| | |  | Videos | Home » » Crunch - Fat Burning Pilates | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Welcome to CRUNCH Fitness! Get the best of both worlds and the most for your effort with this winning combination: calorie-burning cardio along with Pilates-based toning. Impact safe yet so effective, it maximizes your fat-burning potential. You'll start with easy-to-follow cardio that skillfully blends dance and low impact cardio with standing Pilates-inspired moves into one routine to challenge your aerobic fitness, improve your posture and put you more in touch with the power of your "core." Then, kick off your shoes and hit the floor to tighten and tone your favorite body parts, including abs, butt and thighs. Get long, lean, sexy muscles with our series of Pilates mat exercises, sure to give you a year-round bikini body! For faster results than Pilates alone, this combo workout can help you sculpt your body AND burn fat! For all fitness levels. A mat or rug and bare feet are highly recommended for the Pilates floorwork. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Ellen Barrett | | Format:
| Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Starz / Anchor Bay | | Run Time:
| 43 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| September 09, 2003 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 163 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
Average Customer Review:
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Ellen inspires!Jun 03, 2010
I have several Ellen exercise dvd's and she has motivated me to be a daily exerciser. This is not my favorite Ellen DVD, but I am glad I bought it. My favorites are Slim Sculpt and Pilates Yoga Blend. I do agree with some of the other reviewers in that the camera needs to stay more focused on Ellen at times, but i am still able to follow all the moves. The DVD works all parts of your body, with two types of push ups and a good abs section in addition to the main cardio portion. It was well worth the money. I am 53 years old and it definately gives me a great work out and makes me sweat, but easy on the joints, low impact.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Nice workoutMay 10, 2010
I love this video. If you are SUUUUPER picky about specifics on Pilates, these might not be the workouts for you. But if you just want a nice toning laid-back workout, this is a great video. I have read the reviews about perfect Pilates and strippers, and I say that even if it doesn't follow the exact science of Pilates, if you do this for three months like I did, you will lose weight and tone up beautifully.
As far as the strippers comments, I can understand where that comes from: jealousy. These are your average women who have had children and all the experiences that comes with that who deserve NOT to be judged. I say good for them, they are not perfectly beautiful and are a great example of what we can achieve if we put our minds to it. I'll have Ellen Barrett's back any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Excellent!Jan 26, 2010
This is the first review I've ever written and Ellen's Crunch - Fat Burning Pilates has inspired me to write it. Her method combines cardio, standing pilates along with a little bit of traditional matwork, yoga (all the stretch without the New Age, ultra-meditative stuff), and ballet to create an invigorating, inspiring workout. I feel feminine, elegant, and graceful during the workout, even though I'm constantly working to maintain my balance and I'm sweating by the middle of the routine. (I'm a beginner in that I've let myself get really out of shape, but intermediate in that I've had experience with pilates and yoga in the past, if that helps you gauge how much you'd be sweating during this routine). After, I feel energized, almost like I've attained that mythical "runner's high" that I've heard about but always believed to be an urban legend. Ellen's cueing is perfect, she has a calming voice and elegant demeanor, and her Master's in Education shows. The exercises flow beautifully and build in intensity, so you can choose to stay at a lower level of exertion if necessary (for me, sometimes it's necessary). Admittedly, I'm a little uncoordinated, but it did take me a few times through the DVD to feel comfortable with all the moves and transitions. Don't give up, it's so worth it!
I'd personally like to stress one thing: don't focus TOO much on results. The journey is just as important, if not more so, than the destination. It's important to know your body and its needs, but psychologically, it's important to find joy in your exercise program, otherwise you grow to resent it and that's the end. Then you develop a complex (or at least, I did). So find something that gives you joy; for me, Ellen Barrett's method is perfect and makes me feel better than I've felt in a long time (admittedly I'm young so "long time" is relative, but you get my drift). I'm sore in the right places and content in the knowledge that I'm not only transforming my body (even if it's a little more slowly or subtly than other methods), but I'm also transforming how I think and feel about exercise.
I also HIGHLY recommend Crunch - Super SlimDown: Pilates Yoga Blend and Crunch - Pick Your Spot Pilates. I haven't tried the rest of her DVDs yet but I'm eagerly awaiting their arrival.
*Note: If you're like me, I'd suggest trying before you buy. Check out your local library system... fitness DVDs are really popular in general, and if your library doesn't have them, then they can usually interlibrary loan them within weeks. Then you don't have to worry about buying a potential lemon. =)
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Not for everyone/Dec 20, 2009
Hard to follow and there were moves I could tell if you did this video often you could really hurt yourself. I don't think I like the crunch line to be truthful. They are affordable though. It was just not my kind of workout.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
very satisfied!!!Oct 26, 2009
I love this excercise program!! I've had it for years on VHS and have looked for it for quite some time on DVD! I am so glad that I found it!! This workout keeps me toned and energetic!! I would recommend this to everyone!!
| | |
|
