Hey all you Fitness Buffs, I just wanted to take some time out to say Happy New Year! Be safe, have fun, and take some time to reflect that things you are lucky and thankful for in 2009, and what your goals are for 2010. Yep, I mean your fitness goals folks! I know one of mine is to make sure I shake it up more and don’t get stuck in fitness ruts as much as I feel like I did in 2009.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Before you know it, it’ll be out with the indulgences and in with the strict discipline when it comes to two things :Food and Working Out. Both of these tend to get a little out of control around the holidays for those of us that celebrate the whole full 25 days of Christmas with reckless abandon. For us Americans, I think that we look at the holiday season as a free for all, a cart blanche to do whatever we want in regards to food and exercise, whenever we want. I think that it’s honestly a big reason why we love the holiday so much. We can, relatively without guilt, feel like we can do this once a year and not get hassled about it by our inner conscience of friends or family.

I just wanted to wish every one of my readers a very Merry Christmas. No matter what you celebrate this time of year, it’s definitely a special time, and there is a feeling of generosity and oneness in the air that is not there most of the time. It’s almost tangible. Some people of course don’t act any better, as can be seen on the roads during rush hours to malls to get the latest popular gifts for loved ones when people are honking and being rude, but the majority of the time, an increased sense of togetherness and humanity is definitely in the air.

So, I haven’t actually tried the Biggest Loser DVD “Power Sculpt” yet, but I bought it for a friend for Christmas and thought I’d share with you what the description of this DVD is and how it looks to me, gathering that information just from the packaging. By the way, I can personally attest that the Biggest Loser DVD’s, at least all the ones I’ve tried thus far, pretty much will kick your butt, even if they’re not all that long. Mostly this is because they concentrate on whipping your body into shape through short bursts of what seems like incredibly hard cardio and muscle workouts.

I was looking to get my boss a popular exercise DVD the other day at Target, and since they have all of their workout and fitness videos in the same section as their fitness equipment (it took me forever to figure this fact out after browsing in the DVD section forever), I got to see what all the latest, fun stuff was that you can buy to add to your fitness routines. While a lot of it is still your routine basics like weights, there were some newer items that I wasn’t aware existed. One was a sort of lumbar support for your back when doing floor or ab work of any kind.

It’s probably no surprise to you at all, since exercise equipment such as elliptical machines, treadmills and the like, are pretty high ticket items, with the economy the way it is now, that the amount of larger exercise equipment pieces that are being sold as gifts has been on the wane, not only last year, but so far this year too.

Well, if you just saw my most recent review on the Biggest Loser Weight Loss Yoga DVD, then you know why I’m asking this question, and answering it too! I had never seen one of these nifty little contraptions in use before for exercising. It’s a ball, the one I saw was a bit smaller than your typical medicine ball, that is squishy and filled with water. It’s very pliable, so you can do things like put it between your knees while your working your abs and really get that transverse ab muscle that is so hard target with this little sucker.

I’m a huge fan of the Jillian Michaels Biggest Loser workout DVD’s, so I figured that I might also like the Weight Loss yoga DVD that features her Biggest Loser counterpart trainer, Bob Harper, who on the show as I understand it, tends to be a little bit easier on his clients. I’ve only watched that show one time actually, so I couldn’t really tell what the personalities were, but I can tell you I enjoyed it, so I do understand why it’s such an immensely popular series.

If you’ve been searching for some new gym quality fitness equipment, then right now is one of the best times of the year to start looking, especially online. There are some awesome deals on everything from weight sets and fitness accessories to recumbent exercise bikes and DVD’s of yoga workouts, cardio blasts, and plenty of other workout regimens.

Well, adults know that there are many benefits to taking up the practice of yoga for them. From relaxation to improved immunity, focus and concentration, the practice of yoga has been a boon for many adults, helping them to transform their lives into a more peaceful haven and simultaneously tone their bodies, making them more able to get around, have better posture, and be better able to perform physical duties.  I know the benefits of yoga myself, having done it several times over the past few years, but still not able to incorporate it into my weekly exercise regimen as much as I’d like to.