The Method: Dance to Fitness

Jennifer Kries, Lisa Wheeler
Year Released: 1997

Categories: Floor Aerobics/Hi-Lo/Dance , Total Body Workouts


This video has very upbeat tribal drum music that is played live in the background as you workout.

Jennifer starts off with some warm up moves into more dancy type choreography. She is barefeet as well as all the other dancers so this is NOT high impact at all. It's like being in a dance class. It was fun to do this workout. Jennifer then does some plies for the cool down and other stretches. This is not your traditional step or hi/lo class. It is very different. Jennifer is wearing a belly dancing type skirt.

Lisa does a short warmup and then does some really fun fun dance moves. I thought this section was more fun then Jennifer's section. Lisa teaches the moves very slow so you get the moves down and then she speeds it up. They are wearing black dance shoes so they do higher impact moves. NOt too tough though. For example a cross in front chassay and then cross to the other side of the room and chassay. A lot of hip moves too. Then it goes into a nice stretch with really soft jazzy music. Lisa does some wonderful stretches. Sometimes I just do this section after a long tough step workout because it is so relaxing. It is more athletic stretches but there is some yoga too.

This is the best Method tape in my opinion. It is all cardio with no toning.

Instructor Comments:
Jennifer does a great job on cueing the modern dance section. She teaches the moves slow and then speeds it up. She is having fun and smiling as she dances.

Lisa Wheeler is more serious as she teaches but then starts to warm up in the end. She does a good job on the cueing. She isn't as good as Jennifer but the moves she teaches are funner to do then Jennifers section. She does a very nice relaxing stretch at the end which I love.

Mandy Lee

06/11/1998