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Vegan Fitness Built Naturally with Brendan Brazier Tonya Kay and Robert Cheeke

“Vegan Fitness – Built Naturally”, featuring the Vegan Fitness Team, was released in December, 2005. Starring Robert Cheeke, Natural Bodybuilder, Brendan Brazier, Professional Ironman Triathlete and Tonya Kay, Professional Dancer, this feature-length movie shows how vegans live, eat, train and compete. This movie is ideal for anyone interested in living a healthy lifestyle – vegans, vegetarians, athletes, and anyone who is concerned about health and fitness.

The movie features the life of three successful vegan athletes; Natural Bodybuilder Robert Cheeke, Professional Ironman Triathlete Brendan Brazier, and Professional Dancer Tonya Kay. The movie covers all aspects of their lives including their nutrition programs, their training programs, and their vegan fitness lifestyles, how they promote veganism, what a typical day is like for them, and how they became successful in their chosen sport.

The movie also covers live competition, intense training, vegan shopping, a vegan potluck, behind the scenes of contest preparation, and much more.

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3 Stars A Good Start
This video is pretty informative and good for people just starting out,but if you have been vegan it dosnt really give too much new advice, most of its common sense (ie dont eat a lot of junk food even if it is vegan) I also think Tonya while well meaning is sort of a stereotype a lot of people have about vegans (nomad-hippies etc) and this image makes a lot of people unwilling to try veganism……all in all this film is pretty much for people who arejust starting out

4 Stars Great Counterpart for Thrive Diet
This is a d.i.y. take on veganism for athletes. Keep that in mind- the focus is more on athletes and their training and how veganism works for them. Hence the title Vegan Fitness.

It’s fairly comprehensive, and a great companion to Thrive Diet. You see them shopping, cooking, and working out. It’s for converts seeking practical fitness and dietary advice. Given the severe lack of that information, this is a great place to start.

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Echo Park

“I love that everyone is really an actress, is really a singer,” confesses the ever hopeful Susan Dey, a bartender turned singing strip-o-gram still waiting for her big break. So, apparently, does director Robert Dornhelm, an Austrian who brings a fresh eye and an easygoing sympathy to a familiar story. Dey’s new roommate, pizza delivery guy/budding songwriter Tom Hulce, is hopelessly in love with her while she falls madly into bed with her delightfully deluded duplex neighbor Michael Bowen, an Austrian bodybuilder (”body sculptor,” he’s quick to correct) waiting to become the next Schwarzenegger. The modesty of this 1986 American indie is infectious: they may never get their break, but the little family they make will provide the support they need along the way. Cheech Marin costars as Bowen’s training-gym boss, and that’s Cassandra (”Elvira”) Peterson as the gym receptionist. –Sean Axmaker

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5 Stars Incredibly offbeat, interesting, good lines, very funny.
I’ve only seen this thing once, but loved it. I cannot believe that a movie this good isn’t released on video.

5 Stars A fun movie filled with quirky characters.
Echo Park is an extremely funny movie, filled with some classic humor presented by a trio of truly quirky characters. Perhaps Susan Dey’s best movie of all time! The character that is an Arnold Schwarzenegger wannabe is terrificly funny! This film is more timely now than ever!

4 Stars I Like Echo Park – the neighborhood
The movie itself isn’t bad, but what I like best is the locale. Echo Park is a neighborhood that, while it might not be the safest place, has a lot of character. I also enjoyed watching a younger Tom Hulce work with an offbeat script. The ending is too abrupt and the movie gets rather bizarre at times, but at least it is unique. And it is more unique in a good, rather than bad sense.

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To Hell and Back Don Long the Life of a Big Dog

Watch IFBB miracle man Don Long in the gym 2 weeks out of his comeback competition in Atlantic City. Taped in Kansas City, MO this DVD shows you an insider look how Don managed to overcome his kidney problems and return to the Bodybuilding stages. Plus you will see Don in his house and in his clinic! If anything is “behind the scenes” – this it it!

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Katie Butlers Back to Basics Gym and Personal Trainer Fitness Video

Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced workouts that can be viewed on your DVD player or bring it to the gym with your iPod, iPhone or Windows Media Player.

The beginner section is designed to teach the fundamentals of weight training and help you get the toned, lean body you’ve always wanted. Using mostly weight machines, you will learn proper form and execution to get you started on a workout routine.

In the intermediate segment, you will use a combination of weight machines and free weights to take your workout to the next level. The stability ball and Bosu will help tighten those abs and glutes, while adding variety to your gym routine.

At the advanced level, you will be introduced to various excercises that will change your body by incorporating balance and core strength. This full body workout will hit every area to give you the noticeable results you want.

This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com’s standard return policy will apply.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Great video for getting started
The flexibility of being able to dowload this onto an iPod or any MP3 player is great. You can take the techniques with you when you workout. This covers all the muscle groups and takes you from beginner to advanced workouts and teaches you the proper way to do each exercise.

5 Stars Basic to Advanced
By downloading this onto my MP3 player I can take this with me to the gym to be sure I use the proper techniques on each machine & to help with new exercises that I have not done before or only do occasionally. It also has good exercises I can use at home.

5 Stars Go Katie, Go Katie
Katie give a great step by step instruction on how to use the equipment at the gym. This DVD is great for women. It’s non intimidating. The instruction is clear and concise. The routines are well organized and defined. You can build a better body with this DVD. It’s awesome.

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101 Ways to Work Out on the Ball Sculpt Your Ideal Body with Pilates Yoga and More

You can finally figure out what to do with your exercise ball using Elizabeth Gillies book 101 Ways to Work Out on the Ball. Elizabeth Gillies is a fitness expert who has starred in many exercise videos and books including Exercise Balls for Dummies. 101 Ways to Work Out on the Ball is a 176 page book that features 101 different exercises you can do on the exercise ball to strengthen and tone your muscles. The book features beginning, intermediate and advanced levels so you can work at a comfortable level. Find many fun and effective ways to use your exercise ball with this great book from Elizabeth Gillies.

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4 Stars Pretty good
This book has colored pictures that are large and easy to follow. The instructions are clear and easy to understand. The exercises are labeled as beginner, all levels, advanced, etc. There are variations to many exercises, which is great. Overall I am happy with my purchase.

3 Stars Wish I actually used this
What I really want is a poster that I can look at while I’m on the ball. It’s difficult to get the hang of the moves when you’re holding the book. That said, she has some great ideas of how to use the ball. Some are a little gratuitous, though, and you don’t need the ball for them.

5 Stars Play, not work!
Liz Gillies goes into a bit of background on the theoretical stuff. Although most of the exercises are not new, what stands out is the sense of fun she has when working out with the exercise ball, making it less work & more play. This makes me want to do more of them, & more often. This, coupled with exercises’ effectiveness, has already made a difference in my posture & the way I carry myself, after only 3 weeks of 3x a week exercise. Thanks Liz. About that cat stance on the ball… I did it! Only for less than a second though, but in time…

2 Stars Not Exactly What I had Expected
I own a few other “101 way to” books and this one disappointed. I expected new exercises to help me with my job as an aerobics instructor, but it failed to do so. Instead a stretch with the ball was labeled as an exercise.

4 Stars on the ball pilates
Great book for anyone who has become tired of the same old thing with Pilates. Used book in great condition

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