The dance movements in Pound also remind you of Dandiya, an Indian dance form
Pound is a group fitness format inspired by drumming co-created by Kirsten Potenza and Cristina Peerenboom former athletes and recreational drummers. Pound is a cardio vascular activity that combines conditioning and strength training with yoga and pilates inspired moves. Pound claims to burn over 1,000 calories along with sculpting your physique, and all this while grooving to rocking high energy music.
Pound is so much fun that you forget that you are working your muscles. It uses a lightly weighted version of drumsticks called Ripstix to convert the session into an effective total body workout. The dance movements in Pound also remind you of Dandiya, an Indian dance form.
—The writer is a nutrition consultant and a fitness instructor.
O.H. thrust
Lie down on the mat with your knees bent. Bring the sticks above your head with elbows tucked close to the ears, as you lift your hips off the floor like a pelvic bridge slowly bring your arms down and strike the sticks close to your ankles.
Lunge position with rainbows
Keeping feet together, bring your right leg back and drop straight down so that both your legs are at a 90 degrees angle. Get as low as possible. Strike the sticks above your head and then move one arm down to the right side, bring it back up above your head, and then repeat on the left side.
Set position with rainbow
Start at a basic standing position with your feet bigger than shoulder-width apart, with knees bent into a deep plie, tuck in your glutes, tuck in your tummy, roll back your shoulders keeping your back straight. Start by hitting the sticks together above your head and then moving one arm down to the right side, up above your head again and then repeat on left side. You should be able to feel a good stretch on your obliques.
Kit position with bass kick
Start by sitting on the mat with your spine nice and tall and your legs stretched out together. Slowly move your upper body backwards into a C position. Bring your arms over your head, exhale and bring your right leg up, bring the sticks down, touch the sides. Repeat by bringing the sticks above your head, exhale and bring your left leg up.
Down & Up
Start with a wide stance, and get down into a squat. Strike the sticks on the mat below and then jump off the floor and strike the sticks above your head, like a jumping squat stance. Pound shifts your focus to the rhythm and you lose track of the time.
Eventually, at the end of a 45-minute session you would have completed about 15,000 repetitions and over 70 techniques without even realising it. So what are you waiting for? Try a Pound workout class near you or workout at home using the Pound Home Fitness DVDs.
