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The nature of this video is Madonna’s Ciao Italia
I ripped this portion of the DVD
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The Purpose of this video is for entertainment only.
The nature of this video is Madonna’s Ciao Italia
I ripped this portion of the DVD
This …

Madonna is older than most of your moms but she probably looks hotter than most of you too.

Now how does that happen, she is 50 and still smoking sexy.

The reason for this is that she doesn’t miss a single workout and keeps her diet in check no matter what, so what type of a diet is this and what kind of a workout?

Starting on with her workout:

Morning, prior to breakfast: Ashtanga Yoga

Prior to Lunch: Winsor Pilates.

Ashtanga Yoga session:

Yoga has many forms, one of the harder forms is Ashtanga Yoga; This form derives more on building strength, stamina and internal health rather than having meditative qualities.

Ashtanga Yoga can vaguely be compared to Circuit training workouts, the difference is notably that unlike a normal circuit training workout, Yoga can effectively slow down ageing because of its aspects being highly internal in nature, leading to longer tenure in the organs.

So how do you do Ashtanga Yoga?

I can explain poses over the internet but any form of yoga without a teacher is almost downright pointless. A lot goes into this, namely breathing techniques and maintaining flow.

Will any other form of Yoga maintain similar effects?

Not entirely but it will have its long term benefits.

Among other workouts, Madonna’s routine includes Pilates.

Hereon, I would like you to attend a Pilates class or purchase a book on Pilates workouts if you are interested.

Here I would like you to note that because Madonna is not lifting weights, she does not need recovery time and particularly any disadvantages on frequent stressing.

When Ashtanga Yoga works on the organs, joints, inner muscles and tendons primarily, Winsor Pilates focus more on bone structure, relaxation, posture, balance and exterior muscle toning.

This leads to a complete mild workout which ends up doing an adequate amount of fat burning, health preservation and relaxation at the same time.

Will it work for you?

Honestly, if you are beginner then I would say not likely. The reason being Madonna has a known history of lifting weights and intense cardio so she already had a fair bit of lean muscle mass to keep that metabolism going.

Pilates and Ashtanga Yoga are awesome for Maintenance but not particularly good for building up or shedding fat as the traditional creating a calorie deficit and working out are.

Madonna Diet:

Madonna follows a diet which is a combination of the old and the new, called the macrobiotic diet.

What constitutes the macrobiotic diet?

The Macrobiotic diet consists of eating whole foods, unprocessed and organic, like brown rice, whole grains, vegetables (you get the idea, right?)

The diet also includes fish but is almost devoid of spices and places a strict restriction on alcohol and nicotine.

Now will the macrobiotic diet work for you?

If you are ready to go for a very healthy fat loss in a long tenure, this is the best diet there is and especially when combined with yoga can certainly end up slowing aging effectively.

My Rating: 7/10

The exceptionally talented Pop artist Madonna has released her CD entitled Ray Of Light. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe Madonna fans, and Pop fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of Ray Of Light Madonna’s artistic excellence is on full display as Madonna has once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be her best work to date.

I wish it weren’t the case but, it’s not everyday that I get a CD from an artist that I can just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. There is usually a song or two that I just can’t force myself to get through. Not at all the case with Ray Of Light. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

These days it’s a very rare CD on which every single song is good or better than the one before it. This CD is certainly one of those rare CDs.

If you’re a Madonna fan this is a CD your collection flat cannot be without. In fact, this is one of those CDs that you don’t even have to be a fan of Madonna, or even Pop to know is good. This is just good music. Period.

While the entire album is really very good some of my favorites are track 1 – Drowned World / Substitute For Love, track 6 – Nothing Really Matters, and track 13 – Mer Girl

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 3 – Ray Of Light. Wow!

Ray Of Light Release Notes:

Madonna originally released Ray Of Light on March 3, 1998 on the Warner Bros. Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Drowned World / Substitute For Love 2. Swim 3. Ray Of Light 4. Candy Perfume Girl 5. Skin 6. Nothing Really Matters 7. Sky Fits Heaven 8. Shanti / Ashtangi 9. Frozen 10. Power Of Good-Bye, The 11. To Have And Not To Hold 12. Little Star 13. Mer Girl

Personnel: Madonna (vocals); William Orbit (guitar, electronics); Mark Moreau (guitar); Pablo Cook (flute); Marius De Vries (keyboards, programming); Fergus Gerrand (drums, percussion); Steve Sidelnyk (programming); Donna DeLory, Niki Harris (background vocals). Producers: Madonna, William Orbit, Patrick Leonard, Marius De Vries. Recorded at Larrabee Studios North, Universal City, California.