Exhale: Core Fusion - Thighs & Glutes
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Actor: Elizabeth Halfpapp, Fred DeVitoBrand: Team Marketing
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 50 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-07-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acacia
Movie Reviews of Exhale: Core Fusion - Thighs & Glutes
Movie Review: Great workout in an AMAZING series
Summary: 5 Stars
The Exhale Core Fusion series is fantastic. Believe all the hype and rave reviews. I've yet to find anything like it. The exercises in their workouts involve such minimal movement, but are incredibly high intensity, as they really target each individual muscle and get it to work. You will be amazed how much you feel this workout.
This workout consists of 5 10 minute segments that target not only your glutes and thighs but also work most of your lower body including your hamstrings and calves as well as the sides of your waist and lower back. Each of the 10 minute segments is made up primarily of the same exercise repeated the entire time with minor variations, which results in targeting slightly different muscles with each variation. It offers an incredibly effective, deep work out of muscles I didn't even know existed. The 5 sections include: Parallel Thigh, Turned Out Thigh, Standing Gluteal, Kneeling Gluteal and the Pretzel. Each section features a brief warmup (very brief. knee lifts for 20 seconds or so. same across all workouts), the main series of strengthening exercises, and a stretching segment to stretch the muscles which were just worked. They explain that stretching immediately following strengthening is always part of their practice and helps to build long, lean muscles rather than bulky ones. All of the standing segments include the use of a chair for balance. No other equipment is necessary.
The instructors are clear and encourage you to work at your own pace. One typically does an easier variation and the other, a harder variation. They seemed to read my mind throughout the exercises and do an excellent job of anticipating what the average exerciser will be doing and questioning throughout the workout. For example, just as I was starting to worry that I felt everything in my standing leg, rather than my working one, they said how you are probably experiencing this and it's completely normal. At another point they said something along the lines of "You may have a tendency to want to lean forward to make this easier but it's important to try to keep your shoulders over your hips for proper alignment" and I laughed because even though I know the correct form, it was so challenging that at that moment I found myself leaning forward like they mentioned not to do. Their instructions are really helpful and encouraging.
In terms of difficulty level, this is very easy to follow along with and may be easy to do for the first minute or so of each exercise, but it becomes difficult quickly. I'd say it's for those looking for a challenge at any level. I typically do the entire 50 minutes in one workout but Exhale Core Fusion dvds are THE ONLY workout dvds I've found made up of shorter segments where I could honestly say one ten minute segment would still feel like I got in a good workout.
As a side note, this dvd is one of three included in the Core Fusion Collection and they are all as good as this one. If you want a better value purchase that instead here: Exhale: Core Fusion Collection. It's definitely worth it.
Summary of Exhale: Core Fusion - Thighs & Glutes
5 10-minute workouts to lift and tone
"Heidi Klum and Cameron Diaz rave about this Pilates, yoga, and core conditioning regimen. ---FitSugar.com
"Thinner thighs in three weeks!" ---Health (praise for Core Fusion Body Sculpt)
A quarter of a million people have transformed their bodies at exhale, the exclusive mind/body spa. Now you can get these same results at home.
Lift your buns, tone your legs, and trim your waist with Core Fusion Thighs & Glutes. This program firms and tightens in all the right spots, giving you the lower body of your dreams. And since the moves work your largest muscle groups at a high intensity, you?ll lose weight and inches as you sculpt and tone.
The five 10-minute workouts can be played together for a full core fusion class. Or, you can pick individual segments to suit your time schedule. It also includes the "Leg Lift Thigh Strengthener," a bonus exercise to shape long, lean legs. With the unique Core Fusion approach, you?ll tone deep down muscles to gain new strength and redefine your physique.
The Instructors: Husband and wife team and Core Fusion creators Fred DeVito and Elisabeth Halfpapp have over 50 years of combined experience teaching Pilates, Lotte Berk Method, yoga, and dance--disciplines that comprise the Thighs & Glutes workout. They are founding team members of exhale, a leading mind/body spa with locations around the United States.
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