Netflix Instant Workouts - Dance Off the Inches: Fat Burning Jam

Note: To fulfill my exercise resolutions, I am trying every single workout program that Netflix Instant Watch has to offer.  Join me each week as I try out a new program.

I know what you're thinking, and I would have to agree - wouldn't it be great if we could burn fat by eating jam?  Sadly, this workout video did not involve any peanut butter sandwiches.  I should sue for false advertising.

I thought that since I had so much fun with Tummy Tone Party Zone, I would try out the other Dance Off the Inches program offered by Netflix Instant Watch.  Like the other program, there were three different sections, but the third section was another dance routine instead of a bunch of crunches.  Another difference that I enjoyed: the instructor and back-up dancers interacted more with each other, making jokes that resulted in stilted, awkward laughter.

I am not even sure if I can attribute a dance genre to the first section.  It mostly involved stepping side-to-side and swinging our hips.  I suppose this is the type of dancing that occurs at a "jam" (An aside: whenever I mention "jam",  for some reason, it makes me visualize A Night at the Roxbury).   Despite being ridiculously easy, it was much faster-paced than the other program, which I definitely appreciated. 

For the second section, we did a dance routine that apparently involved going "south of the border." (What if we had been in Canada?  Then would it be an American dance routine?)  This section started off with a "spicy march", which sounds like an oxymoron, but makes sense if you think of it being done at football halftime show by a trombonist who ate one too many chile rellenos.  While the routine did incorporate more Latin-based moves than the last program (for example, the mambo and cha-cha), it was still pretty vanilla. And when I say vanilla, I mean that one move involved walking in a circle and shimmying as though you were trying really hard to lose a game of limbo at a retirement home's tropical-themed party.

The third section was a jazz routine, and I imagine that this section might have been a bit more difficult for those who hadn't gone through the step guide section (which, like with the last program, didn't show up until the end).  This section involved a lot of sliding and turning, which is not easy to do on carpet.  It also involved a lot of hopping while raising your arms, like the Easter Bunny having a religious moment of transcendence while on acid.

Would I do it again?  I actually got really into it and had some fun (but then again, I tend to take the attitude that it's not worth doing anything if you don't do it wholeheartedly).  However, in the end, it was a bit too repetitive, it was too difficult to slide around on the carpet, and all the hopping was hard on my weak ankles.  Still, though, I'm glad I did it at least for one week.