and cardio training while two segments center on toning for the behind and the abs.

If you are serous about losing weight, but are bored with the usual aerobic exercises, and the usual exercise machines, than turn to dancing your way to weight loss for a fun diversion. Dancing as an entertaining evening on a date is fun, but dancing your way to weight loss is even more fun as you are working on a goal you are trying to achieve and in doing so probably learning a few new dance steps.

There is nothing more exhilarating than a good workout and with a good nutritious meals regimen you are bound to lose weight and enjoy doing it.

 

The biggest reason that most exercise programs fail is that peoples’ expectations are too high. After living a mostly sedentary lifestyle for a number of years, believing that you can jump right into a strenuous exercise program requiring 20 to 30 minutes of hard, high-impact exercise several days a week is just not realistic. After a day or two of suffering through that kind of body torture, and the pain that comes with it, most people abandon the effort.

The best way to start any exercise program is to realize that there’s no way you’re going to loose 10 pounds and 5 inches overnight, and to start your new program slowly, with an avid at-home exercise program, complete with an instructional DVD. With an exercise DVD, you have the option to stop or pause the instruction whenever needed. If an exercise is difficult or confusing, you can replay that portion of the DVD over and over, until you figure it out.

If even the beginner’s exercises are too advanced for the first week or so, you can choose to do just a portion of the DVD exercise program, increasing to the full program as you feel comfortable and gain strength and flexibility.

Another benefit of beginning your exercise program at home with a DVD instructor is that you can choose the most convenient time to exercise. At many gyms, classes for beginners are only offered once a day, or worse yet, once a week, and manipulating your own tight schedule to suit the gym’s class time may be frustrating, if not impossible, to do. With the flexibility of a personal exercise DVD you can opt to exercise in the morning, before work, after lunch, in the evening or even in the middle of the night

As with any fitness plan, it is best to start where you actually are. Don’t kid yourself that after not exercising since high school and years of getting no more exercise than clicking the remote control you’d still be ready to jump into a daily routine, starting off with a 45-minute high-impact exercise DVD.

Get your doctor’s advice before beginning any exercise plan and start slowly, building up to working through the entire DVD, one session at a time. Also, take care in choosing the kind of exercise DVD that will work best for you. Begin by choosing simple stretching or isometric exercises, which promote muscle growth and weight loss without having a jarring, painful or stressful affect on the body.

Be realistic, and don’t expect to see a dramatic difference in the way you look in the first days after beginning the program. Remember that it took years to get this far out of shape and getting back into shape will not happen overnight. The unrealistic desire for instant success is part of the reason people set their exercise goals too high and fail. Then the frustration (and often pain, from over-doing it) set in and they go back to completely sedentary lifestyles.

A much better option is to begin slowly, at home, where there’s no one else to impress or to keep up with. An exercise DVD designed with these things in mind is the perfect way to lose the weight you hate without hurting the body you love.