Thursday, August 20, 2009

Combo 3 from Advanced Step

And, here's Combo 3. It took me a while to get a handle on the "Reverse Knee" move, but it's actually not as difficult as I thought once I understood it. I hope this video with the breakdown shows you that it's not all that hard either! This video was barely edited at all (or maybe not at all -- I forget!). Have fun!!!!

Dana

Combo 2 from Advanced Step

Here is Combo 2 from the recent Advanced Step class, with my breakdown. I liked this combo a lot, due to the "spin to the end" move. There are lots of options for the alternating stomps, too, so your class can choose what they want to do and mix it up through the class. Combo 3 coming up, too!

Have fun!
Dana

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Advanced Step for Ya!

Well, it's been quite a while since I posted anything. I just finished a horrendous 2 weeks at work, and then attended the DCAC fitness convention, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Look for my advanced classes to be changing in the near future based on one of the workshops I took. Very interesting stuff!

But, in the meantime, here is Combo 1 of an Advanced Step routine that I taught back in June. I'm currently teaching another Advanced routine, which I will most likely tape this coming Monday. I taught Combos 1 and 3 of this routine (Combo 1 is shown below, the rest are to follow shortly) when I visited my good friend Leslie (Lethal Leslie to all you YouTubers and Turnsteppers) up in Canada back in early July. Hey, I'm an International Instructor! LOL.

Anyhow, please note that I had to edit nearly all of the repetition out of this video in order to get it down below 10 minutes in length (YouTube requirement), so please know that I DID, in fact, practice each layer several times with my group before moving to the next change. The actual breakdown of this combo took closer to 14-15 minutes.

Enjoy!
Dana