Donna Flagg Lastics - Review
This DVD is just like having a VHS. Seriously. As soon as you put it in, it goes straight into an introduction of sorts and then into the workout. There is no title/menu page.
There are no options available for you to select anything - not even the simple "Play/Start" that even the most basic of DVDs come with. If you click the menu button on your remote, it starts the workout over. At the end of the workout, it just stops because there is nothing for it to go back too. Very annoying.
However, the workout is chaptered. Meaning you can skip to these different segments.
Chapter 2 - Common Stretching Mistakes (bent is not stretch)
Chapter 3 - Stretch in Motion (Standing - shoulder sockets, breathing technique)
Chapter 4 - Get Into Your Body (Floor - feet stretching, quad stretching
Chapter 5 - Feel The Rush (Supine, hamstring, ankle and foot stretching
Chapter 6 - Body Meets Mind (Sitting, forearm stretching,more hamstring stretching)
I thought this workout very challenging. I was working hard. In each of the series, Donna takes you through three to four reps per exercise and/or per side. As you move along, she shows or tells you what you should not be doing as well as what you should be doing. Donna has no-nonsense attitude and she gives very precise instructions (i.e. that you should be on the ball of your feet as oppose to the heel).
The music is background music but it was okay. It didn't put me to sleep. The set - Mmmmm, I just don't think radiators, conduit and pipes are very pleasing to look at, but that is just me.
I did like the workout, a lot. This has been one of the best stretch workouts that I have done this year and I like the fact there was virtually no yoga. The workout clocks in at a little over 60 minutes.
4 & 1/4 stars
Hi Saundra! Thanks for the review! I'm so glad you find the stretch helpful. Check out our next DVD. We did add a menu to the chapters:) You'll need to do this one for a while, but it preps you for the next level. This one is my actual class from beginning to end, which is what many folks were requesting who couldn't get to New York to take it live. That's why it runs straight through as if you were in the studio with me. Also, you may appreciate the radiators if you knew that since we were born from years inside a studio exactly like that, with wood floors, radiators and high ceilings, we wanted to create that same experience for users. It's old school, NY dance studio!;)
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