Re: Finally taught Round 35

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Are these different rounds you talk about only taught at the gym? None are on exercise videos? I start ChaLEAN EXTREME tomorrow with Burn Circuit 1 - and yes I will give you a review!Wish me good luck doing CE,

Jen Subject: Finally taught Round 35To: "Exercise Videos" <exercisevideos >Date: Sunday, December 28, 2008, 4:53 PM

I finally taught R35 today for the first time! I was a

little rusty, because I learned it all this morning before class. I

was working on it yesterday when my folks called and said they were

coming to pick me up 3 hours early, so there went all my allotted

practice time. Oy!

My AGXM, Cinnamin, showed up to class along with two other instructors,

Tracie and Angie. Um, no pressure or anything! I was grateful Angie

was there because she knew the round by heart and helped me where my

memory failed. Thanks, Chica! You are just the best and your warm,

genuine smiles kept me going!

The hour went by in a blur to be honest, and it will be a couple of

weeks before I get a true feel for this round. This round has an

emphasis on punches, be it from corner to corner, high low (or low

high), quick punches w/quick feet, triple jab crosses, etc. There is

also an abundance of knees with crosses (and cross cross knees

punch knees, crosses with zigzag knees, etc. so as you might surmise

it is easy to confuse some of the combos with one another - the combos

aren't as contrasting or distinct as they are in other rounds, so be

sure and take good notes / use pnemonic techniques to help you remember

the combos!

I took out the double bob slice and single punch knees from section 3

because this combo has been used a lot lately and you know me, for me

section 3 is about kicks, so what I did instead was do a march 2 3

roundhouse left, march 2 3 roundhouse right, 2 single lunge left, right

roundhouse, then did the twist and kick front, back and front kick.

What I loved about section 4 are the four single back kicks! I don't

think I've seen that since Round 2 or was it Round 3? Yay! Of course

back kick and march is also an option, but it seems to flow better into

the ski with all 4 back kicks, at least for me.

Someone on this board mentioned that Turbo was easy to learn and THANK

GOODNESS, it really is! This turbo was easier to learn than a lot of

them since I can remember. Yay! It's fun, and really gets the heart

rate up with jumps throughout. My favorite , I confess, is the

Rabbit move going back simply because it's silly and allows for

individual expression.

Recovery is fun and similar to some we've done in the past with high

low punches, speedbag around, two uppercuts, uppercut cross to the

side, pump it back. There's a “hop row” and a zig zag following that

that is really fun. I will eventually take out the second set of those

and add 4 front kicks as an additional layer.

The finale starts as many have with four crosses zig zag knee, cross

cross knee x2. After that is a blast from R17 where you twist to 10

and 2 – always love twists with turns! Back kick front kick. The last

part, which stands on its own and you don't combine with the rest, is a

hoot! It's a right left upper, then 3 fast and 2 jacks. After a

phrase of that you do it around the world in a circle. FUN!

I didn't have time for abs but I did practice them at home and they are

harder than they might appear on the video, being the row, row zigzag

back for 2 phrases part.

I take everyone's word for it that there is a glitch on the cd but for

the life of me I didn't hear it or encounter it today. The music

selections are outstanding choices, and I love the new filming location

on the dvd – at the new Powder Blue office / studio! I would have

liked to learn a bit more about Sherry, the presenter of the quarter,

maybe hear her talk a minute or two about her Turbo love, and am

grateful to see someone not from the west coast on the dvd this time.

I do enjoy the SoCal regulars too, I really do, but variety is the

spice of life! Turbo is EVERYWHERE! So it's great to see those

special instructors from everywhere too.

Jenelle, you look fantastic and I don't think I could ever get tired of

seeing you on a dvd! I wish I could hire you as my personal trainer!

DANG! I am rooting for another Turbo Sport round, don't you know it,

Gurl!

My critiques for R35 are that most of the choreography seems recycled

to me and that there aren't a ton of layers; I have a feeling my class

will be ready to move on to an older round by week 5. On the plus side,

I always like punches that change direction and I liked having more

jacks in the combos. I wouldn't mind seeing a future round that

featured jacks, actually.

I very much appreciated that capoeira was left out of this round. I

like the capo as a section apart, but prefer my cardio kickboxing to be

just that – kickboxing. But that's just me and I know that others

really like the capo mixed in.

I have yet to do Finesse, but it looks like old school Finesse, and I'm dying to try it out!

The leg section looks HARD! It commences with pushups (can we ever do

too many of those?) and there is lots of balancing leg work – my

personal weakness, so this will be good for me to do. I'm relatively

out of shape these days, feel sluggish, and need to intensify my

workouts and do them more frequently than I have been. For this reason

I'm very anxiously awaiting my copy of ChaLEAN Extreme and I will

review all CXT workouts I do here. I can tell from the trailers on

Beach Body that this is a phenomenal program, just like Turbo Jam is!

If anyone can get me to lift weights, it would be our very own special,

magical Chalene !

Here's to doing more in 2009!