

Plyometrics is a series of drills designed to connect strength with speed to produce power. Also known as "jump training," this technique emerged in Eastern Europe in the early 1970s. Coined by American track coach Fred Will, the term derives from the Latin plyo+metrics, or "measurable increases." Plyometrics training relates to any activity that requires speed and strength, as it improves your ability to run faster, jump higher, and maneuver in multidirectional sports. If your game involves a court, field, track, mat, pool, ring, rink, or mountain, plyometrics can help.
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0.0Even the simplest movement can be sexy. Let us not forget the fundamentals of Pole Dancing starting with how to walk in heels, mesmerizing arm movements and effortless, ripple-filled body waves. Alethea Austin will guide you through the basics of moving around the pole and transitioning to the floor. These instructional DVDs are designed to help every dancer develop confidence in their sexy fundamentals. From kicks and poses to help you flexibility, to press handstands and bottom third pole combos to increase core strength. Alethea will make sure you master the fundamentals of Pole Dance in the comfort of your own home, regardless of your fitness level.
0.0Complete Pole introduces the new Pole Tricks and Trick Combos Beginner - Advanced Mary Kolacinski DVD. She reveals her secrets to completing combinations of tricks that allow you to be creative and innovative with your routines. The tricks and combos she teaches are a great training tool to help you progress to the next stage. Included are detailed explanations of required skills, points of contact, weight transfer & timing so you can execute these tricks safely and effectively. DVDs features: Reveals secrets to completing combinations of tricks that allow you to be creative and innovative with your routines. The tricks and combos she teaches are a great training tool to help you progress to the next stage. Included are detailed explanations of required skills, points of contact, weight transfer & timing so you can execute these tricks safely and effectively.
0.0Exotic dance is a fantastic way of toning your body and discovering your own self-expression and confidence, all whilst moving your booty to a fun routine! Featured on this DVD are four classic sexy dance routines as well as a dancer's warm up and cool down presented by the internationally renowned showgirl Jamilla Deville. In an easy to follow format, Jamilla leads you step-by-step through each 8-count section so you can progress at your own pace. If you've ever wanted to learn floor moves, lap dancing, chair dancing, or a showgirl routine with one of the world's best, now is the time! No dance experience is necessary, just a spring in your step and a cheeky glint in your eye!
0.0Lift and firm those stubborn problem areas. No more boring squats and lunges—get back in your skinny jeans FAST!
0.0In AM Yoga, internationally acclaimed yoga instructor Rodney Yee leads a series of yoga poses at sunrise to awaken your body and energize your mind. in PM Yoga, renowned yoga teacher Patricia Walden leads a sunset workout to transition from the business of the day to a peaceful evening. With both workouts you will discover how practicing just a few minutes a day can bring a lifetime's work of benefits for better health and well-being.
0.0Look good and feel great in just 20 minutes a day with Rodney Yee's Yoga for Your Week. Five different practices bring you five different benefits: focus, energy, flexibility, strength, and relaxation. Perfect for today's busy lifestyle. Find an extra 20 minutes in your day and you're on your way to a happier, healthier you.
This is a gentle, slow-paced instructional video for people with lower-back pain and limited range of motion. It is the first video in Allan Menezes' four-part series on the Pilates method.
Tired of doing the same old workout videos? Well the Los Angeles's own Heart Attack Roller Derby Team has put a new spin on working out at home. They put together an amazing workout video suitable for everyone looking for a fun, new way to get into shape. Their workout routine cobines strength training and plyometrics perfect for roller derby athletes or anyone looking to tone up their problems areas.Roller Derby Workout is not just for derby girls. Skates are totally optional and all of the excercises are easy to pick up. You don't need any prior skating experience or roller skates to get great results. They'll guide you through full body workout sections on flexibility, abs, legs, buns, and balance. You can do them individually, but for the total body experience body experience tryout the entire routine.
0.0Benji is sent spiraling into a storm of self doubt after matching with a girl who is out of his league. A short film about body dysmorphia.
0.0Xis and Ypslon's wedding anniversary may bring shocking revelations and reflections on certain habits.
If Pilates sculpts your body, Xtend Barre chisels it. Developed by professional dancer, choreographer, and Pilates instructor Andrea Rogers, Xtend Barre combines the grace and flexibility of dance with the strength and sculpting of Pilates to give you a long, strong, lean physique.
Are you ready for the next level of Barre? Barre Breakthru will reshape your body and help you bound beyond your fitness plateaus with a three phase workout, sure to appeal to the dance and athlete in you!
0.0Get ready for 30 minutes of screaming, sweating, calorie-scorching madness.
0.0No matter what shape you are, you know what part of your figure you'd like to change. Maybe you want leaner legs, better toned arms or a flatter belly. We've got the workout moves to help you get them - no matter what body type you have. Train for Your Body Type, developed with the fitness pros of Women's Health magazine, helps you do exactly that: slim and tone all the right places with specialized routines that are custom-made for your needs and your figure. WE give you an interactive, customizable menu system and you choose from one of three workouts designed especially for your kind of body. Each workout includes both fat-burning cardio and whole-body strengthening components. Whether you want to whittle your waist, build your upper or lower body, balance your proportions, or just tone up all over, our plan will help you get your best body ever! Recommend equipment: 2 - 5lbs (1 - 2kgs) hand weights and mat.
