Fluidity Ballet Bar / Work out

I purchased the bar. I didn't really care about the workouts that go with them. I used to take ballet and have a number of ballet workout videos and wanted a sturdy, portable bar that I could use for those workouts. I like the bar. The height is adjustable, it doesn't pull or tip off balance and it's very sturdy.

Honestly, I've never really used the videos.

I practice Fluidity training...I love the bar, it is well constructed...it's easy to fold up and roll to storage...I lean mine againt the gym wall, it only takes a minute to set it up...it arrives in a huge box and it's heavy, around sixty lbs, I had to drag mine into the house...it is easy to manage once out of the box...the workout DVDs are effective but not fun, they're work and the moves are more difficult to perform than weight training moves...I never thought about purchasing ballet exercise DVDs till I read all the comments at this post...I want some now!

I contacted Fluidity via their website to enquire about calories burned...they told me about 300 an hour...I log my training in as weight training, it burns about the same an hour as weight training.

The flat back section of work is so challenging, more difficult than hanging leg raises for abdominal work at the gym...I also love doing the Fluidity pull-ups, it's hard and effective work...at the end of every workout they perform an advanced cobra type move, you lay on your stomach and hang from the bar in a wide V...I get more stretch from that move than the yoga cobra.

Thank you all for your posts, I'm anxious to add Ballet Work to my training as well,

Fat Dancer

I love my Fluidity bar! the workouts are kinda boring. I also like to use the bar to do my pull ups! it works great and I am not strong enough to do normal pull ups

still not sure how to log this workout on myfitnesspal. I put in ballet and that is 192 calories for 30 minutes. not sure if that is right

good luck hope you love it! You can also find them pretty cheap on craigslist with all the videos! a friend came over and used mine then bought one of there for $100!

I bought the fluidity bar about 6 weeks ago and I LOVE IT!!! I alternate the workouts with days that I run as my "tone-up" days. I find it quite challenging and has notices results already. The ab workout and arm workout are perfect for toning without bulking up. It is a bit expensive, but so far Ive found it to be worth every penny! My mom has also recently begun using it (she's 55) and she loves it as well because she can do the whole routine at the basic level and still get results.

My fluidity bar just came tonight. I assembled it and was curious, so turned on the DVD and ended up doing the whole beginner program. Boy do I feel "worked out"! I'm 70 with a bad neck and was still able to do nearly all of the moves at the very beginning level, and only to some degree. Now I have to go eat, since I've "earned" more food than I had scheduled for the day. YEAH!!

I am going to borrow my sister-in-law's fluidity ballet bar tomorrow. I have been needing to have the kind of workout that does not involve high-impact or bulks up muscle but tones muscles and this looks like a lot of fun!

I bought the Fluidity Bar and have used it about 6 times now. I definitely feel it during the workout, but I really know it is working because I have some soreness (the good kind!) the next day. I do feel like I need to incorporate some cardio on the alternate days to get more calorie burn as I want to lose weight in addition to toning. It seems expensive, but compared to the price of a health club membership I thought the cost made sense.

I actually bought the fluidity bar about 6 years ago. I haven't been as devoted to using it as I should be/have been - but i do notice a difference when I start regularly using it again. I was trying to log my calories burned into myfitnesspal but I have no idea. I know it depends if you use the beginning,intermediate or advance technique, and which DVD you use. But i do know I break a sweat! Does anyone have an idea if, and how the company could give us an estimate?

@ pamhamor - what kind of heart rate monitor do you have?

I love Fluidity as well. I have been doing this workout for YEARS - I got the program when it first came out and I am too embarrassed to say when that was. But I have read the "scam" entries and I understand that viewpoint, as I only paid $150 for the bar back then. It is now MUCH too expensive and I do wish the company would address the reasons why.

But as far as calories burned, people are looking at this workout the wrong way: It works the small muscles (and large as well) that support your entire body. It should be considered a supplemental workout that you do two times a week or so. It will kick your butt - I will not lie. I do the advanced workout and if I have slacked and not included it in my regimen for awhile I will pay the price.

And to make a point, I will admit my age - I will be 48 this summer. I say this because if I keep up the Fluidity workout like I should and watch what I put in my mouth, which myfitnesspal helps me with? Ladies - I still knock'em dead in a bikini and that's the truth. I just have to avoid being a slacker!

I hope this helps.