iSculpt Traditional Circuit, Set 5

iSculpt 5 (60 minutes)

Standing work (21:13) ♥♥♥ (love the standing lower body work, hate the upper body work)

▪ 2nd position plié with tempo variations

▪ Small 2nd position plié

▪ Quad stretch

▪ Small plié with feet parallel in relevé / Tap knees together / Tuck and release / Tap knees together / Tuck and release

▪ Lunge stretch

▪ Small plié with feet parallel in relevé and ball between knees/ Squeeze knees on ball

▪ Quad stretch

▪ Hip extensions (arabesque) with foot flexed

▪ Chair pose with chest press / Deltoid lift

▪ Warrior lunge with row

Core work (14:23) ♥♥

▪ Knee pull in on stability ball / Ball lifts (Repeat)

▪ Scissors with ball / Roll up with weights (Repeat)

▪ Oblique twist with ball / Roll up with ball (Repeat)

▪ Isolation (4:00)

Floor work (18:34) ♥♥♥

▪ Isolation at the wall (2:30)

▪ Pelvic tucks at the wall with feet in first position relevé and ball between knees / Squeeze knees on the ball / Isometric hold

▪ Pelvic tucks at the wall with feet in first position, heels down and toes up, ball between knees / Squeeze knees on ball

▪ Pelvic tucks at the wall with one heel on wall and other leg extended up / with feet crossed

▪ Squeeze ball with feet on wall in parallel position relevé

Stretch (5:10) ♥♥

▪ Seated V stretch: Side stretch, Lean forward

▪ Seated forward bend with one leg bent

Notes:

▪ The standing work includes lots of Lotte Berk pliés. All lower body up to 15:00 minutes.

▪ Alternative♥♥♥: 50-minute lower body and abs workout: Skip the last 6 minutes of the standing work and the last 4 minutes of the core work (isolation).

▪ The upper body work mixes yoga and weights; it feels awkward to me.

▪ Good core work, performed circuit-style. The isolation is overkill especially since the floor work begins with more isolation.

▪ Super long, though pelvic tucks series (16 minutes!!)