I Tried Karin Dimitrovova's "The Core Play" 28-Day Program

To learn hand balancing, bodyweight exercises, and get a stronger core, I took Karin Dimitrovova's 28-day 'The Core Play' program. Here's how it went.
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🕐 TIMESTAMPS / CHAPTERS 🕐
00:00 Intro
00:30 My sports background
00:43 What is The Core Play?
1:12 Week 1, day 1
1:44 Week 1, day 2
2:06 Week 1, day 3
2:17 Week 1, day 4
2:31 Week 1, day 5
3:01 Week 1, day 6
3:16 WEEK 2, day 1
4:01 Week 2, day 2
5:10 Week 2, day 3-5
5:15 Week 2, day 6
5:39 Week 3, day 1
6:16 Week 3, day 2-3
6:23 Week 3, day 4
6:50 Week 3, day 5
7:05 Week 3, day 6
7:18 Week 4, day 1
7:37 Week 4, day 2
7:55 Week 4, day 3
8:10 Week 4, day 4
8:32 Week 4, day 5
8:47 Week 4, FINAL day 6
Q&A
8:59 1. The program is 28 days. Why did it take you 11 months & 24 days?
9:43 2. Do you really only need 15 minutes per day?
10:13 3. Which poses did you end up learning?
11:05 4. Did you learn handstands?
11:08 5. How will you know if you’re doing the movement right?
11:41 6. How do you feel after The Core Play?
12:02 7. My best tips
14:15 8. Would you recommend The Core Play?
14:33 9. Why not just use free resources?
15:04 10. Is The Core Play good for absolute beginners?

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  • @DENADAGRACIA
    @DENADAGRACIA4 ай бұрын

    Which hand balance would you like to learn? 🤸🏼👀

  • @joannam3815
    @joannam38153 ай бұрын

    I’m a yoga teacher and I also bought this program in 2021 and I have just remember I never completed it 😅 you did so well! I actually agree that u can find this FOC but it took me now this 3 years with many different movement teachers to figure out the drills she share there in the program. I do wish I completed it in 2021 - but I think I’ll give it a go now again. I love your approach to it 🙏🏻 you did great! ❤️

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much😊It took a whiiiile for me to finish. On my own I doubt I would've gotten anywhere (too impatient). Where did you find your movement teachers? Yess, you can always try again and there's no rush at all🍀

  • @celestetam5700
    @celestetam57004 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the tips! Love your editing and humour

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching💜

  • @HannahDsouza98mar
    @HannahDsouza98mar4 ай бұрын

    This video is amazing! I love the details, the Excel sheet, the editing and your sense of humour!!

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    4 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it 🙏💜 In a way, vlogging everything helps me 1. with content 😂 and 2. to actually finish/do something

  • @salinajane3435
    @salinajane34353 ай бұрын

    Thank you this was helpful. I’m about to start this programme.

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    2 ай бұрын

    Thank you 🙏Oeeh have fun, best of luck🍀😊

  • @LindaBrandtmph
    @LindaBrandtmph4 ай бұрын

    What an interesting journey. Your capturing the day-to-day challenges really let me know that this program would be like. I particularly liked the Q&A section and hearing how you had rehabilitated your wrists. Well done. I also appreciated the clear, high quality video, humor and candor.

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching along and for your feedback, Linda! 🙏 Appreciate your support 💗 Progress was there, but slooow. Or maybe just 'at my own pace'

  • @ShadowVexxW
    @ShadowVexxW4 ай бұрын

    great progression!

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    4 ай бұрын

    thanks for noticing 😊 one-armed handstand, here I come! (joke, nowhere close to a freestanding one, even on both hands)

  • @kristendummer7641
    @kristendummer76413 ай бұрын

    This is fantastic. Thanks for sharing. I stumbled upon a FB ad and it looked interesting. You answered all of my questions very candidly and I enjoyed watching. Now I just have to decide whether this old lady 🙋‍♀can handle it.

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    2 ай бұрын

    Yay, glad it was helpful! 😊 Any age is a great age to start/learn something new 👀

  • @kristendummer7641

    @kristendummer7641

    2 ай бұрын

    @@DENADAGRACIA I did purchase it! Looking forward to getting started! Thanks! Kristen

  • @jean-tatlock26
    @jean-tatlock264 ай бұрын

    You are so hilarious and I need your sense of humor bcs I'm struggling with myself 😔 building a good habit for my mental health is hard indeed and this video helps me to not giving up. Subscribed 😂😂

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    4 ай бұрын

    Never give up on yourself 🙏 It took a whiiiiile to do the 28-day course. But I finished 💅 I did compare myself to others at first but I only felt annoyed with myself. At some point I said, whatever, I'll just go at my own pace and finish whenever I finish🤷🏻‍♀🥸

  • @Grayvorn
    @Grayvorn4 ай бұрын

    Looks pretty good, nice one. Love cycling myself, works great for me.

