Morning Fitness Maniacs -
This morning I did Amy Bento's Advanced Step Challenge with the Power Up Section at the end. I did not use my rebounder, as I was not familiar with the workout and it's a bit too much impact for my back and neck. My knees have also been hurting lately. I'll feel better when I know when to go to the rebounder for the best workout. I was never on the same foot as her and had trouble following it, but not so much that I didn't get a good workout.
Regarding the workout: It was more of a steady state cardio but my HR stayed in the 140's and 150's. It seems like it goes at a rapid pace and doesn't slow down at all. At the 30 minute mark, I was fatigued and pushing. She doesn't have real dancy coreography, it's more athletic (which I like), but because she doesn't break anything down and I'm not familiar with her moves or style, it was hard to follow. I'm sure it will get easier with time. I will also be glad when I know how to modify parts on the rebounder. The Power Up Section has to be selected right when you get to the end of the bulk of the workout (I believe 40 min). It consists of a lot of flying jacks, jumps onto the step, power ups over the step, and jump kicks. She has some unique moves and some different names for a few familiar moves....as with any instructor. Also, she does not stretch you out like Cathe does. I felt like I needed more of a stretch....espeically after all of that jumping, but I didn't have time to do any on my own.
As far as her personality and the whooping factor.....she does whoop quite a bit, but I don't even know if I would have mentioned that if it had not been brought up on another thread. It doesn't bother me. She seems to be a very energetic person (perhaps high strung) and she's a very vocal instructor in that she whoops and says yea...c'mon a lot. She also encourages whooping among her "team" which she calls the class. I liked her because she seems very passionate about exercise and she is advanced. This is funny, but I also like that she turns a bit red when exercising. It made her seem very real to me, as I'm very fair skinned and tend to get beet red in my face when I workout intensely and I've never seen another instructor do that (I know - I'm weird).
I also previewed the Bootcamp DVD and very briefly viewed the stretch and Weight DVD. It was getting late and I was running out of time. Bootcamp looks fun. You do need quite a bit of equipment with her workouts. She even uses the rag slide on the floor like Tracie Long in BBBB. My gliding discs will work fine or carpet, or you can use a paper plate. She uses a loaded barbell at 40 pounds in her weight segments. More later......as I do them or later if I have more time to preview the weighted one and stretch one.
All in all, I'm very happy with my purchase. This are a nice compliment to Cathe's workouts. I have not read the Amy Bento thread lately cuz it upsets me to read so much negativity, but anyone that doesn't open their mind up enough to try Amy is only hurting themselves! They might miss out on a solid advanced workout. I definitely am looking forward to the 2 additional DVDs in April.
Whew............that was lenghty.......sorry.
I may do Turbo Jam tomorrow and my other Amy's over the weekend. I want to come up with a rotation that allows me one day of Power Yoga, but I haven't sat down to figure something out. I still need to lose weight. I am at my "do not go over" weight and have been here for a while. I'm finally off of my prednisone, so hopefully I'll stop being so hungry...or maybe not and maybe I'm just a little piggie.
Have great workouts and get your credit cards out for Amy's workouts! It will help fill the gap without the new Cathe's.
ETA: Marietta & Sabrina - I need your addresses......Please also let me know how you like them when you receive them.
This morning I did Amy Bento's Advanced Step Challenge with the Power Up Section at the end. I did not use my rebounder, as I was not familiar with the workout and it's a bit too much impact for my back and neck. My knees have also been hurting lately. I'll feel better when I know when to go to the rebounder for the best workout. I was never on the same foot as her and had trouble following it, but not so much that I didn't get a good workout.
Regarding the workout: It was more of a steady state cardio but my HR stayed in the 140's and 150's. It seems like it goes at a rapid pace and doesn't slow down at all. At the 30 minute mark, I was fatigued and pushing. She doesn't have real dancy coreography, it's more athletic (which I like), but because she doesn't break anything down and I'm not familiar with her moves or style, it was hard to follow. I'm sure it will get easier with time. I will also be glad when I know how to modify parts on the rebounder. The Power Up Section has to be selected right when you get to the end of the bulk of the workout (I believe 40 min). It consists of a lot of flying jacks, jumps onto the step, power ups over the step, and jump kicks. She has some unique moves and some different names for a few familiar moves....as with any instructor. Also, she does not stretch you out like Cathe does. I felt like I needed more of a stretch....espeically after all of that jumping, but I didn't have time to do any on my own.
As far as her personality and the whooping factor.....she does whoop quite a bit, but I don't even know if I would have mentioned that if it had not been brought up on another thread. It doesn't bother me. She seems to be a very energetic person (perhaps high strung) and she's a very vocal instructor in that she whoops and says yea...c'mon a lot. She also encourages whooping among her "team" which she calls the class. I liked her because she seems very passionate about exercise and she is advanced. This is funny, but I also like that she turns a bit red when exercising. It made her seem very real to me, as I'm very fair skinned and tend to get beet red in my face when I workout intensely and I've never seen another instructor do that (I know - I'm weird).
I also previewed the Bootcamp DVD and very briefly viewed the stretch and Weight DVD. It was getting late and I was running out of time. Bootcamp looks fun. You do need quite a bit of equipment with her workouts. She even uses the rag slide on the floor like Tracie Long in BBBB. My gliding discs will work fine or carpet, or you can use a paper plate. She uses a loaded barbell at 40 pounds in her weight segments. More later......as I do them or later if I have more time to preview the weighted one and stretch one.
All in all, I'm very happy with my purchase. This are a nice compliment to Cathe's workouts. I have not read the Amy Bento thread lately cuz it upsets me to read so much negativity, but anyone that doesn't open their mind up enough to try Amy is only hurting themselves! They might miss out on a solid advanced workout. I definitely am looking forward to the 2 additional DVDs in April.
Whew............that was lenghty.......sorry.
I may do Turbo Jam tomorrow and my other Amy's over the weekend. I want to come up with a rotation that allows me one day of Power Yoga, but I haven't sat down to figure something out. I still need to lose weight. I am at my "do not go over" weight and have been here for a while. I'm finally off of my prednisone, so hopefully I'll stop being so hungry...or maybe not and maybe I'm just a little piggie.
Have great workouts and get your credit cards out for Amy's workouts! It will help fill the gap without the new Cathe's.
ETA: Marietta & Sabrina - I need your addresses......Please also let me know how you like them when you receive them.
I bet she is having a blast.
