Video Review 8&9: Cher's Body & Richard Simmons on Broadway
30 days, 70+ videos. Do them and Review them.
No, I do not deny the fact that I was probably a drag queen in another life.
Yes, it was actually accidental that I happen to view these on the same day.
I did one this morning and one a few minutes ago.
Richard Simmons' Broadway Sweat - 2000
Richard Simmons is unicorns and rainbows and pink streamers on bikes and pixies and hello kitty and fairytales and all that is happy and uplifting. He actually CARES about you and almost every soul on this planet, and he did before there was even money involved. People that dog him can go dieinafire!
I had my lab blood drawn this morning (9 vials! damn vampires.) so I was gonna take it a little easy. Figured Richard, my happy hairplugged hero, would do the trick.
Required Fitness Level: 1/5
Maximum Fitness Level Achieved thru vid: 3/5
Gimmick: The most flamboyant man alive dancing with you to the most flamboyant tunes ever written, and you can't stop loving every second
Dress: Primary colors, relaxed resort wear
Recent Post-Op Concerns: None, if you can walk you can build up to this. just don't kick as high on the kick parts
9 minutes warmup & stretch
47 minutes low impact aerobic dance
8 minute cooldown and stretch
You can stop laughing at me now, this REALLY was fun. Each 6 minutes is a popular broadway tune! And you don't realise it until the 3rd song but almost every one has choreography from the movie version! Rather than instruct you on the moves and bore you, he just repeats the entire dance combination for the song about 6 times for each song. By the second one you've caught on, by the fourth one you're adding your own flare.
EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD! lksdfpwlerur!!!
People pay good money for heroine to get this happy. All they need to do is the Wiz dance. Seriously, Diana Ross and MJ did almost these same moves in the movie!
He does a fun kick routine to One Singular Sensation from Chorus Line, a cute little cowboy Oklahoma! number, that little Auntie Mame song, June is Bustin' out all over, and a few more ones including this cool little russian dance number. Oh, and he changes the set design for each one just like a little high school play! so adorable! One great thing about most of his videos is that the aerobics/cardio section is longer than most. I like this, as I believe little can be achieved with short workouts.
If you were a thespian in high school or even if you were too chicken**** to audition, you NEED this tape. My fave thing about his tapes, despite him being so damn glittery happy and saying phrases like "razzle dazzle" and "cheery groovy day", is the fact that you see ALL types of bodies on here. From thin to muscular to super morbidly obese to chubby... men, women, and transgendered. These are people having fun exercising. Poeple like YOU.
Cher's Body Confidence - 1992
Fitness Level Required: 2/5
Max Fitness Level Acheivable in Vid: 4/5
Gimmick: Cher in a sequense thong
Dress: pure awesome
Post-Op Concerns: none, really, just dont do the abs or resistance portion until you're cleared for it. Oh, and she does this one move where she twists on one knee. Don't do that. bad form.
This woman is awesome. She openly admits she's been rail thin her whole life, and she says people of all sizes should combine cardio and strength for better heart and muscle health. Go girl. The dance portion of the workout teaches you one step, then you build on that, add another step, repeat the whole routine and build on that. That's how we've done it in every dance class and drill team I've been in, but there was something a little more tedious about this one. Can't quite put my hands on it, it wans't boring, I mean, I like learning new dance routines, but this one was kind of uninspired.
after your 39 minutes of dance, she switches outfits and trainers and there's a pretty decent 42resistance band workout. I did mine with weights. She covered squats, lunges, pushups, flys, rows, and abs.
The outfits were inspiring.
Apparently someone asked every fried-hair hussy in a biker bar if she wanted to be in a workout video and that's how it was cast.
But who cares, CHER IS IN IT.
Complete with sequense and mesh thong outfits, vinyl corsets, and leather waist cinchers. All the things I would work out with if I had a fitness dungeon.
SOOOOO full of sparkly win.
This deserves a large photo montage:
No, I do not deny the fact that I was probably a drag queen in another life.
Yes, it was actually accidental that I happen to view these on the same day.
I did one this morning and one a few minutes ago.
Richard Simmons' Broadway Sweat - 2000
Richard Simmons is unicorns and rainbows and pink streamers on bikes and pixies and hello kitty and fairytales and all that is happy and uplifting. He actually CARES about you and almost every soul on this planet, and he did before there was even money involved. People that dog him can go dieinafire!
