Weight Loss Blogging Project

While working on weight loss for myself and keeping me weight loss blog motivated, I came up with an idea for a project that should help me keep on track with my workouts as well as keep me from being bored. (I can get bored easily sometimes, what can I say.) 

To put it simply: I have A LOT of workout videos at my disposal right now. From DVDs, online downloads (from when I actually had money) and the bounty that is Netflix Instant, I added up having over 70 separate workouts at my fingertips! Making reviews of them all will keep me motivated to workout as well as help others! 

Workout Review Rules:

1. Do the particular workout(s)* 3 times
2. List Pros and Cons for each workout
3. Note how the workout is effecting my body (a 290+ lb person will have a different experience than a 180 lb person)
4. Give Each Workout a 1 through 10 ranking. 1 being complete dog crap, 10 being outstanding awesomeness

*Some workouts (such as Jillian Michaels' Yoga Meltdown) have 2 different level workouts in 1 dvd. I'll be doing each level (when appropriate) 3 times, then giving a review of the whole DVD at once.

Here is the list I made of all the workouts I have access to at this moment.

Please note: I won't necessarily be doing the reviews in this order. It just happens to be the order I wrote them in.

DVD/On the Computer Workouts

YBB (Yoga Booty Ballet) Rehearsal and Guided Meditation 

YBB Total Toning Basics

YBB Advanced Fat Burning

YBB Hip Hop Abs

YBB Cardio Cabaret

DOTI (Dance Off the Inches) Hip Hop Party

TMS (10 Minute Solution) Slim and Sculpt Pilates

Bob Harper Cardio Conditioning Workouts 1 and 2

Total Cardio Step (1 DVD 3 workouts)-Basic Step-Low impact step-Body Fusion

Si6 (Slim in 6) Cool it Off

Si6 Tone it Up

New York City Ballet Workouts 1 and 2

Biggest Loser: Last Chance Workout

JM (Jillian Michaels) Shred it With Weights Workouts 1 and 2

JM Yoga Meltdown Levels 1 and 2

JM Biggest Winner:

• Shape Up Front
• Shape Up Backside
• Cardio Kickbox
• Maximize Full Frontal
• Maximize Back in Action

Si6 Start it Up

Si6 Ramp it Up

Si6 Burn it Up

Si6 Slim & Limber

Si6 Slim & 6 Pack

JM Ripped in 30 Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4

JM 6 Week 6 Pack Levels 1 and 2

HHA (Shawn T Hip Hop Abs)

• 6 Minute Abs
• Ab Sculpt
• Fat Burning Cardio
• Hips, Buns, Thighs
• Total Body Burn

Biggest Loser

• Cardio Max
• Weight Loss Yoga
• 30 Day Jump Start
• Workout Boot Camp

Zumba Fitness

• Basics
• 20 Min Express
• Cardio Party

Luscious Belly Dancing

Netflix Instant:

Egyptian Belly Dance for Beginners

Crunch: Super Slim Down

TMS Fat Blasting Dance Mix

DOTI 15 Minute Express

DOTI Fat Burning Jam

DOTI Tummy Tone Party Zone

TMS Target Toning

Crunch Pick Your Spot Pilates

TMS Rapid Results Pilates

TMS Pilates

Crunch Fat Burning Dance Party 

Crunch Burn and Firm Pilates

Crunch Cardio Dance Blast

Pick Your Level Weight Loss Pilates

Crunch Fat burning Pilates

Healing Yoga For Aches and Pains

Crunch Candlelight Yog

Crunch Fat Burning Ab Attack

TMS Yoga

TMS Carb Burner

Healing Yoga For Common Conditions

Crunch Boot Camp Training

Crunch Cardio Sculp

Pilates Essentials

Yoga For Health Basics and Headaches

DOTI Calorie Blasting

Yoga For Health Depression

Crunch Cardio Salsa

TMS Kickbox Boot Camp

Crunch Total Re-sculpt

Crunch Yoga Mama 

Well....That'll definitely keep me busy for a while. 

As I publish the reviews I'll be changing the workout names listed here into links to their review making this an easy reference page.

I'm sure someone somewhere has done something similar to this. It's bound to happen. But this project at least gives me the chance to voice my own opinion about the workouts as well as give people the opportunity to see what the workouts are about before they buy or try them.

More notes and disclaimers: 

• For the month of October 2011 I'm already doing Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30. I'll be writing my review at the end of it of course, but I'll also be doing some of the other workouts listed above at the same time.

• I am not intending to be a case study for any of these workouts or workout systems (including Ripped in 30). I am merely reviewing them for their quality, what they cover, my opinion about them and their general effectiveness. Trying to be a case study is, to me, a moot point because everyone reacts to exercise in a different way based on weight, age and general health.

• Being that these reviews will be opinion based, there will be some bias for what I like or don't like. Whichever way I swing on a review has its background with my state in life, and the way my body is/will be at the time of the workout.

• For easy image access on these reviews I'll be using Amazon.com's affiliate program. It gives me a simple and royalty free way to put the appropriate cover images with their reviews. I am not trying to push these reviews as products to sell. Whether or not you wish to buy the workouts through Amazon or wherever else, is completely up to you.

• And finally, the Netflix Instant list is subject to change due to Netflix cycling movies/videos in and out of 'Instant' access.