You may already be familiar with the benefits of stepping as a cardiovascular and muscle toning workout. If you’d like to get started but haven’t tried step routines yet, one of the best ways to learn the basics is by using a beginning step DVD at home. Doing your step workout at home saves you the time of having to drive to the gym for a class that may be inconvenient for you. You can perform your step class in the privacy of your home on your own schedule. All you need is a step platform, a good pair of exercise shoes, and a DVD player.
When you’re starting out with step routines, you’ll need a beginning step DVD that teaches you the basics of safe and effective stepping while boosting your heart rate into the cardiovascular and fat burning zones. Since more advanced step routines can be complicated, one that emphasizes simple steps is best until you become comfortable with the platform. Confused about which step DVD to choose? Here are two of the best beginning step DVD’s:
Kathy Smith: Step Workout
Kathy Smith has mastered the art of keeping you motivated to step. She’s down to earth and entertaining in her videos and her enthusiasm and sense of humor makes the time go by quickly. This step DVD is no exception. The workout is divided into three parts, beginner, intermediate, and advanced. You can choose to just do the twelve minute beginning portion until you feel comfortable and then move up to the intermediate and advanced step routines. The step moves are easy to follow with lots of repetition so you can master the basics. You even get a bonus abdominal workout at the end of the DVD. This is one you’ll want to add to your beginning library of step routines.
Gin Miller: Everybody Steps
Gin Miller is known as one of the pioneers in the development of the step Reebok system. In this video, she shows you the basics of stepping using simple step routines and choreography that are mostly low impact. As the DVD advances, you’ll progress to short step routines and combinations. Gin Miller is a very enthusiastic and capable instructor explaining each move in a step by step, easy to understand manner. You’ll feel like she’s there in the room with you giving you personal instruction throughout the step DVD. Even though this video is basic, you’ll still get a good workout. Don’t be surprised if you need a towel to wipe your forehead by the end of it.
If you’re a beginner to step routines, you can’t go wrong with either of these two-step DVD’s. To make it more interesting and help to prevent boredom, you may want to purchase both of these step workouts on DVD and alternate them until you’ve mastered the basics of stepping. Even after you’ve mastered the basics, you’ll find yourself coming back to these basic DVD’s as a break from more advanced step routines.
