Series -- Dance With Lisa

Category --- Cardio

Breakdown: warmup(5), stretch(6), cardio(24), cooldown(3), stretch(2) = 40 minutes (12min at end for breakdown of moves)
Equipment -- none

I really liked it! I worked up a lite sweat but it would have been more sweat if I didn't have to stop to see what they were doing. It is like Collage says a "true dance aerobics program". I should have viewed a couple more times first or watched the tutorial at the end. There are no athletic aerobics moves like ham curl or double step touches. Lisa does not switch sides for most moves like the basic with knee hop it is done only on the left side. You really shake your hips in this video especially in the hip swivel! The only complaints I have is that she doesn't breakdown the basic salsa move at the end tutorial which I think is really necessary for true Salsa first timers. Your toe has to point up at certain times while your heel hits the floor and she does not say this (like a heel dig). The other is that they could have picked WAY better Salsa music (Jesse is on percussions in the start and at the end, but the same Salsa song plays over and over again). Anyway I still enjoyed it because I know the basic Salsa moves since I am Puerto Rican and it is hip shaking FUN!

Here is the break down:

Step Before warmup:
Basic, side step, basic, back step, basic, cumbia (crossing back), basic, shimmy,basic, shimmy, basic.

WU: Faster Pace
Basic, side step, back step, cumbia, shimmy, side step, front step

ST: Regular stretches with some fun shaking hips stretches!

Cardio:
Basic, circle, swivel, shuffle, double hops, full turns, crossing over, basic hop with left knee lifted, side cross front, quarter turns, moving step touches, jump cross & flick, double tap slide both with & without arms, back slide shimmy.

Cooldown: Same as beginning stretches with added leg stretches

In the cardio section Lisa breaks down all the steps by putting the basic step in between like one would do in regular aerobics with marching in place. Then after she goes through all the steps she says "We're going to work the choregraphy" which is basically TIFTT three or four times (can't remember).
I think once you learn the steps you can put on some great Salsa music like Jerry Rivera while the tape is muted!

Instructor Comments:
Lisa is sooo teeny tiny! Boy does that girl have a set of great abs on her! She says the type of Salsa she is gonna teach is a 2 beat authentic mambo style that her mom taught her in NY. She and the other dancers use those dancers' sneakers in black.The back of the tape cover says that there will be more Dance With Lisa tapes soon and I can't wait! In the beginning of the tape it shows flashes of her dancing something else and looks like she might have a hip hop funk tape also! Her website is www.dancewithlisa.com

Gladys