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Originally Posted by sass4prez
I know what you mean! I did Kung Fu (seriously) for ten years and I'm similarly wary of martial art "fads"... the best dynamic is defnitely in person, with a tough but mature teacher. I'm going to do a little more research on Billy and the Hotpants dvds... thanks for the Carmen Electra rec's, I'm looking forward to getting disc 1. 
Thanks for the encouragement about getting back to fitness... it's tough when all I can think about as I'm working out is, "Wow, I coulda done this so much better 1.5 years ago!" On the positive side, it's so nice to feel the familiar endorphins rushing through my body again. This time I'm gonna try to rein it in, not get too overboard ... that's hard too. (But worth it!) |
I'm the same way with my work outs. I have to force myself to have rest days. I cant even do the active rests days anymore where I just go for a walk because I always end up running! Right now I have a head cold (in summer mind you) so I'm forced to the sidelines for the moment.
Its funny. Today I was looking at the Billy Blanks dvds in the store while I was meant to be christmas shopping and I just kept thinking to myself 'I probably do everything on here anyway'. Lots of speed drills, sparring and Kata certainly make for a good work out as it is. I also do a Kung Fu, but its more a freestyle Martial Arts now. We've introduced so many different styles into the training. Akido, Kickboxing etc.
If you do try out the Hotpants DVD before I do, can you tell me your thoughts on it in relation to its workout potential. We seem to be really similar in wanting that high intensity workout kind of stuff so it'll be interesting to see someone elses thoughts. If I get it before you I'll post up a review on it.
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Originally Posted by Fonzarelli23
I have a Billy Blanks dvd---it's the Target Abs & Butt one. I really like it!!! It's pretty intense, it's about 45 min. for each (abs and butt) and it's non-stop. But when it's done, I feel like I just had a great workout. When I was doing it, I noticed quite a difference really quickly as well. So apparently it worked. I stopped just because I'm lazy but I fully intend on starting again after the new year.
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Have you ever considered taking up Kickboxing or Boxing or Martial Arts as a sport? A few people have come to my club saying they've started off with Billy Blanks but they want something more from it after they've done it a few times. Its purely out of curiosity that I ask.