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I did wear a HRM in the beginning to see if my heart rate really did rise during muscle engagement (it did). I do believe the participants got their results from the program, and some of them started out in very bad shape. The community support is genuine and inspiring. There are also some dietary recommendations, which I personally think are highly important, but I won't go into them here. This month I'm mainly focusing on Jessica walks and strength training, but I intend to go back to a regular DDP yoga rotation next month. I'm usually pretty upbeat, but DH commented recently that I was even happier when I was doing DDPY regularly.
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05-08-14, 09:45 AM | ||
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For me, the reason this program is different is that calisthenics and some physical therapy exercises are mixed in with yoga poses. DDP worked with a chiropractor who is also a yoga teacher to create this program. Some of the exercises in DDPY are things that a chiropractor gave to me at one time. So it isn't "just" yoga postures. I've definitely gotten stronger with DDPY and it was the best fitness investment I made last year. I still use the workouts and would recommend DDPY to anyone who wants a "yoga as exercise" program led by a high energy instructor, or to people who find most other yoga practices too foo-foo, New Age-y, etc. I am on the Team DDP forum as much as I am on this one, and I am really touched and inspired by the people who stick with it--folks are regaining their health and losing a lot of weight by following the program (which includes a major dietary component). Just this week a woman from the UK posted her before and afters. She lost 100 pounds in a year. She still has 40 to go, but the results thus far have been fabulous--and this isn't a Beachbody before and after. The after shots are unretouched photos taken with a phone camera in her house in the same room as the before shots. I wanted to stand up and cheer.
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Betsy There is no way of telling people they are all walking around shining like the sun--Thomas Merton People have done all kinds of remarkable things because they thought they could. People routinely fail to do quite ordinary things because they assume they can't--Reinhard Engels Stay gold, Ponyboy--S.E. Hinton Pick up your crazy heart and give it one more try--Ryan Bingham Disclosure: I have a personal relationship with a fitness instructor who has appeared in some videos. |
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05-08-14, 10:02 AM | ||
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The program is effective, but as I said earlier, there is a MAJOR dietary component. These workouts alone are not the reason people are losing weight. Lots of people don't follow the exact dietary program that comes with DDPY, and they still lose weight. As is said here over and over, six pack abs begin in the kitchen.
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Betsy There is no way of telling people they are all walking around shining like the sun--Thomas Merton People have done all kinds of remarkable things because they thought they could. People routinely fail to do quite ordinary things because they assume they can't--Reinhard Engels Stay gold, Ponyboy--S.E. Hinton Pick up your crazy heart and give it one more try--Ryan Bingham Disclosure: I have a personal relationship with a fitness instructor who has appeared in some videos. |
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