On cardio work, I am an intermediate exerciser who is playing with advanced choreography. I tend to start a complex workout at the end of my regular workout and keep adding more to it until I have the steps down. In other words, complex choreography does NOT come naturally to me.

On this workout, I did the whole thing the first time through, so I don’t consider it the complexity of the choreography to be high at all – probably high beginner or low intermediate. The intensity, however, was higher as my heart rate was at the high end of the zone throughout the workout.

The workout broke down as follows for me:

Warm up – 8 minutes

Step Segment – 21 minutes. I thought it was pretty fun and it was intense for me. It was pretty simple though and I wished it was longer.

Dynaband Strength Segment – 8 minutes. You do step patterns on the bench while using the Dynabands for upper body strength moves. It is the same _general_ idea as Step & Tone by Gilad. Again, I wish it was longer. I generally don’t do strength work tacked onto the end of cardio routines, because they are never long enough and many aren’t hard enough. However, this one continues the cardio, so I might do it as a way to extend the cardio section while getting a little strength benefit.

Cooldown


General comments: The workout is set in a bright studio with background exercisers. The women’s outfits have some pretty wild prints on them. The music is pretty standard instrumental stuff, but does help drive the pace of the workout. Kari gives form pointers throughout the workout as well as options in choreography and intensity.

Will this workout have a long-term future in my collection? I’m not sure. The reason I would keep it is for an “add on” to other cardio workouts to make my cardio session longer. I guess I’ll keep it and see if I actually use it. I got this workout in a trade adn I was glad to see it. I had wondered about it.

Instructor Comments:
This workout shows a young Kari Anderson. As usual, she is a good cuer and is supportive.

Laura S.