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A couple weeks ago I was sent Dream Body complimentary for blog review. I heard about them from Skinny Mom’s Holiday listing. I am loving Barre workouts right now, so I was very excited to try this along with strength training.

Here is the DVD description:

http://www.fusionfitness.com/fusion-online-store/#!/~/product/category=4261394&id=18210034

Look at what Holly Perkins just released last week!! She was sharing the news on instagram, so I immediately went to the website to read more about it!! I love how awesome and colorful it looks!!! They are shipping out my copy soon, so I plan on starting this workout system in January to start the new year out right!! I’m so excited!!

Read on below to see what comes with this dvd system!! and come back to my blog in January to read about my experiences and review for Baladea!

The Secret Behind baladea

This is my first book that I’ve read by Julie Bellon. She has written two other books from the Hostage Negotiation series, which I have not read, but she assured me it didn’t matter to the story line and I would still enjoy the book. Which I did!! It was a GREAT suspense/drama/romance clean fiction book. Actually it was more than great-it was AWESOME!! I have since bought the other two books on my kindle-so I can’t wait to read those as well. The characters in this book were interesting and the plot moved quickly as to not be boring but not so quick that I got lost. You will not be disappointed if you read this book!!

You can read chapter one and learn more about this book here:
http://www.juliecoulterbellon.com/p/hostage-negotiation-series.html

You can purchase the book here:
http://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Full-Posies-Hostage-Negotiation-ebook/dp/B00FUUIG7E/ref=pd_sim_kstore_4

Now I’m off to read the other two books… Has anyone else read them??

Less about your 10-minute-mile and more about having the time of your life, The Color Run is a five-kilometer, un-timed race in which thousands of participants are doused from head to toe in different colors at each kilometer. The fun continues at the finish line with a gigantic “Color Festival,” using more colored powder to create happiness and lasting memories, not to mention millions of vivid color combinations. Trust us, this is the best post-5k party on the planet! Wear white at the starting line and finish plastered in color!

WELCOME TO The Color Run™ Roanoke-Salem, Virginia!

The Color Run™ 5k is going down in Roanoke/Salem VA on April 5, 2014!!! The only question is “Are you ready for the craziest, colorful, 5k of your life?” You bet you are. Race it solo or form a “color team” of 4+ members. Check out the race details below & we’ll see you all squeaky clean at the start line.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

The Color Run™ event is a one of a kind experience that is less about speed and more about enjoying a color crazy day with your friends and family. For our events, it is about participants of all different speeds, ages, shapes, and sizes toeing the start line. Whether you are a casual morning mall walker or an Olympic athlete, the 3 miles of The Color Run™ course will be the most enjoyable real estate you’ve traveled in a VERY long time. (If you have more questions about how it all works, check out our “ABOUT” page.)

RACE RULES

Rule #1 Be kind to each other! All participants are welcome… fast, slow, runner, walker, old, and young.
Rule #2 Wear something white to the start line. Start time is 9:00am
Rule #3 DON’T THROW YOUR COLOR PACK BEFORE THE RACE. (We know it’s tempting, but trust us, you’re going to get all sorts of colorful soon enough. Save your personal color pack for the finish festival color throw. It is so worth the wait.)
Rule #4 Enjoy the colorful Willy Wonka goodness at the finish.

You can go to the website here: http://thecolorrun.com/about/ if you have any questions! 

Registration

Sign up as a solo runner/walker, or get together with a team of four or more to participate in The Color Run™ 5k. Our races fill up VERY fast, so make sure to get on our VIP List to get notified as soon as this race opens up for registration. If you plan on racing with a team, make sure everyone on the team gets registered for updates as well, to ensure that they get their spots!

*The Color Run™ Roanoke-Salem Pricing & Deadlines*
*Solo Runner/Walker
40.00 Early Registration
45.00 starting January 15, 2014
50.00 starting March 1, 2014

*4+ Person Color Team Runners & Walkers
35.00 per person Early Registration
40.00 per person starting January 15, 2014
45.00 per person starting March 1, 2014

When people register in a team of 4 or more it is automatically $5 cheaper, they can then also use their promo code on top of that and save $10.00. 

Details are online: 
How does a “Color Team” work compared with a solo runner? Pretty simple, you register as a (4 minimum/infinity max) unit rather than as an individual. You get to pick a groovy custom team name, anything from The Roy G Biv All-stars to We Sweat Rainbows. You then get to run/walk together and “help” each other get really colored up over the 5 color kilometers. There is no “relay” component and team members can finish together as a unit or separately.

HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE STARTING LINE!! 

Here’s my blog post from earlier this year when I did the color run: 
http://66.147.244.197/~empowfu5/2013/07/color-run-recap-lots-of-pictures-and-tips.html

Product Description

I was sent this dvd complimentary last month for blog review. 

I have done all the workouts the past 2 days and I was really pleased with how the dvd tempo sections flowed. 

This is the main menu to select chapters. 

It does NOT include a warm up or cool down, 

so make sure to do that on your own. SUPER important!! 

All the tempos are set up exactly the same with Agility and Strength, then Interval training, then Mind and Body which equals 15 total minutes per tempo. There are one or two tempos where the timing is a little off and you don’t end up getting a full 30 seconds for rest during the Interval training section, but it didn’t bother me. The entire workout is filmed in a gym for a boot camp type setting, so sometimes the sound and coloring is a little “off” because of the camera angles. 

The first 5 minutes is called “Agility and Strength”. 

You will need a pair of hand weights for this section. 

Or you can follow the pregnant girl modifier on the left because alot of times she doesn’t use any weights. 

I used 3 pounds when I did this section. 

The second 5 minutes is called “High Intensity Intervals”. 

30 seconds of a particular move, then 30 seconds of rest. 

The last 5 minutes is called “Mind and Body” which is core and yoga/stretching type work. 

Don’t let the name fool you though. Its not the cool down. 🙂 

This was my workout yesterday-did Tempo 1-3.

Last night I did Tempo 4.

This morning I did Tempo 5-7, which completes the entire Dvd!!

Some of the moves are repeated during different tempos, but overall most of the moves in every tempo was different. 

Stacy Redwine (co owner) directs every Tempo and guides each level person to what they need to do with each move. There is a pregnant girl Kate who does level 1 (beginner) on the left side of the screen. Jaime Zacharis (co owner) does level 2 (intermediate) and is in the middle of the screen, and a man Daniel does level 3 (advanced) on the right side. Stacy does well with showing each level modification and keeping an eye on the time for each move and announcing the next move coming up. I usually started doing level 1 as soon as the move changed so I wouldn’t lose any time in between sets and then moved to level 2. I wasn’t able to do level 3 for most of the moves in the tempos because it was pretty advanced and I didn’t want to hurt my knees. 

These workouts are great with fitting in during the busy holiday schedule or for a busy mom or working individual. I like that you can do 1 tempo, or stack as many tempos as you want. Remember this dvd does not come with a warm up or cool down. I walked in a place for a few minutes to warm up and then did my own stretching at the end. Last night I even used a foam roller to help my sore muscles. 

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