Boston Body Barre

Decent sculpting, but didn't break a sweat
This video is approx 1 hour and contains the following sections: barre, matwork, cardio, upper body sculpting. The instructor recommends a small "playground ball", mat, elastic band, and either chair/barre. I just used a chair and rolled up towel in place of the playground ball and that worked fine. The front cover of the video claims it burns 400+ calories... highly doubtful. I'd say more like 150-200.

The barre work is all lower body, with leg lifts and a lot of inner thigh work. I didn't see anything new that I haven't seen on other barre/ballet type videos before. It was a good burn in the lower body but I wouldn't say you work up a sweat.

The "cardio" section is like 5-10 mins and consists of marching in place, side-to-side, and knee lifts. Not exactly super workout material. It will get your body warmed up but don't expect to burn a lot of calories.

The upper body section was odd to me, it was basically 1 exercise for like 5-10 minutes and it...

Love this workout
This workout is a great calorie burner. I've taken the instructor training with Zayna Gold, and this video is a great introduction to barre. You can definitely increase the intensity by adding more reps of each exercise (especially the small, isometric, pulsing movements) and going at a faster pace. We learned a variety of options to teach in class- including more upper body work. She offers video clips on BostonFitnessMagazine.com that can be incorporated into your barre workout. She might be wearing the sneakers for a little support (lower back, ankles) because she teaches numerous classes each week. I wear them myself for that reason- many people do. Many others prefer bare feet. Zayna has a light-hearted approach that seems to make everyone (with every body type) feel welcome in her classes, but underneath that humor is a serious knowledge of movement and anatomy.

Love Boston Body Barre
Love Zayna and the Boston Body Barre. She is very pleasant and easy to follow. I love this workout. Love it so much I am now looking to take one of Zayna's courses to learn to teach it myself.

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