Body + Soul: Yoga for Beginners
List Price: CDN$ 16.99
Amazon Price: CDN$ 13.99
Used Price: CDN$ 9.72
Customer Review: Amazing DVD
I received this DVD as a present and I absolutely love it. I had never done yoga before and this DVD has been very rewarding. I love the instructors slow, thoughtful way of speaking. It really draws me in to tuning into what is going on in my body. My body is definitely feeling less stiff and more open. I have found this DVD a great resource for beginning yoga. I now feel confident to start going to a local yoga class. Higly recommended.
Abs of Steel 3: Intense Abdominal Workouts
List Price: CDN$ 10.21
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Customer Review: Not as great as i expected
I have been doing ab classes at my gym 5 days a week, then i moved and I have been looking for a good ab workout to do at home. I am fairly intermediate, and i found this tape boring, and not challenging at all!!! I kept waiting for the exercises to get harder, but they never did and I barely worked my abs. okay for beginners, BAD FOR INTERMEDIATES…
Customer Review: Leisa Hart is the ab guru
this is a great abdominal routine, Hart is superb at giving great instruction and this video is very fun and safe…I use it as part of my choroegraphy in my Abs class I teach, and this is video good stuff, I highly recommend anything Leisa Hart stars in, her videos are by far the best of all the instructors out there, and its great to know that she still teaches in clubs and stays in touch with her consumers, unlike some of the other goofy instructors(Tony Little, Denise Austin, Richard Simmons). Hart is the best!
Lucky Vanous:Ultimate Fat Burn
List Price: CDN$ 11.98
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Customer Review: Excellent 10 stars!
I just found this video in a storage box and did the workout and forgot how simple and effective it is. Really a great fat burner and Kacy Duke is a FANTASTIC instructor. Of course, Lucky is gorgeous to look at too. Very highly recommended — the alternating between cardio and bodysculpting moves is challenging but you will feel great when you are done!
Customer Review: Did not care too much for it…
Maybe I should wait until the 2nd or 3rd time I do this workout, but I am advanced and although there were moves for beginner to advanced, this workout did not excite me. I will try it again, but it was only OK.
Beginners and Beyond Yoga for Weight Loss
List Price: CDN$ 15.34
Amazon Price: CDN$ 12.27
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Customer Review: This DVD is Amazing!
I love this DVD! It is very creative and I really feel a burn after I do these workouts. I guess as an added bonus I feel relaxed as well. The practices are interesting and creative. The best part is that I feel much more toned and in shape. Great DVD!
Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss
Living Arts’s Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss is a fantastic example of how DVD features can be used to enhance a workout program. The same workout is presented five different ways, and you may choose the combined (which shows all four modifications), complete, slightly modified, partially modified, or fully modified program. The four modifications each focus on a different instructor, and the audio instruction explains the specific moves for each level. At any point during the 45-minute workout, you can press the “angle” key on your remote to switch to a different modification level, enabling you to get the best workout you can without straining yourself. In addition, at times a small “personal instructor” icon will appear in the lower right corner of the screen. By pressing enter, the program switches to instructor Suzanne Deason in the yoga studio who carefully explains how to do the pose. Each of these poses are explained based on the level you are watching (for example, at the fully modified level, Deason will demonstrate the pose using bricks or straps). All in all this is an excellent use of DVD features and a great way to grow with a yoga program. –Jenny Brown
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Customer Review: Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss
Ilove this Program! I began doing yoga in late 2003, with the AM/PM Yoga, and started this program in December 2004. With the 4 levels of experience, it is easy to follow and allows you to progress at your own speed. The ladies in the program are more like the average person and are not stick figures. I have recommended this DVD to everyone who asks how I have lost my weight!
Customer Review: You don’t have to be thin to do yoga!
This is by far the smoothest yoga routine I’ve ever seen, and the desert scenery is breathtaking! Yoga in it’s pure form is about breath, focus and meditation, as well as the poses, and Susanne Deason does an excellent job integrating all these aspects. In the west, all the focus is on exercise and doing the poses, but breathing and focusing is an essential part of yoga that makes it much more effective! And much to my surprise - there are very overweight women doing yoga and doing it well! I weigh 180 lbs and exercise regularly and do a lot of yoga and it’s great to see other women the same size who do it too. You don’t have to be a skinny toothpick to do yoga! I’ve known that for 10 years, but you wouldn’t know if you look at any other yoga DVD or video. I love the way the instructor uses voiceover to talk you through the routine while the 4 people do the poses at various levels. She explains so much more than someone who’s talking and doing the routine at the same time, and explains it beautifully. Beats me why they call it weight loss yoga. The routine is slow and soothing, and I haven’t lost a pound since I started doing it - but I enjoy it anyways as a great form of relaxation, toning and meditation. I did not give it 5 stars because of the misleading title only. Otherwise, it’s a great workout and would be awesome for anyone who is overweight and intimidated by the super thin, athletic and flexible bodies in all the other yoga DVD’s and videos out there. In fact, the second thinnest woman does the most modified & easiest version and two heavier women do the more challenging levels. Overall - great for overweight yoga enthusiasts and beginners and even someone like me, who likes to do moderate yoga, but is not a beginner.
