Disco Abs

Cheryl Burke, Jennifer Galardi
Year Released: 2008

Categories: Abs/Core


This is a set of 4 DVD's, 2 of them with 2 workouts on them. There is also an add on package available with 4 more DVD's. Here is what is on the DVD's
DVD 1
I Will Survive Cardio (30 Minutes)
The Beginner Hustle (12 Minutes)
DVD 2
Bodies On Fire (20 Minutes)
Ring My Total Body (10 Minutes)
DVD 3
Boogie Oogie Buns and Thighs (30 Minutes)
DVD 4
Disco Abs (30 Minutes)
That's the Way I Like It Abs (5 Minutes)
Add Ons:
DVD 1
Get Funky Cardio (30 Minutes)
DVD 2
Shake Your Goove Thing (30 Minutes)
DVD 3
Celebration Cardio (30 Minutes)
DVD 4
Boogie Oogie Burn Cardio (40 Minutes)
Get Down On It (16 Minutes) This workout uses the green band with handles that comes with it.
I previewed 5 out of the 8 DVD's and I actually did 3 of them. The moves become more complicated as the DVD's progress, and yes, they are quite "Disco" oriented, with lots of "John Travolta" type back and forth finger pointing. So if you find that sort of stuff too cheezy you will not like these. The ones that were led by the women other than Cheryl Burke were slightly more fitness oriented in there moves but not much. The Buns and Thighs one had less dancing and LOTS of squats and lunges. For the 30 minute workouts there are only 3 actual songs and for the 20 minute workouts only 2 songs. The format is a song for about 5 minutes followed by 5 minutes of a disco type "mix" with a monotonous generic disco thumping instrumental. That means the workouts only have the actual songs for half the time. Each song has about 3 combos. They teach one and then TIFT afew times. Then they teach the next one, TIFT that one afew times and then TIFT combined with the previous combo afew times. Then on to the 3rd combo and put it all together at the end of that song. Then they do 3 more combos for the next song the same way. Then at the end of the workout, they combine all 9 (or so) combos the TIFT those afew times. When I did the first tape, My first impression of these was that they were a good purchase, would be very fun and a good workout and I would keep them. But after trying 3 of them and previewing 5, the negatives became more obvious and in the end outweighed the positive-the main one being that the workouts were supposedly comprised of original disco music. But since the music was only half of the workouts and I found Cheryl Burke's style less than appealing, I returned these and am awaiting my refund.

Instructor Comments:
Cheryl is a good dancer, but not a very good instructor. Her cuing is very off, usually right as she starts the next move and she seems a bit uncomfortable, looking for things to say, repeating often, "Burn those calories!" this is as opposed to the tapes led by Jennifer and the others, who seem able to dance, yet more fitness oriented. They give pointers on the actual moves as they related to the muscles, what you should use, feel and concentrate on. Cheryl also does not speak up and look into the camera enough when she speaks-she comments too quietly as she moves and her face is not to the camera, making things difficult to follow.

Marilyn

03/07/2009