StarAstrologer - DVD : Crunch - Super SlimDown: Pilates Yoga Blend
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Crunch
EAN: 0013131424393
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 07, 2006
Running Time: 42 minutes
Sales Rank: 240
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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Product Description:
Certified Pilates and fitness instructor Ellen Barrett presents a workout combining yoga moves with Pilates exercises to help tone, strengthen, and burn calories.
Genre: Exercise/Fitness
Rating: NR
Release Date: 7-FEB-2006
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
So here's a portrait of yoga in the 21st Century: this ancient discipline, created thousands of years ago to enhance the meditative experience (the asanas or poses commonly used in hatha yoga were in fact designed to enable meditators to sit quietly, calmly and comfortably for hours on end), is now "a total body blast," with users urged to "get hard core" and "feel the groove," all so "your torso will look buff." At least that's how Ellen Barrett, the relentlessly sunny instructor featured in Crunch Yoga's Super SlimDown: Pilates Yoga Blend, sees it. But while that approach may sound pretty frightening to traditionalists, this can't in fairness be viewed as a typical yoga video; nor does Barrett, who commingles power yoga moves and what she describes as "core-conditioning power pilates," make any claims that it is. Many of the poses--including Warrior II, extended right angle, cobra, locust, and others--will certainly be familiar to yogis. But instead of holding these poses for several breaths, as is common, Barrett takes a more aerobic approach, "pulsing" in and out of positions as if this were a calisthenics class; while that doesn't do much to promote stretching, it does generate a lot of heat and calorie burning. Same goes for the pilates portions, which involve a lot of leg lifts, abdominal work, and other mat-based exercises. One might wish that the instruction were more detailed when it comes to proper breathing, alignment, and so on; it's also a bit paradoxical that while the "Crunch philosophy" states that their fitness programs are designed for "people from all walks of life regardless of shape, size, or ability," the only folks we see onscreen are uniformly attractive, bare-midriffed young women in amazing shape. But hey, whatever. Call it what you will, this is a fast-moving, reasonably challenging program that will likely find favor with many. --Sam Graham
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I even like the music and her encouraging patter as she moves you through each sequence. I'm always looking for the perfect combination of easy-to-follow AND challenging moves. This routine comes close but it falls short on the challenging side. I don't feel as though I've worked out afterward. Not sure it's doing much for me.
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It's a really good, challenging work out. Ellen Barrett gives great instructions, keeps the flow going really smoothly and counts in a catch way. I'm just a beginner to pilates, so I have a ways to go before I can do the whole DVD through, but it's fun and makes me want to get there.
Rating:  -
This DVD was just ok. The workout was too short and not very challenging. I will be giving this one away.
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It's short and simple, easy to follow. The music is good and the instructor is very nice. A good workout, not too stressful.
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I REALLY love this workout!It is easy to follow, and works every part of the body. I even worked up a bit of a sweat! It is easy to follow, great cueing, flows well. This is the first pilates/yoga dvd that I've really felt was effective enough to rotate with my more aerobic workouts.At 53, I have been looking for a worthwhile yoga dvd to use, and this is it!
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