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Bollywood Workouts At Home With Hemalayaa Behl

Darpan News Desk Darpan, 12 Feb, 2014 04:09 AM
  • Bollywood Workouts At Home With Hemalayaa Behl
As seen on the Today Show and Ellen, these DVDs are about 50 minutes of Bollywood-inspired fun and also feature voice-over cuing.
 
Divided into four workout segments, the videos will surely make you break a sweat. Dance moves with unique names disguise the many pliés throughout the workout that target areas, and although it doesn’t say so in the name, your core is definitely the star of the show.
 
The DVDs start with a warm-up walk that is repeated throughout the workout. Instead of a “walk in place” like many aerobics videos, it’s more of a hip sway back and forth, which is a lot of fun. Baby pliés get your legs warm while you’re introduced to the arm moves—flicking arm moves, goddess hands, turning light bulbs and Bollywood vogue moves.
 
Side-to-side lunges with “painting the walls” moves (and painting yourself with love) add to the fun and silliness of the workout…and to the inner-thigh work. A series of hops get your heart rate up, and then you get to make like an elk and practice a mating dance.
 
The swan move—swaying your hips in a figure eight formation—really worked my hips because it’s definitely not a move I do often. Hip flicks to the side let you shimmy, and holding your hands over your head really works the arms and shoulders.
 
At the end of each workout, you put together all of the moves you’ve learned, but in a fun way. The cool down could be longer, but includes some nice light yoga-inspired stretching.

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