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Get Fit for the New Year: 11 Great New Workout DVDS

Get Fit for the New Year: 11 Great New Workout DVDS

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Like hip-hop or Krav Maga? A fan of Real Housewives or Biggest Loser? There's a workout DVD for you.

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Shaun-txleadThe Insanity Workout: One of the most popular fitness workouts in the country is led by Shaun T, the celebrity trainer who has gotten half of Hollywood in shape--and who came out as gay in 2012. He's got a series of TV workouts that fans swear by (Hip Hop Abs, was No. 1 fitness program on TV for a time while Shaun T's Fit Kids Club, offered one of the earliest workout series designed specifically for kids ages 7 and up. But Insanity is the extreme workout DVD/lifestyle combo everyone is talking about now. This 60-day total body conditioning program contains 10 different workouts (cardio, balance, plyometrics, strength, etc.) along with a nutrition plan, workout calendar, and free online-support from fitness experts and other Insanity users. (BeachBody.com)

Jillian_michaelsx400deepJillian Michaels Body Revolution (Gaiam): If you can't wait until March, when her newest workout DVD, Jillian Michaels Hard Body, comes out, and you need a full-time fix of The Biggest Loser's brash bisexual trainer, you might want to check out her 90-day lose weight and get fit program. Using metabolic training method, Michaels' workouts burn more fat than cardio or weight training alone and she says the calorie burn continues for over half a day. This 15-DVD set is as intense as Shaun T's and it comes with a 90-day journal, a 30-day membership to JillianMichaels.com, a meal plan (including a kickstart plan for the first week), and a fitness guide. If that's too much committment, try an older workout DVD like Jillian Michaels Extreme Shed & Shred. (Amazon.com)

Canyon-ranch-yoga_productx150Canyon Ranch: Yoga for Strength & Energy (Acacia): If you want a spa experience in your home, this DVD will help you recreate the famed Canyon Ranch's yoga classes. In this DVD filmed at the flagship Tucson, Arizona resort, Canyon Ranch fitness instructor Evette breeze through two 20-minute yoga workouts as well as an 11-minute soothing cool-down. There's also recipe booklet from the resorts and three bonus segments on eating for energy, making healthy lifestyle changes, and how to improve your sleep. If you love it, check out Canyon Ranch: Strong & Sculpted too. (AcaciaLifestyle.com)Bethenny-collection_productx150

Bethenny's Skinnygirl Yoga Workout Collection (Acacia): Consider this DVD set the perfect two-fer. It offers up Body by Bethany, in which the Real Housewife turned women's health expert is joined by celebrity trainer Kristin McGee for a 40-minute ab-blasting yoga program, a 10-minute strength training workout, and 5-minute booty blast. The second DVD features Bethenny's Skinnygirl Workout, a series of quick little yoga moves led by pilates and yoga trainer Mike McArdle. (AcaciaLifestyle.com) Dr-lisa-productx150

Dr. Lisa: Yoga Blast (Acacia): Dr. Lisa Masterson, the sexy physician slash cohost of the Emmy-winning daytime TV show, The Doctors, offers up three 20-minute low-impact yoga workouts anyone can do in this DVD. Masterson, who is on staff at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, is a sight to behold so even if you aren't looking for total-body yoga (think strength, flexibility, and cardio), lesbian viewers might want to tune in anyway. (AcaciaLifestyle.com)Ultimate-kettlebell-workouts_x150

Ultimate Kettlebell Workouts for Beginners (Acacia): Master instructor Paul Katami takes viewers through three 25-minute workouts using kettleball weights--the (usually) cast-iron workout balls invented in Russia in the 1700s. Katami's workout is thoroughly modern though, as he walks viewers through cardio and strength training excercises using proper form (an essential element in kettlebell work). Katami, also easy on the eyes, goes through easy-to-learn drills and combos you can up in reps and weight as time goes on. (AcaciaLifestyle.com)

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Step Up Revolution Dance Workout
(Summit): Who needs to go to Zumba classes when you have this dance workout based on music from the popular movie? This DVD includes four hip-hop, Afro-Cuban, and samba routines, each sexy and fun and supercharged in a no-partner needed workout that's sure to make oldest of us feel like a 16-year-old street dancer. (LionsgateDVD.com)

Biggest-loser--30-day-power-x-trainx150Biggest Loser: 30-Day Power X-Train (Summit): Take it up a notchi with this Biggest Loser master workout meant to break you (er, I mean, shape you up) in a month's time. Trainers Bob Harper and Dolvett Quince offer an intense cross-training workout using circuit training techniques that alternate between strength, cardio, and muscle toning movements. If you like the trainers but hate the DVD, try their older, but perhaps easier Biggest Loser: 30-Day Jump Start.(LionsgateDVD.com)Warriors-4x150

Warriors 4: The Experts of Self Defense: Krav Maga, Kapap, Close Combat, Pro Self Defense and Sambo (Bayview): Think workout DVDs have too much spandex and estrogen? Try Warriors 4, a DVD aimed at teaching you self-defense techniques like Krav Maga. Trust us, you can work up a sweat learning defensive moves from Europes top experts in self-defense and though one of the experts is female, this is definitely not Jane Fonda's type of workout. (Amazon.com)

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Brooke Burke Body: Sexy Abs
and 30-Day Slim Down (Sony): Fans of Dancing With the Stars can dive into these two challenging new workout DVDs, each with easy to follow moves meant to burn fat, tone muscles, and make you sweat. Both DVDs also come with Burke's favorite smoothie recipes. Sexy Abs has 16 core excercises that Burke swears by herself, while the 30-Day Slim Down is a combo cardio and toning workout meant to transform your body in just 30 minutes a day. Both require light hand weights. (Amazon.com)

Shiva_daily-energy-collectionx150Shiva-rea_core-yoga_productx150Shiva Rea: Daily Energy Collection (Acacia): There are probably few yoga workout masters more famous these days than Shiva Rea. In this box set, you get 14 different 20-minute Vinyassa Flow yoga workouts, all focused around gaining energy. There are slow-paced "flows" for relaxation, energizing ones to rev you up. Even better, there are both beginner and intermediate routines so you can grow with the workout as well. If you like Rea's instructing style, viewers will also want to check out Shiva Rea: Core Yoga, as well. (AcaciaLifestyle.com

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Diane Anderson-Minshall is the CEO of Pride Media, and editorial director of The Advocate, Out, and Plus magazine. She's the winner of numerous awards from GLAAD, the NLGJA, WPA, and was named to Folio's Top Women in Media list. She and her co-pilot of 30 years, transgender journalist Jacob Anderson-Minshall penned several books including Queerly Beloved: A Love Across Genders.
Diane Anderson-Minshall is the CEO of Pride Media, and editorial director of The Advocate, Out, and Plus magazine. She's the winner of numerous awards from GLAAD, the NLGJA, WPA, and was named to Folio's Top Women in Media list. She and her co-pilot of 30 years, transgender journalist Jacob Anderson-Minshall penned several books including Queerly Beloved: A Love Across Genders.