Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Goldhill Home Media
• VHS Release Date: October 21, 2003
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000AZT5L
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,242 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Relaxed-pace toning workout, November 5, 2006

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Touch Remedy "TouchRemedy" (Nassau, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bar Method Body - Fat Free (DVD)

This is set on a large studio with painted brick wall & 3 in good shape women backing up Burr Leonard who looks great at her age. Burr & one woman is using a bar while the other 2 are using a strong high backed wood chair. The music is synthesizer, but not too bad. The cool down has great Engima like chanting music by Daveed.
Here is basic the breakdown of this workout, though not perfect in time.
Starts with a 3 min min intro.
The next 3 min is wide pliates & going on your toes followed with 2 good leg stretches & 1 simple torso stretch.
Next for 4 min is push-ups while on your knees, child's pose in yoga, then reverse push ups (looks kinda like a very mild/beginner table pose in yoga) that are great for triceps. A simple arm stretch & standing foward bend ends it.
Next for 6 min is using a chair again, standing on your toes with straight legs & squating a tiny bit for a couple of min. After is the same with legs turned outward like a diamond. Next is pelvic crunches in that pose & a simple quad stretch & more leg stretches that are yoga inspired.
Next 8 min is standing on one leg & moving it backward only a few inches to work the butt. Then the other leg. Then lifting the leg to the side only a few iches then the other leg. Then stretching the legs while standing in a figure 4.
Next for 3 min is standing on one leg & lifting other very high backwards & lifting it an inch more in repitition & then the other leg. Then stretching the legs with a straight & bent leg.
Then for 4 min left the leg in front of you to your waist if posibble & moving it back/forth a few inches, then stretching the hip in a kneeling position. Next is kneeling & leaning the torso backwards to work the core muscles in a steady position, then again punching the air, then while doing hip circles. You then stretch the toso backward to relieve & a standing foward bend.
Next for 7 min is working the abs with a modified yoga boat pose with extra emphaiss on crunching the ab muscles with holding the legs, then holding one straight leg up, then the other w/o hands, then full boat pose. Then laying down knee to chest spinal twist stretch. Then cobra positions to work the lower back & child's pose.
More ab work for 8 min with modified small bridge pose yoga to work the lower back & butt & thighs, then laying down leg twist stretch, straight leg stretching while laying down, then seated wide legged single leg stetch.

There is a trailer for "Bar Method Designer Sculpting" on collagevideo com to get an idea.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What An Amazing Body Toner!, September 4, 2009

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S. Pearson "pearsonsj" (Hartford, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bar Method Body - Fat Free (DVD)

NOTE: This review is also in The Bar Method Designer Sculpting DVD section.

I have been exercising every day since December 2008. I decided to make a lifestyle change when I found myself huffing and puffing up stairs and knew that it would only get worse with time. I cannot say enough how much The Bar Method DVDs have really changed my overall body tone and look.

In order to really impart how much The Bar Method has improved my physique, I have to give you a little bit of a background history. When I first started my new eating habits and workouts, I was a size 14/16 and weighed around 180 pounds. It was definitely time for a lifestyle change! I started light by using Leslie Sansone's workouts, and eventually worked up to Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred and No More Trouble Zones. After religiously working out with Leslie and Jillian and eating healthy, I have now made it to a size 6 (yay!).

HOWEVER, I did not notice any significant body changes until I changed up my workout program on days I wasn't doing cardio. I started using the The Bar Method DVDs on those days and stopped using Jillian Michaels. Yes, Jillian did give me stronger muscles with her workouts, but the flab was still there. No matter how much I was doing the 30 Day Shred, my body was not tightening up the way I wanted it to. I was only building muscle under the flab that I collected over the years.

Since using The Bar Method, I have seen amazing things happen to my body - things that I haven't seen since I was a teenager (I'm 41 now)! A higher seat, more dancer-like toned and defined legs/thighs, more definition in my core (abs and back), and boy do I look great wearing pants. I couldn't be more pleased!!!!

To be honest, I still use Leslie Sansone as my cardio workout, but use The Bar Method on my strength training days. I absolutely agree that everyone is built differently and that everyone can lose weight, BUT not every workout fits every person. Jillian Michaels' workout program is GREAT, but it just didn't give ME the body I wanted. I recommended The Bar Method DVDs to anyone who is looking to tighten up their muscle definition and yet get a great, challenging workout.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really Terrific!, April 10, 2007

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Kari - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bar Method Body - Fat Free (DVD)

I am so happy with this workout. I had owned Designer Sculpting and really dreaded doing it, so eventually got rid of it. However, with all the hype about this program on my favorite exercise websites, I really wanted to see if this other program would be different. After trying it through Netflix, I bought it and am so pleased. The abdominal section is less of a contortion, the upper body gets a better workout - without those weights, and for all who swear by that pretzel move, I really find the standing legwork takes care of the same areas. The only dread is that it leaves me quite sore and I can't necessarily do it 3 times per week!