New Workout Video: Dancing With The Stars – Cardio Dance (2006)

I bought this yesterday on a total whim at Target and, since the husband was at an industry meeting, I had time to attempt it without embarrassment.

The good part is that the DVD is fully customizable. You can do the warm-up and then pick and choose what dances you would like to attempt, or you can “select all” and let the full, hour long work out play. This gives
you a variety of dances to choose from, and some are easier than others. Also, the music is upbeat (although kind of corny) and if you like to dance (I do!) it’s a really fun workout.

The downside is that it’s really corny, and I alternate between getting into the video and mocking it. The over-sincere, ridiculously perky and flawlessly beautiful people moving fluidly to the over-produced music make it a little hard to swallow. Maybe, though, that’s just the “Curse of Workout Videos”. Also, they use dance terms to describe the moves frequently, which makes it difficult to follow along if you’ve never taken a dance class. They also move too quickly; once I figured out how to sort-of do a dance move, they had moved on. A few more times through, though, I expect I’ll be tearing it up.

Mostly, though, I dig it. I’ve spotted some moves that I plan on busting out when I’m out dancing! It’s a good workout if you’re not looking for something REALLY strenuous, and I’m not.

I find getting super winded discourages me, and concerns me; I don’t have a good gage of what is “working hard” and what is “working too hard”, and I’m scared of hurting myself. I don’t know if that’s a valid fear or not, but with no personal trainer to cheer me on and keep an eye on me, I’d rather not find out the hard way. Or maybe I’m being a weenie.