Tracey Mallett Presents—The Booty Barre: Total New Body

Fitness expert Tracey Mallett uses 3-5-pound hand weights along with either a secure chair or a barre in this addition to her “Booty Barre” workout series. Combining elements of Pilates, yoga, kickboxing, ballet, and dance, Total New Body kicks off with a warm-up and a segment on “Sculpted Arms” that includes shoulder raises, overhead reaches, and parallel rolls. The “Booty Barre Workout” itself combines balancing with arm and leg lifts, arabesque, squats, and other moves that “shake” that rear end. Also including a core section on “Abs & Flexibility” (featuring matwork, kneeling pulses and twists, push-ups, and back extensions), the program ends up with closing stretches. Well-produced and easy-to-follow (even with Mallett's thick U.K. accent), this is recommended. [Note: Tracey Mallet Presents: Pilates Super Sculpt is also newly available.] Aud: P. (J. Williams-Wood)