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Aerobics DVDs for Dyscalculics!
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| RosieLee |
Posted on March 09 2010 09:49 AM
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Hi Everyone
I have recently been diagnosed with dyscalculia and have always had really terrible co-ordination. The other day I bought a new fitness DVD..imagine my dismay when I discovered it included a section of rapidly-changing dance steps! Gave it a good go, but I think it's fair to say I ain't got rhythm! Does anyone else have this problem? I feel like a total clumsy dork when I can't keep up with the steps as it looks so easy on TV! On the bright side, this is only one section - I can do the rest of it!
We should compile a fitness DVD for people with dyscalculia! |
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| RottieWoman |
Posted on March 09 2010 01:56 PM
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Hey Rosie,
yup, I 've always had spatial/coordination issues and it really does affect me in martial arts, which I enjoy. The times I've tried classes like Step and so on at a gym have been fairly un-productive. It's not easy for me but I keep trying w/the martial arts due to my overall really liking that. As for aerobics/dance-type classes I tend not to do those cause I just don't like those enough to put with up my own fumbling, but I really don't worry about other people think, it just takes me longer and maybe I won't seem as "skilled" or smooth performing the same maneuver as someone else, but I in relation to that, I just don't worry about it. I only do martial arts for myself.
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| tr3slunas |
Posted on March 09 2010 02:31 PM
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My spacial issues are pretty bad- I can't walk down a set of stairs without watching my feet - and I have bumps and bruises from continually bumping into things. Sports and maths were my two worst subjects at school, and I used to get laughed at because I couldn't run properly. My uni thinks I have dyspraxia as well though so I don't know how much of it is Dyscalculia? I am asking my doctor on Friday if she will refer me for testing for dyspraxia.
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| justfoundout |
Posted on March 09 2010 05:39 PM
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Yes, RosieLee. Please make us a fitness DVD, especially for dyscalculics and 'follow the steps' challenged people. I'd love to have one.
I am opposed to learning martial arts or practicing yoga, and I wouldn't buy a fitness DVD that contains these forms of exercise - not that you'd mentioned these, RosieLee.
As a child, I'd always taken ballet, tap, jazz, and 'tumbling' classes as a child. I had very sweet, kind, yet talented teachers. The 'learning' part was not 'fast paced', so I never really noticed that I was a slower learner than the others. Also, I always showed up for the classes, so I never had to 'catch up' with things that others had learned during any 'absence' of mine. The teachers taught us a routine and stuck with it, all the way until 'recital time'. Then, I put on a pretty costume and a glittered rose in my hair, and Voila!
However, after I started college, I showed up in a 'step up on a box' exercise class. It was 'free', so the price was right. I took a spot toward the back of the room. There was a young lady leading the class, and there were about twenty other women, not all young. I was doing just fine,... sort of 'faking' the routine, but getting plenty of 'workout'. I was completely satisfied with myself, especially since it was my first time there, and since I just wanted some encouragement to 'move around' a little. But the young lady instructor completely stopped the class, and looking at me said, "You can go get on the treadmill at the back of the room, since you're not able to 'keep up'." I said, "No, this is fine." She insisted, "But since you can't follow the routine and its too fast for you, I think you should go get on the exercise equipment." I said, "No. This is fine." Nowadays, I'd go directly to her supervisor to report her, but back then I didn't do things like this.
Yes, an exercise routine with music would be just great. - jus' |
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| Tigerfeet |
Posted on March 09 2010 08:20 PM
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Yes, yes, yes. I used to take step aerobic classes and was always the one left facing the wrong way, or couldn't keep up with the changing steps. I'm pretty clumsy too; always falling down stairs. I actually fell out of my (flat) shoe today and off the kerb, no idea how I managed that one.
I actually really like skating, boxing-based exercise and yoga, but the yoga I take at my own pace and it's slow Iyengar-style anyway, not this fast-paced fling-yourself-into-asanas that celebrities always seem to make popular. My favourite way to exercise is circuits on the weight machines or free weights. No pressure, no stupid steps to memorize, just pure form and reps. And I gave up skating as soon as it started to get complicated with jumps and such. That was just asking for injury! |
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| Addy |
Posted on March 09 2010 09:00 PM
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Gods, I would LOVE a dyscalculia-friendly exercize DVD series. I get a lot out of the DVD's I have now (Gaiam's balance ball series) but that's in spite getting my left and right confused, and inverting the moves, and all kinds of other craziness.
I think exercise videos should tell you every single time what you're supposed to be doing with your right and left legs and right and left arms ... it doesn't help that when you're watching a vid, you're doing the mirror image of what the instructor is doing.
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| RosieLee |
Posted on March 09 2010 09:07 PM
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Wow, so many replies and so much information! I wish I had the equipment and the general know-how to compile a DVD like this! I tend to stick with quite repetitive moves (not much fancy footwork!) Although I can't do a DVD as such, we could recommend DVDs to eachother we find easy to follow.
Not everyone would like every single thing on the list, but it would give us a good starting point and eventually we would have something for everybody.
I personally liked The Busy Life Workout by Debra Stephenson (she is a UK soap actress) which gave me a pretty good workout. There are no difficult steps in this and it seems to work very well on your arms!
Yes, Tigerfeet, I used to do T'ae Bo (non-contact) and yoga (I also hate this "springing out of postures" stuff!)., but yoga classes got very expensive, so now I just do exercise at home.
It's ok if you do a DVD and the dance stuff is confined to one bit, so you can either jog on the spot or leave it out!
By the way, I once knew someone who broke their leg trying to do a "Flashdance" sequence! |
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| twistedxkiss |
Posted on March 09 2010 11:55 PM
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"I am opposed to learning martial arts or practicing yoga,"
...why? |
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| justfoundout |
Posted on March 10 2010 03:50 PM
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Dear RosieLee,
Regarding Flashdance,... (loved the music) I saw a special on how that was filmed. They actually had to use a man wearing a wig for some of those stunts in order to find someone strong enough! And, it's no secret that the beautiful girl who starred in the role was not a dancer at all, and didn't pretend to be. Aside from the slow introduction to the dance, which was, of course, she herself, even the other dancing done by a female was not the actress, but rather a 'double'. Also, the segments of the dance were filmed separately and spliced together, as 'who could ever have all that energy all at the same time?'. What a shame that the person you knew broke a leg trying to emmulate Flashdance. I think that Flashdance from the movie should probably put one of those 'warnings' like they put for the 'stupid stunts' TV shows, where they warn the public 'not to try these stunts at home'. :) - jus' |
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| RosieLee |
Posted on March 10 2010 05:08 PM
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Yes, I think he was called "Crazylegs" or something!
Makes you realise how complicated films can be, without the viewers realising. Apparently the dance scenes in "Grease" were also very hard to film.
Yeah, a warning would have been a good idea! |
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| justfoundout |
Posted on March 10 2010 05:24 PM
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3/10/10
Thanks, RosieLee. - jus' |
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