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The Yogini Workout I've become addicted to Ellen Barrett. I discovered her on Netflix -- her Crunch pilates videos stream instantly and are terrific little workouts when you need a quick fix at home. In addition to the good workouts, Ellen herself is incredibly personally appealing. She has this unbeatable neighborly quality. She's definitely toned and lovely, but she's not so plasticine that you can't imagine turning into her someday if you do enough of her videos. When she says "great job," it seems like she really means it. I'm sufficiently into her that I actually BOUGHT her DVDs. Her new series, "The Studio by Ellen Barrett," includes "The Yogini Workout," "Slim Sculpt," and "Fat Burning Fusion." Each video is $15, but based on "The Yogini Workout" that's a total steal.
30 Minute Small Apartment Pilates Memoir One of my earliest childhood memories is of my mother jazzercising away in her pajamas along with the local public TV aerobics instructors. Thanks to our relatively spacious family room, she could kick and high step as instructed without breaking the coffee table, or whacking her legs into the couch. I was 5, and I was mesmerized. In my teeny New York apartment, finding space to exercise at all, let alone jazzercise, gets a bit more challenging. The closest I get to an open area is a spot I can create if I move my coffee table and my arm chair, and unroll my yoga mat half in my living room, and half in the walkway to my kitchen. When I lay down on the mat and extend my arms over my head as directed by Ellen Barrett, of the fabulous "Crunch: Pick Your Spot Pilates" DVD, (to be reviewed below in moments), my hands get a little extra exfoliation courtesy of the coir area rug by my front door. And when I do my bicycle leg circles, I have to move my armchair all the way into my kitchen to avoid inadvertent injury. I like thinking of it this way: The furniture rearranging is part of the workout.
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