New! Ballet Body: Lower Body Extreme Elongation

Backcover description: The Ballet Body Signature Series Lower Body Workout is one of the first three DVDs released by Leah Sarago Fitness. Ballet Body workouts scientifically and creatively integrate traditional body-weight resistance exercises with muscle elonga

Ballet Body: Lower Body Extreme Elongation

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Level:Inter/Advan
Toning emphasis:Lower body
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Lower body: 41 minutes (100%)
Instructor:Leah Sarago
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Customer rating: (average of 11 customer ratings)
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Certified instructor description: A mostly-standing program that features a variety of barre-style exercises (but also includes elements from yoga and Pilates). It's a continuously flowing workout designed to give you the long, lean legs of a dancer. The program begins with barrework — ballet moves like arabesques, turn-ins, relevés and pliés. These classic routines are frequently intensified with position variations (e.g. pliés on the balls of your feet are extra challenging; they also tone your calves and improve balance). The ending floorwork includes leg extensions, bridge moves and lying leg lifts (often enhanced with small pulses). Requires a barre or heavy/solid chair (you're pulling against the "barre" in some exercises). ©2011. DVD has: Music only option, Wide screen.
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Ballet Body: Lower Body Extreme Elongation

Great Workout
This is a great lower body workout! It is a great change from lunges and squats and my legs could feel it right away. I love the music in this one too. The songs change and the tempo is set really well. I also bought the other workouts in this series. The upper body is another great one! I haven't done the core routine yet. I like these a lot because it works my body out differently than what is is used to! - posted by Pixie on 5/17/2012
Tough
This one is pretty advanced for me but I plan to use it more as I get stronger. - posted by Deb on 5/17/2012
Great workout
this is a great workout dvd, you will sweat from doing this workout, I highly recommend it - posted by Theresa on 5/5/2012
Tough, but easy on joints
I love this dvd. I'm 51 years old and have kept my lower body in shape for years by doing w/o's with a lot of squats/lunges. I think my knees have had enough!! I absolutely love this w/o! During this w/o, my legs & butt are on fire! The best part is that it's easy on the knees. If you have problem knees, you just don't go as deep, but you still feel the burn. I have a short attention span, and this dvd moves right along so time flies by. Because of a slight knee issue, I had backed off from my usual w/o's for the past year & my thighs have "fallen" a bit. I'm hoping to get my old thighs back!! I have confidence this dvd will be the answer!! - posted by Sandi on 4/24/2012
Don't have to be a dancer
I was a spinning instructor and thought my legs were strong. I was wrong. This video will help you on your way to increasing strength in your old legs. Gives good alternatives for those beginners. You do not have to stay on your toes. Also good for shaping your butt and the stretches are outstanding. Recommend highly. - posted by Christine on 4/19/2012
amazing. just amazing.
I am 49 years old, been doing videos daily for about 19 years, starting out with the Firm, lately moving into all the bar workouts (which literally will change your life). But this is beyond comparison. I crave this workout. I love the intimacy of it, the calmness and quiet of it, the intensity, the fact that it lives up to everything that's written in the description. I want more. - posted by co on 4/19/2012
Great DVD with Results!
I like everything about this DVD. The instructor looks fabulous, the set is calm, the music is changing and pleasant, the exercises are creative and challenging, the cueing is good, the instruction and modifications are clear. I saw this video on the Collage site and previewed the clips and wanted to purchase the DVD. I purchased the 3-volume set and started the sequencing plan. I find this video (after about three weeks) is showing results (increasing sleekness in my lower body). I feel the exercises when I do them and thereafter and do look forward to doing these routines. I am an intermediate/advanced exerciser with many years of home experience. PS I love the other two videos as well. - posted by Debbie on 3/25/2012
Great workout for hips, tush, and thighs
Not much of a fat-burner but a great workout for toning the hips and tush, and the thighs particularly. What I like best about this workout is that unlike some ballet-type workouts, it works my muscles thoroughly without irritating my joints. The moves are slow and controlled so I can focus on form and get the most out of them. I also like the moves that require balance - they're challenging without being impossible. The set is a little dark and the music isn't always inspiring but the moves are well synchronized to the music (music is very important to me in a workout), and there is no boredom factor. I'm really glad I found this workout! - posted by Bonnie on 3/22/2012
Just OK for me
This is a good lower body workout but for me, it's a bit too slow. I don't really like when the voice is superposed...and the set is blah! Otherwise, I can tell this workout gives results..The problem is, for me, a complete workout is a workout that has a nice bright set, good music and the instructor that talks to you, not a voice over it... - posted by Sarah on 2/9/2012
Awesome lower body barre work
I'm a long-term subscriber of Leah's, and this workout provides a taste of the best of her lower body work. She starts you off with standing work that goes back and forth between hitting the thighs and the glutes/hamstrings before you finish it off with a challenging bridge sequence. I also found the ending stretch to be very thorough. If you go deep enough to feel each exercise this one will leave you with your legs trembling. - posted by Ella on 2/9/2012
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Music only option
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This feature allows you to play only the music, without any cuing (after you’ve learned the movements and you just want to do the workout without listening to the instruction).
Wide screen
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The program fully fills a wide-screen television screen. Note: These videos will display black bars at the top and bottom on a traditional 4 x 3 ratio TV screen.
Level
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Beginner: Just starting out, very overweight or haven't exercised in over six months.

Intermediate: Active in sports, dance or any regular exercise (2 to 3 times per week).

Advanced: Very active in sports or consistently work out four or more times per week.

Toning emphasis
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Upper body: Arms, chest and back.

Lower Body: Legs, thighs, hips and buttocks.

Abs: Abdominals (stomach), core and sometimes lower back.

Total body: Tones all three of the above muscle groups.

Muscle Toning
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Definition: Slow, controlled movements working against resistance (e.g. dumbbells, a band or just your own body weight). Includes Pilates and weight training.

Benefits: Builds lean muscles. Increases your metabolism. Makes everyday activities easier.

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