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Archive for January, 2010
Yoga for Athletes Fitness System Book Review!!
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Pulse and Mexican Nouvelle Cooking in Punta Mita
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
This is Cerviche Norma, one of the dishes that we will be deconstructing (and eating) during our Pulse Yoga and Nouvelle Mexican Cuisine retreat in Punta Mita next week…yum
Nice Review on Hip Mama’s Place
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Pulse Yoga II Balance & Tone DVD Review and Giveaway
Yoga has always been one of my favorite forms of exercise. I don’t claim to be the expert in this
subject but I have enough experience (attended several yoga classes in the past and own several
yoga home DVDs) to know when a yoga exercise program is worthy or not, of your time and
money.
I recently received the Pulse Yoga II Balance & Tone
DVD for my review and what great timing! I am in full
force about keeping up with my daily workout routine
now that I’m getting married and want to look great in
my wedding dress. So the arrival of this DVD at my
front door was just perfect! 
So after several workouts using the Pulse Yoga II
Balance & Tone DVD, here’s my take:
if you want to tone your upper body in a slow-paced
yoga mode using free weights, then this is one home
video exercise to check out. I love the idea of using
pulses while doing the yoga moves which are
incorporated throughout this 60-minute balance and
tone workout. The main fitness instructor Argie Tang is
very precise in her instructions so you feel like you’re
really learning from a real expert. Read about her bio
here, along with her assistant Prisca Boris. I love this
yoga workout DVD and I definitely recommend it to
anyone!
Product details: Pulse Yoga II Balance & Tone
Balance in motion are emphasized here by connecting standing balancing postures in order to
master control over the body in any position. Efficient simultaneous movements of free weights
tone the upper body.
* Apply the use of free weights in novel ways to basic yoga postures
* Strengthen and tone key areas such as the abdominals, lower back, upper arms and gluteus
* Teach core awareness
* Stretch chronically tight areas such as the hamstrings and hip flexors
PBG Lifestyle Magazine
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Martha Stewart’s Yoga Program
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Here is a link to Martha’s yoga program. How nice that she dedicated time to showcase different styles of yoga and to bring awareness of the benefits of the practice. Check it out:
http://www.marthastewart.com/show/the-martha-stewart-show/the-yoga-show
FACEBOOK FAN PAGE!!
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Take a look at our new fan page called “Pulse Yoga.” 
Sunrise at Punta Mita
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
This is a view of the sunrise from the house where some of us will be staying. Let me tell you of the walks on and around the beach we will be taking between Pulse Yoga and cooking sessions. We will use our free weights on the walks. Lately I have been experimenting with using free weights on my morning walks. I use 3 lb. weights and try to find movements that work with a brisk walk. I have come up with 8 different movements. One of them is like this: Bring your weights in front of your shoulders, upper arms close to torso. Reach straight up and hold the weights overhead for 10 steps while keeping shoulders down away from the ears. Slowly lower the arms to the sides for a count of 10 steps until they arms are at shoulder level. Hold for another 10 steps. Lower arms to sides and relax for 10 steps. Repeat. This builds your upper body strength while walking. It also increases your heart rate more so than if you are just walking. It allows you to burn more calories!
Our Pulse and Cooking Retreat in Punta Mita, Mexico
Saturday, January 9th, 2010
Here is the kitchen where we will be having our cooking classes. As you can see, it is open to the surrounding garden. Here is the menu for the first day:
Cerviche Norma
Filete de Huanchinango Serandeado
Arroz Mexicano con Rajas y Elote
Toronja con Leche Condensada
You will be learning a little Spanish with us, too. Please sign up now, we are filling up!!
Joggling and Pulse
Saturday, January 9th, 2010This great joggling website offered a Pulse Yoga dvd giveaway. See below. I had no idea what joggling meant. It turns out that it is long distance running with juggling. I though doing yoga with micro movements and free weights was an unusual combination!! Anyway, just goes to show that hybrid systems are growing in exercise. People want to evolve the current exercise norms. Why not??
December 21, 2009
Hey Joggling fans. The good folks over at Pulse Yoga love runners and
especially jogglers. They wanted to give away a free Pulse Yoga DVD
to help improve your fitness even more.
One lucky reader will receive a FREE DVD just by being randomly
chosen from the comment section below.
How do I qualify?
Qualifying for the contest is easy. Just LEAVE A COMMENT to this
post saying how much you love joggling or juggling or running or
really anything else you want to say. A winner will be chosen on Jan 1, 2010.
What is Pulse Yoga?
Here is a little summary that the marketing people over at Pulse Yoga put together. It explains a
bit more what it is.
Don’t have time to go to the gym? Has the same fitness routine left you in a rut? Pulse Yoga
offers you the intensity of Pilates, Weight Training, and Yoga combined in one structured class
that can be done at your own convenience!
Argie L. Tang, founder of the Pulse Yoga DVD, designed Pulse Yoga to build strength, stamina
and power, while improving balance and flexibility. According to Argie, it is possible to combine
completely different exercise philosophies to get the most out of your workout.
This workout has been proven to provide positive results in the form of decreased body weight,
hip/waist circumference, and cholesterol. Pulse Yoga has also been found to be as effective as
functional training when it comes to total body fat loss, and aerobic fitness levels.
Pulse Yoga would be happy to sponsor a reader giveaway of Pulse Yoga Basic DVD, a $14.99
value! This yoga routine introduces the Pulse concept of micro movements within a posture. Key
areas such as abdominal, lower back and gluteous muscles are targeted by the alternation of
right/left pulse movements with free weights define and sculpt the upper body.
nice review for us from justforyouandme2@blogspot.com
Friday, January 8th, 2010Frosty Festivities: Pulse Yoga review and {GIVEAWAY!!}
I am always looking for new ways to workout that will keep me motivated and interested enough to stick with it. I have tried yoga in the past and liked it but found some of the poses hard to do which made it hard to stick with. Pulse Yoga is a little different then your typical yoga postures.
(From the Pulse Yoga website): “In addition to the free weights, I added micro movements that primarily target areas such as thegluteus muscles, abdominals, upper arms and lower back. These micro movements within the yoga postures are highly effective with results that are noticeable immediately.”
Argie Ligeros, who is the founder of Pulse Yoga, walks you through all of the poses on the DVD, showing you exactly how to do all the poses. Here’s a little bit about Argie (from the Pulse Yoga website): Argie opened the first Yoga College of India for Bikram Choudrury in 1978. She has taught over 15,000 yoga classes and has developed yoga programs for schools, corporations, hospitals and television. Argie became certified as a fitness instructor at The University of California, Los Angles and began applying yoga principles and postures to athletic training programs. She developed a fitness system called “Y4A” which she has taught to a range of athletes from the elite level Olympian to recreational weekend warrior.
I really liked the Pulse Yoga DVD and thought it was perfect for someone who is interested in a low impact workout that they can do in their home. One thing I especially liked was that alongside Argie, Prisca (Argie’sbusiness partner) is doing the modified version of the same pose. This is perfect for beginners like myself who aren’t able to do the full pose. This way I can work my way up to doing what Argie is doing without feeling frustrated about not being able to keep up in the beginning. Another thing I liked was that there is a Pulse Yoga I, II, and III so once you have mastered the first one, you just move onto the next DVD for a new challenge. This way, you are always on your toes, getting the best workout you can.