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Challenging and effective workout | Element: Ballet Conditioning | Elise Gulan

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	• Element: Ballet Conditioning Elise Gulan ANCHOR BAY, 2007 average customer review:based on 65 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Element: Ballet Conditioning

I've always admired the strength and elegance of ballet dancers. After reading the review in Shape magazine and on Amazon, I bought the DVD. Wow! This is a challenging workout! I know a few people were disappointed that it wasn't balletic enough, but I don't think it was meant to be. This video is a conditioning workout. I haven't made it through the whole video. I piece them out: core strength and quads one day, stretching and glutes the next (with some yoga mixed in). Frankly after the first few minutes of keeping my legs raised and repeating leg movements, I was sweating from holding certain positions. You do work your arms. Elise has you raising your arms above your head or out to your side and you keep them there for the duration of the exercise. The core strength uses pilates and it left my abs burning for hours.
This a wonderful video to add to my collection. Graceful instructor. Gorgeous scenery. And a workout that leaves me feeling strong and supple.

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It works!

I thought this was a great, effective workout. I've only done the video about four or five times, and have already had a coworker ask if I have lost weight. My only issue with it is that the music is very new-age; not what you would associate with ballet.

Challenging and effective workout

This was a fun and challenging workout which really got me sweaty and feeling spent in a good way. I would caution people with injuries (especially in the knees as she really likes to have you do a lot of plies---including grand-plie which is a pretty big bend in the knees) to steer away from the this video. It is probably not best for a total beginner unless you feel comfortable modifying your exercises to your own abilities and if you do not mind that you might not yet be able to perform the exercises to the level of the woman on the screen. The exercises are actually reasonably easy to modify (do demi plies instead of grand-plies, put the hands on the hips is you get tired from keeping them in second position forever, only lift the leg to 30 or 45 degrees instead of 90 in grand battements etc). If you have never had any dance training (I have only had 6 months of a beginning adult classes) then I would probably think that the New York City Ballet Workout 1 is better for introducing some of the basic ballet steps while still getting a workout. Incorporate this into your workout routine and I do not know how you would not get results. And one more thing---you do not need to be flexible to do the workout as other reviewers have suggested---I had to work for ages to even touch my toes and I found this workout to be possible, with modification of course.

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relaxing and effective

This workout helps to burn calories and relax at the same time. The movements are elegant and powerful. The abs are hard!

Ballet Dancers always have slender bodies that are both strong and lean with lovely proportion and gorgeous body lines. One of the greatest secrets to a dancer's body is ballet conditioning which focuses on all muscle groups. In this unique program your muscles will work smoothly in unison to create a long streamlined silhouette with flat abs a lean lower body and beautifully defined curves. Moving gracefully and fluidly through this series of exercises you will strengthen and stretch your way to a dancer s body.Element is proud to support the Arbor Day Foundation. For every four Element DVDs purchased a tree will be planted (up to 20000 trees annually). In addition to generating oxygen trees provide air pollution control and decrease atmospheric carbon dioxide levels thereby reducing global warming. www.arborday.orgElise Gulan has over 18 years in dance education including Ballet Pointe Tap and Jazz. She was a principal soloist for the Virginia Ballet Company where she danced for seven years appearing in productions such as Copelia Swan Lake and Nutcracker Suite. She brought her love of expression through movement to her new career as a certified personal trainer and instructor of Yoga Core Fusion® and Core Energy Flow®. Elise enjoys helping her students to find their inner strength and to energize their joy of life through physical and mental fitness.System Requirements:Length: 51 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HEALTH/FITNESS/DANCE Rating: NR UPC: 013131535198 Manufacturer No: DV15351

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