I DIG a good workout – one that really makes my muscles burn, so when the folks at Pop Physique asked me if I would like to try something called Cardio Butt School – along with another two DVDs in the Pop Physique family, I really couldn’t resist.

With a name like that, you start to get curious about what it would be like to take your butt to school. You start to get curious about how it will do.

In case you’re not familiar, Pop Physique combines barre-inspired exercises with elements of Pilates, ballet and light weights. The workouts feature a variety of effective and challenging moves, including isometrics, strengthening, core shaping, and stretching.

I liked each of the Pop Physique workout DVDs straight away. The leaders are likeable, and the pacing and the music are both really nice. Each of the DVDs offers a great workout and features strength moves that I might be intimidated to try in a class setting.

As I’ve written about before, I love to exercise outside – either running or hiking or cross country skiing – and this is how I do my every day workout because I can take my dogs and I get outside to suck in some Vitamin D, fresh air and sunshine. But I find that, if I do one of these DVDs three times a week, it strikes a nice balance of cardio and strength training.

The folks at Pop Physique says you’ll be burning 500 or more calories with each workout, and I believe it. You will be using all your muscles in moves that will make you feel strong and long and lean.

In case you’re wondering, I found that my butt did pretty well in school, actually. Cardio Butt School wasn’t the most intense workout I’ve ever done in terms of cardio, but my muscles were BURNING.

You can buy these DVDs separately, but they are each good for different days. One day you’ll want more cardio. Another, you may want to focus on energizing and strengthening. So do yourself a favor and buy the full 3 DVD collection, which is available online here.

Here’s more details of each of the DVDs in the set:

PopPhysique Hardcore
This workout focuses on shaping each muscle group with isometric muscle work.
Run time: 65 minutes.

PopPhysique Original Butt
Tone and sculpt in a low impact workout featuring strengthening and stretching. Promises quick results: “lifted rounded butt, sleek arms, flat abdominals, and slimmed legs.”
Run time: 55 minutes.

PopPhysique Cardio Butt School
Here, the Pop Physique team has taken the hardcore workout to a cardio level, flowing from one muscle group to the next, so you can get all the toning done in a short period of time.
Run time: 39 minutes.

For more information about Pop Physique, please visit www.popphysique.com.

Disclosure: Pop Physique provided these workout tapes free of charge for review, and this post contains affiliate links. The opinions expressed here are my own.

If you’ve got a child who’s graduating this year – whether  finishing high school of college – you can announce the big event in style with Tiny Prints’ Graduation Announcements and Graduation Invitations.

We love Tiny Prints because:

* Every card is reviewed by Tiny Prints’ professional team of designers and etiquette experts.

* You can customize your cards front to back with photos and text for free!

* They have a huge selection with more than 1,000 graduation designs.  Find the perfect design from their selection featuring the class year and school colors, then add your  own text and pictures. New for this year they even have designs including their Greek Collection for sororities.

These announcements and invitations are classy, stylish, and eye-catching.

There’s even an affordable Super Rush Delivery option that can get your graduation announcements to you in 2 days.

So share the excitement with custom college graduation announcements from Tiny Prints!

Shop Tiny Prints Graduation Announcements and Invitations

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If you love fitness gadgets and you’re a fan of NBC’s hit show The Biggest Loser, you’ll love having a SLIMCOACH to call your own…

THE BIGGEST LOSER SLIMCOACH powered by MYTRAK
Price: $129.99 (with free ground shipping, for a limited time only)

The Biggest Loser SLIMCOACH is the same system used by the trainers and contestants on NBC’s hit show The Biggest Loser. Like the contestants, your daily goal is to turn the Health Circle red to green. With a simple touch, it shows where you are and where you need to be. The SLIMCOACH helps to put you on the right track and keep you there to reach your goals.

The Biggest Loser SLIMCOACH:

* Senses, tracks, and analyzes your movements in real time to help you reach your fitness goals

* Is like having a Biggest Loser trainer at your side all day long

* Monitors your caloric balance to help you make good decisions

* Tracks your progress with your own personal online dashboard

ADDITIONAL FEATURES:

* Clips conveniently to your side or in your pocket

* Provides real-time feedback with a push of the button

* Tracks your body’s heart-healthy activity

* Includes a USB cable

Your SLIMCOACH includes a 1-year membership to the MYTRAK online system and the MYTRAK online Health Community, which features:

* Interactive graphs displaying your daily, weekly and long-term progress towards your goals

* Dynamic Lifestyle Rating System

* Interactive Daily Summary of calories burned vs. daily target

* Interactive Weekly Summary of Energy expenditure, predicted health benefit and heart activity

* Daily status of your steps taken and distance traveled

* Interactive Goal Summary and prediction page

* Your favorite activities are used to calculate time required to go green

* Access to advanced Nutrition Planning and monitoring system

* Syncs with coded Polar WearLink heart rate monitor (not included) to monitor activities such as yoga, swimming, cycling, etc.

