Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 2
• Studio: Goldhill Home Media
• VHS Release Date: October 28, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000AZT5M
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #289,766 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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172 of 173 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bar Method Body Set: Finally - RESULTS!!, June 29, 2005

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Rockie "Mom, wife, and lover. Lives in Florid... (Cocoa, FL, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bar Method Body 2-Pack (DVD)

This DVD set ranks on top of all my fitness videos I own for one big reason: I'm actually getting some great results QUICKLY. I'm now addicted to these type of exercises and loving every minute of it. I still have a lot of weight to lose, but these exercises are making me look good now!

The Bar Method exercises are deep muscle, non-impacting, very precise exercises that nearly everyone can do. Beware, because the exercises are precise YOU WILL FEEL THE BURN VERY QUICKLY, especially the exercises that target the hips, thighs, and buttocks. The movements are small, but have lots of repetitions. By the time you reach your last rep, if you last that long, you will be begging for mercy. As you increase your endurance, you may want to repeat certain chapters of you favorite exercises to maximize your potential. After each set of exercises, you will do deep stretches that will feel oh-so good. Oh, yes, modifications are shown for beginners (or for those less flexible) so they won't miss out on the exercises.

The tools you will need to do these exercises are two lightweight dumbells (for Designer Sculpting), a strap, and a barre. If you don't have a barre, a sturdy chair or piece of furniture will do nicely. Two participants in the video work with a chair. The barre is needed mostly to keep your balance; you will not be leaning on it for support unless your severly balance impaired.

Designer Sculpting is my personal favorite. There's lots of intense deep seat work on this one. Fat Free is not as deeply intense (don't get me wrong - it's still intense), yet its a wonderful full body workout that totally compliments and finishes off what's done on DS. Very few of the exercises are repeated in each workout, so you won't be doing the same old thing in each video. Designer Sculpting is concentrated, deep sculpting work; while Fat Free goes a bit faster and tightens the body up.

I found Burr Leonard very enjoyable to workout to. She's an older woman, in her late fifties as she states in her videos, who has a great, youthful looking body. She's friendly, sweet, a bit peppy, and not overbearing. I chuckle everytime she says, "Ten more, and then we'll break." At that point, I'm usually in deep burn, so I wonder to myself - "Does that mean we're going to stop or just shatter?" Maybe it's both.

Again, the one thing that has me totally sold on these videos is the great results I've gotten in such short amount of time. I did these videos 3 times a week for 2.5 weeks and then took a few days off being lazy. I few days later I was shocked to find my rear end looking noticeably better! I wasn't even looking to improve that area - I kind of gave up hope on it until after I would have lost all 45 lbs. But, this was the first place it showed up. Even my husband noticed (and loves it!) without being prompted. I've continued to do these exercises, alternating as of lately with Callanetics to avoid boredom. Now, 2.5 months later, my behind has completely changed and is still improving! It's nowhere near what it used to be and I love it! Poor eating habits have kept me from losing the weight I want to lose (I was losing weight gracefully until I fell off the proper eating habits bandwagon), but Bar Method has kept me looking great despite. I'm 35 years old and have renewed hope for changing my body now that I know about the Bar Method and other videos of the like. Thanks, Burr, for coming out with these videos and opening my eyes to these truly effective exercises!

84 of 85 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This really is working!, April 2, 2004

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Karyn E. Johnson "curledup.com book critic" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bar Method Body 2-Pack (DVD)

I really knew nothing about these DVD's and just randomly chose them from amazon.com. It was only after I ordered that I saw a review in Self that gave the Fat Free DVD a great review. So I wanted to see for myself.

The most motivating factor in doing these exercises is seeing Burr (who is in her late 50's and looks AMAZING!) and three other women from various backgrounds do these exercises and look good doing it. They promise you'll start seeing results after 10 workouts, and you are supposed to do this workout 3 times a week. I really have trouble doing it more than twice a week, but the DVD's contain bonus workouts which are shorter and are easier to squeeze in when you're low on time.

You don't need much equipment for these workouts: 3-5 lb. dumbbells, a sturdy chair, and a strap (like a bathrobe belt) for doing leg stretches. So that was nice too...I already had all the equipment at home.

The workout goes by fast. 45 minutes is over before you know it. The only complaints that I really have is that the exercises are very similar between the two DVD's...I would've liked a little more variety to prevent the boredom that will eventually come from doing these workouts over and over. And Burr is encouraging and motivational, but can sometimes be annoying. I would just prefer that she instruct in the proper form for the exercises and remind you to breathe on occasion and leave it at that. The words of encouragement she speaks seem kind of forced and strange.

But after using this for a few weeks now, I am beginning to see a difference. I don't expect a dancer's body, since I am rather short with stubby legs, but I can already tell that I'm a bit leaner. Although I would suggest doing cardio in addition to this, since you're not getting a cardio workout here (I do cardio at least twice a week in addition to these DVD's).

54 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love, love, love this!, September 23, 2005

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lostitbaby - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bar Method Body 2-Pack (DVD)

These DVDs are the answer to changing your body. THey helped me lose 200 pounds and totally sculpt my muscles. Burr looks awesome. I tried other workouts (body for life, Kathy Smith tapes, etc) and nothing has given me results like Bar Method. It is totally amazing! My chest lifted, my shoulders tightened, my arms became long and lean, my back became flat and sculpted, my stomach curved in, and my legs lengthened and sculpted. My hips shrank and my saddle bags have gone! And I have a tight firm butt! I am so pleased and happy with my results that I want to open a Bar Method studio. I am so committed, loyal and faithful to these workouts. I do both Fat Free and Designer Sculpting three times a week. They really challenge me and I sweat like crazy. I love feeling the burn and am sore the next day but I have dropped inches, pounds, health problems, and disease thanks to these. I started these when I was over 300 pounds and modified and I could still do it! Do this. It really works!