With all of the numerous workout DVDs currently available, it's hard to know which one will give you the best workout. Depending on the fitness goal, you can find a variety of programs from yoga to cardio, but in order to find the appropriate DVD, it's important to think about what you want to achieve. Here are the top 10 workout DVDs for every intensity and skill level.
Zumba Cardio Party
Zumba is an aerobic dance workout program that was developed by Beto Perez in the mid-1990s. It primarily focuses on fun, easy-to-follow, yet physically challenging Latin-style dance moves, incorporating styles, such as samba, salsa, cumbia, merengue, among others. The workout programs can be purchased for use at home through the company website or on commercial website, such as Amazon. The Cardio Party DVD is a challenging workout that lasts around 60 minutes, and gives you a total body workout. One of Zumba's affiliate websites claims that you can burn between 500 and 800 calories per hour, depending on the intensity of the workout and your own fitness level. Zumba Cardio Party uses interval training combining fast and slow rhythms into one workout, which can help to boost your metabolism and increase the overall number of calories burned.
Ultimate Tae Bo
Tae bo is a challenging exercise and martial art form developed by Billy Blanks that became popular in the 1990s. Described as a hybrid of tae kwon do and boxing, tae bo can help to bring about many physical and mental benefits. The Ultimate Tae Bo DVD is a physically challenging and very intense cardio workout that Blanks recommends for use once per week as a supplement to the other Tae Bo DVDs. This 90-minute workout can give you a kick start if you have been using any of the other Tae Bo DVD's and you want a boost your regular workout routine.
Leslie Sansone's Walk Away the Pounds Ultimate Collection
Leslie Sansone's Walk Away the Pounds Ultimate Collection is great for those who are looking to concentrate on weight loss, but want a more gentle, low impact workout that still produces results. Leslie Sansone is a popular weight loss guru who advocates the use of in-home walking and low impact aerobic exercises to lose weight. This DVD gives you four workouts of varying intensity and duration, including a one-mile, two-mile, three-mile and four-mile walk, all having increasing levels of difficulty and including muscle building, toning and stretching exercises.
Power Yoga - Total Body Workout with Rodney Yee
Rodney Yee is widely regarded by yoga enthusiasts as one of the top yoga DVD instructors. The Power Yoga Total Body Workout DVD is challenging yet also appropriate for beginners who have some basic experience with yoga. The DVD includes a 65-minute workout of yoga flow through basic movements, such as Sun Salutation, and becomes increasingly more difficult as the workout progresses.With some power yoga DVDs, you have to have a certain level of expertise with yoga, however, Yee encourages that beginners complete as much of the workout as possible, in order to work up to the more difficult poses.
10 Minute Solution - Kickbox Bootcamp
Keli Roberts leads this effective kickbox-based cardio workout, which is perfect for those who claim to not have enough time to exercise. The five 10-minute workouts can be used individually, or together for an intense 50-minute workout. Each workout focuses on a different area, such as arms and shoulders or buns and thighs, so you can customize the workout to meet your desired goals.
Denise Austin Pilates
Fitness guru Denise Austin provides two 20-minute pilates workouts on this DVD. The workouts combine yoga and Pilates poses, and particularly focuses on a core workout that will strengthen your ab muscles. Many people who are familiar with other Denise Austin videos find her style to be a little intense, with constant motivational chatter, however, in this video, she maintains a calmer style that is more enjoyable and more appropriate to this type of workout.
Crunch - Super SlimDown: Pilates Yoga Blend
The Crunch is a a gym with locations throughout the United States. In 2002, this workout program was offered with Ellen Barrett leading a challenging yet moderately intense blend of Pilates and yoga to stretch and strengthen core muscles in particular. The workout also gives a decent cardio workout, because of the pulsing stretches, power breathing, and various flow series which increase your heart rate and help burn calories.
The Biggest Loser: The Workout - Boot Camp
Fitness instructor Bob Harper from the TV show, "The Biggest Loser," leads this workout which gives you an intense overall workout. This program is intended primarily for those interested in losing weight quickly, and includes three stages of boot camp workouts through which you progress over the course of six weeks. The workouts are comprehensive, and focus on cardio, strength building and stretching exercises, using interval training to burn the most fat and give you the best cardio workout.
Bellydance Fitness for Beginners: Slim Down
Belly dancing workouts have become increasingly popular over the past decade. Twin sisters Veena and Neena Bidasha offer this workout in which the focus is not just on belly movement, but also on the hips and shoulders, which leads to a total body workout. This workout is appropriate for those seeking a low to moderate intensity program, or for those just beginning a new exercise routine. The DVD provides a 30-minute workout, consisting of a warm-up, dance workout, and cool down with stretching.
Element: Tai Chi for Beginners
If cardio fitness is not your main focus, but you want to develop a better sense of mind-body-spirit connection, tai chi could be the right workout for you. This DVD is perfect for beginners and those seeking a change of pace, because tai chi has a completely different focus from most other workouts. Tai Chi for Beginners will teach you the basics of tai chi, focusing on breath and energy to combine into a moving meditation workout.
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