Instructor's name: Linda Wooldridge
Type of Workout: Total Body
Fitness Level: Beginner / Intermediate
Equipment Needed: Chair and Stability Ball
Total Running Time: 93 Minutes
Manufacture Year: 2019
Region: 0 - This is a DVD-R
GET ALL 4 WARM AND STRETCH WORKOUTS
Welcome to the Warm and Stretch Series of 4 workouts. These routines can be used as a warm up and stretch prior to a more intense workout, as a cool down or by themselves on a recovery day. They are designed to lengthen the muscles and will help you improve flexibility.
THE WORKOUTS ARE:
Mat (22 mins): this is a pure mat stretch focusing predominantly on the lower body and core. There are a series of plank variations to heat up the whole body, then some glute and hip openers and exercises to wake up the core, before some deeper stretching in a seated and lying position.
Standing (24 mins): this routine uses a chair to help you intensify some of your favourite stretches. There are dynamic movements throughout the workout so that you heat up the muscle prior to stretching it. You will see lots of side bends, down dog stretches using the chair, deep inner thigh stretches and finally a great hamstring and hip stretch with your feet on the chair.
With ball (26 mins): you will use the ball to engage the upper body whilst moving through some flowing lower body movements. You will then do some fun bouncing on the ball before starting a series of seated roll outs and side bends. You will finish with some deeper stretches for the lower body and finally a nice hip opener with feet on the ball.
Upper (21 mins): this workout starts with a selection of upper body exercises to heat the arms, shoulders, chest and back. You will then stretch every part of your upper body from the neck all the way to the lower back in seated, child’s-pose and lying positions.
What is Barlates Body Blitz: Barlates is a fusion style workout that borrows from pilates, barre, ballet, yoga and more traditional cardio and toning. The idea was to create a workout, which flows seamlessly from one move into the next using the principles of isotension and high repetitions to build long, lean muscles. By using a lighter weight with high repetitions the exercises are designed to target all of those underused smaller muscle groups resulting in a defined, lengthened dancer's physique. This is a real girls workout in the sense that it is fun and feminine, but don't get me wrong it is still super intense with a big burn factor! The workouts are designed to be mixed and matched with an array of 20-30 minute upper body, lower body, abdominal and total body workouts that can be strung together for a longer session or done individually if you are short on time. These workouts will hit all those trouble spots and best of all you don't even need to wear shoes to do them! Get ready to sweat, puff and burn - hopefully you'll love every minute of it!
