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"&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;As I&amp;amp;#39;ve &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.verywell.com/everyone-can-dance-get-your-groove-on-with-kerboomka-85961&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;mentioned before&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, I&amp;amp;#39;m pretty terrible at choreographed dance workouts, but that doesn&amp;amp;#39;t mean I don&amp;amp;#39;t hold out hope that I can someday master a set of steps. You might say my attempts are a bit like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football - I never give up hope, but I keep failing.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Such was again my experience with &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.groov3.com/&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;externalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; rel=&amp;quot;nofollow&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Groov3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Don&amp;amp;#39;t get me wrong - I understand that my failures at &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.verywell.com/nightclub-fitness-are-you-ready-to-party-85963&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;dance workouts&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; aren&amp;amp;#39;t a fair representation of the quality of the workout, just a clear indication that I should stick to interval training. So with that understanding aside, here&amp;amp;#39;s what you need to know about the Groov3 DVD.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;h3&amp;gt;The Groov3 DVD&amp;lt;/h3&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Led by Benjamin Allen, a celebrity choreographer and the developer of the Groov3 dance program, the &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.groov3.com/shop/dvds/dance-sweat-live-workout-dvd&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;externalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;4&amp;quot; rel=&amp;quot;nofollow&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Groov3 DVD&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; ($17) is based off of the hour-long live dance classes held in studios around Los Angeles (and will soon be headquartered in Allen&amp;amp;#39;s new Beat Box Dance Studio).&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The DVD includes five segments - three that slowly build the dance&amp;amp;#39;s choreography, one that puts the whole dance together at full-speed, and a final cool down segment.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;It&amp;amp;#39;s important to note that Groov3 and the Groov3 DVD aren&amp;amp;#39;t touted specifically as a dance &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;workout&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;; rather, they&amp;amp;#39;re positioned as dance &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;classes&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;. While Allen encourages participants to work hard and work up a sweat, the focus is on learning the choreography and getting active while having fun. This is an important differentiation for two reasons:\u00A0&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ol&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;They&amp;amp;#39;re not claiming you&amp;amp;#39;ll burn 900 calories in an hour or lose a certain amount of weight by participating - that, to me, makes the program more credible (I can&amp;amp;#39;t stand over-hyped claims!)&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;The focus is on dance and choreography, not exercise in the strictest sense - in other words, enjoy it for what it is, not what it&amp;amp;#39;s not; if you want a tough workout, you might be disappointed, but if you want to experience a fun dance class, you&amp;amp;#39;ll enjoy yourself&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ol&amp;gt;&amp;lt;h3&amp;gt;The DVD Experience&amp;lt;/h3&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt; &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Easy-to-learn choreography.&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; Even though I&amp;amp;#39;m not great at choreography, I found the movements introduced throughout the program to be easy to follow and pick up. Because the &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.verywell.com/boutique-style-home-workout-video-reviews-86024&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;dance builds on itself&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, you keep repeating the moves, getting better at them with practice and experience.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt; &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Engaging instruction.&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; Allen and his backup dancers were positive, fun and easy to like, and they did a great job of demonstrating the choreography. I appreciated that each eight-count was repeated several times at a slow speed before picking up the pace, and I also appreciated that Allen kept reminding me that &amp;amp;#34;what you look like doesn&amp;amp;#39;t matter - just do you!&amp;amp;#34; So when I got off beat or missed steps, I made an honest attempt to just keep on dancing.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt; &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Slower-paced workout.&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; That said, I didn&amp;amp;#39;t feel like I got the world&amp;amp;#39;s best workout (which remember, isn&amp;amp;#39;t something they&amp;amp;#39;re claiming, so I can&amp;amp;#39;t really hold it against them!). I&amp;amp;#39;m sure this was due in part to my difficulty picking up the steps (I wasn&amp;amp;#39;t breaking it down as hard as I could have if I knew the dance), but also because the nature of the class doesn&amp;amp;#39;t lend itself to a high-intensity routine. Learning choreography requires slower movements, so while you&amp;amp;#39;re staying active throughout Groov3, you&amp;amp;#39;re not going at full speed, which means ultimately you&amp;amp;#39;re not working as hard as you could during some workouts.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;h3&amp;gt;Who It&amp;amp;#39;s For&amp;lt;/h3&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Allen says his DVD and Groov3 classes are geared to three types of people: Those who love to dance, those who want to learn how to dance, and those who are looking to break a sweat and have fun. I&amp;amp;#39;d say his assessment is pretty accurate.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Former dancers and dancer wanna-bes will appreciate the focus on choreography, and those who just want to have a dance party at home will enjoy the fun elements of the program. I&amp;amp;#39;d even go as far as to say this DVD is positioned perfectly for the person who&amp;amp;#39;s looking to get active for the first time in years and doesn&amp;amp;#39;t want to head to the gym.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;However, I don&amp;amp;#39;t think it&amp;amp;#39;s for those who want a tough, hard-hitting workout. This isn&amp;amp;#39;t a high-intensity exercise program - it&amp;amp;#39;s a dance class designed to help people get active and start dancing.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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