* MYTRAK Health Community: create friendships, be a part of social groups, and communicate with others with similar goals.

The Biggest Loser is a registered trademark and copyright of NBC Studios, Inc. & Reveille LLC. Licensed by NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products Group 2011. All Rights Reserved.

Get your own SLIMCOACH from 24HourFitness here.
For a limited time, the SLIMCOACH is just $129.99 with free ground shipping in the continental United States. No coupon code required. Click through the link above to see today’s pricing.

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Holga iPhone Camera Lens
Price: $29.99

Now you can easily take those iPhone images and make them Holga images.

The Holga iPhone Lens and Filter Case (Black) snaps onto the iPhone 4 or 4S and once fitted, there are 9 different special effect lens and filters the go over the phone camera lens using the spin wheel, including a clear tenth hole to shoot regular photos with the case on – all without any software or app installed.

So cool.

Here’s what the 9 lenses/filters do:

• Dual Image Lens: Produces 2 identical images similar to a Holga 2 way split image filter
• Triple Image Lens: Produces 3 identical images similar to a Holga 3 way split image filter
• Quadruple Image Lens: Produces 4 identical images similar to a Holga 4 way split image filter
• 60mm Macro Lens: For taking photos at approximately 60mm from the lens
• Empty Hole: For taking images with no effect
• Red Filter with Clear Heart Shape Centre: Reduces absorption of blue & green lights with clear heart shape centre to stand out
• Red Filter: Reduces absorption of blue and green light
• Green Filter: Enhances green colors
• Yellow Filter with Clear Center: Clear circular spot in center to stand out with surroundings in pale yellow to mimic sunset
• Blue Filter with Clear Center: Clear circular spot in center to stand out with surroundings in blue to mimic gentle moon atmosphere

Comes in black, white, red, silver and purple. Available online from Adorama.com

Here’s an idea for a pretty Mother’s Day gift – or a little something for yourself…

Inlaid Natural Stone Round Bracelet (India)

This bracelet features natural rocks from India and silver inlaid in resin. Each piece is unique and handcrafted by artisans in India.

Story Behind the Art: The inlay work is done in a particular village in Northern India famous for its inlay artisans. The inlay craft is passed from one generation to the next. Alok the artisan, watched his parents do this work and learned the techniques as he got older. Unfortunately it is one of the shrinking crafts in India. Many artisans leave their craft to find day labor and migrate to cities.

Worldstock (a division of Overstock.com) will help these artisans feed their families and keep the craft alive for future generations.

We also like:

Goldtone Inlaid Natural Stone Cuff Bracelet
(from the same artisans in India).

Available online from Overstock. Get the latest Overstock coupons and deals here.

I love to run, but I don’t like to have things in my pockets, and I don’t like to hold things in my hands. At the very least, I need my iPhone and my car keys, and, lately, I’ve taken to carrying a small canister of bear spray due to very, very large footprints I’ve come across on my daily route.

This SPIbelt (that’s short for Small Personal Items belt) fits the bill nicely. It’s like a fanny pack, without the fanny:

Invented and manufactured in Austin, Texas, the SPIbelt has caught on as a great accessory for runners and non-athletes. It features Spandex and elastic stretch material that will fit your waist and all your small items. The length of the zipper is just 6 inches, but don’t let that fool you. This pack will expand in all directions to hold everything you need:  your iPod, Blackberry, cell phone, keys, GU packs, wallet, and more. The SPIbelt is designed so the goodies in your belt don’t bounce, ride, or shift while running or doing other activities.

Beyond your daily run, you can use your SPIbelt for sporting events, traveling, carrying diabetic supplies, shopping, and more.

Available in: Black, Black w/ Lt. Pink Zipper, Black w/ Dk. Pink Zipper, Blue, Olive, Polka Dots, Red, Turquoise, and Reflective.

Made in the USA and available as seen above for $19.95, as well as in a waterproof version for $28.95 (Prices subject to change.)

The SPIbelt is available online here from buy.com (Get Buy.com coupons here.)

We love this new free app, Vibop 2.0, which makes it a cinch for you add “Hollywood flair” to videos.

Vibop 2.0 offers a variety of nine (and counting) themes to help enhance homemade videos.

