well "demanded" may be a bit of a strong word. My wife really isn't really demanding. More of "puppy dog eyes" until I got her one.
Now that I just spent a half hour of training time on it, damn am I tired. That little board just kicked my ass. I mean, I'm in decent shape, I never claimed to be an athlete but my BMI was 22.something or another, smack dab in the middle of the "normal" range, and I lead a fairly active life. My job keeps me on my feet and moving most of the day.
But damn, that thing wore me out. The aerobics didn't ware me out too much. The step class was cake, but the hoola hooping did get my heart rate going. The strength training hit pretty hard in some of the excercises. The pushups/sideplanks weren't too hard with the reps it was set to for my "beginner" class, but the lunges, dear god, the lunges nearly killed my legs. The yoga is what really surpised me though, I had no idea I was so stiff and unflexable until I tried to do some simple poses. From the word go I was hurting (not in a bad way really) because I just can't bend. I mean the half moon, the first pose, I was like "crap, I can barely bend sideways at all!" I rounded it off with a few games that were fairly entertaining and surprisingly difficult. I misses alot veering all over the place doing the ski slalom, and the tilting ball game requires quite a bit of subtlety of movement, which I never realized I sucked so bad at.
All and all, I'm impressed with the work out I got. It suggested that my goal should be to maintain my BMI, but I set it to lose three or four pounds. I've gotten a bit of a tummy since I got married, and I'd like to go back to having a flat stomach. I plan on keeping at it daily, and maybe even try to snack on less junk. It really works on a psychological level of just getting you to want to be fit. I really think my wife will like it.
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