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03-05-02, 11:05 PM | |
VF Supporter
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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What I do
Cindy,
You have gotten some really great advice here, and I enjoyed reading the responses too because I am also pretty new. What has been working for me is I learn the tape on the floor first, and then when I am comfortable that I can follow it, I move up to the step. Maybe that's not the correct way to do it, but for me it builds my confidence. Good luck and keep up the good work.
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Karie |
03-05-02, 11:45 PM | |
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
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It's essential to start out with the basics. My very first step video was Susan Powter's Burn Fat & Get Fit. Nothing fancy at all, she shows you the basic up, down, up, down, teaches you how to switch your lead foot, some knee lifts to the front and to each corner of the bench. She's the queen of telling you to go at your own pace and modifying everything to suite your needs which is the most important thing instructors need to get through to everyone. This isn't a competition, especially when we're just working out in our own living rooms with no judges! Take some time to just get comfortable with stepping and then practice a bit with no thought in your head of having to do a whole video. Think of it like play time or rehearsal for a dance routine, watch what they are doing first then try it out yourself with no pressure that you have to make it your workout for the day. That's what I do when I'm learning something new that makes me stop and look at the tv and say "what the heck did you just do??"
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03-06-02, 01:32 AM | |
VF Supporter
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: San Jose, California
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Susan Powter.
A lot of people really like Susan Powter's videos. On the other hand, many other people find her extremely annoying. I suggest borrowing her tapes before you buy them.
Another thing: In Leslie Sansone's Basic Stepping, you take breaks from the stepping to do floor aerobics. I'm not sure, but I don't think Powter does this. And to me, this is really essential in making a beginning step tape bearable. |
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