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thistlechaserSo, yesterday my DVD player and The Bollywood Dance Workout With Hemalayaa arrived. It should come as no surprise to anyone that I couldn't hook it up... but at least by this point I knew what I needed (a component video cable), so today I'm up and running! I was very excited to try the new workout today!
Put in the DVD and started to follow along... I'm so so so glad no one can see me. I have zero rhythm! And even less style! I can do two things at once (say, bounce your shoulders and swing your head), but add extra things in and my body gets all confused. Bounce your shoulder! Swing your head! Roll your hips! Bounce your butt! Do steps with your foot! *trips over himself and lands on cat*
How embarrassing is it to say I have no idea how to bounce my butt? I can follow most of the instructions (one at a time, at least), but I have no idea if I'm bouncing my butt right. Happily the DVD tells you not to worry about doing things right, just do something, "right" may or may not come later. (Thus this is a poor DVD if you want to learn Bollywood dance, but good for exercising.)
Anyway, I can happily report that this will be a fun thing to mix in with other exercise stuff. It doesn't get my heart rate up nearly as much as Wii boxing andrunning in place Active Life Challenge*, but it lasts longer and I move in general more, and there's more types of movement, so I think it'll work out.
* I typoed that as "Active Lice Challenge", which would be a whole different sort of game!
Put in the DVD and started to follow along... I'm so so so glad no one can see me. I have zero rhythm! And even less style! I can do two things at once (say, bounce your shoulders and swing your head), but add extra things in and my body gets all confused. Bounce your shoulder! Swing your head! Roll your hips! Bounce your butt! Do steps with your foot! *trips over himself and lands on cat*
How embarrassing is it to say I have no idea how to bounce my butt? I can follow most of the instructions (one at a time, at least), but I have no idea if I'm bouncing my butt right. Happily the DVD tells you not to worry about doing things right, just do something, "right" may or may not come later. (Thus this is a poor DVD if you want to learn Bollywood dance, but good for exercising.)
Anyway, I can happily report that this will be a fun thing to mix in with other exercise stuff. It doesn't get my heart rate up nearly as much as Wii boxing and
* I typoed that as "Active Lice Challenge", which would be a whole different sort of game!
