This has some creative, fun moves and does a good job fatiguing the legs. I guess when I see bootcamp in the title I am hoping to have a little cardio effect, especially for as long as it was. Next time I will shorten this an add a little cardio. Still a good barre program, just lacking in the bootcamp.
Elevated Barre Boot Camp
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FitSaxe
Cathlete
I did this one today. Here below are my thoughts:
- Is the workout a bootcamp? No IMHO. It did not feel a bootcamp to me. Not a deal breaker though.
- Does the workout focus on endurance? Yes. concentric, eccentric/negative, isometric moves are offered.
- Does the workout meet the purpose of the series? Yes, at some point combination moves were more challenging because they combined isometrics moves, pulses, stability, flexibility and coordination. several fitness component challenged at the same time. Balance was also challenged.
- Will I use this workout again, yes during a 1 week or 2 weeks barre rotation.
- What do I specifically like? The warm up, band portion and the focus on tiny muscles.
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Kellyro77
Cathlete
Finally got around to doing this workout yesterday. I'll preface this by saying I'm someone who doesn't care for barre work in general. Part of it is probably because I need to work on my muscle endurance.
Yes, my legs were burning during the barre exercises - most especially the set of plies and lunges towards the beginning of the workout.
As other mentioned, this wasn't cardio intensive at all. Not sure how "boot camp-y" this really was.
The weighted exercises kind of felt out of place - like, if I'm going to do some cross-back lunges, I want them to feel worth my time - and that means using something much heavier - or, to stay in line with the workout being muscle endurance, then there should have been a lot more reps thrown in with those.
The band work where you held it in place at your shoulder did feel effective.
And while I was a bit apprehensive of the core exercise with the ball where you rolled it down your leg while doing leg drops (I was worried the ball would be a total pain in the butt by falling constantly) - I'll say having the ball there kind of served as an interesting distraction from the core work. I was so focused the whole time on not losing the ball that I barely felt the core work going on.
When doing my own rotations, I'm honestly not sure how often I'll be pulling out this workout.
Yes, my legs were burning during the barre exercises - most especially the set of plies and lunges towards the beginning of the workout.
As other mentioned, this wasn't cardio intensive at all. Not sure how "boot camp-y" this really was.
The weighted exercises kind of felt out of place - like, if I'm going to do some cross-back lunges, I want them to feel worth my time - and that means using something much heavier - or, to stay in line with the workout being muscle endurance, then there should have been a lot more reps thrown in with those.
The band work where you held it in place at your shoulder did feel effective.
And while I was a bit apprehensive of the core exercise with the ball where you rolled it down your leg while doing leg drops (I was worried the ball would be a total pain in the butt by falling constantly) - I'll say having the ball there kind of served as an interesting distraction from the core work. I was so focused the whole time on not losing the ball that I barely felt the core work going on.
When doing my own rotations, I'm honestly not sure how often I'll be pulling out this workout.
Debinmi
Cathlete
I'm can relate to this comment. This is how i feel about many of the workouts in both LMR/E series. They're different, interesting and can be helpful, but I'm not really sure how to use them regularly in traditional weighting lifting/cardio rotations. I can set aside a day here and there for odd-ball workouts, but I do wish there were more shorter premixes to use some of these as add-ons. That's how I'm currently using them by skipping chapters.