Cathe Friedrich's Low Impact Turbo Barre Exercise DVD - Combines Elements of Pilates, Yoga, and Ballet, With Some light Cardio - Devolp and Sculpt Strong Lean Legs

OMG! This was the most amazing workout! So challenging but yet low impact. It really got deep into my muscles and yielding great results! Cathy is amazing. She makes simple exercises so challenging and who wants to work out without getting results. She knows how to make the workouts work for you.

This is a great workout! It mainly focuses on legs but there is a bit of light weight training for the upper body in the beginning along with some abdominal exercises towards the end. After a fairly long warm up (roughly 10 minutes) Cathe proceeds to target the biceps, triceps and shoulders using 5 pound weights. I thought that would be too easy since I've been doing a long of strength work - wrong. She does a lot of reps so 5's were a perfect fit (for me, at least). She then hits the lower body from all angles and you definitely feel it; in fact, I was already feeling it during the warm up! I couldn't keep up with her and had to stop too many times to count. While she does do some plies and ballet moves this was more intense and athletic than barre routines I've done in the past. I love Suzanne Bowen and her programs but Turbo Barre is much different than most barre DVDs such as Suzanne's BarreAmped. Cathe throws in all sorts of moves that I had never previously encountered; there was less focus on traditional exercises done in first and second positions and more on working the legs with calisthenics. That's not to say that Turbo Barre won't create lean and strong muscles, it just takes another approach. Cathe is encouraging, pleasant and professional. All you'll need is a chair, mat, light weights and a firewalker band/loop. This DVD is wonderful for days when you want to get a good workout but don't want to sweat too much and/or need to take a break from higher intensity routines. Considering that I'm already sore it gets the job done! I'll be alternating this with Cathe's strength, metabolic and HiiT DVDs and think it's a great addition (I recently discovered Cathe and have already become an addict). Highly recommend!

Very well rounded with lots of exercises to do and good exercises..

This is not the most challenging workout (although the repetitive moves are challenging for certain muscle groups) but I have used it twice so far when I am feeling like a less intense and different type of workout to shake things up. I am new to Cathe videos and love the low impact ones and the high impact ones are awesome but can be hard on my knees. I have a previous back injury and the barre work does tend to make my back extra sore even with proper core engagement which I am used to paying attention too given my back issues. I think it has to do with some of the moves where you are leaning over with your arms on the bar. I'll continue to use it but just be very aware of tightening my core during the exercises.

I LOVE this workout! Had never heard of Cathe before (which now seems surprising as I see how long this trainer has been out there and how well known she is, guess I've been sheltered...). :) At any rate, heard about her through a fitness group I'm part of... was curious enough about it to watch the utube video on this one (and since several of her other workouts). I have a bad knee... have had surgery to repair as much as they could, but my workouts now have to avoid a lot of weights and lunges, etc. This workout looked like something that would work for the most part, and easy to modify for the rest (as in shallow knee bends, not deep). The workout is AWESOME and totally works for someone who wants a great workout (lots of sweat), lots of burning (the good kind!), and easy on the knees! It's a long workout, which I was skeptical about at first, but have to say... this trainer makes the time go by quickly! (and I'm normally a - get me in and out in 30 minutes kind of girl). This one... the time goes by surprisingly fast and the workout is so fun and effective, that you just keep going. Definitely one of my home workout favorites! :)

This is my favorite barre dvd right now, the workout goes with music beat which helps me push through pain and do more reps, though I have to stop to stretch more often than they do. I was feeling all my muscles from my back all the way to my feet the next day, this is my first Cathe workout, I love how she trains with encouragement, but without yelling. I have to use low impact workouts because of weak knee's, so any other leg and ab workouts that fit that criteria would be great to hear about in the comment section. I like the ab work but I wish it was longer. I use a chair and it works fine. this is a tough barre workout, so remember to engage your core, she doesn't mention it much, it does really help when up on balls of feet to stabilize the body. I am going to use this twice a week for now in between tall step workouts to have some fun every week. even though this is hard to finish I wish it was a little longer, it goes by so fast. I love the high reps.

My name is Angela. This is a very challeging workout, Cathe is a genious maybe no her think but she is so smart, with the exercises choices that created the perfect barre workout. At least for me. I have many barre workouts, but what I like about this is that is very tough, she does not loose any time, you work very, very hard. Another thing that I like is that she work the upper body very hard too. In the others barre dvds, the upper body is part of the warm up and is very short and I always feel that I did not work the upper body. With this dvd you'll fell every muscle in your body work, did I say that is a hard workout? Love it. The good thing is that you have the pre-mixes, three shorts workouts to start with and them you can progres to the main one, wich is long, and of course HARD!

Love that this is challenging and really does tone your legs. You just need to know your body and when you need take it down a notch. Would definitely recommend! You can use a chair, do not need a barre.