{"id":34264,"date":"2010-11-08T10:20:40","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T15:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=34264"},"modified":"2010-11-08T10:21:56","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T15:21:56","slug":"mcdonalds-offers-15-minute-workout-dvds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/mcdonalds-offers-15-minute-workout-dvds\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald’s Offers 15-Minute Workout DVDs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Fast-food giant, McDonald’s<\/a>, the creator of such jaw-dropping concoctions as the Angus Burger<\/a> and the McRib Sandwich<\/a>, has gone to\u00a0a few\u00a0commendable lengths in the past few years to\u00a0lighten up\u00a0their image among health-minded customers and nutrition experts. In addition to low-fat yogurt parfaits and apple wedges, they have also quietly added fitness to their menu of offerings.<\/p>\n

In 2006, McDonald’s launched a series of workout DVDs called McDonald’s 15-Minute Workouts<\/a>. Not much publicity was generated around the DVDs unless you happen to buy one of the Golden Arches’ premium salads and a drink. Then, you received one DVD for free. The DVDs were part of the company’s GoActive! Happy Meal for Adults campaign.<\/p>\n

Today, the DVDs are no longer handed out alongside your plastic salad fork, but they are still floating around certain\u00a0retail stores in cyberspace. <\/p>\n

Four DVDs were created in the series, each one focusing on a specific kind of exercise: cardio, strength, yoga and core work. Each DVD featured Maya, your virtual female trainer, who takes you through each 15-minute workout, offering you tips in technique and serving as your own personal cheerleader. You select your intensity level and you are given a bit of prep time that alerts you to what moves you’ll be doing next, which is helpful, especially for the novice exerciser.<\/p>\n

While DietsInReview.com hasn’t tested out one of the DVDs, reviews by McDonald’s salad chomping customers\u00a0has been\u00a0quite positive. From the practical time commitment to the cost-free price tag, Micky D’s fans didn’t have much to complain about. Unless, of course, once they finished their 15-minute workout, they hightailed it to the fast-food drive-thru and scarfed down a Mushroom and Swiss Angus Burger, French fries and a large soda.<\/p>\n

Have you tried the McDonald’s 15-Minute Workout DVDs? If so, what was your experience?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fast-food giant, McDonald’s, the creator of such jaw-dropping concoctions as the Angus Burger and the McRib Sandwich, has gone to\u00a0a few\u00a0commendable lengths in the past few years to\u00a0lighten up\u00a0their image among health-minded customers and nutrition experts. In addition to low-fat … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695,18],"tags":[474,10903,2029,1457,5720,3438],"class_list":["post-34264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-fitness","tag-fast-food","tag-fitness","tag-mcdonalds","tag-mcdonalds-diet","tag-mcdonalds-workout-dvds","tag-workout-dvds"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34264"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34879,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34264\/revisions\/34879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}