OnDemand has an option called Sports/ Fitness and on this screen you can find Exercise TV. Once on Exercise TV you have a table of contents that will send you to every living room exercise available. You can try yoga, Jillian Michael's 30 day program, weight training, and dance among many more options. I chose Crunch Burlesque and Belly Dancing for Fitness. Here are my first attempts at reviews ;)
Crunch Burlesque
I found this dance to be quite silly and impossible to follow if you are uncoordinated. Hows that for an opener! Really you just spin around and follow around on the floor trying to look "sexy." It could be fun if you are a dancer, but the rest of us look silly trying to keep up. The only strenuous part was the pelvic thrusts you had to do from a body bridge position.
Duration: 22 minutes, warm up and cool down included
Sweat Factor: None (good if you have something to do after and don't want to look like a mess)
Chance of a repeat visit (scale 1-10): 0
Belly Dancing for Fitness
I took belly dancing in college and loved it. Belly dancing is made for people with bellies and we do seem to be better at it than the flat six packers. So I would totally recommend Belly Dancing, whether it be the onDemand version or a real life class. This class worked my arms and shoulders more than anything else. You keep your arms up for most of the routine so be prepared to feel it a bit later.
Duration: 13 minutes, warm up and cool down included
Sweat Factor: None (good if you have something to do after and don't want to look like a mess)
Chance of a repeat visit (scale 1-10): 6 (not as a work out on its own since its so short in length, plus I prefer the real class with an instructor)
You forgot to mention that you took belly dancing in college WITH YOUR SISTER! I just found a belly dancing class here in God forsaken Gallup, and I've very excited about it. It's Wed and Fri nights, but I work during the Wed night class. I'm thinking about using annual leave to get off work two hours early every Wed so I can wiggle and jiggle! How long ago was it that we were in that class over at SDSU? I'm thinking it was probably 2001.
ReplyDeleteOh by the way, best sentence in this blog entry: "pelvic thrusts you had to do from a body bridge position."