Product Details

• Actors: Kristen Lilley
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Goldhill Home Media
• VHS Release Date: February 4, 2003
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00007K063
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #275,343 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great workout for hamstrings and glutes, January 3, 2004

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dnk "dnkboston" (Boston, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lotte Berk Method - High Round Assets [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is my favorite out of the entire Lotte Berk Method set. Like most people, my expectations for toning the big muscles of my legs are high, and I'm usually disappointed. When I use this workout, I feel like I am getting exactly what I want.

Part of the strength of the workout is that the exercises are precisely set up and the instructor is very clear about where you should be feeling this. If you don't feel it exactly there, it's usually pretty easy to intuit where you need to make the appropriate adjustment.

All of the workouts in the set are structured to work the muscle and then stretch/relax it before you move on. The stretches are a welcome relief here, and just what you need before you move onto the next very tough exercise. Some of them are: long leg raises behind you, leg raises when bent and leaning against a barre (or window ledge), leg raises with one knee bent and then turned out to the side, and rolling bridges. It doesn't sound like much, and the fact that you are working a small range of motion might make it sound even less intense. Believe me when I say that your glutes and hamstrings will be burning by the time you're through.

Another big plus to this workout is the instructor, Kristen Lilley. Unlike some of the other LBM video instructors, who sometimes seem to be talking down to the viewer, she is able to give clear, precise instruction without making it seem as if she's talking to a child. Lilley comes across as a calm yet motivating instructor you can easily spend your workout with. Here's hoping we see more of her in future LBM releases.

The only drawback here is that this is very much a parts workout. If you wanted to work your entire lower body in one day, you'd have to tack on another tape to get to your thighs- there just isn't as much work here for them. Still, this is an effective enough workout that it's worth finding something else to use with it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Small, precise movements target the glute area, April 25, 2005

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Beth Cholette "doctor_beth" (Upstate NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lotte Berk Method - High Round Assets [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Lotte Berk Method is a form of exercise developed by Russian dancer Lotte Berk and brought to America by Lydia Bach. Drawing from dance and other similar disciplines, many of the exercises require the use of a ballet barre, and the focus is on making small, precise movements to facilitate the development of long, lean muscles. As the title suggests, High Round Assets particularly targets the muscles in the glute area with the goal of creating a higher and firmer behind.

Like all of the Lotte Berk videos, this workout begins with high knee lifts to warm up. Instructor Kristen Lilley leads two other Lotte Berk instructors, one of whom shows modifications and one of whom uses a wall (actually a column in this case) instead of a barre. Also included in the warm up are push-ups: 2 sets of 10 on your knees, and then 2 sets of 10 "reverse" push-ups, performed with your hands behind you and your chest up to switch the work to the triceps. After the warm up, the workout moves to the barre for several sets of leg lifts. Beginning with a straight leg, you lift your leg behind you and make small, slow lifts upward for 2 sets of 10; the next 2-3 sets are performed more quickly. After repeating on the other side, you then do a bent leg version, again starting with slow lifts and progressing to quicker lifts. This focus on doing only a couple of different exercises with a very high number of repetitions is different from the other Lotte Berk videos, but I found it to be more effective. However, like the other videos, there is an emphasize on stretching, so you always perform stretches between the movements.

After the barre work, it's on to the floor for "back dancing," which is basically a series of pelvic tilts done while lying on your back. These moves are performed a variety of ways, including emphasizing one side only and placing your feet into different positions, but you are constantly moving with no breaks inbetween. The workout ends as all the LBM videos do with a "Shape by Stretch" section in which you perform hamstring and other stretches. At 31 minutes, this is a short, efficient workout for targeting your glutes; mine were definitely sore the next day! I found the instructor, Kristen, to be more tolerable than some of the other Lotte Berk instructors, but the style of these videos might not appeal to everyone, especially since the exercises are quite repetitive. However, I would recommend this workout to anyone looking for an effective means of making the most of their "assets."

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EFFECTIVELY TARGETS TOUGH SPOTS, February 25, 2007

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This review is from: The Lotte Berk Method - High Round Assets [VHS] (VHS Tape)

After being disappointed by some of the other Lotte Berk videos I tried, I was pleasantly surprised and impressed by this video.

The workout effective isolates the butt/hip muscles by doing many reps/variations of simple small movements. The moves aren't complicated nor dangerous.
This is a challenging workout, but appropriate for beginners to advanced: beginners can do fewer reps, super-advanced can probably try light ankle weights.

I like this instructor, she seems down to earth and not annoying to me (not too peppy, not too slooow, not talk too much but does give ample appropriate cues.) Also, even though there were many reps of each exercise, the instructor varied it enough and also moved the workout along so that I didn't feel bored or wasting time.

Summary of moves:

WARM UP(This seems to be standard to all the Lotte Berk videos; personally I like to skip this):
knee lifts, shoulder shrugs. Push ups, reverse push ups, tricep stretch, hamstring stretch.

SEAT: (They recommend using a chair or wall to hold onto while doing these.)
Hip extension
Hip extension with leg slightly out to the side & knee bent & aim lower leg/foot behind you (this one burns!)
Hip extensions while leaning forward (as if you're doing an arabesque)

"BACK DANCING":
**Hip rolls in bridge position (lots of reps - regular, ankles flexed, and legs together)

STRETCHES