Changes to barre3 streaming

[Exercise Diva]

Originally Posted by Marisa

Ugh. They removed all of Dino's workouts. I know he recently left barre3 and is doing his own thing but his previous weekly workouts were my absolute favorites. There is so little content left that I can't see continuing my subscription after it's up next month. This is so disappointing!

Many of Andrew's longer workouts are also gone - he was a favorite of mine.

[JackieB]

That is too bad about Dino's workouts....I liked his.

I was considering upgrading if they had a Black Friday sale. Probably not now.

[prettyinpink]

Originally Posted by JackieB

That is too bad about Dino's workouts....I liked his.

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They are still there.

[prettyinpink]

There is actually still a lot of content there.

I appreciate that they pared down the ten minute workouts. They used to break up all the longer ones into ten minute segments so it looked like there were more unique workouts there than there actually were.

Adding some longer workouts pronto would go a long way to easing my disappointment at old ones disappearing.

[Nuggie's Auntie]

Originally Posted by prettyinpink

Adding some longer workouts pronto would go a long way to easing my disappointment at old ones disappearing.

Yes, I agree. I think if they really feel they needed to take down so many workouts, they should have had a batch of new ones to release at the same time.

[LindaL]

Originally Posted by Nuggie's Auntie

Great idea! Please report back what they say. I did their free trial back in the spring, but I had already committed to barre3. I really like BP, and they have live classes!

I really wasn't that attached to many of the deleted barre3 videos, but I think what has really hacked me about this situation is that it highlights how vulnerable we are as subscribers. We pay this money for access to these sites, but we have NO CONTROL over what is on the site. We subscribe in faith that the site will deliver what we want. Usually site owners are smart enough to know that drastically reducing content is bad for business and unfair to subscribers, but I guess barre3 hasn't figured that out yet. It makes me miss good old DVDs. As long as you have a functioning player, you can do that workout for the rest of your life. Harumph!

I heard back from Kristen Zurek. She said they are planning something for Black Friday that could involve discounts on annual and monthly rates, but does not have specifics yet. She recommended signing up for the Ballet Physique newsletter to receive that information as soon as it's made public.

[sillygirl]

For those of you that still have the Barre3 app from years ago, there’s still 85 short workouts on there (almost all 10-minutes, a handful of 5-minute ones, and 1 30-minute workout). It’s sad that they decided not to continue updating it shortly after it was offered. It was a nice app too where you can choose music from your own library to play along with the workouts.

[ruthular]

I generally just keep my head down and do my workouts. But this is too much! I feel robbed. At this point I've basically put one of Sadie's kids through college -- online member since the beginning, studio member, bought all of her DVDs, the book from Rodale, the core sliders, balls, bands etc. Total fan girl. But to remove so much content without warning is not cool. And the condescending tone is so hypocritical. You took them down, what, for my own good? Because I'm too stupid to know what workout I like? But then I'm supposed to listen to my body? My body is saying that the old workouts were better. The new ones don't have nearly enough core. I like to workout for an hour. Whatever! I bought the damn workouts and you stole them.

I've never been so disappointed in a brand in my entire life.

[Exercise Diva]

Originally Posted by ruthular

I generally just keep my head down and do my workouts. But this is too much! I feel robbed. At this point I've basically put one of Sadie's kids through college -- online member since the beginning, studio member, bought all of her DVDs, the book from Rodale, the core sliders, balls, bands etc. Total fan girl. But to remove so much content without warning is not cool. And the condescending tone is so hypocritical. You took them down, what, for my own good? Because I'm too stupid to know what workout I like? But then I'm supposed to listen to my body? My body is saying that the old workouts were better. The new ones don't have nearly enough core. I like to workout for an hour. Whatever! I bought the damn workouts and you stole them.

I've never been so disappointed in a brand in my entire life.

Couldn't have said it better myself!

[Nuggie's Auntie]

Originally Posted by ruthular

I generally just keep my head down and do my workouts. But this is too much! I feel robbed. At this point I've basically put one of Sadie's kids through college -- online member since the beginning, studio member, bought all of her DVDs, the book from Rodale, the core sliders, balls, bands etc. Total fan girl. But to remove so much content without warning is not cool. And the condescending tone is so hypocritical. You took them down, what, for my own good? Because I'm too stupid to know what workout I like? But then I'm supposed to listen to my body? My body is saying that the old workouts were better. The new ones don't have nearly enough core. I like to workout for an hour. Whatever! I bought the damn workouts and you stole them.

I've never been so disappointed in a brand in my entire life.

YES. Thank you, so much more succinct in your outrage than I was!

I've been thinking about the changes to the core work (the whole stabilizing the core, then moving the limbs for resistance.) Ok, it's fine. But really, if moving the spine to work the core was SO TERRIBLE, I'd be in a wheelchair by now. I've worked my core the old way for DECADES. I just can't see why it's so terrible that you'd hollow out your own streaming site and rile up your subscribers. I think it's just a gimmick to try to set themselves apart from the competition. I mean, maybe it's a little better? But I can't see that the old way was that bad.