Saundra

Another winner from the Ministry of Sound Pump It Up! workout series. While the first two Pump It Up! (PIU!) workouts I did, did not live up to my expectations (not bad, just okay) the last two PIU! workouts have been pretty good. Pump It Up! Burn It Lose It has a kickboxing flair to it and combine that with the dance element and the awesome music, you have a great workout. This workout is led by Deanne Berry and if you do the whole workout, it is about 75 minutes. The selectable sections are: Warm up Aeroburn BPM Beatbox Below the Belt Knockout. Aeroburn is your athletic aerobic section. BPM is your dance section. Beatbox is your kickboxing inspired section. Below the Belt is the toning section and Knockout is the cool down. I did not do the Below the Belt section. The dance section in this workout is less complex than the dance section in Hi-Energy, but the moves are still fun. This is probably my favorite part of the workout followed by Beatbox. Deanne did a much better job wit...

Pump It Up! The Ultimate Dance Workout features Deanne Berry as the lead. It is approximately 75 minutes in length and the DVD contains the following workout chapters: Heat - Warm Up Section Dance It Out - Dance Section 1 Pump It Up - High Energy Dance Section 2 Bums & Tums - Toning Section Chill - Cool Down Section I did all but the Bums & Tums section. Absolutely hands down, the workout features some of the best music I have heard in a workout video. That could be because the Pump It Up! workout series is back by Ministry of Sound, a British Record Label. The music is definitely the best part of the workout. Now the workout itself . Deanne does not mirror cue. Which with this workout, even though it is "dance-based", the lack of mirror cuing wasn't a big deal. That is because you are really not doing dance combinations. Essentially you do a series of moves (side lunges, forward lunges, hip swirls, rockouts, pelvis thrust, knees pulls, jacks, salsa and cha ...