The Mayo Clinic touts the benefits of regular exercise to improve your mood, combat chronic disease and manage your weight. Regular 30-minute walks, regular visits to the gym or a daily session with your favorite exercise DVD will help you feel better and look better. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises you to start slowly and consult your physician if you have any chronic health condition before embarking on any physical regimen.
P90X Extreme Home Fitness Workout Program
Personal trainer Tony Horton offers several different workouts across 12 DVDs allowing you to create a routine to meet your individual needs. Get lean, bulk up or simply strengthen your muscles with mix-and-match workouts. P90X uses a proprietary technique called "Muscle Confusion" that constantly introduces new routines and new movements that force the body to work harder to keep up. The program includes 12 intense workouts, a three-phase nutrition plan, fitness guide, video overview of the P90X system and goal-setting calendar. Free online support tools are also availble, including access to fitness experts and forums to gain support from your peers.
Jillian Michael's Workouts
Celebrity "Biggest Loser" trainer Jillian Michaels' four best-selling exercise DVDs are at the top of the charts on Amazon.com. "Yoga Meltdown" includes two 30-minute works including a warm-up and a cool-down that combine traditional yoga sequences with her unique techniques. "No More Trouble Zones" works on specific problem areas with a strenuous circuit-training workout that combines moves for both the upper and lower body. In "Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism," Michaels combines strength and abdominal moves with cardio techniques in a 40-minute circuit workout to increase the metabolism and burn fat. "30 Day Shred" includes three 20-minute circuit-training workouts designed to help you to lose 20 pounds in 30 days.
Insanity
Personal trainer Shaun T offers 10 DVDs filled with cardio exercises and plyometric drills. Strength, power, resistance and core training techniques alternate between aerobic and anaerobic drills with short rest periods. If you are already in shape or just want to be, this program will help you to reach your goals. The program comes complete with free online support, a nutrition guide and goal-setting calendar.
Yoga for Beginners
Filmed on the tranquil shores of Antigua's Half-Moon Bay, "Yoga for Beginners" helps you on your way towards a balanced and healthy life while encouraging serenity. Barbara Benagh, yoga instructor at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, leads you through a series of routines from 10 to 60 minutes in length, designed to help you build strength and increase your flexibility while improving your health. The program includes eight routines, an in-depth interview with Benagh and selected articles from the editors of "Body & Soul" magazine.
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