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Newest workout spreading on West Coast uses drumsticks

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Move over, pole dancing, kettle bells and Zumba.

Drumstick smashing represents the latest rage to hit the Hollywood exercise circuit, offering a workout similar to boot camp or Pilates but without the bark of a drill instructor or the serenity of a yoga studio.

The high-volume group fitness class, called Pound, was devised by Cristina Peerenboom and Kirsten Potenza, who tout it as a fun and energetic alternative to the usual sweat-

inducing routines.

Using wooden or weighted drumsticks, members smack the ground repeatedly to a fast-paced soundtrack of rock and hip-hop songs.

The two fit, bubbly instructors came up with the idea last year at a Hollywood Hills party attended by rock royalty.

Matt Sorum, a former drummer for Guns N' Roses, had just finished a set on the drums at the rowdy party when the women approached the kit. Both had played drums in school bands, and both had pursued athletics for most of their lives.

That night, the two worlds collided.

"We were drumming without a drum stool to accompany the kit, and we were squatting over it and realized that the movement of the arms was acting to throw the entire body off, and, in order to counteract that, we were having to squeeze ... our core muscles," said Peerenboom, 25.

Her background as a dancer and choreographer helped her piece together a sequence of drumming movements that take the body through a broad range of motion.

A typical progression could have drummers standing with legs spread before moving their torsos in a wide arc, bending to pound the ground next to one foot, standing to smack the sticks together overhead to the beat and then bending to pummel the ground next to the other foot, pivoting back and forth.

Another move focuses on abs and back muscles, with pounders sitting on the ground with legs raised, leaning back to form their bodies in a V-shape. They drum the floor alongside their bodies in a move similar to a core Pilates exercise that requires people to hold the position while bouncing their hands up and down 100 times.

Mike Bracko, a spokesman for the American College of Sports Medicine, applauded the Pound fitness model.

"Anytime you add music, especially if it's up-tempo music, people just have a tendency to go with the beat" and work harder than they might without it, he said.

"Bilateral movements like drumming, with left hand up while right hand is down, in a boat or a lunge position, would certainly challenge the core muscles," he added.

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