The New Method 20/20 Series: Core Cardio Review
While I agree with other reviewers that this is not a heart pumping, high intensity workout it is certainly NOT a waste of money. I find this DVD quite effective and use it frequently as a warm up for yoga, Pilates, and higher intensity cardio workouts. The routines are fun and easy to follow once you have done them once or twice. Not being a dancer, I felt quite accomplished after mastering each routine. I particularly like Lisa Wheeler's segment. It's more challenging and organized than Tracy Mallet's (Tracy has a bent knee twist move which is a bit rough on my weak knees and on which she messes up some of her cues).
My biggest complaint about this DVD is that the Pilates "cool downs" are fairly worthless. The transition between the dance segment and the mat work is virtually nonexistent. I only do the Pilates work when using this workout as a warm-up for more Pilates or yoga.
On days when I wake up in the morning and don't want to do ANYTHING this DVD motivates me with its light and fun moves, making it vastly more valuable than my most challenging and extensive workout that I can only bring myself to do once or twice a month.
The New Method 20/20 Series: Core Cardio Overview
If you're a well-coordinated, intermediate-level aerobic dancer and you enjoy highly choreographed dance routines, you'll like this video. The first of the two 20-minute workouts consists of complex, jazzy dance patterns built into a routine. Lisa Wheeler will lead you through hip-walk, knee-pop, pivot, and pose with plenty of attitude. Tracey Mallett leads the second workout, also jazzy, with more Latin moves. The instructors, who are joined by six young (and impossibly slender) women, don't teach as much as demonstrate, so it's helpful if you have some dance background. Live musicians play, but their music seems too subdued to match the energy or flavor of the dance routines. Both workouts end with abdominals and a brief stretch. Recommended for aerobic dancers who like choreography challenges and have an easy time picking them up. Coordination and mobile hips required. --Joan Price
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