I knew I wanted to do a step aerobics workout last night, but I felt finicky and was bored with the DVD’s I have already. I turned to YouTube for enlightenment, searching step workouts, and one caught my eye. It looked vaguely familiar, like an old friend I haven’t seen since high school:
As soon as I started the workout, Keli Roberts Ultimate Step Workout, I knew I had done it before, just so long ago that I barely remembered it. I distantly remember owning it on VHS tape.
The background set remains perplexing to me: why did she want it to look like they were doing step aerobics just outside the barn doors on some western ranch, at sunrise?
Odd set aside, it’s about 45 minutes of sweaty hard work, broken into 3 sections that progressively get more intense. Modifications are offered to make the workout easier or harder, based on your level of fitness and comfort. The choreography is mostly basic, but I admit I got turned around a few times and may have cussed at the video and offered a few crude hand gestures until I caught up. Luckily, that didn’t happen more than once. Or twice. Who was counting?
Keli Roberts is to-the-point and all-business in this workout, no jokes, no witty banter, no guffaws with her fellow workout mates. That makes the workout a bit dull sometimes, and it could use some better music, but hey, this thing was made in 1998, people. Let’s just be glad there are no grunge t-shirts, butterfly hair clips, or flannel shirts tied around their waists.
My calves are sore this morning from this workout, so obviously it worked my muscles pretty good. I recommend it…especially if you have always dreamed of performing step aerobics on a ranch at sunrise. (Who hasn’t?)
Sweat & Sparkle 