Girl Get Strong’s Holiday Gift Guide

Giving the Gifts of Health and Fitness

DVD Edition

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During the busy holiday season it can be easy for your workouts to get off track.  Grabbing a fitness DVD to work out to is a great option for the days you can’t – or don’t want to – get to the gym.  Here are six fitness DVDs that caught our attention – you can pick them out as gifts or pick them out for you!

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The Bollywood Dance Workout With Hemalayaa
Inspired by the Indian film tradition of infectiously expressive music and dance comes a sexy, saucy, calorie-burning, full-body workout. Fitness star Hemalayaa leads you in traditional moves that will tone you head-to-toe while unleashing waves of energy and joy.

The movements are simple—no exercise or dance experience required—but the results are big.

You’ll be getting a cardio, sculpting, and stretching workout while having a blast—and learning moves you’ll love to flaunt on the dance floor. Just let yourself go and boogie to the bhangra beat. It’s impossible not to.

Features include audio options (instruction and music or music only) and bonus dance performances.

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Susan Hyatt’s Rockstar Workout
International recording artist and NASM Certified Personal Trainer Susan Hyatt presents Susan Hyatt’s Rockstar Workout, a fitness DVD featuring two 25-minute high energy workouts (with warm ups and cool downs). Easy-to-follow moves draw from a wide variety of fitness activities, from basic strength training to Russian Kettle bell exercises, jump-roping, yoga, ballet-style body sculpting and more. Filmed like a music video and featuring lively, original songs from Susan’s bands, Susan Hyatt’s Rockstar Workout lives up to its title and makes working out fun. A welcome addition to fitness and exercise DVD collections.

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Denise Austin: Boot Camp – Total Body Blast
In BOOT CAMP: TOTAL BODY BLAST, your personal drill sergeant Denise Austin will transform your body into a fat-burning furnace with dynamic intervals of punches, kicks, and power drills! Banish flab, burn mega calories and sculpt a champion body with Denise’s unique blend of cardio, strength training and FUN! The DVD includes: CARDIO BOOT CAMP: Blast into shape with this 20-minute, high-energy workout that interchanges short bursts of cardio with longer workout periods that combine kickboxing, sports drills and calorie-crunching calisthenics! STRENGTH BOOT CAMP: Experience another level of interval training with this explosive, 20-minute workout that alternates strengthening exercises (using hand weights) with heart-pounding cardio boosts to incinerate fat and keep your heart-rate soaring! FLEXIBILITY: Look and feel better than ever with this 10-minute series of active, isolated, stretching moves and techniques designed to improve your posture, flexibility and overall athletic performance!

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Denise Austin: Hit the Spot – Core Complete
In Hit the Spot Core Complete, fitness expert Denise Austin uses the stability ball to strengthen the core and build lean, fat-burning muscle! This DVD includes four complete workouts that target tone your entire body for a sleek, sculpted, sexier you! With flatter abs, sculpted arms, leaner legs and firmer buns, you will look and feel great in all the latest fashions! Warm-Up: Jumpstart your body and mind with this invigorating, 5-minute warm-up that revs you up for a full-body workout. Core & Upper Body: Whittle your waistline while firming the chest, shoulder and arms with this 15-minute, calorie-blasting workout. Core & Legs: Slim and trim your thighs, hips, calves and core with this sizzling, 15-minute sculpting session. Core & Buns: Get your rear in gear with 15 minutes of bun-burning bliss – a core-combo creation that lifts and firms the buns. Core Complete Challenge: Turn up the heat – and the fun – with this 18 minute, full-body combination workout that packs a powerful punch.

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Crunch – Super SlimDown: Pilates Yoga Blend
If you want a slim sleek toned body this is the workout for you. Pilates is great for creating long lean sexy muscles. Yoga gives you strength balance and flexibility. Creating dynamic movement within both disciplines burns calories. So we ve combined all these elements to develop a revolutionary blend of flowing yoga and Pilates that is specifically designed to burn some spare calories AND give you a sleek physique ALL from one beautiful balanced and effective workout. You ll start with flowing yoga-inspired moves as you work toward developing a stronger more focused more graceful you. Next you ll move to the mat for a fluid Pilates workout that will help firm your muscles strengthen your core and improve your posture. You ll feel the burn as you slim down on your way to a lean elegant body.The CRUNCH fitness program welcomes people from all walks of life regardless of shape size or ability.We created a workout environment that is not competitive or judgmental. Enjoy these favorite classes with imaginative instructors in an atmosphere that makes working out fun.

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Discovering Pilates
Re-Released for 2009, Discovering Pilates is the perfect introduction to the Pilates method for all fitness levels. Easy to follow narration with scrolling tips at the bottom of your screen combine to make this workout ideal for home or travel. A beginner level 30 minute workout is a comprehensive and complete workout yet moves smoothly enough to offer thorough and clear explanations on how to perform the movements with proper form and technique. Once you’ve mastered the first workout, you can move on the the more advanced 40 minute routine. A slightly faster tempo in the second routine helps you achieve your best with maximum efficiency and speedy results.

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