Kellyro77
Cathlete
Did this workout this morning. I'm surprised to have really enjoyed it. Usually when I see "Barre" I cringe and avoid it like the plague - maybe because my primary experience with Cathe's Barre workouts is from the XTrain Legs bonus, as well as the bonus work in Kick Max (Leg Conditioning Drills.)
I dislike high rep stuff, especially with my lower body.
This was very nicely paced with her doing a mix of lower body (barre), upper body, and core. She has you spend maybe 5 or so minutes on lower, then 5 on upper, 5 on core, repeat. So there are nice breaks between the barre work and it doesn't feel like an endless onslaught of leg lifts.
This was basically a total body workout, which was a nice surprise. Upper body moves weren't particularly challenging as you keep the weights really light. I may try this with heavier weights next time (so long as my tennis elbow tolerates it). Core work was decent. Also appreciate that it was included in the workout instead of tacked on as an optional "bonus". I tend to miss bonus workouts more often than I care to admit, so it was nice the core work was baked in and I didn't have to pop in another DVD or go select a bonus chapter after the main workout was finished.
I really appreciated that she included the balance disc as part of the main workout. This means I got more lower body balance disc work than just from the bonus in the Lower Body workout.
I enjoyed her use of the loops, as well.
The final lower body exercise was absolutely killer - the "Forward Leaning Ball Squeeze". My legs were crying for mercy by the end of the reps.
I also did part of the bonus upper body foam rolling. I wasn't in any mood to tack on an extra workout *after* the foam rolling, so I just did the foam rolling section then went straight to the stretch.
I'll definitely try the foam rolling workouts at some point, but I'm going to have to cobble them together in a way where I do the workout first, then end with the foam rolling.
I dislike high rep stuff, especially with my lower body.
This was very nicely paced with her doing a mix of lower body (barre), upper body, and core. She has you spend maybe 5 or so minutes on lower, then 5 on upper, 5 on core, repeat. So there are nice breaks between the barre work and it doesn't feel like an endless onslaught of leg lifts.
This was basically a total body workout, which was a nice surprise. Upper body moves weren't particularly challenging as you keep the weights really light. I may try this with heavier weights next time (so long as my tennis elbow tolerates it). Core work was decent. Also appreciate that it was included in the workout instead of tacked on as an optional "bonus". I tend to miss bonus workouts more often than I care to admit, so it was nice the core work was baked in and I didn't have to pop in another DVD or go select a bonus chapter after the main workout was finished.
I really appreciated that she included the balance disc as part of the main workout. This means I got more lower body balance disc work than just from the bonus in the Lower Body workout.
I enjoyed her use of the loops, as well.
The final lower body exercise was absolutely killer - the "Forward Leaning Ball Squeeze". My legs were crying for mercy by the end of the reps.
I also did part of the bonus upper body foam rolling. I wasn't in any mood to tack on an extra workout *after* the foam rolling, so I just did the foam rolling section then went straight to the stretch.
I'll definitely try the foam rolling workouts at some point, but I'm going to have to cobble them together in a way where I do the workout first, then end with the foam rolling.
