Paula Abdul's Get Up and Dance! (1995, VHS)

Paula Abdul's Get Up and Dance is a fun, fast paced workout video for intermediate to advanced exercisers. Paula Abdul, along with two of her dancers and a large group of "everyday people", takes the viewer through many high energy dance steps, followed by a great stretch and abdominal exercises. The running time is approximately 1 hour. Exercising to a choreographed dance routine set to energizing music (mostly Abdul's) makes the workout time pass quickly and delivers a powerful cardio challenge. Abdul and her dancers are friendly, and their speech is easy to understand. The dance moves are..

I have had this video for several years, and I still love it. Who knew that Paula I-sort-of-sing-on-all-my-records Abdul could come up with such a great exercise tape? The theme is great. Paula (or Paula's staff) recruited a whole fleet of ordinary non-professional-dancing people, and taught them all this workout of dance steps. She claims that "even if you have two left feet, and some of these people do, you can do all of these moves." She's absolutely right. I'm sure these people practiced for quite some time before taping the video, but they are obviously not professional dancers. This...

Paula Abdul's "Get Up and Dance" is a workout program combining both low and high impact aerobics. When I first popped it in the video I could not follow anything. It's a workout that you definitely need to learn the moves step by step. A first time dancer will definitely need to pause this video a lot, to learn the moves. Once you learn the steps it's pure fun to follow and it makes you forget the fact that you are exercising. People who like to dance but can't dance too well, can learn some good moves at the individual's own pace. The sit-up routine that works on all abdominal muscles is...