Instructor's name: Linda Stejskal

Type of Workout: Toning

Fitness Level: Intermediate-Advanced

Equipment Needed: light weights, chair Pilates ring, slider or paper plate, small ball or rolled up towel, broomstick, resistance loop band

Total Running Time: 154 Minutes

Manufacture Year: 2024

Region: 0 - This is a DVD-R

Welcome to the 20 min Blitz series. These are short and sharp total body workouts for you to get a lot done in minimal time. Use various, easy to find equipment to increase the burn of traditional and more unique cardio and sculpting exercises.

THE SET INCLUDES:

Arms & Abs: start standing with a weightless arms segment that has a nice mobility aspect to it. Then use light hand weights to work the upper body with single and double arm exercises with lots of angle changes. Finally, hit the mat for elongated abs with arms segment that will further burn out the shoulders and core.

Barre: start with a short cardio sculpt warm up, then move into a standing arms sequence with light weights, a standing lower body segment using the ball and finish with mat abs also using the ball.

Mat: a start with a seated upper body segment with lots of angle changes to also engage the core. Then move to a laying lower body segment focusing on thighs and glutes. Next are abs with lots of long lever moves, twists and faster reps to get the heart rate up whilst the muscles are burning.

Pilates Ring: start with a cardio sculpt warm up that will get your heart rate up a little, then move to a standing oblique and outer thighs segment, a short arms segment, then a tough inner and outer thigh barre squats and tucks segment and finish on the floor with more side body work specifically targeting your waistline and hips.

Slider: using a sliding disc to specifically work inner thighs and under butt. You will use light hand weights to work your upper body whilst working the lower. It is a mostly standing workout with a few plank moves at the end to work the core.

Tone: start with a kneeling upper body segment using just your body weight to warm up and then light weights in a hinged position to engage the core too. Next use a loop band to work your lower body in all fours position as well as modified side plank. Then leave the loop on for a tough abs series using the chair as a prop.

Broomstick: start with a standing weightless arms segment, then move to a cardio sculpt using the broomstick for added instability and core engagement. Finally a few rounds of abs on the mat.

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!