Warm-up: 5 minutes
Step aerobics: 30 minutes
Cool-down/stretch: 5 minutes
This tape would be excellent for a novice or beginner
stepper because I feel it is really an instructional
tape. Leisa Hart goes over each step, breaks down
combinations, is very good at cueing, gives constant
reminders and doesn't make you feel inferior for not
being to keep up. The choreography, so to speak, is very
basic. Leisa teaches a few steps and then does a
combination and then teaches a few more and then does
another combination and then puts everything together at
the end. She teaches the following steps: basic;
grapevine; alternate; A-step; over-the-top; L-step; knee
alternate; and charleston. The camera focuses mostly on
her feet so that the steps are clear. The arm movements
are basic, mostly pumps of one type or another. Midway
during the workout Leisa does a perceived exhertion
heart-rate check.
Unfortunately, because this is such a good
novice/beginner tape, this video will be quickly
outgrown. I consider myself a beginner/intermediate
exerciser and this video kept me in the low end of my
target heart-rate zone although I can see that I could
raise my heart-rate a little by putting a bit more power
into my moves. It was great however, to see the steps
broken down so clearly. I now have a much better
understanding of what I should be doing in my other step
videos.
I would rate this an A for the person who has never
tried step and wants to understand the moves and for
those who have never exercised and are intimidated by
most videos. Anyone else would probably find this video
boring and ineffectual.
Francesca
08/18/97