Altheatized: Funky Dance Aerobics Volume 1

Althea Lawton-Thompson
Year Released: 2001

Categories: Floor Aerobics/Hi-Lo/Dance


Instructor: Althea Lawton-Thompson
Level: Inter/Advan
Toning emphasis: Lower body, abs
Impact: Mixed
Choreography: Moderate
Length: 49 minutes

Okay, from collage it says that the warmup is 2 minutes, workout 35 minutes, toning 8 minutes, and strength 4 minutes. I think that the warmup may be 10 minutes, and the rest remains the same.

This is another dance workout from Althea! Funky Dance Aerobics is fun and dancey, and Althea is her same encouraging, high energy self! On the video she has two ladies and one guy, all different body types and regular looking people (not models or super buff; regular folk). One is doing modifications throughout.

The music is pretty good, and the moves are all pretty intense. There's a lot of arm movement and squat moves to keep your heart rate up. Lots of shakes, shimmies, and hip sways to keep it interesting and funky. She's got some club moves like "riding the pony" and "the butterfly" that she'll sneak into a grapevine. Love that!

However, this workout did not seem to flow as well as Volume 3. Perhaps it's because she has grown as an instructor and cues better. Some steps didn't seem to fall naturally into the other either. And she showed some moves WAY too fast. I'm a choreo klutz, so maybe that won't bother some people. I'm sure that once I get the moves down, I can modify them myself.

PROS: Once you get the moves down, you can really get an intense workout in a short period of time. Music was pretty good too. Loved her background exercisers, especially the guy, who hammed it up but still looked adorable.

CONS: Some moves that require you to twist and squat low at the same time could be pretty hard on the knees. To modify, don't twist as often.

Instructor Comments:
Althea's enthusiasm is contagious. She has great camera presence and confidence. You wouldn't know this was her first DVD.

bubbles76

07/22/2010