Denise Austin: Yoga Body Burn
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Actor: Denise AustinDirector: Cal Pozo
Brand: Vas Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 50 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-12-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Lions Gate
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Movie Reviews of Denise Austin: Yoga Body Burn
Movie Review: Cueing actually MUCH better than classic Denise: Great Workout!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I rarely write reviews on DVD's but this time I feel compelled --
I waivered between giving this video a four star and a five star, but I think it delivers on what it promises, at least for the "Burn" and "Rejeuvenation/Relaxation" segments. I just bought this and only did 2 "complete workouts" out of the total four possible. Normally, I would hesitate to read somebody's comments on a DVD they just did for the 1st time, never mind someone such as myself who hasn't even done the other 2 segments yet. However, I am compelled to write this because: (1) often with workouts, first impression is everything - If you hate it the first time out of the gate, you're highly unlikely to go back to it, (2) Denise's cueing, LONG an issue with me and her workout videos, can be awful and off-putting so that you don't even want to TRY one of her vids, and (3) her talking is encouraging to some, annoying to others (most often to ME!) and you know your first time watching if the talking or the background/sets, music, etc. are going to bother you.
Until extremely recently, I have hated yoga, gotten no benefits from it, and found it to be completely ineffective. But a handful of videos, and circumstance, have changed my mind lately.
Now, first a word about weight loss -- that's often why we all come here, right? Having just done 30 minutes of her 50 minute segmented video, I can't say whether it works for weight loss or not, but I CAN tell you why I'm using it and what this kind of yoga (+ Kundalini yoga) have done for me so far. I have a lower back injury and am in physical therapy for it. I was told I can only ride an exercise bike. I can't do bouncy cardio or step or even weight lifting (to tell the truth, I'm not too sad about any of this, however, especially now that I've found some yoga DVD's I actually LIKE; may never go back to the other types of exercising and I was a very advanced exerciser for years so I know what I'm talking about).
Since I'm an all-or-nothing person and am on a weight-loss/fitness kick again after a LONG (too long!)time, I knew I HAD to do something and for many reasons chose yoga, which I've never really liked. Along with diet (I use [...] software and/or download program and have had complete success EVERY time I have used it and it does NOT tell you what to eat or how/when to exercise!! Just check it out - It's around $60 for a one-time fee only and I have loved it for years.), I've been doing yoga (10 Minute Solution yoga, one segment each morning, a very short segment of Quigong from a 12 segment DVD I have, and about 20-40 minutes of Fat Free Yoga (Ani & Ravi) a day. So, back to my point. While I can't "speak to" this video in particular, I CAN say that since July 20th (it's August 1st today), I have lost 9.5 lbs. doing what I just told you. Almost TEN POUNDS in two weeks! I am 5'6" and am often told I "carry my weight well" or that I don't need to lose weight (I do and the doctors know, what with my BMI being what it is!) but I started this at 172 pounds and in my life I have, as an adult, dropped to 123 on phen-fen and MAXED OUT at a whopping 208 and everything in between. So I've been around the diet, nutrition, fitness and exercise block for years. In the interest of full disclosure, I AM on prescription phentermine (37.5) temporarily as an appetite suppressant (saw my endocrinologist for this; hypothyroid). However, the pills aren't producing the weight loss, they're only helping with appetite. What I'm DOING is what is dropping the weight.
I've ordered 2 more DVD's with good reviews on here (a weight loss yoga & a yoga/pilates blend) but I wanted something else to add into the mix until they got here. Today I went to Target (sorry Amazon but I DO buy a lot from you, especially here lately!) and against my own norm - withOUT reading reviews -- I bought this DVD. It was between this & Susan Deason's Quick Start Weight Loss DVD. I almost walked off with Deason knowing how Denise can grate sometimes, but I've done a Deason weight loss yoga vid before and frankly was bored to tears by it. Nice scenery -- okay. Not my thing while working out, just get my mind and body engaged in my physical being and motion. Don't let me get bored, whatever you do. However, at the last minute I picked up Austin's Yoga and walked up to the register. I haven't done her vids in a long time -- take a chance, I told myself.
