Kathy Smith's Latin Rhythm Workout (1999) Review

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(More customer reviews)To begin with, in order to be happy with your workout video purchase it is good to know what it is and what it is not. This is a 40 minute LOW IMPACT work-out that is broken into two 20 minute segments to be done together or on their own. What you will be doing is essentially dancing to infectious latin music and having 40 minutes of fun. If you are like me, good music makes working out easy. Have you ever run on the treadmill listening to the radio and suddenly started working out faster and better when your favorite song came on? Well, this work out is a great choice if you love latin music and you love dancing.
I bought it in order to have a fun alternative cardio routine and I'm very happy with it. I cannot say this is the most intense cardio workout on the planet - but it does not have to be. Even for advanced exercisers, there are days when you just cant force yourself to perform to super-human limits and this is a great work-out for that day. For beginners, this is a FUN work-out and you will work up a pretty good sweat just following the moves. To get an idea of how intense the workout is, just imagine dancing non-stop in a club for 40 minutes.
The steps are easy to follow for beginners - although if you find it hard to follow dance moves or hate dancing all together please don't bother picking this video up and then critisizing it. Similarly, if you are an advanced salsa dancer and impress the crowds with your dance moves at clubs, this work-out will be boring for you - unless of course you do your own thing to the music.
This work-out is ideal for beginners who need something simple to get them started, for kids, for people of all fitness levels who just want to have fun dancing. This is NOT a workout for strength and muscle building - you should have a separate routine for that to alternate with this one for good overall fitness. You will learn the basic steps to the cha cha, the merengue and the samba and you do not need any equipment except for a moderate area to dance in.
The setting is in a club with a live band and no-one is even wearing tradional work-out clothes. Kathy is fun and motivational as usual and having lots of fun! I did not think her cueing was bad and she did not struggle with the moves in my opinion. She was not trying to teach an advanced latin dance class - she was just leading an exercise class with simple dance moves for fun and she did that VERY well. A member of the cast was a more advanced dancer and often demonstrated more advanced moves to the dance. But overall, no-one should buy this tape in hopes of learning to become a professional dancer - take it for what is is - a simple cardio work-out with basic moves to latin rhythms and you should be very happy.

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Core Rhythms Dance Exercise Program, Salsa Blast - Full Workout DVD Review

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(More customer reviews)Please disregard CTY "ConnectToYou"'s review (that they posted on all discs, prompting me to do the same). They seem to have a problem mostly with the company, not the DVDs. I never buy direct as these kind of organizations are known to be slimy, and I recommend that you purchase from a third party as well.
I love dance workouts as they are fun and educational and therefore I will actually do them. These are the best. You MUST start with the starter kit "kick start" disc to learn the moves. It's a workout in itself! Then you can progress to the extremely challenging dance workouts. The girls do go very fast and don't give you a lot of verbal cues, but you have more visual assist (in the camera views) than you could ever need. You WILL feel a change in your body from doing these regularly! I can't say enough about them, BUY THEM ALL!

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Introducing CORE RHYTHMS, a Latin Dance exercise program that will speed shrink your waistline and sculpt a lean, sexy body. With Core Rhythms Jaana and Julia get you moving and grooving to HOT Latin music in no time! Now, YOU can go from flab to fab with three simple movements that allow you to reap the benefits of years of training and practicing without all the hard work. Core Rhythms gives you world class cardio conditioning, while toning your abs at the same time.In CORE RHYTHMS FULL WORKOUT Jaana and Julia teach you the 3 Core Movements essential to Latin dancing and give you drills to exercise your core to uplifting Latin music. Jaana and Julia make it FUN to follow with their never before seen instructional help segments within the workout. This workout is for anyone who is willing to get up and move!

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SalsaCrazy Presents: Salsa Dance Workout and Fitness DVD Review

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(More customer reviews)Unfortunately this dvd is not upto the quality of other salsacrazy products. Neither is good to learn salsa nor as a workout routine.
The salsa steps are covered too briefly and only from the man point of view (so ladies can't learn their steps), but at the other side the steps you need to learn are too complex for a workout.
If you want to learn salsa get The complete salsa mastery from SalsaCrazy. For effective workout, get something else.

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The passion, excitement, and rhythm of salsa dance, mixed with an exhilarating and fun workout, SalsaCrazy presents, for the first time ever, your favorite dance workout, a Salsa Dance Workout!A different style of video than SalsaCrazy's best-selling step-by-step, dance instructional videos (also available on amazon.com), the salsa workout is simply several common, real club style salsa dance movements and patterns practiced to stellar salsa music for the purpose of getting a great cardio workout that is extremely fun while being a great exercise routine.This is it, Salsa Crazy brings you the ultimate mix of Dance and Fitness, with SalsaCrazy s fantastic and fun salsa dance workout. There s no dance experience and no partner required. In fact, you ll learn all the fantastic dance moves, and have them broken down step by step, before we dance them to music. With world class salsa music, and real salsa dance moves, this fun and energetic DVD will quickly become your favorite workout. Designed so that everyone can experience the benefits of a great workout, while learning how to salsa dance.This 2 hour DVD has a great stretching and warm-up session, followed by breakdowns of both Beginning and Intermediate Salsa Dance moves, that are then danced to some of the finest salsa dance music in the world. All this, and you ll be ready to hit the nightlife scene too, because you ll be learning real Salsa Dance moves, not some generic aerobic workout danced to Latin music. This is the real thing and the real deal.

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Marc Anthony - The Concert from Madison Square Garden (2001) Review

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(More customer reviews)A live broadcast for HBO from Madison Square Garden in 2000, this 2 hour show is energy filled and a winner for salsa lovers; the camera work and editing are excellent, and it must have been challenging to follow Marc Anthony as he dances his way across the stage. He is super-charged and looks great in all black, with a knee-length jacket and his trademark sunglasses.
The musicians are incredible, and keep up with Marc every step of the way, and the audience reaction is like an ocean of applause and cheers, that clearly overwhelms Marc with emotion at times.
The DVD "Extras" include the video of "When I Dream at Night".
As Marc is fond of saying, "check it out, baby !"
The songs:
1: "Y Hubo Alguien", a wild salsa number to start the show with.
2: "Contra la Corriente", the title song to his terrific 1997 CD.
3: "You Sang to Me"
4: "When I Dream at Night"
5: "Hasta Ayer". My favorite song of the show ! the concert is worth viewing for this number alone; guitarist Nelson Gonzales does a marvelous solo on this one.
6: "Si Te Vas". more wild salsa.
7: "Nadie Como Ella". Tito Puente does a drum solo on this one.
At this point in the concert Marc Anthony does some introductions: Ruben Blades, and Julia Roberts and Benjamin Bratt who are in the audience.
8: "Don't Let Me Leave". Aaron McLain does a nifty electric guitar solo on this song.
9: "Remember Me". A lovely, poignant ballad.
10: "My Baby You". An emotional ballad dedicated to Marc's daughter Arianna, which moves Marc to tears after singing it.
11: "Te Conosco Bien". Back to the salsa.
12: "Da la Vuelta". Mas salsa !
13: "Preciosa". An ode to beautiful Puerto Rico.
14: "That's Okay". Great dance number.
15: "I Need to Know". I love this tune ! Wonderful melody and rhythm, impossible to refrain from dancing when this is playing.

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No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: DVDArtist: ANTHONY,MARCTitle: CONCERT FROM MADISON SQUARE GARDENStreet Release Date: 03/16/2004

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