First and foremost, thank you to everyone for your kind words about the fire. It shook up the small community that is Reno, but I’m always in awe at how the community comes together regardless of how much tragedy has been thrown there way. So here’s to a better holiday and 2012 for Reno.
Speaking of which, this week I’m in town to celebrate Turkey day with my family, Chicken Face’s family, Black Friday bonanza, and of course, the coldest Turkey Trot ever. When I arrived back in Nevada yesterday, I forgot how absolutely frigid it is here and am already lamenting my decision to trot it up come Thursday. I think I’ll have to use copious amounts of Starbucks and perhaps a pair of Lululemon Wunder Unders as my reward for braving a 10 degree race. It’s mental manipulation time…
Yesterday, my little sister came home and started boasting about how she had purchased the Hip Hop Abs DVD set. I giggled a little inside and when she begged me to try it with her, I couldn’t say no. I need to up my ante for Vegas in a couple of weeks with some new dance moves and hey, an ab workout wouldn’t hurt either.
Let me put my Hip Hop Abs experience to you this way:
Most. Awkward. Thing. Ever.
(For me, personally. My body just doesn’t groooove that way).
The 15-minute ab DVD had Shaun T (Sorry, I got his name wrong in an earlier version of this post) telling you to “work that head” in a way that I’ve never seen coupled with any ab workout. EVER. UPDATE:This guy put more “awwwwwwww yaaaaaa” into a standing crunch than Usher could ever do. Plus, people have since told me that he’s also the instructor of those Insanity DVDs which are supposed to be, well, insane.
The shirtless dudes in the back just look awkward as they don’t have nearly as much rhythm as Shaun or any of the bad ass chicks in front of them. One even had a Chicken Face haircut and I couldn’t help but to giggle as that’s probably how Chicken Face would be doing this workout: awkwardly nervous.
Yes, I realize that my hand is inappropriately placed. That was not my intention…just go with it.
I laughed throughout the entire thing – I couldn’t help it. The amount of times he raised his shirt to…eh hem… “demonstrate” the moves was perfectly unnecessary, but hey, who am I to complain? But as ridiculous as I felt, I was actually having fun putting an unnecessary amount of booty poppin’ into my workout. It made you forget that you were doing a workout DVD and instead I just did his “TILT, TUCK & TIGHTEN” technique. I still have no idea what that means.
Anyways, this isn’t a review of the program as I only did one measly 15 minute ab workout, but I would like to do the entire set with all of my girlfriends…I think good times would ensue.
Also, THE WINNER OF THE BORN TO RUN GIVEAWAY IS….(drum roll please)
Megan who said, “I don’t have a favorite running book, but I’m dying to read Born to Run!”
Please email me at twentysixandthensome[at]gmail[dot]com so I can mail you your prize.
Congrats and happy running!
1. I’m really sad I didn’t win the giveaway.
2. Can we do Hip Hop abs in Vegas?
That is the same guy from the Insanity workouts & I can assure you he is a little more sane in those workouts. I’m not much of a dance person but Insanity is definitely a really good workout & worth trying. He does still lift his shirt a lot though
Awkward workout videos are the best. And if you were laughing the whole time, you got an even better workout, right?
Laughing through the workout describes me last week at my total body class. I just looked like I had no idea what was going on the WHOLE time! But it was fun and I enjoyed myself and I was sore for three days after ward!
I have hip hop abs! Hey, if it gets ya moving and motivated that’s all that matters. And its better than sitting on the couch. If you do it in just a sports bra and shorts its more motivating to keep your abs tight. I have NO dance ability either, but its still entertaining. You should try insainity. It us really tough. Maybe on a cross training day u can try it. I’m doing a turkey trot in downtown Dallas with over 37,000 people! They are trying to break the record of most people dressed as turkeys in one spot. Pretty exciting stuff! Does anyone know anyone who works for lululemon? I’m.thinking of making a career change and here its great! Happy fittness!
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He’s Shaun T from Insanity- did this dvd really say his name was Shaun White? I’ve seen the ads for Hip Hop ads on the Insanity dvd’s and it does look silly and I would defi be embarrassed to do this in front of anyone! But I will say that Insanity is amazing! I’m a runner and I follow the Run Less Run Faster program so I have a lot of non-running days and Insanity kicks my butt 100x harder than anything other than a very hard tempo run. Also, I’m not following the actual Insanity program which is 60 days straight but even doing it 2 or 3 times a week Insanity has changed my core/abs incredibly. I always figured ppl were exaggerating about the results but they aren’t. Anyways Insanity is pretty expensive so it’s a commitment.
PS Why are they all wearing those gloves?