Balocity – A Cardio Workout with a Classical Twist
If you’ve heard of the New York City Ballet: The Complete Workout, Vol. 1 and 2
After her debut as one of the dancers in both volumes of the New York City Ballet Workout Deanna has gone on to create a workout that can hopefully help people like me keep our youthful (ha!) figures. It’s called Balocity: Cardio with a Classic Twist
If you are slightly familiar with ballet and have had an occasion to attempt a plie, first position, or an adagio or two then you may enjoy this workout as much as I do.
Touted as “Cardio with a Classic Twist”, I would like to call Balocity ‘balletized cardio’. Cardio done in a very fluid, graceful form. The entire workout runs about 50 minutes starting with about 10 minutes of floor leg work that is similar to the exercises in the NCY Ballet Workout. Then you do about 20 to 25 minutes of the ‘cardio’. Ending with an ab series and final stretch.
The cardio session in Balocity is low impact and I felt it to be very effective. Why I expect to be slim as a ballerina in not time! All joking aside my years taking dance were when I was my slimmest and most fit. I know what it can do for you. Finding a good program for a busy mother is one of the hurdles.
As with ballet and any performing dance art you are using your entire body and therefor you have to think a bit to make sure you are keeping your form up to par. It is a nice flowing ballet workout. There are three cardio patterns she builds on various movements designed to target trouble spots such as abs and lower body. Your arms get a good workout also which is nice.
At 50 minutes I have to find a good time in the day to get this workout in. So far it’s been my daughter’s naps.
My favorite parts of Balocity:
- The cardio session done to Canon in D (the song has a few embellishments such as a beat).
- The reminders of how to hold various parts of the body.
Some tips for working out with Balocity.
- Familiarize yourself with a few ballet terms
- Port de bras
- Plie
- First Position
- Don’t expect to do this workout first time with a bunch of your best friends. Try it first before reccommending it to a group.
- A trained dance might not enjoy this workout as much as someone who has always dreamed of being a dancer or had a bit (very small bit) of dance in their background.
- If you are not sure if you will like a ballet workout or are a beginner checkout NYC Ballet Workout for great examples of the same times of moves but done at a slower tempo and with more instruction.
If you’re tired of heavy weights or the typical aerobic workouts this is a great change.
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