The Lagree Method: How it can transform your body

You might have heard about a workout class called Legree Method. It's not Pilates, although it can trace its roots there. It's a full-body workout on a machine called the Megaformer. And it's moving beyond its traditionally female clientele. clientele. Legree Studios are reporting more men getting into the workout. So I brought my guy over here, and we got to meet the founder, Sebastian Legree. We all agree that Lagree is hard. I should know, I've done this now for about four years after the birth of my son. It has changed my body, strengthened, lengthened. It's a very popular exercise and it's getting more popular than ever with men, which is why I brought my gym bro here, Bob DeCastro. I don't know what that's all about. For your first ever Lagree class, are you excited? I'm ready. You're ready, you're ripped and you're ready. Where are we doing this? Over there? Stop. But we're not just learning from any instructor. We're learning from the master, Sebastian Lagree. I'm a little afraid now. Sebastian, it's so good to have you here. We're not worthy. The man himself. It is an honor. I'm showing that to you because look at her abs, guys. You did this. He did this. It all started out back in 1998 here in Los Angeles in West Hollywood. Sebastian was a Pilates instructor, but eventually, his clients started asking for something more intense. My background is bodybuilding, so what I did is I basically just switched from the Pilates method and created a method using bodybuilding training techniques on the Pilates apparatus. Then I just kept tweaking it and then just started to make my own equipment in 2006. And now we're operating in over 111 countries. Think of it as doing circuit training at the gym, only on one machine. The idea is time under tension, slow movements, long holds. And if a lot of people out there say, oh, it looks easy, I want you to get on this machine because what they're about to do over here is hard. So, Bob, what you're going to want to do is... Get all your stretches in first, of course. Bring your legs in, crunch in, while maintaining tabletop. You can see the triceps are active. You're doing great. Look at the shoulders, the lats. Very good. That's right. Look at those shoulders. Nice. What you can try is what the one she was doing by adding the push-ups. So push the carriage out and then nice and clean. Tricep push-ups. Yeah. Nice and slow. Perfect. Just flat, there you go, keep your shoulders square, and then just focus on a small movement, just bringing your hips up a little bit and back down, perfect. I definitely feel that. Yeah. Right? Uh-huh. This is great because it integrates your whole torso. This is where you get that V going, dude. Roll the shoulders back, get that chest up, don't move the right leg, just move the left knee back and forth. It's called a carriage kick. So this is an isometric. You carriage kick like this? Yes. Yes. Hold this position? Yes. For one minute. This works everything. Inner thighs, outer thighs, calves. Yeah. Everything is working. Right? Yeah. Now rock solid, baby. Now you're going to start to lunge down, bending both legs at the same time. Look at that. Stick out your boobies. Come on. Stick out your boobies. As you're going down, twist toward me. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. One, two, three, four. Yeah. Woo. Well done. Look at those glutes. The calf muscles, Bob. There are approximately 50 Legree Method studios across Southern California. Legree is a constantly evolving workout, by the way. Lots to come on the horizon, mainly incorporating artificial intelligence into the MegaFormers. So AI would basically monitor your vitals, make sure that you're staying competitive with yourself, and getting better with every class. Sebastian also just hosted a Legree convention in Vegas where he teaches the teachers. And thanks to him, in that convention, my classes have gotten a lot tougher. And he was telling us, like, so many professional athletes are now doing this. But I can see why. Right. First of all, a lot of the stretching that's involved, using muscles that you don't normally use when you're just lifting. regular weight and things like that. Balance is a huge deal with that. So with balance comes core. And I will say after I did that and we weren't there for a full class. No, we just did like you just saw three of those like signature moves. And the next day I was sore. Yeah. So it's because you're using muscles that you never even really knew that you had, you know? Yeah. Especially those, you know, like the groin muscles. Yeah. Like the intercostal groin muscles. Ha, ha, ha, ha.