Lizlyon65,
I have sometimes needed to repeat practicing moves 10-20 times on multiple days before I get them. I personally think LowMax has difficult choreography compared to several other workouts There is a lot of turning and pivoting, so it is hard to see what they are doing and then translate that into doing it with your back to the TV.
FIrst, save learning new choreography for the end of your workout. Set aside 10 minutes to practice. Then quit and do it again a day or two later.
Second, try doing the moves you are having trouble with using just the platform and no risers.
I believe the move you are getting hung up on in the warm-up is the "Over-Face In-Over. Cathe uses this move in many of her workouts, so it is a good one to learn. In the turnstep.com dictionary, this is called a Revolving Door. This is their description of the move:
"This page, which describes the move known as a Revolving Door, is part of the Turnstep Dictionary at
www.turnstep.com.
A revolving door brings you over the bench and back again with four small turns. You will turn in a complete circle as you do it. Note that you will face all four directions while doing this move.
This move is done in 8 counts:
1. Step up on the bench with the lead foot, turning slightly as you do so.
2. Bring the other foot up on top of the bench as you complete a small (90 degree) turn.
3. Step down with the lead foot to the other side of the bench, turning slightly.
4. Bring the other foot down next to the lead foot, completing a small turn. You are now facing the opposite direction from count 1.
5. Step up on the bench with the lead foot, turning slightly.
6. Bring the other foot up on the bench as you complete a small turn. You are now facing the opposite direction from count 2.
7. Step down with the lead foot, turning slightly.
8. Bring the other foot down next to the lead foot, completing the last of four small turns. You are facing the same direction as when you started."
Watch the picture of how it is done and practice doing it slowly. I think it is hard to do the "Over-Face In-Over" on a diagonal until you have a good handle on doing it the ordinary way (like the Revolving Door). So just work on doing the ordinary way and ignore the diagonal part of it in the workout. You will end up in the same position after the 8 counts, so you will be able to continue to follow the rest of the warm-up.
In LowMax, I personally think that you would be better off for now to just use Combos 2, 4 and 7 (take your time to learn them!) These 3 Combos or intervals are more kickbox inspired, and so are less complex in their choreography. The other combos are more complex.
In Interval 2, when it gets to the part where she does a reverse V-step, just use a regular V-step at first. When you feel comfortable with the rest of that interval, you can learn the reverse V-step. Here is turnstep.com's description of the V-step:
"This page, which describes the move known as a V-step, is part of the Turnstep Dictionary at
www.turnstep.com.
A V-step forms the letter "V" with your feet as you step up wide on the bench and then down.
This move is done in 4 counts:
1. Step up on the bench with the lead foot, as wide as possible.
2. Step up on the bench with the other foot, as wide as possible.
3. Step down backwards to the floor with the lead foot.
4. Step down backwards to the floor with the other foot."
By the time you have worked on the warm up some more and one or two of the other intervals, I hope Low Impact Step will have arrived, and you will have a less complex workout to learn.
Please don't get too discouraged. If you are getting too frustrated, just stop for that day (if you have done something else for the majority of your workout, you can feel O.K. about stopping). Remember that to learn complex skills, it is normal to need to practice many times.
Lea
