There are some newly release

d workout DVD’s that are being released just in time for the holiday season. So, you can look into these as potential gifts, whether to yourself or to a loved one, for the fitness enthusiasts on your list – or for you, the fitness enthusiast!

First on our list is the workout video maven herself, and movie star with a gorgeous bangin’ body even in her later years, Jane Fonda.  She’s got a new workout DVD out that’s called Jane Fonda : Prime Time Walkout.  The newest one is geared toward a lower impact set, so perhaps this would be good for beginners or people who may have injuries, be a little older, or just do not want high impact types of workouts.

I’ve tried quite a few of the Fit TV shows now, and some of them I love and couldn’t do without recording them every week and doing at least one of them a week along with the rest of my exercise repertoire. Some of them, not so much.  Like the Dance and Be Fit show, which I’ve now tried two different shows of.  I tried one that was based on Capoeira, which is the Brazilian dance/martial art that is taking certain areas by storm, and the second one I tried was one based on hip hop moves.  I didn’t like either of them. Just not my cup of tea.

It seems that more and more women are taking to the pole these days. No, I’m not talking about that women who lost their day jobs and resorted to stripping at night to make (probably much better) money in the mean time. I’m talking about the growing fitness craze that involves donning those high spiked heels (or none at all sometimes), and dancing on the pole. It’s the exotic dance workout, and you may have seen some of these hot DVD’s online or in stores.

This P90X workout series really blew in like a blustery sandstorm, didn’t it? One minute I had never even heard of the workout DVD series, the next, everyone I knew was talking about it. I guess that’s how these mini exercise phenomenon occur though, right? This one is a series of DVD’s that are designed to really rip and tear your muscles and build them to new levels. Also, the trainer who has designed the DVD’s put together a special nutrition plan that some people follow as well, which is supposed to really make you more cut and reduce even more body fat.

So, I recorded one of the Bollywood dance workouts on Fit TV (also called “Shimmy”) and finally got up the nerve to try it. I forced my sister, who is actually a fitness enthusiast as well, but perhaps even more than me, to do it with me since she was visiting from California. I thought we could both feel completely clueless and uncoordinated together – what a fun sister bonding experience! And of course, uncoordinated we did feel when we did it.

It’s so funny sometimes how you hear about the latest fads, trends and fabulous finds in the world of fitness and self improvement. That’s kind of how I found out about the P90X workout program. I heard about it first on one Sunday when my husband was having his football buddies over, one of our friends said that he knew a couple of people who were doing this “P90X thing” and were getting totally shredded and ripped and lean by doing it.

My husband and I overkill on things sometimes, especially when it has to do with television and movies, which we both love to watch, but we’re picky about as well. We’re not the types to watch any old reality show that comes on just for the sake of zoning out, but we are always on the lookout for new movies and television ideas that will allow us to escape, but that will provide meaningful entertainment that is well acted and well thought out.

So, I was surfing through Netflix the other day, trying to find titles to add to my instant cue for workouts that I could just pop on my computer and do at my whim when my butt was feeling jiggly or I just felt like I really needed to get moving while I was sitting long hours at my computer. So, I happened upon one of those 10 Minute Solutions series DVD’s that I added and tried out last Sunday while I was having one of my episodes where I just felt I need a break from working and wanted to get my blood pumping and my muscles sculpted.

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’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.