Pump It Up! Body Burn

Another winner from Ministry of Sound Pump It Up! workout series. Pump It Up! Body Burn brings back Gareth Walker as the lead. In addition to Gareth, there are four cast members.
Along with the warm up and stretch, there are five sections in which you can choose from. If you choose all five sections the workout is 90 minutes long.
The sections are:
Tone
Shake It Move It
Pop It Lock It
Burn It Lose It
Legs, Bums, and Tums
I really like the create your own workout option and I am glad Ministry of Sound brought that option back in this workout.
I chose to do the three dance aerobic sections. My workout ended up being 65 minutes. Both the warm up and stretch are about 10 minutes each.
So the sections:
Shake It Move It - Gareth delivers a funky club dance but it is doable. I had a lot of fun with this one.
Pop It Lock It - This is street dance. This was the most challenging, a lot of staccato moves. There is definitely a learning curve with this dance.
Burn It Lose It - This is high energy aerobics. There is a bit of kickboxing in this one.

Each of the aerobic dance sections contains three combos. Gareth teaches in a layered approach. He shows you what to do and then you follow along. Gareth always take you back to a base move (in this workout it was the step touch) when teaching the next move. Towards the end of each dance, Gareth takes you through the whole routine about three times. Each aerobic dance section ends with some stretching. So you heart rate does come down a bit.

Great set, lots of background scenery. The music in the dance section is great.
The DVD Extras are :
Diet Plan
Videos
Behind the Scenes
Play Soundtrack

This is one my favorites
4 & 3/4 stars

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