“Barlates Body Blitz Ballet Calves”

Instructor’s name: Linda WooldridgeType of Workout: Lower BodyFitness Level: IntermediateEquipment Needed: Mat and chairTotal Running Time: 24 MinutesManufacture Year: July 2015Get ready to torture your calves from all angles. This ballet inspired calves workout will leave your legs quivering for mercy. Strengthen your feet, ankles and calves with intense standing exercises that will give you streamlined results. 24 minutes of pure calf burn out – if you don’t feel this one then your legs are made of steel! Add this to one of my upper or core workouts for a total body challenge!What is Barlates Body Blitz: Barlates is a fusion style workout that borrows from pilates, barre, ballet, yoga and more traditional cardio and toning. The idea was to create a workout, which flows seamlessly from one move into the next using the principles of isotension and high repetitions to build long, lean muscles. By using a lighter weight with high repetitions the exercises are designed to target all of those underused smaller muscle groups resulting in a defined, lengthened dancer’s physique. This is a real girls workout in the sense that it is fun and feminine, but don’t get me wrong it is still super intense with a big burn factor! The workouts are designed to be mixed and matched with an array of 20-30 minute upper body, lower body, abdominal and total body workouts that can be strung together for a longer session or done individually if you are short on time. These workouts will hit all those trouble spots and best of all you don’t even need to wear shoes to do them! Get ready to sweat, puff and burn – hopefully you’ll love every minute of it!