Low Impact Comeback

Jay Blahnik

Categories: Floor Aerobics/Hi-Lo/Dance


The description in Collage is pretty accurate, other than I don't feel this is an intermediate/advanced video. The moves are all very basic -- lots of v-steps, marching, walking, grapevines, hamstring curls, knee ups, mambos, etc. Jay varies the combos by changing directions, facing backwards, replacing marches with pivots, etc. I don't have the room do to a lot of the variations, and I wish there were other exercisers doing the basic moves that I could follow. It's a little bizarre to do a video with only the instructor and no class. As Collage describes, the music isn't loud but it's good. My only complaint there is that Jay says they change tapes between the workout, the cooldown and the stretch and you can tell. The music actually stops before it changes. Also, the cooldown is a tad more choreographed than I like. I feel this is a beginner/possibly intermediate video. I 'almost' got my heart rate into my training zone by the time it was over. Perhaps adding some power to the moves would help. I'll probably save this video for a very light day or for when I'm not quite feeling up to snuff. Great for beginners though.

Instructor Comments:
I love Jay and his teaching style. I never get nervous about forgetting a move in a long combination because Jay is always there with a cue when my memory fails me.

Joni O

01/05/1998