Picky about you tube sets

[sherry7899]

I am generally not too picky about the workout sets used by you tube instructors. They are providing free workouts 😁. However, I can't seem to.do dance cardio workouts that are set in super cramped or small rooms. I actually feel claustrophobic watching them. Am I the only weird one? I know they won't run into walls or anything but the potential for that is there. It does not bother me as much for yoga or strength.

[jusca]

Not a Youtube set but Mike Donavanik's last dvd series had a similar 3 wall setup that look like they were stuck in a small cube. It bothered me so much that I won 't do those workouts. It felt like they would hit the sidewalls.

[Mickey12]

I agree, Sherry. If the participants look too crowded, it isn't appealing to me at all. I recall some step workouts where it felt like the step benches were much too close to each other and I was afraid people would kick each other.

[bzar]

i dislike Linda Wooldridge's super white walls. she uses them in both her youtube and DVD workouts. There is a setting she used in her early days in a small room - somehow i was OK with that setting even though it's cramped-looking. at least the saturation level is easier on the eyes.

have any of the youtube video channels started using "virtual" backgrounds, the way you can change your background in Zoom, Webex, Teams, etc? They should!

[txhsmom]

I detested the white set that Charlene Prickett used for some of her videos. It was disorienting.

Carol

[eventmom]

Originally Posted by txhsmom

I detested the white set that Charlene Prickett used for some of her videos. It was disorienting.

Carol

that was terrible! I sold one of those DVDs even though her workouts are hard to find.

[wendug]

Originally Posted by bzar

i dislike Linda Wooldridge's super white walls. she uses them in both her youtube and DVD workouts. There is a setting she used in her early days in a small room - somehow i was OK with that setting even though it's cramped-looking. at least the saturation level is easier on the eyes.

have any of the youtube video channels started using "virtual" backgrounds, the way you can change your background in Zoom, Webex, Teams, etc? They should!

I dislike the super white walls, too. Sydney Cummings used to have an all white set when she started her channel, but now she has a few different backgrounds she uses.

And I did a workout that used a virtual background. It is Jasper McDermot's Cyberpump series. It looks like he is in a video game working out. BTW, his workouts are solid if you want a 30 min. weight workout.

[jusca]

Originally Posted by wendug

I dislike the super white walls, too. Sydney Cummings used to have an all white set when she started her channel, but now she has a few different backgrounds she uses.

And I did a workout that used a virtual background. It is Jasper McDermot's Cyberpump series. It looks like he is in a video game working out. BTW, his workouts are solid if you want a 30 min. weight workout.

Thanks for sharing! I checked it out and I love the look and the running time is a perk too!

[Gams]

Leslie Sansone has a couple workouts where everyone seems to be standing on top of each other and I don’t get it because most of her workouts aren’t like that. Also, she has that one workout where the “background” exercisers are in front of Leslie with their backs to the camera and Leslie is on a platform. They don’t show wide shots of the group and they are bunched together. I like the workout fine, but not sure what the idea behind this set up was.

[Mickey12]

Originally Posted by txhsmom

I detested the white set that Charlene Prickett used for some of her videos. It was disorienting.

Carol

It’s funny how everyone is so different. Those white backgrounds don’t bother me at all! I know a lot of people don’t like them.