About videoworkouts
History
Videoworkouts was created in June
2004. I had a binder full of notes about fitness videos and someone
suggested I should make them public and help other people.
About the Author
I started exercising when I was a student back in 1995.
In Europe, we had the Gilad's Bodies in Motion show on TV and I followed
it religiously. It was then that I decided to buy some of his videos and
stumbeled upon
collagevideo
from an ad in
Shape Magazine. I bought some videos but found they were hard to
follow as you have to mirror the instructor and some of them don't
mirror-cue.
I was interested in trying step-aerobics, but did not
want to invest the money in a step for my home. So I signed up for gym
classes. I loved it so much that I became an instructor in 1997.
Fitness videos were still an integral part of my
routine, as I fed my creativity with the moves and also for my own
workouts. I taught classes until I became pregnant with my son, born in
April 2003. Because I already am away from home too much for work, I
haven't taught much after that other than the occasional sub-classes,
but am continuing my exercise program at home with videos. I do want to
teach again at some point, but right now I want to enjoy spending more
time with my family.
Fitness Certifications
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1997 Aerobic A Instructor Training
(AFN, Weert, the Netherlands)
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1997 Aerobic B Instructor Training
(AFN, Weert, the Netherlands)
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1998 Basic Step Instructor Training
(AFN, Weert, the Netherlands)
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1998 Advanced Step Instructor
Training
(Aerobic World, The Hague, the Netherlands)
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1999 Fitness A instructor Training
(AFN, Weert, the Netherlands)
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1999 Thai-Bo Instructor Training
(ESP, Breda, the Netherlands)
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2000 Thai-Bo Choreography instructor
Training
(ESP, Breda, the Netherlands)
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2000 Funky Moves
(ESP, Breda, the Netherlands)
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2001 Basic Pump
(Physio Fysics, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands)
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2003 Zwanger en Fit instructor
training (Pregnancy and Fitness)
(Physio Fysics, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands)
Ilja Pollard
site-owner
(aka fitnessmouse)
About the site
The main focus of this site are
reviews of exercise videos, there will also be sections about related
topics, such as fitness equipment necessary for certain workouts and
diet & nutrition related topics. All reviews are written from my
perspective as a former group fitness exercise instructor and fitness
trainer.
Credits
Merchandise
designs by Ilja Pollard and Tara Crooks, hosting by
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Logo design
by Tara Crooks of
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