Best workout pants

By Michelle Crouch | Real Simple – Thu, Aug 16, 2012 8:21 PM EDT

• Looking for a functional yet figure-flattering pair of workout pants that you can wear to the gym and beyond? No sweat(s)! These styles go the distance.

If You Have a Tummy
Look for: A wide waistband and a higher rise to hold in a muffin top and smooth the midsection, says Karyn Riale, a New York City–based retail buyer for the Shops at Equinox. For more belly flattening, try pants with built-in stomach-control panels.

If you’re thicker in the middle, the stretchy, padded waistband on these Capris won’t dig into your sides.

To buy: Adidas polyester-spandex pants, $60, zappos.com for info. Under Armour Victory tank, $23, underarmour.com. C9 by Champion compression bra, $15, target.com. New Balance 730 sneakers, starting at $50 on Yahoo! Shopping. BodyFit speed rope, $7, 888-801-9164. Fantas-Eyes sunglasses, $18, 212-997-4433. Bkr Smith glass water bottle, $28, mybkr.com.

(Photo: Jens Mortensen)

 

For Tummies To buy: Reebok nylon-spandex shapewear pants, $50, 866-870-1743.

(Photo: Jens Mortensen) For Tummies
To buy: Prana Supplex-Lycra pants with a higher rise in back, $84, prana.com.

(Photo: Jens Mortensen)For Tummies
To buy: The Girls cotton-spandex shapewear pants, $33, 888-761-3737.

(Photo: Jens Mortensen)If You Have Full Hips and Thighs
Look for: Side seams that curve inward to “sculpt” legs, says Kirta Carroll, the marketing brand director for Lady Foot Locker. A dense fabric, like Supplex, minimizes jiggle, while a straight or bootcut leg helps balance hips.

To buy: Nux nylon-spandex pants, $64, 855-855-8845.

(Photo: Jens Mortensen)For Full Hips and Thighs
To buy: New Balance polyester-spandex pants, $55, 800-595-9138.

(Photo: Jens Mortensen)For Full Hips & Thighs
To buy: Lucy Lotus Supplex-blend pants, $90, lucy.com.

(Photo: Jens Mortensen)If You’re Petite
Look for: Cuts that fit snugly on the thighs to slim and lengthen. Also, “ankle-length hems or ones that overlap your shoes help elongate, instead of chopping calves in half,” says Los Angeles–based sports stylist Cindy Whitehead.
Prefer cropped? Try a pair that hits just past the knee.

To buy: C9 by Champion polyester-blend pants, $25, 800-591-3869.

(Photo: Jens Mortensen)For Petites
To buy: Marika Coolmax-and-cotton short pants, $50, marika.com.

(Photo: Jens Mortensen)For Petites
To buy: Old Navy nylon-spandex petite compression pants with hidden pocket in the back, $27, 800-653-6289.

(Photo: Jens Mortensen)If You’re Tall
Look for: Pants designed for “tall” proportions, which generally have inseams of 33 inches or longer. Crops should be fitted at the hem to avoid the “Where’s the flood?” look. Beware of camel toe (yup, we’re going there): Short-rise cuts can cause this on a long torso.

To buy: Victoria’s Secret nylon-blend tall pants, $64.50, victoriassecret.com.
(Photo: Jens Mortensen)An Easy Dress

To buy: Athleta Supplex-Lycra tall pants (also available in plus sizes), $70, athleta.com.

(Photo: Jens Mortensen)For Tall Frames
To buy: Brooks polyester-spandex pants, $75, brooksrunning.com.

New Weight-Loss Sensation: Man Drops 100 Pounds With Diamond Dallas Page's Yoga Program

By CLAIRE SHIPMAN, KEVIN DOLAK and TAYLOR BEHRENDT | Good Morning America – 15 hours ago

An Internet weight-loss sensation that involves a new, high-intensity form of yoga has led a once-obese man to drop a 100 pounds.
Arthur Boorman, 47, has managed to lose the weight using DDP, or Diamond Dallas Page, which is a pumped-up form of yoga that forgoes all of the gongs and serenity typically associated with the Hindu physical and spiritual discipline.
"It's a different kind of yoga. We make a joke: 'It ain't your momma's yoga,'" Boorman said.
DDP was invented by Diamond Dallas Page, an extreme former wrestler who thought yoga could use a new intensity. We all know yoga can build strength and flexibility, but it can also be the key to significant weight loss by creating a slow, deep resistance to each movement, getting the body working against itself. Page's program capitalizes on this.
These days it's hard to imagine that not many years ago, Boorman was a Gulf War veteran with some serious back issues. At that time he plunged into some dark days, becoming so obese that at one point, he couldn't walk without leg braces.
Boorman thought yoga could help his back pain, but no studios wanted to work with him because he couldn't stand on his own.
"I was up late, on a search engine just typing different things, and I typed in yoga and broken back, and up popped Dallas' page," he recalls.
Boorman soon got the Page's DVDs, and slowly and surprisingly he saw himself shrinking, tightening and strengthening.
After his weight loss, Boorman has now moved from DDP student to teacher. But he must warn his pupils that there is nothing soothing or meditative about his class.
"It's like the Marines, yoga for the Marines," Claire, one of Boorman's students, said.
Stacey Morris had the same shock as Boorman when she lost significant weight through DDP. At her peak two years ago, she weighed more than 300 pounds; now she has gone from size 28 to a size 8.
"I actually look better at 47 than I did at 21," she said.
Morris, who is also 47, and Boorman say that the high-intensity yoga first gave them a new feeling of energy and control.
"It's very cardio. It works the muscles and my body started to rehabilitate and heal and my posture changed," Morris said.
It also encouraged both of them to change the way they eat, including more vegetables and less processed food. Key to keeping the weight off, they say, is that they lost it gradually. It took more than a year of sustained work for each of them.
"The big part of it was getting your head right ... once my mind was in the right place, it was just a matter of getting the work done," Boorman said.
Now Boorman is getting his work done, and also helping others. For a man who literally couldn't walk, and who can now sprint, he provides plenty of inspiration.