Unusual Motivation
by heathervescent
Pilates - it's popular and it kicks your ass. But I find it really hard and it's not so entertaining. Well, enter Bur-lates.
We have meshed two of our favorite pastimes to give you a more entertaining and fun way to work out. We have the old style of Burlesque and vaudeville, mixed with the tried and true methods developed by Joseph Pilates, along with our own style of vaudeville, just to keep you entertained while you work!
Wowee! That sounds like fun. Burlates sure appealed to me. So I ordered me a copy.
The other night when I was not feeling so motivated I put in the DVD and plopped down on the couch. My butt stayed on the couch a whole 5 minutes before I got out my yoga mat and started following along. Between serious instruction explaining the (difficult!!) exercises are sexy demonstrations in the form of mermaids, cowgirls and fish net clad lovelies. I was inspired to build my strength and got ideas for costumes at the same time. It's true - Burlates made me forget I was exercising!
Production quality is good (but it's not Hollywood slick) and I liked that the women demonstrating (and wearing the costumes) had real-world bodies (that looked fantastic!). It's a great gift for a one off viewing or if to seriously have fun exercising. If you only watch it once, it's totally worth the $20. It might even get you on the floor exercising, like it did for me. You might want to think twice about wearing high heels while practicing though. ;)
