Charlotte, wow! The main complaint I've had with using videos is that I can't watch TV like I can when I use an elliptical at the gym (actually, I watch the closed captioning while I also wear headphones for music). I have turned down the sound on videos I know well and blasted motivating music, and that can really help get me through an oldie but a goodie, but I like your TV idea! Only problem is, my husband would think I really lost it.
I agree that it is useful to have a variety of workout tapes and other workouts available to you. Be flexible. I personally prefer home workouts, and I've built up quite a library of videos over the last several years, so boredom shouldn't be a factor for me. I now have FitTV on satellite and tivo some of the shows, fast forward through the commercials, and that keeps things really fresh and challenging. I have dance tapes, step workouts, the Firm, Tae-bo, some Crunch videos (I really like the Pilates instructor Ellen Barrett, and these workouts are cheap at Wal-Mart), etc. Some are short and easy, others are long and challenging.
And speaking of challenging, there are ways to keep the challenge high as someone noted. With some dance tapes I have, I just can't figure out the moves at first. It's fun to keep popping the tape in and over time realizing I'm mastering all the moves. There are some step tapes I have where they do lots of jumps and I stick to low-impact. Sometimes I add in the jumps. A lot of workouts build in the different levels, and with practice you can work your way through these levels. And the Firm? I still barely ever hold weights for the lower body moves, and when I have used weights for that, it was 5 lbs at most in each hand. The instructors use much heavier weights for those moves, so I know there is potential for growth.
Can you tell I'm passionate about workout tapes? I don't know where I'd be without them. I lost about 40 lbs primarily with videos about 3 years ago, and managed to keep most of it off.
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