Sweat Express

Kari Anderson
Year Released: 1991

Categories: Floor Aerobics/Hi-Lo/Dance


I always thought I was "dance impaired" until I gave this tape a shot. The first time I did it I caught on to about 90% of the moves. It introduced me to dancier style workouts that are still very challenging cardio wise. That said, this isn't one of my favorites. The music is really cheesy and just doesn't do anything for me and my heart rate really drops in the funk section no matter how big I make my movements. For some reason Kari's style workouts feels harder on my joints than, say, Christy Taylor's CIA 7002. Maybe it's just the two tapes I have (this one and Two the Max). One other complaint...I like to go through all the combinations to join it all together into a "routine". With this workout when you are finished with a section, Kari just moves onto the next.

After many times doing this tape, I still have a problem with a few moves, particularly those in the 5th section, that I think Melissa C described as "Spandau Ballet". No matter how closely I watch Kari's feet, I just can't get mine to go that way!

All in all, this is a decent workout, but I usually find myself reaching for Two the Max, or Christy Taylor instead.

Tonya Bednarick

03/07/1998