We love:

* Vibop’s Hollywood-like themes: With just a few touches, you can add any number of different themes to your movies, complete with an intro, title, font, video effect, soundtrack, and outro. Available themes include Silent Film, Super 8, Comic Book, Love Note, Tech Talk, Beatz, Postcard, and a theme to create videos with the look of your Twitter profile.

* Create your own: Shoot with Vibop or use video from your camera roll. Vibop’s “Customize It” option allows you to mix and match effects and create your own theme.

* Easy saving and sharing: You can save your videos to the NewBlue Video Cloud, or your camera roll. Sharing via email, YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter can be done quickly right from the app.

Vibop 2.0 is a free app and is available in the App Store here. Upgrades will be available as in-app purchases.

You know those favorite pair of shoes that you love to wear without socks…because it’s springtime for heaven’s sake, and it feels so, so good to go sockless? But there are times – and there are shoes – that really shouldn’t be worn without socks because, for whatever reason, they start to smell awful.

There’s help for that.

Silver Linings are ultra-thin, odor absorbing shoe liners designed for women who wear shoes without socks. They are infused with a silver-based technology that prevents bacterial odor. This specific technology is also EPA-registered and environmentally friendly. Silver Linings keep feet fresh and odor-free while preserving the life of flats and heels. Unlike traditional insoles, Silver Linings are ultra-thin (~1mm) and barely noticeable when worn.

The price on these at Buy.com is just $16 for 3 pairs, and you can get Buy.com coupons here. So get some, and enjoy your socklessness!

We love our dogs. Life just wouldn’t be the same without them (but it might be a little simpler and less smelly.)

So today, we’re spotlighting a few things that make a pet owner’s life a little easier…

Tagg- The Pet Tracker

The stylish, lightweight Tagg tracker secures to your pet’s existing collar and uses advanced GPS and wireless technology to track your pet. If your pet escapes and leaves the designated Tagg zone, the system alerts you via text and email so you can quickly find him using a map on your mobile device or computer.

You can also receive these alerts and track your pet on your iPhone or Android smartphone using the Tagg app.

Available online from Camping World.

YardPup Ultimate Poop Scoop SE-301

When doody calls, you need to keep your puppy’s yard clean, tidy and sanitary.

The YardPup is designed to hold open standard grocery store or tall kitchen bags while the “Little Paw” helps you scoop or scrape the doggie doo into the bag. The Little Paw is specially designed to work on all surfaces (grass, mulch, rock beds, and patios) as a 4-in-1 rake, scraper, chipper and flipper in any climate, including ice and snow. Bag attachment is quick, clean and easy with the help of our patented bungie-in-track method of holding the bag on the frame. No more bending, stooping or touching the yuck with your hands. When a bag is full, just take it off, tie it up and toss it out! Re-load a new bag and go back for more. The perfect gift for every dog owner.

Available online at HomeDepot.com

Sureflap Microchip Cat Flap

The SureFlap Microchip Cat Flap uses your cat’s existing identification microchip as and electronic door key, allowing access to your pet and making unwanted visitors a thing of the past.

The Microchip Cat Flap is suitable for small and medium sized cats and can be installed in doors, windows or walls with the appropriate mounting accessories.

Available online at Sears.com (Sears Coupon Codes are here.)

101 Ways to Do More with Your Dog: Make Your Dog a Superdog with Sports, Games, Exercises, Tricks, Mental Challenges, Crafts, and Bonding

Play, jump, drive, pull, help, or just soak up the limelight—101 Ways to Do More with Your Dog builds confidence and jump starts the bonding process between dog and owner. You will never have a bored, rainy day again!

See happy dogs and their owners participating in a wide range of activities together, and bringing joy to others, and you, too, will be inspired to find new things to do with your beloved dog.

You may have heard of agility, search & rescue, or thought, “My dog should be on TV!” With our busy schedules and demands on our time, we can’t always convert our dreams into reality.

With 101 Ways to Do More with Your Dog, you have 101 easy ways to get inspired to, well, do more with your dog.. For each activity, you ll learn the best type of dog for different activities, how to get started, and where to find governing organizations. Then, you go one step further: enjoy the visual, step-by-step instruction on how to teach your dog the basics. That way, you can try the sport out on your own at home, without the commitment of signing up for a class. And if you DO decide that this is an activity that you’d like to pursue, you can go into a class with confidence!

Activities for you and your dog include:
-Volleyball
-Jump Rope -
Scent Work
-Sledding
-How to work with hearing-impaired dogs
-Becoming a therapy dog, an animal actor, a dog blood donor, and much more!

