Netflix
Newslinks
Free Olympic Yoga, Wii Netflix, and British DVD Stars
- Starting this spring, you'll able to stream Netflix videos through your Wii, thanks to a deal just signed by Nintendo and Netflix. Gilad in your living room whenever you want him!
- Mel B, formerly known as Scary Spice, will be the host of "Dance Your Ass Off," Season Two.
- Two British fitness DVD stars, Coleen Nolan and Hannah Waterman, are bashing each other's workout regimens in an amusing and trashy British way. Coleen's latest comment: Hannah can't keep up her regimen and is going to get fat again any day now.
- A blow today to Lifetime Fitness, the suburban gym operator. Its stock has been downgraded by Credit Suisse, which cited "high attrition rates."
- Tons of Winter Olympians have exercise-induced asthma because of how dry winter air is, reports the New York Times. If you're wheezing, maybe you do too.
- If you make it to Vancouver for the Olympics, between events you can do all the free yoga you want, thanks to Lululemon, which is offering gratis classes to all comers during the games.
Workout
Cardio Dance Party With Mom!
It is raining in Connecticut today so our scheduled hike and trip to the beach gave way to indoor activity. It turns out that Netflix has a variety of fitness videos to choose from so we went with a Salsa dance video and a Dance Party (salsa, funk, and disco) video.
Workout
Working that Netflix Account
Downloaded a Crunch video on Netflix. (Crunch: Super SlimDown) I was wanting a little more traditional yoga but this was a good workout. I was sweating by the time I was done..that's usually a good sign.
Went outside and did 3 hours of yardwork over the course..my body was screaming at bedtime!
Workout
1/10th of a feat is complete! And I rhymed!
[FEAT: Workout - 5 of 50] <--- 1/10th!!!
Since I always complain about work, I'm going to NOT complain about work in this post. I'll just say that today was surprisingly not too bad (aside from not going to bed until 3am and being the only one in the office for a couple of busy hours in the morning, but I'm not complaining!), and it ended with cake so WOOHOO! Yay work!
Workout
Pick Your Level Weight Loss Pilates
Rocked it with Ellen Barrett again. The video was good, but a little short. (only 30 minutes). And it was one of those where there are three workout levels, each demonstrated by a different person on a different platform. Ellen was intermediate, and I mostly stuck with her.
Workout
More Ellen Barrett
My love of Ellen Barrett continues. Did her Crunch: Burn and Firm Pilates workout video on Wednesday. (oops, slow to blog it). Great workout. I was totally feeling the burning and firming in action. Got me so jazzed that I went online and ordered a bunch of her new videos. They just arrived in the mail yesterday! The "Yogini Workout" and I are most definitely on for this afternoon.
Workout
Fitness Follow-through Disorder (FFD)
I was not in the mood to do any exercise yesterday, but I hate to waste a day off. So I put on my workout clothes and sneakers and checked out my Netflix Instant for inspiration.
Workout
Pilates, why are you so difficult sometimes?!
I did the very basic, 30 minutes belly, butt and thigh pilates DVD on Thursday night. And I sucked at it. Like, hardcore. WTF?! I at least wasn't ridiculously sore the next couple of days but still... WTF?
Workout
Again with the yoga
I did another hour of yoga before bed last night. Twas good... but still not amazing... I need more challenge.
Workout
Pining for ballet bodies
I tried out NYC Ballet Workout from Netflix Instants. Although it wasn't the most intense workout ever, it had some great ab work, moved at a decent pace for 1 hr, and incorporated most muscle groups. And it made me feel pretty. Without a mirror to correct me, I felt as graceful as the extremely beautiful people on the screen.