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Barefoot Cardio by Ellen Barrett

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Barefoot Cardio by Ellen Barrett - ROCKED

I've been a big fan of Ellen Barrett for 6 years now, since I was a student in New Haven (that's where her studio 'The Studio' is located) and I was psyched when I read that she was teaching her new Barefoot Cardio class at the JCC in Roslyn, NY. Her combintation of mind/body and a sweat-filled cardio workout is just what my body needs on the days when I'm not spinning or running.

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Ellen Barrett on Fitness DVD Shoots and Post-Baby Espresso

Ellen Barrett, fitness instructor, studio owner, and star of the Fusion Fitness DVD series and numerous other videos, just released a new DVD: Barefoot Cardio. 

For fitness videos, height really matters. I'm 5'6", that's pretty much as tall as you can be and not look like a goon on these video shoots. Really tall people don't balance out. And petite people look so much more tall than they look in real life. The first video I ever did was for Crunch. I was in Hollywood, and I was training a lot of celebrities, and I was teaching at Crunch and they wanted their videos to be really authentic, with actual teachers. It was hell and torture. The director was just so mean to me and the people who were in the background exercising. It was such a beast. It was also exhilarating, but I remember finishing and thinking I never wanted to do that again.