Available online from Amazon.com

And, finally, here’s an idea we absolutely love:

DogVacay.com
For those of us who really don’t want to leave the dogs at a kennel (and don’t want to trouble friends and family with dogsitting), there’s a new alternative.

Dog Vacay, is a new site designed to help you find a local home for your dog while you’re away by matching dogs with quality, trustworthy home-based dog boarding. The online community is free to use and matches dog owners in need of pet-care services with qualified animal caregivers, all at a cost of half the average kennel stay.

If you take your dog along on trips, you can also use the Dog Vacay service to find dogsitter or host homes in cities that you’re visiting.

Dog owners will experience the peace of mind that comes with pre-qualified hosts, daily photo updates, 24/7 support, vet care, and the Dog Vacay Concierge who can set up massages and other goodies as well as insurance coverage.

Learn more about DogVacay.com

We’ve recently come across some fun and inexpensive gadgets that you and your kids can use in the kitchen.

Our favorite new cooking tools for moms and kids:

Tovolo 2-pc. Petite Pie Mold Set, Star and Heart
Price: $12.99
Nothing says love like pie. Tovolo’s Petite Pie Mold is the secret to creating perfect portable pies. With your choice of sweet or savory fillings, these individual pies are ideal for easy entertaining and taking pies on the go. Set Includes: Star Petite Pie Mold Heart Petite Pie Mold Features: Use the mold to cut and shape the dough. Place crust in mold and fill as desired. Use lid to seal and crimp the crust. Perfect container to take pies on-the-go!
From Cooking.com. (Get the latest Cooking.com coupons.)

Tovolo Set of 3 Farm Animals Ice Cream Sandwich Makers
Price: $12.95
Hard pressed to perfect your ice cream treats? These Ice Cream Sandwich Molds can help. Designed as the easiest and most fun-to-use molds on the market, just three steps take you to ice cream sandwich bliss:
1. Bake a full sheet of cookies (recipes included)
2. Cut the cookies with the design of your choice
3. Press the ice cream between the cookies…and enjoy!
Features: Bright colors make a fun kitchen addition Designs are pressed right into the cookie
Completely dishwasher safe for easy clean-up.
From Cooking.com. (Get the latest Cooking.com coupons.)

Tovolo 3-c. Pancake Pen
Price: $9.95
Spell “YUM” with your next batch of Sunday morning pancakes. Draw hearts, letters and numbers – to your heart’s (or stomach’s) content!
Features: Silicone nozzle is heat resistant to 600°F/315°C
Comfortable Grip suits kids and kids at heart
Quick-clean, removable top and bottom caps
Measurements and clear-view sides make batter-making a breeze
Easy-hold contoured design.
From Cooking.com. (Get the latest Cooking.com coupons.)

Norpro Ice Cream Sandwich Maker
Price: $9.99
Create the old fashion ice cream sandwiches you loved as a child. Built in sandwich cutter to effortlessly create a perfect sandwich. Recipe and instructions included.
From Buy.com (Get the latest Buy.com coupons)

Ice Pop Mold – Set of 6
Price: $12.0
Sailboats! Rockets! Robots! Break from the mold with these playful pops, made for entertaining with sweet imagination. Mix, match and build to your taste for a friendly fleet of frozen flavors sure to delight old and young popsicle enthusiasts alike. A versatile set of six plastic molds creates endless pop-sibilities with fruit, yogurt, ice cream, and more, while a unique snap system minimizes freezer space and unsheaths pops one-at-a-time. What could be sweeter? Sailboat, rocket and robot sets sold individually as a set of 6. Sailboat holds 2.8 fl oz. Robot holds 2.7 oz. Rocket holds 2 oz.  From Uncommon Goods

Mini Ice Cream Sandwich Press
Price: $15.0
Create professional-looking, mini ice cream sandwiches lickety-split! Simply stamp the press into a cookie, scoop in some ice cream, stamp another cookie layer and then swirl the handle to pop your perfect treat out of the mold. Comes in a set of three shapes: heart, circle and star. Made in China. From Uncommon Goods.

Tovolo 3-c. Cupcake Pen
Price: $9.95
Make a perfect-looking – not a mess – with our no-mistake cupcake pen. The easy-grip contoured pen efficiently fills muffin pans and cupcake liners. No more drips and slips. Features: With the pen’s measurements and clear-view sides, batter-making is a breeze Silicone nozzle is heat-resistant to 600°F/315°C Removable top and bottom caps ensure effortless cleaning Extra-wide nozzle evenly distributes even the thickest batter Dishwasher-safe. From Cooking.com (Get the latest Cooking.com coupons.)