Below The Belt
Keli RobertsYear Released: 2001
Categories: Lower Body Strength
This workout is a short 30 minute but great workout! I did it last night and it really works up a sweat. The warmup is is great. She does alot of squats but it's not boring because she uses different arm movements to keep it fresh. I like the full body roll where you reach up with your hands and get up on your toes and then melt down to do a back stretch. There is no stretch at the beginning. The workout is all standing leg work. Keli and another girl use a shorter bar but one girl uses a long bar. I used 15 lbs at first and felt it was too light. I used my 18lb bodybar and it was fine. Keli's workout is different because she holds the bodybar in front of the body with a overhand grip or in back with an underhand grip. Never on the shoulders. This as such nice change. Especially on the squats!!
She starts off with lunges and then a lunge with a leg sweep to the back. Then long leg sweeps to the back. This takes good balance as you hold the bodybar behind you(near your butt). Then she does some fun squats with the bodybar in front of you. She adds some calf raises. Then deadlifts. She also does some excellent plie work. Regular plies as well moving plies to one side. She also has you do some plie work with a calf raise. This was great. Then more calf raises with different tempo's. She then does a lunge and you are holding the bodybar like you would do an overhead press but you keep the bar against your chest. As you lunge you twist your torso to the right as you step to the right. This really works the glute muscles. Then you do a side lunge with the same twist. Then you combine the 2 exercises. I was really sweating by this time. She finishes the workout with more deadlifts. What a quick fun lower body workout. I really enjoyed the fact that it was fast since dinner was almost ready and everyone in my family was hungry. It was just enough lower body work to satisfy me. The stretch is wonderful. Great hamstring and outer hip/glute stretches on your back. Also a lower back stretch using the bodybar. The music does have some tunes from BodyMax/Cathe but there is also some new music and the "We Will rock you"song from CAthe's PowerMax.
Keli's teaching is one of a kind. A traditional Keli Roberts workout will always have excellent form pointers, perfect form, a smiling lovely face, neat New Zealand accent and exercises that give results. She is joined by Clare Dunphy and Lisa Gaylord (I think she led a Reebok video). There outfits are maroon and Keli's hair is blonde (thankfully she got rid of the red short crop) and looks like a Meg Ryan hairdo. I love it on her. She is such a motivational instructor. Every video she leads is sure to be a winner.
03/24/2001