I mentioned Baladea on the Tai Cheng thread, so I thought I would “out” myself as a Baladea fan (well, for three of the workouts anyways).
Power is a very well done strength workout. Generally speaking, the workout does a strength circuit 1x at a slower, lower rep pace and then does a 2nd round with a bit more speed, basically doing as many reps as possible. It’s a band workout really, but that doesn’t stop me from using dumbbells and getting an excellent total body strength workout in 48 minutes.
Flow is one of the best mobility-esque workouts I’ve ever done. There’s a chi gung element and it flows very well (hence the name I suppose).
It has an Ellen Barrett/Classical Stretch feel to it and at 30 minutes, it’s a wonderful little workout and easily shortens to 15 minutes if I’m pressed for time.
Fusion kicks my ass, literally. My legs and butt are sore for Days after this workout, which uses no weights. There’s a PIYO slash Ellen feel to this one, but without the PIYO boredom (apologies to PIYO fans). It’s done outside and I really enjoy the interaction between the instructor Holly Perkins, and the background exercisers. This one runs about 46 minutes.
So the rest of the workouts I have to say I junked, although I now regret dumping the guided meditation disc (Calm, I believe was the name of it). I really like Holly’s style and I should have actually tried the dang meditation before poo pooing it.
Holly is an extremely good instructor. Very personable without being phony.
Anywho, that’s my case for Baladea. If you like Ellen style workouts, picking the set up for cheap might be worth it. I picked up the set for 16 bucks and the flow workout alone was worth the price.