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“Beth Shaw's YogaFit represents the fusion of the ancient practice of yoga with cutting-edge exercise physiology. It is a program that will benefit everyone regardless of their athletic skill level.”

Barry Sears, PhD
Author of The Zone

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Whether you're a fitness buff searching for a new challenge or a yoga enthusiast looking for a way to balance your exercise routine, Beth Shaw's YogaFit® will help you reach your ultimate physical potential.

Yes, physical! That's because this cutting-edge fitness program combines tough aerobic exercise with strength- and flexibility-building yoga to create a total body workout. Sweat—not meditation—is the key. And that's exactly what makes YogaFit different from all the rest.

Written by Beth Shaw, an internationally known exercise expert, author, and award-winning producer of YogaFit TV, this book presents more than 50 YogaFit poses and organizes them into well-rounded workout routines that you can use every day. There's even information on how YogaFit can be used as a training tool for sports and how you can create personalized routines to meet your own needs!

With YogaFit, you'll not only experience increased overall health, energy, and vitality, but also a stronger and leaner body, reduced stress and tension, better posture, improved concentration, and a higher level of fitness.

Join the tens of thousands of people who have already tried YogaFit...and proven that it works. You'll get results in a few weeks—and benefits that last a lifetime.

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 232 pages
  • Publisher: Human Kinetics (September 11, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0736033378
  • ISBN-13: 978-0736033374
  • Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #888,681 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Before you start your yoga practice, make sure you are very familiar with this chapter. Read the first page
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inhale arms, downward facing dog, lift your chest, push your hips, forward fold, neck neutral, five breaths, navel center, workout video, back toes, lift your arms
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Beth Shaw, Extended Child's Pose Sit, Glutes Stretches, Repeat Modification, Upward Facing Dog Modifications, Forward Fold Bring, Hold Release, Hold Switch, Modification People, Modifications Use, Mountain Ill, Bridge Lie, Cat-Cow Stretch Start, Deep Breathing Stand, Fish Lie, Hold Modification, Hold Reverse Warrior Raise, Plank Move, Spinal Balance Start, Standing Lateral Flexion Come, Stretch Lie, Sunflower Take, Superman Lie
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5.0 out of 5 stars Yoga for real people, February 20, 2001
By N. Norman "got2readit" (Fuquay-Varina, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beth Shaw's Yogafit (Paperback)
A few years ago, I was at my local gym when I noticed a group of people practicing yoga on the aerobics floor. I wandered over and asked what they were doing, and Beth Shaw looked up at me and said, "I am teaching these people how to instruct Yogafit classes Do you want to join us?" I'm not a fitness proffessional, but It looked like fun. I filled an empty space in the class, and for the next two days I was emmersed in Yogafit. Initially, I worried about not being as "in shape" as everyone there, but Beth explained that everyone regardless of fitness level, or age could benifit from Yogafit. She was right. It was a great workout and for the first time in years, my back stopped hurting. I had been seeing a chiropractor for low back pain for years, but I didn't go back after my Yogafit weekend.

I didn't end up teaching Yoga, but I assist at a local martial arts academy and use many of the stretches and poses to warm up the class. Yogafit is wonderful for preparing your body for higher impact activities. When I saw Beth Shaw's book in the store, I bought it immediately even though I already have her training materials. The photos are great and she explains the poses really well. It is a great tool. Beth Shaw is the real deal and Yogofit is an awesome way to take care of yourself.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars YogaFit Book 2nd Edition, January 17, 2009
This review is from: Beth Shaw's Yogafit - 2nd Edition (Paperback)
Beth's Shaw's YogaFit 2nd edition is a refreshing guide to yoga for the masses. I truly enjoyed the clear cut and comprehensive way she helps the reader learn how to incorporate all the aspects of the yoga lifestyle into their practice. This book will speak to the new yoga practitioner, clearly, but also is a great tool for the experienced practitioner and yoga teacher. The sequences for various sports are unique and effective. There is also an introduction to other aspects of yoga practice, from nutrition, to meditation, yoga philosophy and the chakras. This book uses exercise science and the ancient teachings of yoga as its foundation.
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29 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Emphasis on the postures, but inadequate explanations, June 10, 2004
By dnk "dnkboston" (Boston, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beth Shaw's Yogafit (Paperback)
As someone who has been practicing yoga for years and teaching for almost two years, I can sympathize with a lot of the issues that Shaw surfaces in her book. In a nutshell, many people who are curious about yoga and want to take advantage of its physical benefits are either intimidated or turned off by what they perceive to be the rest of the "yoga lifestyle" and feel as if Yoga with a capital Y is an all-or-nothing proposition. To the extent that Shaw's book opens the door for those people, I applaud her. I also find her statement that she feels she has a mission to contribute to society by sharing yoga admirable.

However, I feel like she unnecessarily insults "traditional yoga" several times in the course of the book. For instance, she writes in her preface, "What separates YogaFit from other forms of yoga is that YogaFit speaks directly and without pretensiousness to everyone, but especially to the needs of amateur and professional athletes." And later in the same paragraph, "...YogaFit holds the answers to all of these [sports-training] problems without boring you to death." Reading these words, I can't help but get the impression that Shaw is convinced that she is the only one who can deliver the goods to athletes and fitness enthusiasts; Baron Baptiste will be interested to hear that.

One of the other notable aspects of the book is that Shaw can't seem to decide whether YogaFit is a form of yoga or something else altogether. She refers to it as an accessible, demystified form of yoga, then later has a full page chart contrasting the difference between YogaFit and yoga. Curious, since she went to great pains several years ago to have her training program recognized by Yoga Alliance, a registering body of yoga instructors and schools.

The most glaring inconsistency presented by the book is that while Shaw's focus is clearly on the postures, her instructions are lacking. While I don't think one needs to spend paragraphs describing how to enter and hold a pose, some things are worth mentioning, like hip placement in the warriors and not locking your elbows in postures such as Tabletop and Upward Dog. Finally, the instructions that she gives for some of the sequences are difficult to understand in some places, and she appears to work sides unevenly (for example, in the YogaFit Classic sequence, you're doing more Pyramids on one side than another).

Having said all of that, I do like the postures that she chose- most of them are basic and appropriate enough for both beginners and more advanced students.

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