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A Fitness and Body Shaping mélangeLotte Berk Method® is a mélange of strength-training, dance, orthopedic back exercises, and Hatha yoga all rolled into an intense, hour-long mind-body workout to driving rhythms followed by an inspirational cool down.Combine these disciplines with a sensual and satisfying fitness system that firm, lengthen, and shape muscles to their most optimal form: high rounded seats, flat outer thighs, lean long torsos and defined waistlines.in 10 days you’ll feel the results, in 20 days you see the results.After the initial warm-up exercises and stretching, Lotte berk Method® offers a low-impact system of concentrated movements, orthopedic back exercises and deep muscle conditioning that is designed to help you get your best body.Contains: The rare original Lotte Berk Method Book The Basic Essentials + (Bonus advanced workout) Muscle Eats Fat + (Bonus advanced workout) Hip Hugger Abs + (Bonus advanced workout) High Round ASSets + (Bonus advanced workout)”This is a really great set, and you should give it a try! Lotte Berk Method is mainly isometric exercises mixed with orthopedic back exercises, all followed by stretch. It’s not too hard. I have a funny knee and my sister in law has scoliosis, but we both have had no trouble doing it. She actually says it makes her back feel better. If you are not flexible or experienced in exercise, that’s OK, because the person on the right will show modifications to make it easier. What’s also cool is the person on the right will show you ways to make it harder. So if you need an extra challenge, that’s great!All 4 DVD’s are 30 minutes, and have lots of bonus features, including trailers for the other Lotte Berk DVD’s, and even a special short bonus workout. The quality of the picture and sound is excellent, and the workouts are chaptered so you can go where you want. They all start out the same way, with about 7 minutes of the same warmup. It consists of vigorous knee lifts, pushups (the kind you do on your knees), and backwards pushups for the triceps. Then, there is the workout.The Basic Essentials goes to the barre at this point. You can use a chair or table, and they even have one person demonstrating how to do it on the wall. There are some ballet type workouts with deep plies and other standing leg work. It works your buns and thighs. This goes on for 15 minutes or so, and then there is the Shape by Stretch, which is sort of like yoga stretches. They explain that it will make the muscles you just toned look more lean. I really like this workout. It was a good introduction to the series, and it works total body (abs, arms, butt, and thighs). They teach you about the Lotte Berk tuck really well in this one, which is a way to protect your back and firm your abdomen.Muscle Eats Fat starts with the same warm-up as the others, then uses light hand weights. It’s nothing too difficult, but you can feel it working. It then goes to Knee Dancing, a sort of toning thing where you are kneeling but you are not all the way up or down and you can really feel it in your thighs. Then Shape By Stretch.Hip Hugger Abs starts with the warm-up, then a little barre work, then mat work. It is mostly isometric work, not repetitions. But do you ever feel it! The main exercise is sitting up with your knees into your chest, and then leaning back and holding yourself halfway. You’ll do different modifications of that. Then some sit-up type things, but they are very different and they feel more effective without really wearing out your back and neck. Then some side work for your obliques. Then, Shape By Stretch.I didn’t get to do all of High Round Assets. It starts the same way as the others and then goes to the barre, where you sort of kick behind you with your knee straight. What I did felt really effective.Bottom line – this works! I have really seen results in by body after three weeks of doing these DVD’s. My legs are slimmer and I have built strength in my arms from all those pushups! They’re pretty pricey, but if you’ve got some money to burn, give these a try. You won’t be disappointed! ”