Jazzercise Latin Live - Thoughts

Latin Live by Jazzercise is 45 minute dance based workout. It stars Judi Sheppard Misset and Cheryl Burke as the instructors. It features a live percussionist and a circular stage surrounded by a ton of cast members. With the exception of the warm up and cool down, Judi and Cheryl take turns leading each of the dance segments.

The Breakdown of the main workout is:
Warm up - features both Judi & Cheryl
Dance 1 - Merengue with Cheryl
Dance 2 - Jazzercise Diva Dance with Judi
Dance 3 - Samba with Cheryl
Dance 4 - Jazzercise The Skip It Dance with Judi
Dance 5 - Jazzercise The Hip Core Dance with Judi
Dance 6 - Cha Cha with Cheryl
Dance 7 - Jive with Cheryl
Dance 8 - Jazzercise - Ball Change Dance with Judi
Dance 9 - Cha Cha with Cheryl
Dance 10 - Rhumba with Cheryl
Cool Down - features both Judi & Cheryl

Now, while the workout is chaptered, you can't select each segment as I have them listed. There is no menu for it. However, you can moved quickly from one segment to the next with your DVD chapter button. Also, I came up with the names for the Jazzercise Dance Segments to differentiate one dance from the other.
Each dance features a song that plays throughout the segment. I love, love, love the music in this workout. I felt the music had a lot of energy. It would have been great if they had a music only option with the workout All the dance segments were very easy to follow. There is repetition within each segment. You are probably doing about four to eight different mini combo moves per dance and then you just repeat those moves for the length of the song. Slight variations are added as you proceed through the dance. Each dance usually ends with a pose from Judi or Cheryl. You come to a complete stop before moving on to the next dance.

I liked this workout. I probably like Cheryl's sections a little more than Judi's. I remember thinking I wish they had an option that combined just all of Cheryl's dance segments.

Well I wish and I got. There are two bonus workouts on the DVD. One is a 20-minute Latin Ballroom Blast and this workout contains all the segments Cheryl lead by herself.
There is also a 10 Minute Latin Ab Blast that includes segments lead by Cheryl.
3 3/4 stars

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