Get Up and Dance!

Paula Abdul
Year Released: 1994

Categories: Floor Aerobics/Hi-Lo/Dance


It's a fun video, feels much more like dancing than aerobics. Doing the "YMCA" during the cooldown is the most fun of any tape I've got. I'm at an intermediate/advanced level, and it is challenging enough for me to get my heart rate up.

The problem I have is that the moves are so complicated that even after doing it many times, I still can't get some of them right. But there's a distinct fun factor that I like so I guess I'll keep trying.

On the other hand, there some great stretches that are often shortchanged in other videos, and the ab section, while not extensive, is certainly adequate.

Instructor Comments:
Paula is energetic but not annoyingly perky, like some other instructors can be. But it's hard to say she's even really instructing here - there's sort of a team approach, with two other dancers leading the pack. The cuing is pretty good, but hurt when on two occasions the camera shows the wrong area when the moves change (i.e. shows a face during a leg move).

C. McAdam

03/24/1998