Step Pump with Tonya Larson
This DVD was broken down into a warm-up, step segment, cool down, weights segment, abs and stretch. The step work would probably be considered intermediate – not extremely complex, but not the most basic either. Each of the 4 segments was broken down quite a bit and then built up. Sometimes she showed layers and I found at times she added the more complex layer very quickly and there was not a lot of practice. Her style of teaching is different than some – she taught all 4 segments separately and then put them all together at the end (no tifting of segments once they were learned). The music was club-like but I found it too quiet to really get any energy from. Music means everything to me in a step workout, so this was definitely a huge minus for me.

The weight section contained things like squats, plie squats, push-ups, bicep curls, etc. There were basically one or two exercises for each muscle group and sometimes the exercise was combined into a compound move. Fairly basic stuff.

On the whole I didn’t find this DVD very interesting. It was ok to do it once, but its going to my trade pile now. I didn’t find it had much energy to it, but that’s a matter of personal taste. This might be a good DVD for someone looking to combine step and a basic weight program, and looking to move up from more basic step to something a bit more complex.

Instructor Comments:
Tonya seemed nice and she was on time with the cuing but I didn't find her very animated.

Jodi (Punky3333)