Go Wild! Fitness: All-Terrain Workout Northern California
Jenn gets you in shape for your outdoor adventures.
2001
55 Minutes
Instructional
Available
If you have been looking for an exercise tape that set in the great outdoors, with an instructor that is more like a training companion than a drill sergeant barking out repetitions, then look no farther than this outstanding fitness adventure workout. If you are stuck inside due to poor weather, a newborn, or you just want to leave the city streets behind for a day, then you won’t cheat yourself from a good workout with this tape. Your host for this 50 minute workout is Jenn Varno, an experienced marathoner, trail runner, triathlete, and avid outdoorswoman who is also a certified exercise instructor. You will enjoy jogging during the warm-up, five sprint sessions, jumping, kickboxing, balance work, calisthenics, yoga, and more as you go through this active routine surrounded by the beauty of four filming locations from Northern California. Jenn lets you follow along at home as your mind is taken to the beautiful sights of Northern California mixed with a well blended soundtrack of Spanish, Celtic, blues, and acoustic guitar that helps put the mind at ease as the body moves into action. Remember to bring a small fan into the room with you to keep the air flowing and here is a look at what you will be doing in this workout:
Windy Hill Open Space Preserve is where the first 10 minutes are spent for the warm-up and stretches in the Cyprus grove. Starting with some jogging, the workout progresses with walking lunges, "crazy legs", side shuffle, cross reach and ending with balance work. The stretches include four major muscle groups: the quads, hamstrings, shoulders, and calves.
Pinnacles National Monument is next for nearly 20 minutes of cardiovascular work, including five sprint sets. These series of exercises are really fun to do with Jenn's clear instruction and such a beautiful sunny environment. Start with some strides with upper cuts, then comes the surfer jump, wall shuffle, vulture flaps, skier combo, jumping, minute of madness and traverse trail before the peak of the workout comes in the form of the sprint sets. The camera work, music changes, and editing bring the running segment into great form as you sprint towards natural landmarks rather than time. There are no telephone poles to count out in these great outdoors as you race towards gnarly rock, double ghost pines, sticky monkey, the overlook and finally the end of the canyon.
Big Basin Redwoods State Park is where you will find some challenging balance work in addition to some strength work in the form of kickboxing around the tree, rock climber, standing abs and bow pull, and more lunges (you will be sore tomorrow if you haven't been doing these recently).
Pescadero State Beach hosts the last 12 minutes of the workout for more strength work and the cool down. Your balance will be challenged while doing the chair, warrior, and flying seagull before you are down on the ground for some pushups, sit-ups (great variety with these) and back lifts. The last three minutes provide a final stretch before the creative credits begin to roll with the "Go Wild Song" that was specially written for this production.
One of the joys to running is being outside and this is as close as I can imagine to accomplishing a great cross training workout at home. You will be encouraged, motivated, and best of all looking for a time to return to this workout. Lili Schad, who made her mark shooting ski films with Warren Miller, is the executive producer and director of this project and knows how to mix the music and images to obtain a quality workout experience. You will find pride recording these sessions in your training journal and maybe a bit surprised when you wake up the next morning and find your body sore where you have not been sore for some time.To place an order visit Amazon.com.
Pinnacles National Monument is next for nearly 20 minutes of cardiovascular work, including five sprint sets. These series of exercises are really fun to do with Jenn's clear instruction and such a beautiful sunny environment. Start with some strides with upper cuts, then comes the surfer jump, wall shuffle, vulture flaps, skier combo, jumping, minute of madness and traverse trail before the peak of the workout comes in the form of the sprint sets. The camera work, music changes, and editing bring the running segment into great form as you sprint towards natural landmarks rather than time. There are no telephone poles to count out in these great outdoors as you race towards gnarly rock, double ghost pines, sticky monkey, the overlook and finally the end of the canyon. 