 Athletic Yoga |
| Review Date: July 13, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Compassionate Warrior, Toronto, ON Canada |
| This DVD is excellent if you are into an athletic, non-meditative, power vinyasa yoga. Adrienne is very generous and provides a 20, 40 and 60 minute separately unique workouts which are not a cut and paste of each other. The set is inside in a very professional, slick, attractive studio setting. There are 3 people doing the workout (2 women and 1 man) and they don't have perfectly tiny svelte bodies which is refreshing, though they are very strong. She leads the practice and I find her approach stimulating and encouraging, she's definitely bootcamp. You are going to get a sweating workout! This is not a beginner workout by any means. This is full vinyasa power yoga. She does focus alot more on the upper body strength than a balanced upper/lower body stretch and strengthening. If you want a fast track to a strong upper body for chatarunga's this is it! You will do them slow, fast, one-legged, holds, you name it! Even though you do get legwork, there is not a variety of leg work in this DVD--Warrior 1's, Warrior 2's (I think), Warrior 3, Side Angle and twisted sideangle. The leg work she tends to do in workout sets which is a bit different. Rather athletic than yoga. You have to be very careful to move in and out of them smoothly or you can set yourself up for injury. And, she always ends on the floor for abs and stretching to round it off. On the whole an excellent DVD if you want an athleticly vigorous power type yoga! |
Power Yoga Fat burner
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| Review Date: December 7, 2007 |
| Reviewer: M. Albert, Snohomish, WA |
I was going to rate this a "4" because the yoga instructor (Adrienne Reed) doesn't have that "mystical-spiritual-yoga guru thing" going on -- she's more like a peppy work out instructor. However, this dvd is such a dang good workout that I had to give it 5 stars. What I really like is that there are 3 separate workouts -- 20, 40 and 60 minute workouts -- and each one is a different workout. Also, there is a lot of upper body and ab work involved (attention women with wimpy upper bodies! This one will fix that). The svasanas (relaxation phase) are good, too (I guess that would be the "spiritual" part) and they are separate/in addition to the workout, so a given workout is not 40 minutes INCLUDING the svasana, it's 40 PLUS a 5 or 7 minute svasana (or 20 minutes or 60 minutes).
If you are looking for good "workout" yoga, I recommend this dvd. |
Refreshing Workout
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| Review Date: December 21, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Cheryl L. Malone, Costa Mesa, CA USA |
| Normally I do not like Power Yoga but Adrienne Reed has done a great job with this workout. Not saying it is the easiest workout but I feel great at the end of it. It has a 20-40-60 minute segment choice; so if you are short of time or your energy level is low you can pick a shorter time. If you are a yoga student or teacher, I say go for it! |
Great workout
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| Review Date: October 3, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Joyflyer, Townville, SC |
| While I find the instructor mildly annoying, I LOVE this workout. She covers all parts of the body, so that you feel great afterward. I have a couple of her DVDs, along with several other instructors, that I rotate through. I am always happy when I get to this one. |
great workout
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| Review Date: June 12, 2009 |
| Reviewer: C. Hernandez, Vancouver, WA, USA |
| This DVD includes 3 completely different workouts, each of them challenging in their own way. They all use sun salutes to warm up, but each workout uses it in a different way. I appreciated the creativity and the challenge. I like Adrienne Reed as an instructor because she is very straightforward, and describes each movement thoroughly, with good cueing before something new is about to happen. I am not into the meditative, chanting part of yoga, just a nice, hard workout, and I love this one. |
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