Way Back Wednesday: Dust off Your Leotards!
Posted by Nicci | Posted in Exercise Videos, Way Back Wednesday | Posted on 23-06-2010
Tags: As Seen On TV, Infomercials, Insanity, P90X, Way Back Wednesday
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With an impending trip to the lake this weekend, it has just hit me that I will be forced to wear a bathing suit--in public--in less than a week. Of course, this just sets my mind to wondering exactly how many calories I can burn in the next two days. I think I may have to resort to forcing my fellow vacationers to wear blindfolds.
In the meantime, all of the trauma brought on by the prospect of wearing a small piece of spandex to cover my not-so-small body has made me begin to ponder the evolution of the workout video. From Jane Fonda first bringing aerobics to your living room and Richard Simmons being your personal cheerleader as you sweated to the oldies, we’ve come farther than you can stretch a day-glo leotard.
Just take a look at this Jazzercise video from the 80′s. While not exclusively an as seen on TV, it does have all the crucial elements of an 80′s infomercial workout video: the big hair, the wedgie-inducing leotards, the bad music, and the really awful moves:
I think I got an ab workout just from laughing so hard.
Of course, now we have things like P90x and Insanity. Check out the difference in the workouts (and in the bodies performing them!):
While I know that nothing is going to get this body ready for the lake by the end of the week, I have no doubt that Tony Horton and Shaun T could have me ready to rock the boat by the end of the summer.
No leotard required.
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That 80′s aerobics video is too funny..a buddy of mine was just talking about the P90 this morning..he was making fun of the yoga section of it, but in general he loves it..and for a 50 year old guy he is really ripped.
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P90X is a great program. It’s tough, but you get great results if you stick with it. And I don’t make fun of the Yoga workout. To me, that was about the toughest part of the whole series of videos (and the longest workout). I guess I didn’t have the flexibility and balance for it – and it required a lot of strength. I’ve been through the program once, and I wouldn’t say I’m ripped, but headed that way and I’ve definitely increased my strength and dropped a few notches in the belt.
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How about posting some before and after pics Travis? I wouldn’t make fun of the Yoga section either having done yoga in the past(today I am a jelly donut), I know it is a great physical activity that can have some awesome results on not only your physical state, but also your mental state.
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Sorry, no before and after pics. I may have to do that on the next round – trying to get motivated to do P90X again.
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