Due to my ACSM fitness specialist certification, I often receive professional catalogs for workout gear . Last week, as I was perusing the most recent one, I noticed the Gliding Discs workout. Since I'm feeling a little bottom heavy after the holidays, I decided order them. In two short days, they were sitting on my doorstep. For $15, I received a pair of discs suitable for use on hardwood (you can also get them for carpet) and an instructional DVD by Mindy Mylrea.
Yesterday morning, I was more than excited to give the workout a try. I slipped the DVD into the player and I was ready to go. The workout was tough. It lasted about 45 minutes and worked the legs, core, and a bit of the upper body. I was sweating bullets about 20 minutes into it. I definitely had "the burn" going in my glutes, quads, and hamstrings. It also really worked the leg adductors and abductors (the inner and outer thighs). It was somewhat aerobic at times and had a few yoga moves, too. When I finished the workout, I added some upper body strength training to get a total body workout.
I have to say, today I am sore in areas I haven't been sore in maybe ever. I will definitely incorporate this into my routine--maybe once a week. I measured my waist, hips and thighs before beginning this and will give an update in a month or so. Between this, P90X, and my normal cardio routines, I'm hoping to see some results. I only hope the gliding disc workouts don't give me speed skaters' thighs.
Here's a video to give you an idea of some of the moves on the DVD.
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