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Crunch - Fat Burning Pilates 
Actors : Ellen Barrett
Studio : Starz / Anchor Bay
by Starz / Anchor Bay
Brand : Crunch
Release Date : 2003-09-09
Publisher : Starz / Anchor Bay
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 0013131258493
UPC : 013131258493
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 145 reviews)
List Price : $9.98
Our Price : $4.59
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Description |
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Welcome to CRUNCH Fitness! Get the best of both worlds and the most for your effort with this winning combination: calorie-burning cardio along with Pilates-based toning. Impact safe yet so effective, it maximizes your fat-burning potential. You'll start with easy-to-follow cardio that skillfully blends dance and low impact cardio with standing Pilates-inspired moves into one routine to challenge your aerobic fitness, improve your posture and put you more in touch with the power of your "core." Then, kick off your shoes and hit the floor to tighten and tone your favorite body parts, including abs, butt and thighs. Get long, lean, sexy muscles with our series of Pilates mat exercises, sure to give you a year-round bikini body! For faster results than Pilates alone, this combo workout can help you sculpt your body AND burn fat! For all fitness levels. A mat or rug and bare feet are highly recommended for the Pilates floorwork. |
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Americancivilwar.com |
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"Calorie burning cardio plus Pilates-based toning," promises this 40-minute Crunch program, which combines Pilates-influenced standing and mat exercises. In the cardio section, instructor Ellen Barrett uses Pilates terminology (e.g. "standing imprint") as she adapts Pilates moves to rather repetitious standing exercises--mostly squats and leg lift variations--which work the core muscles of the abdominals and back as well as legs, thighs, and buttocks. The moves are sometimes slow and rarely "travel," so your heart rate might not stay elevated, although your lower body and core muscles will get a good workout. The toning section consists of Pilates mat exercises which work abs, back, thighs, and buttocks. One exerciser demonstrates easier modifications. The background music is dominated by a lively drummer who keeps the workout upbeat and enthusiastic. --Joan Price |
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Awesome Workout - Awesome Instructor |
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I love this workout. I'm an advanced exerciser & have been using DVD's at home exclusively for 12 years. I've shied away from Pilates because I like more movement and need to feel I'm working hard. Once I started using Ellen Barrett's modern Pilates workouts with cardio I'm hooked. After 7 weeks of consistently using her DVD's I'm now finally noticing some great changes in my body. This workout is especially fun because of the CRUNCH set, the cast is fun to watch and there's an awesome bongo player jammin' in the back. The tribal drumming really gets me going. I get in a nice fat-burning zone there's a nice floor matwork section to end a great workout. I'd recommend this to anyone who wants to try Pilates but find it too boring. |
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feel good video |
I have a lot of exercise video and I must say that I'm a Crunch fan. I love most of their videos and they really work well for me. The music is soothing or energizing as needed, the exercises are invigorating. You will feel results quickly if you apply yourself to it.
I alternate different ones for variety and total body workout; my favorite ones:
Crunch - Super SlimDown: Pilates Yoga Blend
Crunch - Pick Your Spot Pilates
Crunch - Burn & Firm Pilates
They are great for beginners too, no complicated or expensive material needed, you will just need a yoga mat (or just a towel if you exercise on the carpet) and eventually 3 pounds hand weights for the burn and firm DVD (can use water bottles instead).
And for when you really feel hyper and energetic you can try this boot camp training: it will kick your buns!
Crunch - Boot Camp Training
I think you can preview some of them and try along. Have fun now! |
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Nice Combination |
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I like the fact that this is a blend of cardio workouts and pilates workouts that I was able to handle pretty well. I definately get my heart rate up with the exercises and feel like I am burning fat like the title says. I also like the instructor, both her personality and teaching are very appealing. |
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cardio & pilates |
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This was a nice mixture of cardio & pilates workout. If you desire a vigorous workout with plenty of aerobic exercises this is not for you. But I found I really don't need to jump around and become exhausted to feel like I benefited from a workout. I took plenty of aerobic exercises in a gym years ago, but I prefer these pilate dvd's to those anyday. I could work out much more often to this dvd because the cardio & pilates is not hectic & I feel the toning more because I am concentrating on every stretch. The instructor is always telling us to be aware of our core, so the abs are getting a good workout also. The mat work is also very good. You can always replay the last 15 min or so of the mat work if you don't feel you got enough. |
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Mediocre at best, and way too repetitive |
Definitely an interesting idea for a video - cardio mixed in with Pilates work. But I have to say that the cardio section is pretty disappointing. I didn't feel that it did a good job of working different muscle groups. All of the movements were based around doing squats...over...and over again. I think my thighs got a good work out but I'm not sure about the rest of my body. And the movements in the cardio section were extremely repetitive - to the point where I completely lost interest and was just counting down until the end of the section.
The (very) brief mat work portion of the video is better, but I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who hasn't done some pilates before, as the instructor doesn't give very detailed instructions during this part.
I'll still bust out this video when I want a change in routine sometimes, but I'm always instantly reminded of why I don't like it. One of my least favorite crunch videos so far. |
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