Good Sweat
The new drumstick workout that pounds away the calories
This workout's motto: "Get ripped while drumming like a rock star!"
I’m one of those people that kicks it into high gear on a spin bike when the music’s really good or can forget that I’m on my eighteenth chaturanga. In short, I like to rock out, at least as much as the next person. Maybe more.
So I was surprised that I hadn’t heard of Pound, a Los Angeles-based workout created by drummer-fitness buffs (and possibly models) Cristina Peerenboom and Kirsten Potenza.
The fitness class will have you swapping your free-weights for weighted drumsticks called Ripstix, and tapping your way to a toner body. Check out the video, below.
What could possibly be the benefits of air drumming and pounding the gym floor with one-pound sticks?
And are they more substantial than headbanging?
According to Peerenboom and Potenza, “striking the ground and simulating drumming allows the participant to hear and see the body working symmetrically in form and exertion. This teaming of sound and motion is absent from all other workouts available today.”
And because you’re moving non-stop, you can burn up to 900 calories during an hour-long class, they say.
We can’t verify that, but the Pound workout, which is coming to Equinox locations in New York this fall—looks to borrow quite a bit from Pilates. If you know the Hundreds or swimming moves, Pound has you do it with the drumsticks. And on the beat, which amps up the cardio component of the core work. That can’t be a piece of cake.
What we really want to know is, would YOU be willing to grab the sticks and drum your way through this workout? Tell us, in the Comments section, below! —Melisse Gelula
For more info about Pound, visit www.poundrockoutworkout.com
(Video credit: Alexander Rydell on Vimeo)
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WHY NOT COME IN MONTREAL TO SEE ME AT MY STUDIO :) Montreal is a Musique city!!!
Can’t come to Montreal, but would love to buy a DVD to use at home. Can’t afford to pay 50.00 a month to go to a class. Where can I find a DVD of the cardiostix with the stix and ball?
Would be interested in buying a DVD & the sticks to do a class at home.
Would love to purchase dvd and weighted drumsticks. Where is that possible
Yes,I would love to purchase a dvd, I seen The pound fitness workout on an episode of the Steve Harvey Show and fell in love with the workout it is something I would commit to doing where ever possible in the comfort of my own home.
I totally agree with Keishawn!! Thanks Steve Harvey for having them!
Yes I would love a set of those drum stick with a DVD to work out with , I saw your work out (brief) on the today show last week and I’m always up for some fun new different work outs, how about A work out to A Live Salsa Band “Wow” that gets you going so do you have one can I but his??? Thanks Theresa Walley