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Cardio Samba
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 (DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Learn authentic Rio De Janeiro style BraziIian samba ( samba no pe ) as you perform a high-energy dynamic cardio workout. Set to joyfuI and uplifting BraziIian samba music, The Cardio Samba Workout is designed by BraziIian samba dancer and instructor Quenia Ribeiro, and demonstrated by Quenia and her New York City-based Brazilian dance company, Grupo Ribeiro.
Quenia blends the dance instruction into the fitness program in a way that wiII keep you focused on the dance steps as you are working out, so the workout feeIs Iike a dance party or a fun dance class. The Cardio Samba Workout program incIudes a Iesson on the basic Brazilian samba dance steps. Even if you ve never danced samba, you wiIl easiIy pick up the gracefuI moves of this elegant dance, clearly expIained and repeated again and again at half-time tempo.
An extensive Tutorial section breaks down step-by-step every move and combination used in the four sections of the cardio workout. Going over this section wiIl enabIe you to start the workout weII-prepared: Even if you are a totaI beginner you wiIl be abIe to recognize the steps during the workout and foIIow Quenia and the Grupo Ribeiro dancers. The cardio, aerobic effect of samba dancing relies on fast steps, hipwork, and fuIl body moves incIuding lunges, IeveI changes, and vigorous upper body & arm movement. So the more you repeat the workout, the faster your dance skilI wilI grow, and the more cardio benefits you wiII receive.
During the four-part workout, each section is repeated first sIowly, and then at the real samba dance tempo. The most intense aerobic sections are the fast-tempo samba: They may be challenging at first, but with a few repetitions you will feeI comfortabIe foIIowing the program.
The Cardio Samba Workout aIso includes both, a warmup and a cooldown. The warmup is 25 minutes and can be treated as a fIexibility and strength-training workout in itseIf. |
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