Pilates Intermediate Mat Workout
If you enjoyed Ana Caban’s exceptional beginning-level video, Pilates: Mat-Based Workout for Beginners, and you’ve progressed enough to continue on to the next level, Caban is back with an intermediate workout. Assuming you have already mastered the first workout, she makes the exercises more intense, with fewer breaks between exercises, and adds some new ones that will really challenge your “powerhouse” muscles. Fortunately, another exerciser demonstrates modifications for the hardest exercises. Caban is a superb role model and instructor, piling on technique tips so that you don’t mistakenly think these exercises are easy by cheating. It’s unfortunate, though, that the sound quality isn’t up to the instruction quality. Caban sometimes sounds just fine, and a moment later she sounds like she’s in an echo chamber. This problem persists through the whole 40-minute video. Still, this is an excellent Pilates program and will become one of your regular workouts. –Joan Price
List Price: CDN$ 11.99
Used Price: CDN$ 0.79
Customer Review: Terrific Pilates Instruction!
I took a introductory pilates 10-week course but it was expensive. So due to money and time constraints, I switched to this video after. The transition from live instructor to Ana was easy!! I recommend this video to anyone with basic pilates knowledge who is ready to move on to more of a challenge. Due to the abdominal intensity of some of the moves (especially the lower abs!) it probably isn’t the best for someone new to pilates. This is one of my favourite videos. The instruction is clear and flows nicely from start to finish. Ana Caban is very easy to follow and it is nice that she has another girl demonstrating the lower intensity versions of each move beside her. The production value is pretty bad, but unlike other videos I have tried, it didn’t distract from Ana’s instruction at all. Learn the basics first, then get this video. You’ll love it!
Customer Review: True to Joseph Pilates
This is an excellent video for those interested in learning pilates. Ana Caban stays true to the pilates method developed by Joseph Pilates, down to the form and flow from exercise to exercise. Unlike other knock-offs, this video promises a Pilates workout and delivers it without watering down or modifying the exercises. The instruction is easy to follow for those familiar with the Pilates method. Ana Caban is an engaging instructor who provides an easy and advanced form for each exercise. These exercises target the core muscles and you will notice results. With my VHS version, there are one or two spots where the sound quality isn’t the best and the instructor’s voice echoes slightly. However, this does not really take away from the video as a whole and I would recommend it to anyone with an interest in learning pilates.
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Casio Men’s Sport Moon Phase Tide Graph Watch #W753D-1AV
Digital quartz movement, Casual sports, Tidegraph, Moongraph, 5 Alarms (1 with snooze), 1/100 sec. Stopwatch, Countdown timer, Alarms, Stopwatch, Dual time, Illumination, Gray polyurethane selector buttons, Brushed aluminum case, Black embossed numbers and markers, Stainless steel caseback, 100 meters/330 feet water resistant
Customer Review: Love the watch except …
I love this watch, buy I haven’t been able to get it synch’d to the salt water creek near my home.
Now that you know I love the watch, let me tell you some drawbacks. Unless you are familiar with the tide cycles, which I am not, you may have a hard time configuring this watch for your area. The instructions booklet has an extremely small font, about 4 point type. I’m not fond of the bracelet-type band, but could not find a stretch band to match this style. My jeweler was able to fit the band to my wrist, so I am getting used to this type band.
Why do I love it, well for the price it is very well made and functions very well. The time settings are easier to change than some similar and more expensive watches that I’ve had. And the tide graph is just cool.
Customer Review: Great watch for the price
This is a lot of watch for the price! It is attractive and strudy. The band appears to be stainless steel(is marked stainless steel on the buckle part). I bought this for my husband to replace a tide watch that wore out. He is an electronics guru, but still had difficulty setting the tide segment with the provided instructions. He also wishes the tide display was larger. Now that the watch is set and he has been wearing it, he likes it very much and was shocked when I told him how little it cost. Since he uses it on our boat, we will find out whether or not the entire band is stainless.