Sweatin' to the Oldies Series
Richard SimmonsYear Released: 1991
Categories: Floor Aerobics/Hi-Lo/Dance
The music is all remakes of songs from
the 50's and 60's...the stuff I grew up
dancing to with my dad and mom.
Songs include: Dancin' In The Streets,
Beyond the Sea, He's a Rebel, Ain't no
mountain High Enough, It's my Party,
wipeout...there's a couple of others, I'm
sure, but I can't recall them right now.
The footwork is simple...nothing to
tangle you up...and the music is fun and
inspiring.
The class is huge and the set is high
school reunion - inspired. The
members of the class are all different
shapes and sizes and they sometimes
fumble, which only serves to endear
them. They are people who are on their
weight los journeys and at the end of
the workout, they are all introduced in a
little dance-off and it is printed on the
screen how much weight each has lost.
Some of them still have a ways to
go...and to find out that they have
already lost over 100lbs makes the tape
even more inspiring.
Richard doesn't cue very much, but the
moves are simple and after a couple of
times through, you don't even miss the
cues that aren't there. This is probably
the nicest feature of the whole tape...it
lasts longer than just a couple of
viewings. There aren't any comments in
there that will only serve to annoy you
the 20th time you do the video.
The only downside to this tape is that it
isn't available on DVD...but if it ever is, I
guarantee I'll be buying it. This tape
makes my hall of fame, even though I
don't do it very often, it is a nice tape to
come home to.
Instructor Comments:
Time and Time again, I always seem to
find myself coming back to this one. It
is fun, richard isn't overly annoying in
it, like he tends to be in some of his
later videos, and it's a good 40 min
cardio workout.