gilad 'sstep workout

[Guest guest]

hi everyone!

this evening i did gilad's step workout.

- this is an athletic workout, certainly no dance steps with

gilad...LOL... so the choreography is basic.

- gilad cues very well and there is absolutely no stumbling around

while doing this one.

- suited for the intermediate exerciser and above, because of the

fast pace, propulsions and big arm movements.

- the propulsion added to moves (as the workout progressed) were of

medium impact (jumping jacks on floor and hops here and there up on

the step) but anyone who prefers completely low impact, can easily

leave them out/modify to suit. im not sure that absolute beginners

should use this workout though, because of the fast bpm.

- in total, the workout is 60 mins long... it includes a warmup, 40

mins of step, cooldown, 6 mins of abs and another cooldown/stretch.

the dvd is chaptered at these points.

- you can also select an intro from the menu during which gilad

zooms up on his motorcycle, looking so HOT in jeans and boots... he

tells you about step height and how to step on/off properly, adds

some encouraging words and then zooms off into the beautiful hawaiian

scenery! just watching the intro made me sweat..LOL ::pant pant::

can he get any more gorgeous?!

- gilad teaches 3 combos, each around 10 mins long. he TIFTs them a

few times before moving on... the TIFTing was not overly repetitive

during these sections, however for the 4th section, he puts all of

the combos together and does TIFT it once too many times. when he

said that we were going to do it again, i told him 'NO!' and i

skipped o the cooldown that he does before the ab section.

- the ab work is gilad's typical crunches. effective for me yet i

tire of working while on my back, and my neck always feels strained.

next time i do abs with gilad, i will get out the stability ball!

i think that will help.

- gilad has his BIM cast with him (bodies in motion) -- trella,

another chick, a guy and an older man with white hair (ive never seen

him before!). the music is tropical hawaiian sounding stuff... was

ok and contributed to the setting on the hawaiian beach.

- this is a good steady state cardio workout! i always love those

:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for reminding me of this one, Carolyn! I have

it on VHS.... I really need to do it soon. My DH is

on my 'case' about packing up my VHS in preparation

for our move. At least i have my DVD binders - that

should hold me! LOL!

Donna

--- Carolyn or Visser <pvisser@...> wrote:

> hi everyone!

> this evening i did gilad's step workout.

>

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