02-08-19, 11:35 AM | ||
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Monterey County, California
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Bounce is segmented but flows easily. I don't have her equipment but I have an ancient BodyFlex rebounder and a portable Cardio Barre and they substitute nicely. Flat Belly Barre has two half hour workouts. At least one VFer doesn't like Flat Belly Barre -- it's on a trade list.
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02-08-19, 11:56 AM | |
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: TarHeel country
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I didn't keep any of the BarreAmped DVDs because I don't like piecing together my workout. All of those had shorter segments (and too long to do in entirety), and I just am too lazy to make a rotation with them.
I really like the Flat Belly DVD. 30 minutes is my preference so it's perfect for my needs. |
02-08-19, 12:09 PM | ||
Join Date: Mar 2013
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02-08-19, 08:16 PM | |
Join Date: Jan 2010
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I do a Barre workout every Saturday and have found them to be very helpful for my knees and hips. I have a lot of variety so only doing them once a week it is a long time before I repeat, but I like that.
As the others said, Suzanne is more traditional barre so it is more of a matter of whether you connect with her style. I really like her a lot. I just looked up the Barre Amped set. I do not have Bounce or the prenatal workout, but I have the others. I really liked all of them except Stretch. I am not very flexible and I recall that she wasn't good at offering modifications. I got rid of the Stretch DVD, but the rest were all very good. When I do her DVDs I do the full workout and they are longer workouts. I actually didn't like Flat Belly Barre as much. The workouts were shorter which is nice, but I also thought they were easier than the Barre Amped workouts. Also, at times she would comment on shaking or burning (something like that - I don't recall the actual words she used), and I would think to myself that I actually would have liked it to be more challenging. After saying all that, I will still use them because sometimes it is nice to have an easier option and I really do like Suzanne. These seemed more similar to Barre3 as far as level of difficulty. I have most of the DVDs you mentioned - I don't have any Lotte Berk or Cathe's Turbo Barre. |
02-09-19, 08:51 AM | |
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: New Jersey
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Thank you ladies! Kitty, I need help with my hips and knees, it is encouraging that barre helps you with that. Alison and Cynthia, thanks for your comments too. Although I prefer to have my workouts laid out and don't like piecing together, I don't think I'd mind as much with barre. I love my 10 Minute Solution workouts.
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02-09-19, 09:31 AM | |
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: A helluva town
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Three actually, and they're all different and good. (But they're not so difficult which is why I like them. )
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02-09-19, 11:03 AM | |
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Kentucky
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Depends. Do you like all in one under an hour workouts? Do you like splits or putting together workouts?
I like them when I can do them. Although I haven’t tried FIRE yet. It’s just I prefer AIO type workouts under 65 minutes. I am missing stretch and bounce. Although sometimes I struggle with her ab work because I don’t feel it. |
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