I am starting to see definition in my arms, which never happened for me, even at my thinnest. Because there are lots of shoulder exercises in DDP Yoga, my delts are growing at a pretty high rate. Now, I’m maintaining my weight just by doing DDP Yoga. In January, after I reached a total of 55 pounds lost since starting DDP Yoga, I stopped the kickboxing training. By December, I completely removed cardio. By the end of June, I cut back on my daily gym routine and started upping my veggie intake. Within a month of making these changes, I lost 10 pounds with no changes to my diet. At the same time, I added a high intensity kickboxing class once a week and eliminated the two 50 minute boring cardio sessions I did on weekends. The workouts are low impact, and you can do them at home in the space that a standard yoga mat occupies. Basically, for beginners, there’s a schedule that doesn’t really exceed more than three or four of the shorter workouts (20-30 minutes) per week.

One year ago, I picked up DDP Yoga, and I set out to include the beginners plan with my normal routine. Looking at goals, I was 55 pounds away from where I wanted to be for close to 3 months in 2013. My belly may have been shrinking, but my lats were growing. Because I was lifting heavier, my body was dead set on putting on muscle, and I wasn’t seeing any difference on the scale or in the size of my clothes. The problem was that I was increasing the intensity, and I was at a point where I wasn’t seeing results. I had my workouts split between weight training and cardio. Right before I started DDP Yoga, I was getting really burned out with my gym routine. I’ve even been added to the DDP Yoga Success Stories on the official webpage. The progress I’ve made over the year is pretty incredible. On this date last year, I did my first DDP Yoga workout.

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