DVD Review: Yoga Booty Ballet — Goddess Booty and Yoga Core

Right around this time last year I felt my abs burn from the Goddess Abs workout by the two women behind Yoga Booty Ballet, so I thought it was about time that I tried a couple more workouts by the peppy duo. I was looking forward to testing the two-disc set that includes Goddess Booty (25 min.) and Yoga Core (30 min.), but my experience with these DVDs wasn't all-around positive.

Gillian and Teigh used yogic terminology so frequently that it seemed unnecessary and an attempt to distract me from the fact that I wasn't getting a workout. There was a lot of guided breathing and claims that they were feeling the burn, but I did not feel that the workout made any impact on making my booty beautiful, as they said it would. The pair was good at explaining what each exercise was targeting but stayed in each variation for so few reps that I couldn't feel the slightest burn in my booty. Their cheesy encouragement to "feel like a goddess, feel beautiful," was enough to make me irritated and not at all centered.

See what I thought of the Yoga Core video when you read more.

Yoga Core was much better than Goddess Booty but was still not challenging enough to make a real impact. There was a lot of frivolous talking and they encouraged me to recite the affirmation, "from my core to my character, I am strong and supple." Coming from a woman in pigtails, this simply didn't sit properly or make me feel more prepared for my workout. Pilates was largely incorporated and they introduced several plank variations that only succeeded in making me feel like I was warmed up. After 55 minutes total and feeling like I was slightly warm, my overall opinion is that these DVDs are just too easy.