I'M GLAD I DID! Denise's yoga DVD's are, for some reason, much better than all her other workouts, in my opinion. (I've done a yoga/pilates one she did and it was very good.) I got home and immediately read the Amazon reviews before doing the video. After reading many of these, thinking WHAT HAVE I DONE?, I expected horrible cueing and, depending on whose post you read, either very challenging moves for the advanced which I kind of dreaded or easy moves for the beginners which wouldn't necessarily do me any good (I DO consider myself at the beginning level although I'm not completely new at this). Taking a deep (yoga) breath, I went on in and did the workout.
Point 1: The criticism that this is not a purist's yoga. True enough. It's a physical yoga, though, that does take on breathing and posing adequately enough to create the "burn" she's talking about in the title. No, this is NOT meditative in any respect but if you're in it for the body movements and yoga benefits, this is for you. If you are looking for the entire existential mind/body/spirit in-depth exploration of yoga, while Denise touches on these things, this is NOT the DVD for you.
Point 2: The "challenge" vs. "ease" criticism. I am no yoga guru, expert, etc. nor am I a complete novice but I'm pretty close. THIS DVD IS A VERY NICE BALANCE OF PACE, EASE AND CHALLENGE. Very do-able but "burning" and "working" without hurting you or making you fear the next move or how long you have to hold a pose. Almost fun! :) Evenly paced, fluid, lets you think about what you're doing but NEVER in any place of the video does it get BORING!!! Big point with me. I have absolutely NO DREAD FACTOR in the thought of doing this again and again.
Point 3: The criticism that Denise talks a lot. Yes, that's a valid critique to those of us familiar with her work. She really, genuinely is Ms. Sunshine and I am most certainly not. However, I found most of her talking relevant, guiding, and CUEING in this DVD. Most of the time, she was either talking about form/how to do the pose correctly or how to move into the next one.
That leads me to...
Point 4: The criticism that Denise's cueing is horrible. Traditionally, she's one of the worse "cue-ers" in the business although she's great at what she does. I wasn't looking forward to her cueing at ALL for this after reading the reviews. Again, I'll use that word "dread" -- I dreaded how awkward this workout might possibly be if her cueing was off (I hope I'm spelling the whole "cue" thing right!). I was PLEASANTLY SURPRISED at how smooth and flowing this workout went! I only missed a couple of very minor cues and was fairly easily able to change pose and catch up. I don't think even those missed cues were her fault -- that seems to be true in ALL yoga I've done because it's hard to listen to "silence" sometimes for cues and it's REALLY hard to look at the screen with eyes closed in deep breathing, stretching to the ceiling looking up, sun salutations, downward dog, etc. -- It's pretty darned intrinsic in the art form that you won't be facing the screen much! I looked away several times to see if I could still keep up without watching and I could with only minor glitches.
Anyway, this has become a ramble but I hope it's useful. This STAYS in rotation!!!! I look forward to doing the rest of it. I can tell and feel from my experience that this one will be a good one for burn and tone. Either use it in your cardio/strength rotations or, if you're like me and have to/want to stick to yoga for whatever reasons, this one stays near or at the top of the heap. Wonderful workout in 30 MINUTES and I'm going to make it 50 MINUTES, mix it up and change it up. It will NOT collect dust and it delivers what it packages itself to be. Even if Denise has annoyed you before, as she has me, ....well, I can't speak for you but I like her and I LOVE this video! Worth the money, especially if it's to put into a rotation of videos for a bit of well-paced, easy/hard variance. THE PACE WAS PERFECT. And the segments I did weren't too long or too short. Just right, so sayeth Goldie Locks without the golden locks. :)
ENJOY! (P.S. If set matters much to you, this one was a beautiful, Zen-simplistic indoor one with a waterfall in the background. 2 other practitioners with her but weren't distracting at all)
Summary of Denise Austin: Yoga Body Burn
Let Denise Austin guide you through a dynamic Vinyasa of workouts designed to burn fat, sculpt lean legs, flatten the tummy, and rejuvenate the body in the Denise Austin Yoga Body Burn DVD. The DVD features four sections including Yoga Burn, Yoga Legs, Yoga Abs, and Yoga Relax, which combine to give you inner peace and a sleek, toned body.Similar DVD Movies
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