So, yesterday I talked about what exercise videos I have. They had been boxed up for over a decade, moved from Philadephia to Ontario, Canada, to Iowa, to northern Virginia to finally be opened up in Maryland. I thought about selling them many times because even if I did start a road back to fitness, I wasn't sure I wanted to do exercise videos. In many ways I felt shame for coming so far only to give up. I didn't know how I would feel having to start completely over with the easiest things I had. Well, I guess in time I healed and rekindled my interest in the fitness videos I used to love using. Now I had fond memories of how powerful I felt while doing the video. I was ready to start again!
But I needed to take stock. What exactly did I have? Discovered I had a couple duplicates when I bought a few a few years ago, thinking of starting up again. And sadly, there are several "never opened" videos. Over Christmas we added a few things for the Wii for fitness too. They are all detailed below:
Aaron Lankford's - Power Kick
Buns of Steel - Step 2000
Cathe Friedrich - How to Get in Shape for Your Wedding
Cathe Friedrich - Step Jam (new in package)
Claudia Schiffer - Perfectly Fit Abs (new in package)
Claudia Schiffer - Perfectly Fit Arms (new in package)
Claudia Schiffer - Perfectly Fit Buns (new in package)
David-Dorian Ross - Tai Chi Beginning Practice (DVD)
Donna Richardson - Donnamite Aerobic Workout
Donna Richardson - 4 Day Rotation Workout
Elle McPherson - Your Personal Best Workout
Firm Parts - Tough Aerobic Mix (new in package)
Gay Gasper - 2 Tape Set - The Next Step Intermediate/Advanced
Gay Gasper - 2 Tape Set - Sensational Step/Awesome Abs
Gilad - Fat Burning Workout
Gilad - New Beginner's Workout
Gin Miller - New Body Workout
Gin Miller - One on One Circuit Training
Jane Fonda - Low Impact Aerobics and Strength
Joanie Gregaine's Ultimate Step Workout
Karen Voigt - Energy Sprint
Karen Voigt - Great Weighted Workout
Karen Voigt - Pure and Simple Stretch
Karen Voigt - Strong and Smooth Moves
Kari Anderson - Step Aerobic and Abdominal Workout
Kathy Smith - Fat Burning Workout
Kathy Smith - Great Buns and Thighs Step Workout
Kathy Smith - Instant Workout
Kathy Smith - Latin Rhythm Workout
Kathy Smith - Power Step Workout
Kathy Smith - Secrets to a Great Body
Kathy Smith - Secrets to a Great Body Vol. 2 Lower Body
Kathy Smith - Step Workout
Kathy Smith - Timesaver Cardio Fat Burner
Kathy Smith - Timesaver Lift Weights to Lose Weight
Kathy Smith - Total Body Workout
Kathy Smith - Weight Loss Workout (new in package)
Leslie Sansone - Walk Aerobics, 2 Mile Walk
Leslie Sansone - Walk off Weight at Home Vol. 3 - 4 miles
Linda Evans - A New You Aerobics Workout
NAC System - Interval Challenge
Patricia Walden - P.M. Yoga for Beginners
Paula Abdul - Get Up and Dance
Reebok - Aerostep
Reebok - Power Blast (new in package)
Reebok Step - The Video (new in package)
Reebok Step - The Video (oops! I have two!)
Richard Simmons - Blast Off (new in package)
Richard Simmons - Groovin in the House (new in package)
Richard Simmons - Sweat and Shout
Richard Simmons - Sweatin to the Oldies (DVD - new in package)
Richard Simmons - Sweatin to the Oldies 2 (DVD- new in package)
Richard Simmons - Sweatin to the Oldies 3 (DVD- new in package)
Richard Simmons - Sweatin to the Oldies 3 (VHS - new in package)
Richard Simmons - Sweatin to the Oldies 4 (DVD- new in package)
Richard Simmons - Tone and Sweat
Starting Simple Series - Easy Aerobics
Susan Powter - Burn Fat and Get Fit
Tae Bo -Basic
Tae Bo - Instructional
Tamilee - Building Tighter Assets
Wii - Michael Jackson - the Experience
Wii - Olympics Winter Games
Wii - Shaun White Snowboarding - Road Trip
Wii - Ski
Wii - Sports Resort
Wii - Walk it Out
Wii - Wii Fit Plus
:08 Min - Abs (new in package)
:08 Min - Arms (new in package)
:08 Min - Buns (new in package)
:08 Min - Legs (new in package)
That's over 70 exercise videos or games (mostly videos on VHS). While some of them I know I'll probably never use (most of the Wii stuff is for my son and my husband - I'm not into those little games). Some are really for those at intermediate (much of Karen Voigt's stuff and Cathe Friedrich's). Some I think I bought with a purpose, but can't recall what - :08 Min stuff. And others I know I used a lot - Reebok Step, Kathy Smith, Donna Richardson and Richard Simmons.
Last time I started I began with Richard Simmons. I needed to see normal people doing normal routines. While I like they are short and dancy, I don't like the choreography much. Or maybe better said, the cuing for the choreography. I did the first Sweatin to the Oldies yesterday and it was fun to do it again after leaving it for over a decade. I did this video probably more than any other as it was my first and only for quite awhile in 1998. I chose it because I remembered it being short and since I was tacking it on after doing 60 minutes of Walk It Out and my push-ups and sit-ups, I didn't want to go too long with a longer video. The only thing I forgot about it was that there was lots of twisting movements which is fine on wood floors, but I'm on a carpet. Perhaps I'll need to get a mat or something because I'm afraid of straining my knees/ankles with those movements as the carpet in the basement is quite squishy.
Only other videos I can remember much about is Reebok Step -I just remember liking it. Donna Richardson's Donnamite, which the only thing I can remember about it is one of the short dancers either being annoying or fun to watch - can't recall and I know I like Karen Voigt as she's so professional and strong, but her stuff tends to hurt my knees with lots of lunges. Kathy Smith is , as a fitness instructor I find a bit annoying, if I recall right, but her stuff was at a perfect level for after Richard Simmons and for someone at an intermediate level. I think she has beginner, intermediate and advanced people doing all the moves and I liked that, but I can't pick out which videos I've done or liked and as you can see, I have a lot of Kathy Smith.
I have a couple kickboxing videos and I never could get into that, but I'll keep them for now for something different. And an odd one I liked was Gilad. I don't know why I liked it, but I remember it being a good workout for me. I kind of recall 'some' of these videos, but it's really fuzzy. It will be fun starting up again and seeing what I like and don't like. I'm going to try REALLY HARD not to get anything new (except maybe Dance 2 for Wii) as I have so many things to go to, but that will be hard as I'm excited to try Zumba and all the other new things out there I keep hearing about! But first, to use what I have. It will make my husband happy for me not to spend money on something I obviously don't need! And, if they gave me good workouts in the past, they will again now!
Stats for 3/3/11:
Beginning weight: 255.6 Now: 240.8*
Exercise hours in 2011: 54.5 hours
Walking totals in 2011: 179/1000 miles
Push-ups (girly): Beginning: 15 (with breaks between each 5) Now: 20 (breaks after 10)
Crunches: Beginning: 25 Now: 65
* I know - fourth day of gain in a row. VERY frustrating. But, I know I'm eating right, I'm exercising right. It has to be water and my ankles were very puffy last night. This too shall pass, but yes, it's annoying and frustrating!
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