Yoga Inferno (workout one) by Jillian Michaels

Hey guys! For the last two weeks I've been doing Jillian Michaels' Yoga Inferno, workout one. I thought that I would take a few minutes to talk about it.

I'm a total beginner when it comes to yoga and for a long time, I didn't feel like it was an efficient workout. That's one reason why I've never actively looked into yoga. I've also done Level 1 of Yoga Meltdown and didn't feel overly challenged. I think that I mentioned in my last update though that I've been having a lot of issues with my feet hurting. It was so bad that putting on my shoes to work out was extremely painful. Plus, I was getting a bit bored with Killer Body and I had been doing that for three months, so I knew it was time to move on.

From what I understand (again, I'm a yoga n00b!) by reading other reviews, Yoga Inferno is more Yoga inspired rather than just "yoga" in general. I've only done workout one, but man, do I ever work up a sweat! Workout 1 of Yoga Inferno is all body weight mixed with cardio intervals to get your heart rate up. You start up with a warm up like always, and then you get to work. There are three sequences/circuits and you go through each exercise twice; one for each side. I can't remember all the exercised, but I'll list what I can remember. In the first sequence, she has you sink down into a chair squat on your toes, lunges with arm swings, jumping jacks in chair post (like Ripped in 30!), leg raises with your hands on the floor (or with a yoga block if you need one/have one), deep monkey squats. I think it also has squat jacks, but I can't remember exactly.

Sequence two has you go into Warrior 2 and going down to touch the floor and then back up to stretch it out. You go into a twisting crescent pose, and then doing jumping lunges or a running man if jumping lunges are too much. After jumping lunges, she has you get into plank and do plank skaters.

Sequence three, you're in a side plank, and bringing your knee to your elbow to crunch your obliques. Next is standing splits into pigeon pose. Next is mountain climbers for a cardio interval and then after that she has you jump into a sitting position, where you do tricep dips with a leg extension. Then you hold in reverse plank. My poor shoulders. And that's not all! Afterwards, she has you lay on the mat and you do sprawls. After sprawls, she has you crunch up and scissor your legs up and down while holding that crunch. My abs were really feeling that, and at the end of the workout, I'm usually soaked with sweat.

Phew! It's not my absolute favorite just because I still feel like a yoga n00b, but this particular workout totally changed my mind on yoga not being an efficient workout and for that I'll always be happy! :)

So far I really like this one and recommend it. Tomorrow I'm going to do the second workout, which incorporates weights. Jillian recommends 3lb weights and says that the advanced person and herself are using three pounders, but I think I'm going to use my fives. I've watched the DVD so I know what to expect and after doing it a couple times I'll share my thoughts!

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I'm back!

I'm back! Well, technically, I was never really gone. I've started writing this post so many times but just always seemed to run out of time at the end of the day. I had Text/Edit open for two or three weeks, and then had a tab with a new entry open when I wasn't getting anywhere with Text/Edit. Another part of my lack up updates has been because there really hasn't been much to report. Up until last week, I was still doing Jillian Michael's Killer Body workout DVD, and still doing DDR at night, so that hadn't changed. I didn't want to bore anyone with, "Well, still doing Killer Body, still DDRing..."

One big thing did change though! On June 20, I stepped on the scale and boom! That special number popped up. I've officially lost 100lbs! I stepped on the scale four times to make sure my eyes weren't deceiving me. They weren't! And they weren't the next day either (just had to make sure, haha!). Woo hoo! I did want to post about finally losing the big 100 and that's where I got a bit stuck. I still haven't even really announced it anywhere, not on Facebook to my family, not on Instagram. So this is the first time saying it publicly: I'VE LOST 100LBS! :D YAAAY! Go me!! Losing 100lbs definitely wasn't very easy at time. I've got some 100-inspired blog posts planned that I think will be up sooner rather than later and I'll touch base more about later.

At my local Target, they had a Jillian Michael's bundle with four Jillian workout DVD's: Yoga Inferno, One Week Shred, Killer Buns and Thighs, and Killer Abs. It's been there for a few months, and I've been planning on buying it, but finally bit the bullet the other day. I really wanted that Yoga DVD because I've really been having a lot of problems with my feet hurting and the yoga seemed like the way to go since it's done barefoot. It was to the point where working out was getting to be extremely painful and wearing shoes hurt so bad I wanted to cry. That didn't make me look forward to working out at all. I've started the yoga DVD and I've done workout one four times now, and man, it's tough! I'm still fairly new to yoga (actually I'm a total beginner) so I'm hoping to master workout one before I move on to workout two, but it doesn't seem like there are levels or anything. Workout one is body weight where as workout two incorporates light weights. I will definitely review not only the Yoga but all the other DVD's I have as I move forward.

I've also gotten really into meal prepping and I'm going to start sharing some recipes so look forward to that! I plan on trying to update at least once a week.

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