Oh, Susan Anton and the Slimatics videos of my youth. Somehow we had a couple of these Slimatics videos in our house when I was growing up, and I believe that this is how I got hooked on Dance Cardio workouts. I had a love/hate relationship with them. I loved them and hated them for their outrageously cheesy saxophone music, obnoxiously shiney apparrel, and Susan Anton's wannabe-Mick Jagger moves. Her moves gave comedic relief, and I couldn't help but giggle a bit during the workout.
I hated the cool-downs though. She always looked at the camera and adjusted her hair as if she was the sexiest thing since...sliced bread? It was awkward and uncomfortable.
Anyway, she was a nerd for sure, which was comforting to a chubby ten year old. I loved when she made mistakes. That was the best part of the whole thing. It was hilarious. I coveted those parts of the workout. "Silly fool. Everybody knows that the grapevine move is next."
Perhaps we should bring it back so exercisers will not feel inadequate next to the fitness goddesses in videos today. The shiney, annoying spandex. The sweatbands. The awful saxophones. The awkward sequences. If only Samm and I lived closer.
If you asked me at the time if I worked out to those videos, I would have denied it with embarrassment. I knew it wasn't a "cool". But you ask me this now, and I will stand up and cheer! Susan Anton's Slimatics videos were the bees knees of humourous workouts! Hellz to the yes!
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