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Old 05-04-15, 09:46 AM  
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I'm tempted, but oh.my.word.
The price!
I don't know if I can't drop $31+ on one dvd. (With tax and shipping it was $31.44!)
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Old 05-06-15, 07:45 AM  
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I did the seat focus today. LOVED it! The instructor was great & I loved the moves. I almost stopped at the abs part but I'm glad I didn't as there was more seat work at the end.
My seat is on fire!! I think this set is fantastic! Surprisingly the seat DVD doesn't use the double band. Still a great workout though
I did this one yesterday and I completely agree with you, Sue! Can't wait to try the Abs one
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Old 05-16-15, 04:42 PM  
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Has anyone else done the Seat dvd? I am on the fence on getting this and want to know if it is different enough from any other barre type workouts to add to my collection.

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Old 05-17-15, 02:41 AM  
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I did the seat DVD today and it really is an extremely good workout. I have probably tried all of the barre DVDs (!) and this was really good.

I don't know if I would describe it as 'different'; to me it had a bit of a P57 vibe in terms of feel and exercises but it is certainly in my view the best Pure Barre workout.

It's pretty much a whole-body DVD; I'd say there is about 30 mins on thighs/glutes. But glute-focused, for sure- and there is sufficient arms and abs work to make it a whole-body DVD. I'm going to try to solely do this for a while and see what happens- it's pretty challenging (high intermediate?) but with room to grow if you can manage to up the poundage at a later date.

For lower body- a good combination of standing plie-type moves, some static lunge pulses, all 4s work and it ends with glute bridges.

(I could barely finish the ab work and I am very strong in my core.)

Two thumbs up! Great instructor- good cues, doesn't talk too much, no quirky phrases, totally non-annoying. If you love a challenging barre workout, you will love this.

Disclaimer- I had totally gone off Pure Barre and didn't expect to like this at all so thanks to previous posters for pushing me over the edge. Very happy with this purchase.

Minor quibbles- the bicep work felt pretty weak and so next time I will up the weights to 5lb or use extra wrist weights (for the record I used 3s for this plus ankle weights.) As with most barre there was little direct back work but this is a particular complaint of mine and just my opinion.
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Old 05-17-15, 05:42 AM  
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I did the seat DVD today and it really is an extremely good workout. I have probably tried all of the barre DVDs (!) and this was really good.

I don't know if I would describe it as 'different'; to me it had a bit of a P57 vibe in terms of feel and exercises but it is certainly in my view the best Pure Barre workout.

It's pretty much a whole-body DVD; I'd say there is about 30 mins on thighs/glutes. But glute-focused, for sure- and there is sufficient arms and abs work to make it a whole-body DVD. I'm going to try to solely do this for a while and see what happens- it's pretty challenging (high intermediate?) but with room to grow if you can manage to up the poundage at a later date.

For lower body- a good combination of standing plie-type moves, some static lunge pulses, all 4s work and it ends with glute bridges.

(I could barely finish the ab work and I am very strong in my core.)

Two thumbs up! Great instructor- good cues, doesn't talk too much, no quirky phrases, totally non-annoying. If you love a challenging barre workout, you will love this.

Disclaimer- I had totally gone off Pure Barre and didn't expect to like this at all so thanks to previous posters for pushing me over the edge. Very happy with this purchase.

Minor quibbles- the bicep work felt pretty weak and so next time I will up the weights to 5lb or use extra wrist weights (for the record I used 3s for this plus ankle weights.) As with most barre there was little direct back work but this is a particular complaint of mine and just my opinion.

What equipment do these use?
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Old 05-17-15, 05:53 AM  
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They just use 3lb weights. I added ankle weights and will add wrist weights next time but these are by no means essential.

You also need something to hold on to but I just used a chair.
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Old 05-17-15, 12:33 PM  
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Did the Pure Results package price go up, or was it $65 from the start? I thought they had a special deal initially that was lower. 10% off would be nice, though. I do like their rubber tubing and grippy socks.
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Old 05-17-15, 12:35 PM  
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I think I remember -- maybe it was $65 but there was a tank included, while supplies lasted. Correct?
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Old 05-17-15, 12:52 PM  
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I think I remember -- maybe it was $65 but there was a tank included, while supplies lasted. Correct?
Yes, that's right. And at one point I looked and there were only, I think, size XS tanks left, so clearly they sold out at some point.
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Old 05-22-15, 09:08 AM  
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Not sure if anyone else posted this, but Pure Barre is having a 15% off Memorial Day sale. That brings the new DVDs to $21.21 each. No code is needed for the 15% off, they've just lowered the prices for the sale. I also added the SHARE10 code at checkout and got another 10% off which pretty much paid for the shipping. The sale goes through Monday.
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