I believe that Gin Miller made this video as she was beginning to develop the ramp. It was released in 2003, and as the name implies, it is in 3/4 time rather than 4/4 time, which makes for a little bit different rhythm than your typical workout. The music is pleasant and new-agey.

Gin is exercising in what looks like a gym (wood floor, plain walls) with some exercise equipment scattered at the sides (a step, some stability balls). She has one background exerciser with her, who looks like your average person from off the street, not a fitness professional (but she does the workout as if she has actually done it before).

The workout is definitely geared towards beginners, and is fairly easy. How easy? Well, if you can do Leslie Sansone, you can do this. In fact, I have to really put my all into big movements and big arms to get my heart rate up, even more so than with Leslie. However, I enjoy Gin more (this is Gin on a subdued day, not in one of her more wacky moods), and I find the choreography a pleasant change of pace. It's kind of hard to describe the steps, except to say that like a waltz, they are in a 1-2-3 tempo (forward-left-right, forward-right-left, side-left-right, etc). Take my word for it, they're a lot easier to do than to describe. It's all very low impact. The whole tape (and I don't believe this comes as a DVD) is about 35 minutes long. It's a little hard to tell when the warmup ends and the workout begins, as the whole thing is so mellow, and the music stays the same pace. Starting around minute 10, there are some forward lunges that do help to get the heart-rate up; I do reverse lunges to make my tricky knee happy. I find that I use quite a bit of space forward and back in order to help maintain my target heart rate. Gin is, as usual, very meticulous about cuing.

I would say this is a great workout for you if you are a beginner, enjoy an occasional light day, or are doing aerobic base building. As far as I know, this is only available through Gin's website.

Instructor Comments:

mel VF