Skeletal Fitness by Mirabai Holland Osteoporosis Prevention Bone Loading and Strength Training Exercises:A Workout For Bones and Bone Health for Boomers, Seniors, and Beginners
by F. Sebastian Marino
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Actor: MFA Mirabai HollandDirector: F. Sebastian Marino
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 63 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-01
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: NuVue Inc.
DVD Reviews of Skeletal Fitness by Mirabai Holland Osteoporosis Prevention Bone Loading and Strength Training Exercises:A Workout For Bones and Bone Health for Boomers, Seniors, and Beginners
DVD Review: Disappointing, unsafe, with a amateur production
Summary: 1 Stars
I have been anxiously waiting for Skeletal Fitness to come out on DVD. There are very few exercise alternatives for those seeking a bone loading workout. Sadly I must give this exercise DVD a resounding thumb down. The most disappointing part of the workout is the lack of specific safety instructions while you are working out. For me the whole advantage of a DVD over an exercise book is that the instructor is able to give safety instructions while I am doing the exercise. While Mirabai occasionally gives a safety instruction while doing the exercise (don't grip the weight too tightly) she spends more of time just repeating "breathe and breathe" or the intensely annoying "enjoy the workout." Maybe it's just a peeve of mine but by the twentieth time Mirabai exhorted me to "just enjoy" the workout instead of giving helpful instructions like relax your neck muscles I was beyond annoyed.
Not only are the safety instructions mostly missing, but she also does not give complete instructions on how to perform the exercises. In the upper body with hand weights she is obviously doing extra motions, twists and extensions with the arms and wrists that she does not describe. I was forced to stop and slow motion over and over trying to figure out what I was supposed to do. This was made more difficult by the stationary camera angle. By this I mean that all the repetitions (typically between 14 to 20 reps) are all performed from a fixed camera angle. You don't get another camera angle to try and figure out how to perform the exercise. If you are lucky (mainly in the lower body section) you get a different camera angle when you switch from the left to right leg. This is much more instructive. What it should have been is a different camera angle for different repetitions, i.e. first four rep straight on shot, next four reps four shots from an angle on the right, the next four from the left, the next from the rear or above or below as appropriate for the exercise. Zoom out and in.
Production is amateur at best. Looks like it was shut all in one go with little or no editing. Numerous shots have bright overhead lights shining in your face. One shot has the cameraman's shadow distracting you as it moves across the floor. Mirabai wears a bulky microphone pack. The first information section is stilted and wooden with choppy camera jumps. The music choice is annoying. It is neither upbeat (which you sometimes need to work through the pain) nor soothing (except for the stretch and relax section which does have soothing music). It might best be described as a new age guitar fusion with light jazz??? Does this sound motivating to you?
Furthermore the exercises are not distributed over the entire body. "Upper body and Hand weights" is almost exclusively for the wrists, arms and shoulders, as is"Stretch Pull and Twist with Towel." "Isometric and Wall Resistance" adds in some loading to the spine. "Lower Body Bone Loading" works the legs with some loading to the spine. Please note that this section requires you to be able to work up against a wall while watching the DVD. Even worse for many instructions you are told to "hold onto the wall". Mirabai is working up against a very wide column, about three feet wide. She reaches around and holds on to the sides of the column to perform the most amazing convoluted ballet type exercises. Think ballet pellets on tiptoes with ankle weights on. What are you supposed to use if you don't have a wall you can hold onto. A chair or two chairs or even the back of a sofa are too low. Mirabai gives no alternate instructions.
I will be sticking with my book Exercises for Osteoporosis by Dianne Daniels. I never would have thought a book could be better than a DVD.
Will someone please make a decent exercise DVD for people who need bone loading exercises.
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Description of Skeletal Fitness by Mirabai Holland Osteoporosis Prevention Bone Loading and Strength Training Exercises:A Workout For Bones and Bone Health for Boomers, Seniors, and Beginners
Skeletal Fitness by Mirabai HollandŽ is a 1 hour Bone Loading Exercise DVD to help combat osteoporosis and low bone mass, osteopenia. Bones are living tissue and become more dense with exercise. Studies show that tennis players, through repeated practice, will develop thicker, stronger bones in their racquet arm than in their other arm. This process is called bone loading. Skeletal Fitness by Mirabai HollandŽ is a comprehensive bone loading program for the whole body, with special emphasis on the areas at risk for osteoporotic fracture: the spine, thigh bone at the hip, and forearm at the wrist. The DVD includes: A one-on-one bone loading workout with Mirabai Holland M.F.A. divided into 6 color coded sections making it easy for beginners to stop and go, or jump to any section that needs work. Advanced exercisers can do the full body workout end to end. The six colored sections are: ˇRhythmic Warm-up ˇUpper Body with Hand Weights ˇStretch Pull and Twist with Towel ˇIsometric and Wall Resistance ˇLower Body Bone Loading Exercises with Optional Ankle Weights ˇStretch and Relax for Flexibility and Body Awareness The DVD also includes 2 information sections packed with important facts and illustrations about your bones and Osteoporosis.Bestsellers in DVD
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