Instructor's name: Linda Stejskal
Type of Workout: Upper Body & Core
Fitness Level: Intermediate-Advanced
Equipment Needed: ankle weights, resistance band, resistance loop (or band tied in loop), small ball (rolled up towel), step (elevation), chair
Total Running Time: 171 Minutes
Manufacture Year: 2024
Region: 0 - This is a DVD-R
Welcome to the Arms and Abs Extreme Series. These intense workouts will focus on all the muscles of the core to strengthen and define them! They are designed to progressively overload the muscle by performing similar exercises with angle changes and in various positions. Get ready to feel the burn and see the changes!
THE SET INCLUDES:
Ball & Weights (12 min): use a small ball and light weights (1kg/2lb) to increase the intensity of unique Pilates mat exercises. In this free flowing workout you will use long lever arm exercises and isometric holds to burn your arms whilst working your lower abs and obliques with leg raises and twists.
Obliques on Fire (48 min): you will annihilate your waistline with a broomstick, small ball and medium weight. You will start with a standing broomstick abs segment to heat up the body and prime the obliques. Next use the small ball and chair for a long set of crunches and squeezes with leg raises. Then hit the mat for lower abs with and without the weight and ball and another section of obliques using both weight and ball.
Standing Abs & Loop (22 min): a standing arms and abs workout with a big balance challenge component! Start with light weights and larger range of motion movements to heat up the entire body. Then standing abs with balance work to engage the entire core. Next use the resistance loop to work your entire upper body whilst also engaging the core with more balance work.
Chair Triceps & Core (25 min): start with seated triceps exercises plus leg raises to engage the core. You will use light and medium weights and then move to the mat with a long band to continue the arms & abs exercises. Then use the chair in a modified side plank and fold over position to work the core from all angles with and without weights.
Lower Abs & Biceps (24 min): use an elevation to increase the range of motion for unique lower abs exercises and then stay in a seated position to work your biceps with medium and lighter weights. Also, an obliques focused pretzel segment to work the waistline.
Ankle Weights (40 min): a standing and mat ankle weight workout using light and medium weights. This one has a side abs progression with lots of balance challenges. Then a really tough wall segment to burn out your shoulders before hitting the mat. Use your medium weight with seated and laying exercises to burn out your front and lower abs.
About the instructor: Hi, I'm Linda - creator of Barlates Body Blitz. I have worked in the diet and fitness industry as an instructor and personal trainer for most of my career and have created close to 450 workout videos to bring my passion for exercise to you! My desire is to help you sculpt a strong, healthy body with a fusion of barre, Pilates, yoga as well as more traditional cardio + toning exercises. So what are you waiting for? Let's go work out together!
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!