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank youuu😊 Yep, cycling is awesome 😄

  • @rachelwright4682
    @rachelwright4682Ай бұрын

    I wasn’t sure whether to purchase this when I didn’t know exactly what this involved. Also given that I’m over 50 and never been flexible, I just wanted to make sure that I at least had enough ability to do it. The prehab and wrist strengthening was good to know. Your video was just the inspiration that I needed, even the fact that it took you 11 months to get through it. So thank you so much for sharing your journey. Very interesting what you experienced with the wrist braces restricting your movement and probably making things. Just goes to show that our bodies like to be moved.

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks for your comment, Rachel! Practice makes progress :) My body needed strength more than flexibility. I did restart week 1 many, many times. But at some point I built up enough strength to feel secure enough to progress. If the moves are super hard on your body, you can always scale down the number of sets. I shamed myself a good number of times for not being able to "keep up." Then I figured, who am I competing with or comparing myself to? It's my pace. I am progressing. That's what's important. Yesssss. I still sit here typing this comment without the wrist braces😁 Have fun and good luck with the program!! 🍀🍀

  • @RobinCurrie
    @RobinCurrie2 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching 🙏✨

  • @emmaritahart
    @emmaritahartАй бұрын

    This was so fun and funny and informative 😅 thank you because it just motivated me to start the program after I bought it more than a year ago 😂

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    Ай бұрын

    😂 happy you enjoyed watching hehe! uh, I'm guilty of that with 1 or 2 other programs 🙈 Enjoy and good luck🍀🧘🏻‍♀

  • @cf8595
    @cf85953 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your experience! I purchased her beyond flexibility program, I believe (I can't remember, because I returned it!) during the pandemic. I wanted to improve my squat mobility, but the assumption was that one could already squat (my hips were tight and I have always had limited mobility in my ankles). I figured she would address all the components of a better squat, but nope, she just got into (a very deep) one and kept progressing things from there. Thankfully, her return guarantee worked no problem, so customer service was good, but the lack of gradation in her exercises made me wonder exactly who the heck it was for.

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    2 ай бұрын

    My pleasure (it helped me push through hehe)😊Sounds like an opportunity for her (or whoever is knowledgeable on that) to take on "The components of a better squat" or "how to get into a squat when you have tight hips without injuring yourself." I'm curious about her other programs. TCP wasn't that much of an easy start for me either so I just kept repeating week 1 until I felt secure/strong enough to carry on. (A few months back, I tried to on my own follow daily random front split routines, but felt a stinging sensation in my hip on day 5 and figured it would be smarter to stop doing these static stretches, and maybe go for a guided program instead that'd ease me into deeper mobility.) You say your hips "were" tight. Did you try other methods to open them up? Yep, great when return guarantees are granted as promised! 🙏

  • @thedancingpistachio
    @thedancingpistachio2 ай бұрын

    Great video! 😊 I bought this program during the beginning of the pandemic, and never finished after a few tries! 😂 Maybe I'll give it a go again, although I won't be brave enough to film myself.

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    Ай бұрын

    The things we did in lockdown, hehe. How about filming, even if it's just for you? (Ok, I take dance classes and I don't always follow my own advice because I feel too shy in the moment to push my phone into a stranger's hands and feel even more watched/pressure to execute the choreo well). But filming does help to catch mistakes or things you could improve👀

  • @joannam3815
    @joannam38153 ай бұрын

    For the crow u can also put your knees on top of your elbows / as high as u can to the armpit/ (at the thriceps) ❤️ if your body allows it - it’s much easier to balance :)

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    2 ай бұрын

    I tried this in the gym last week. I'll need some more practice 😄

  • @Alienwolf777
    @Alienwolf7774 ай бұрын

    👍🏻

  • @kurokoru
    @kurokoru9 күн бұрын

    Her program looks an awful lot like just my regular yoga classes 😅😅

  • @jessicagalyon5840
    @jessicagalyon58402 ай бұрын

    Did she say how much it is & I just missed it?

  • @paulined1443

    @paulined1443

    Ай бұрын

    about 50 bucks

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    Ай бұрын

    $47

  • @allyfin6942
    @allyfin694229 күн бұрын

    adios hola

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    29 күн бұрын

    hola a ti tambien

  • @stanleyzhou8521
    @stanleyzhou85214 ай бұрын

    Not the pop. 😢

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    4 ай бұрын

    Sorreh 🙊 It was pinching me

  • @Sarah-np9yb
    @Sarah-np9yb3 ай бұрын

    Is this video sponsored?

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    3 ай бұрын

    I wish😄

  • @DENADAGRACIA

    @DENADAGRACIA

    3 ай бұрын

    P.S. But if you like it enough to think it *could be sponsored, I definitely take that as a compliment

  • @kurokoru
    @kurokoru9 күн бұрын

    Her program looks an awful lot like just my regular yoga classes 😅😅