Reebok: Power Blast

Lisa Gaylord
Year Released: 1997

Categories: Circuit Training (cardio and weights) , Floor Aerobics/Hi-Lo/Dance


I expected not to like this tape because of the negative reviews. I only bought it because the concept/exercises sounded interesting. Plus the plastic was gone from the tape so the saleslady gave me 25% off of the price. When I first watched the tape, it was just what I expected. Just like the other reviewers said, Lisa does too many side to side steps. Sometimes she doesn't even move with the music. She says that it doesn't even matter. But then I did the tape and I was pleasantly surprised. I liked it!! It won't be one of my favorites but I'm going to keep it. I usually do a tape at least a couple of times before reviewing it. But that's usually if the choreography is complex and I'm trying to learn the moves. But the choreography on this tape is really easy so I worked as hard as I probably normally would. I must add that I did do my own moves during some of the "rest" breaks. After the aerobic circuits, I did some jump-roping moves. In between the toning segments, I did kicks, knee ups, and punches. When I did that, I got a good decent workout. My favorite part of the video is towards the end. Lisa does kickboxing moves. She then does a series of punches. There is a unique back hand punch. It looks like a karate move. We also punch really fast at the end as if we were hitting a speed bag. I felt the back hand punches and speed work in my arms. It felt great!! There's a girl to the right of Lisa (from our view) that does the speed work with her punches going towards her. I thought it was funny because who would want to punch themself. However, that same girl also had a really nice figure. She had muscular arms, 6 pack abs, and nice shapely legs. She didn't look too buff like Lisa. She was muscular but feminine. That motivates me because I would want a body like that someday. But I can only wish.

The pushup section is also good and I felt that in my arms too. Before we do regular pushups (on our toes), we alternate lifting up our left and right arm so that we are balancing on one arm. We do three sets of doing this and regular pushups.

Instructor Comments:
Lisa looks and acts like a super-jock. In high school, she was probably one of the first ones to be picked on a team (I hated when we used to do that because I wasn't). From her attitude, voice, and buff body, she seems super tough. She needs to work on her cueing and not do so many side to side moves.

Helen Stephens

11/21/1998