6.7When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo, and those in their orbit.
5.2Cindy Crawford returns to the exercise game with her 2000 release A New Dimension. She planned the video as a guide to getting back in shape after giving birth. Viewers with that same plan should find the lesson helpful. Trainer Kathy Kaehler, also a new mom, assists with the workout. There are three different segments featuring various levels of difficulty. The first incorporates stretching and some movements like lunges and squats. The second part is a slightly longer aerobic set with simple steps. Workout B ends with more toning and balance exercises. The last segment is mainly a stamina test for both cardio and muscle endurance. Though the steps are more complicated, they are never very difficult. Overall, A New Dimension can be used in parts or run together for an entire hour of exercise.
Burn fat and tone up in super-quick time with this mega-effective workout featuring sensational music from original artists such as Irene Cara, Level 42, Lighthouse Family, Lone Star, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and many more! Whether you’re a pear or apple-shape, you can burn fat and tone up like never before with this clever, design-your-own, workout programme – Coleen is proof it works.
When dieting guru Rosemary Conley declares that the Ultimate Whole Body Workout is her last fitness video, cynics might either be relieved that the population is finally to be spared her evangelical diet-speak, or conclude that she's "past it". However, this programme is not so easily dismissed. There might be nothing new here, but there is no doubt that a great deal of Conley's success comes from her ability to motivate. Conley first runs through the key moves featured in the work-outs, cleverly eliminating the problem of figuring it out during the sessions--and the risk of giving up. The 35-minute aerobic workout and the 20-minute body conditioning session are designed to be done on alternative days, while the final chair programme is for those with limited mobility (including pregnant women) who still want to burn calories.
There is nothing better than walking in the comfort of your own home - rain or shine! This is the fat burning fitness program that is going to change your body, change your health, and change your life. Walk Away the Pounds is a gentle and effective form of exercise that helps you burn fat naturally for lasting results. Get Up and Get Started will show you all the basics for a brisk, upbeat walk, from perfect posture to using weights to make this walk one for your whole body. You don't need a lot of room, just the desire to look and feel terrific., Tones your legs, buns and abs, Conditions your heart, Speeds up your metabolism With High Calorie Burn you'll be amazed how easy it is to walk two miles when you're at home in front of your TV.
7.7A feature-length documentary that explores the lives of four remarkably different people who share a common thread - they're all vegan. The movie traces the personal journeys of an ultramarathon runner who has overcome addiction to compete in one hundred mile races, a cattle rancher's wife who creates the first cattle ranch turned farmed animal sanctuary in Texas, a food truck owner cooking up knee-buckling plant-based foods, and an 8-year-old girl who convinces her family of six to go vegan.
Using explosive and defensive-style movements, this fast-paced cardio-conditioning workout will help you carve a tight, lean body.
6.4Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful werewolf; a doctor suspects his new wife is a vampire; an intelligent vine takes over a house; a jazz musician plagiarises music from a voodoo ceremony; and a pompous art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
7.6A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.
6.3After a doctor kills his mistress and himself while researching the mysterious previous owner of his Boston home, his colleague, Dr. Norman Boyle, takes over his studies and moves his family into the Boston mansion. Soon after, Boyle's young son Bob becomes plagued by visions of a young girl, who warns him of the danger within the house.
6.6Set over three generations and beginning with a sexually frustrated orderly during WWII who relieves his tensions in the most outlandish, gross ways. The result of his liaison is a glutton who grows up to be a champion speed eater. He produces a child who becomes obsessed with taxidermy.
6.1A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.
6.8Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works.
6.8The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.
7.6Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.
6.9A sculptor opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures, but quickly runs into trouble when his business partner demands the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.
5.9Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.
7.2Three tales of supernatural horror include a woman plagued by threatening phone calls, a family targeted by vampiric monsters, and a deceased medium who wreaks havoc upon the living.
4.8When Butch, Postmaster P, and Stray Bullet loot the local hip-hop mogul's studio to fund their demo album, the threesome unwittingly ends up with the secret of Mack Daddy's success: a magical flute. Their gigs instantly turn golden but a blood-thristy Leprechaun and an angry Mack Daddy are hot on their trail, leaving a wake of destruction tainted by politically incorrect limericks.
6.6A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.
5.0Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned.
7.4Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.
5.3Two college students driving coast to coast are lured off the main highway and onto a deserted Texas road were they are stalked by the menacing Leatherface and his family.
4.9In the year 2455, Old Earth is now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries -- a brown world of violent storms, toxic landmasses and poisonous seas. Yet humans have returned to the deadly place that they once fled, not to live, but to research the ancient, rusting artifacts of the long-gone civilizations. But it's not the harmful environment that could prove fatal to the intrepid, young explorers who have just landed on Old Earth. For them, it's Friday the 13th, and Jason lives!
8.0Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
6.7On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.