Product Details

• Actors: Leah Sarago
• Directors: Ed Lamberg
• Format: Full Screen, NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Leah Sarago Fitness
• DVD Release Date: January 12, 2012
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B006S2WBHY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,517 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #69 in Movies & TV > DVD > Exercise & Fitness

Editorial Reviews

About the Actor

For over a decade, Leah Sarago has designed a specific fitness regime that is directly focused on creating a long and lean physique akin to a dancer s body. Leah has choreographed and starred in several nationally recognized top-selling fitness DVD brands. She has trained NFL players during the 2009/2010 combine picks and her weekly downloadable workouts have received international acclaim. Leah holds a BS in Exercise Science and Dance where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. She is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist® (CSCS®). Leah travels the country teaching workshops that feature her Ballet Body techniques.

Product Description

Challenge your core with Ballet Body's dynamic, integrative training approach to help flatten the mid-section while building core strength. While cardio and diet are the essential components to reducing abdominal fat, properly training the core is the key element to achieving a flatter belly. As the abdominal muscles weaken with age, pregnancy, and a lack of exercise, the belly begins to protrude outward as a result. Ballet Body's core workout will train the abdominals to act as a "corset" to tighten and flatten your belly, while strengthening the core at the same time. Ballet Body's core workout emulates a non-surgical "tummy-tuck". Leah has designed this workout to target your core from all angles. This complete core workout begins with standing abdominal exercises to challenge the core with balance, movement, and control. Then, work your core with variations in side planks and pilates-inspired abdominal exercises on the mat. Balance the ab-focused exercises with strengthening the muscles along the spine and back before flowing into deep stretching. Download the free workout plan for the Ballet Body Signature Series DVDs at leahsaragofitness.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazingly Well-balanced Core Workout!, January 30, 2012

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Casey - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ballet Body Signature Series Core Body Workout (DVD)

I always say that I don't like to specifically work my abs (crunches are dreadful), but this DVD makes working your abs and core enjoyable and fun. There is a wide variety of moves that challenge your entire core (transverse abs, obliques, back), not just the six-pack muscles. The DVD begins with standing work to challenge your balance and force your core to stabilize. There is a short series of side planks, which is just long enough to feel the burn! The work then moves onto the mat for pilates-inspired variations that target the obliques and transverse abs. The DVD ends with back extensions and bridge work.

The DVD is very well-balanced. It targets the major core stabilizing muscles, including the back, which is often overlooked. As always, Leah's cuing is spot-on, which allows you to feel the work deep in your abs. I have learned so much from Leah's attention to form and detail. This DVD contains many unique variations on traditional moves that make it so fresh, exciting, and particularly challenging!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does Your Tummy Hang Low, Does it Wobble To and Fro? Enter: Leah, January 29, 2012

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livvie (Toronto, Ont) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ballet Body Signature Series Core Body Workout (DVD)

Imagine being severely overweight, your stomach is out to HERE and drags down to THERE.
And then imagine someone saying "I can make it all better."
You laugh.
Nope. Leah can do it!

Leah works "corset" muscles properly, teaching you to train your abs in and flat, not out and puffy, and boy, does she hit your core in EVERY angle. Planks, standing and c-curve work. [no crunches here, but sometimes You wish at the end that's all ya did!] and then you turn around and work your upper, mid and lower back and balance [remember the back is core too!}. 45 minutes of slightly cardio-esque work while you work your core, so while you eat properly and do cardio (buhbye abdominal fat!) when it is all gone, you will have flat, strong abs, that most dancers will be envious. These can be supplemented with Leah Sarago's downloads [I've been training with this woman for almost two years now, and I am telling you, she's a wizard]. but the dvds, get the downloads, train your body properly, and look and feel fantastic.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fun and effective way to work your core!, January 30, 2012

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gwinter (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ballet Body Signature Series Core Body Workout (DVD)

I am a subscriber to Ballet Body downloads since June 2010. I have all of Ballet Body downloads and the Periodization System. I love everything Leah Sarago has put out and I have been anxiously waiting for the Ballet Body Signature Series to be released. The wait was worth it!

Ballet Body Signature Series Core dvd is a unique workout that works your core in forty-five minutes. Forty-five minutes may seem like a long time to work your core, but Leah has broken the workout down in three segments. First is standing abs, side planks, and variations of the c-curve. The standing abs portion of the workout uses balancing moves to engage your core. The exercises are done gracefully and you feel like a dancer while performing the moves. Next is a series of side planks to hit the obliques and abs more. Leah uses a lot of variety to work the abs while on your side. Last is the c-curve exercises. Leah quickly moves from one exercise to another. She doesn't do a whole bunch of reps, but uses a lot of variety to hit different angles of the abs. Leah completes the core workout with stretches to release any tension that you may have in your upper body, neck, and abs.

Get this dvd...you won't be disappointed!