I had my lab blood drawn this morning (9 vials! damn vampires.) so I was gonna take it a little easy. Figured Richard, my happy hairplugged hero, would do the trick.
Required Fitness Level: 1/5
Maximum Fitness Level Achieved thru vid: 3/5
Gimmick: The most flamboyant man alive dancing with you to the most flamboyant tunes ever written, and you can't stop loving every second
Dress: Primary colors, relaxed resort wear
Recent Post-Op Concerns: None, if you can walk you can build up to this. just don't kick as high on the kick parts
9 minutes warmup & stretch
47 minutes low impact aerobic dance
8 minute cooldown and stretch
You can stop laughing at me now, this REALLY was fun. Each 6 minutes is a popular broadway tune! And you don't realise it until the 3rd song but almost every one has choreography from the movie version! Rather than instruct you on the moves and bore you, he just repeats the entire dance combination for the song about 6 times for each song. By the second one you've caught on, by the fourth one you're adding your own flare.
EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD! lksdfpwlerur!!!
People pay good money for heroine to get this happy. All they need to do is the Wiz dance. Seriously, Diana Ross and MJ did almost these same moves in the movie!
He does a fun kick routine to One Singular Sensation from Chorus Line, a cute little cowboy Oklahoma! number, that little Auntie Mame song, June is Bustin' out all over, and a few more ones including this cool little russian dance number. Oh, and he changes the set design for each one just like a little high school play! so adorable! One great thing about most of his videos is that the aerobics/cardio section is longer than most. I like this, as I believe little can be achieved with short workouts.
If you were a thespian in high school or even if you were too chicken**** to audition, you NEED this tape. My fave thing about his tapes, despite him being so damn glittery happy and saying phrases like "razzle dazzle" and "cheery groovy day", is the fact that you see ALL types of bodies on here. From thin to muscular to super morbidly obese to chubby... men, women, and transgendered. These are people having fun exercising. Poeple like YOU.
Cher's Body Confidence - 1992
Fitness Level Required: 2/5
Max Fitness Level Acheivable in Vid: 4/5
Gimmick: Cher in a sequense thong
Dress: pure awesome
Post-Op Concerns: none, really, just dont do the abs or resistance portion until you're cleared for it. Oh, and she does this one move where she twists on one knee. Don't do that. bad form.
This woman is awesome. She openly admits she's been rail thin her whole life, and she says people of all sizes should combine cardio and strength for better heart and muscle health. Go girl. The dance portion of the workout teaches you one step, then you build on that, add another step, repeat the whole routine and build on that. That's how we've done it in every dance class and drill team I've been in, but there was something a little more tedious about this one. Can't quite put my hands on it, it wans't boring, I mean, I like learning new dance routines, but this one was kind of uninspired.
after your 39 minutes of dance, she switches outfits and trainers and there's a pretty decent 42resistance band workout. I did mine with weights. She covered squats, lunges, pushups, flys, rows, and abs.
The outfits were inspiring.
Apparently someone asked every fried-hair hussy in a biker bar if she wanted to be in a workout video and that's how it was cast.
But who cares, CHER IS IN IT.
Complete with sequense and mesh thong outfits, vinyl corsets, and leather waist cinchers. All the things I would work out with if I had a fitness dungeon.
SOOOOO full of sparkly win.
This deserves a large photo montage:
You ROCK!
You're reviews totally crack me up. I finally gave away my Sweatin'to the Oldies when I moved here. It was a present from my granmother as well as the Deal a Meal program.....Here you go happy 12th birthday sweety...arghhhh
I want to work out with Cher, mostly I just want a safe place to dress like the sadist that I truly am.
I want to work out with Cher, mostly I just want a safe place to dress like the sadist that I truly am.
I love your reviews!! But what a wild juxtaposition: Richard and Cher in the same day?? Did you have nightmares??!!
LOL!!
Keep 'em coming!!
Sheri
LOL!!
Keep 'em coming!!
Sheri
I've been fat, and I've been thin - and thin is better.
There is a better way. --Alaine of Lyndar
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HW: 234. SW: 228 (18 June 2015). GW: 137. Specs: 50ish, 5'4"
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