Bollyrobics Dance Workout Review

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(More customer reviews)This DVD comes in several languages: English, Hindu, Spanish, French, Japanese & music only (same beat for all menu choices).
It has 3 different dances, Maahi Ve, Chaiyya Chaiyya. Each section is 30-35 min each w/a warm-up, step by step, the 3 min dance performance itself & a cool down. The warm-ups & cool downs are all the same for all 3 dances.
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Songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Bombay Dreams" and the Bollywood film "Kal Ho Naa Ho" (Indian Love Story -- Tomorrow May Never Come) featuring Shahrukh Khan provide the music to 3 dances, each with an increasing level of difficulty and unique style which varies from playful and sensual to dynamic and powerful.
The woman on the dvd, Julia Casper, is the one dancing. At the dance portion, it's just her 3x with computer graphics.
Warm-up - uses basic dancing you will use to get you into it before the step by step portion.
Step by step - shows you the moves, she does break it down, such as only showing the veil first, then the veil & feet & then finally adding the hands. She even does it at a slower pace for faster moves before going normal speed. Each move is done at least 4x if not many more times. She gives great body movement cues, not just counts in 8s.
Cool down - is nice, added head rolls like the warm up, but also adds some standing fwd bends, lunges to really stretch.
I enjoyed Julia's presence, the breakdown was easy to follow & I felt more aware of my body to move better. I don't like this style of dancing as much as Latin or belly dancing or even hip hop, but there were a few moves I thought were great. Julia's style actually encouraged me to get into it more then I would have.
I took off 1 star because of lack of music during the step by step which made it drag on & boring (music only option will come in handy if replay it at later date). Though practice repetition is great & needed for any dance instruction, with the slower down & breakdown, there did not need to be so much, especially on moves that would not get the heart rate up. If these were aerobic moves, that would be great as exercise, but most were easy & required little physical effort.
After completing the step by step once, I will only replay the dance portions only for aerobic workout. I would love for Julia & production to put out more dances of different styles with my suggestions in the future.
Their site is bollyrobics com & all 3 dances are on youtube in all the languages.

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Bollyrobics is a new kind of workout.Indian dance elements from well-known Bollywood movies are combined with vigorous, sexy choreography. It combines coordination, strength and stamina with a large amount of sensuality. Each of the 3 dances are introduced by a detailed step-by-step program, while a warm-up and cool-down shapes the workout

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Veena and Neena: Bollywood Blast - The Ultimate Bollywood Dance Workout Review

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(More customer reviews)Veena and Neena have done a lot of workout videos and it's always great to see the twins together. At 1st glance, I thought the twins were working together on Bollywood Blast but was surprised that Veena was leading the workout with 2 other dancers. Veena did say that Neena helped to design the moves. That disc lasted for about 26 minutes. Indi-Hop is also included (which I already have) and lasts for about 34 minutes (including instruction time).
I prefer Indi-Hop because it includes 3 dance routines with different levels of intensity. Bollywood Blast is great for the obliques with the different twists and leg lifts. I did have to add another workout since this one is so short. Doing the 2 discs together would give you more of a complete workout and plenty of yoga stretches.

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Hemalayaa: Bollywood Booty Review

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(More customer reviews)I had alot of fun with this one and came online to mention one thing that would be important to city-dwellers: this workout is tiny-apartment-friendly. You can do the entire workout in in a 5'x5' space and the only thing I couldn't do for respect for my neighbors was the hopping which was quite minimal anyway.

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This is the most fun you ll ever have reshaping your backside. It s so enjoyable, you won t believe you re working out you ll just dance, strut, and sashay away the pounds and inches.Join fitness star and yogini Hemalayaa for vibrant, liberating Indian dance moves set to infectious bhangra beats. These four quick dance workouts will help you get fit, firm, and flirty in no time. But more than that, they re the perfect way to release inhibitions, embrace your body, and fall in love with your booty! So if you are looking for a creative, refreshing way to lift those buns, burn fat, and remake your shape, try Bollywood Booty today

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Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease - In the Bedroom (2007) Review

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(More customer reviews)I own the original set, and really love them. These new ones are just not up to par. This one is especially disappointing. The moves feel like they're right out of the mid-90s, and the only full run-through of the combination with music is filmed more like a music video...complete with SLOW-MO scenes, meaning there is NO WAY to follow along with it! A total waste. And not at all a workout! NOT EVEN A WARM-UP! I love Carmen, but I doubt I'll ever use this DVD again, unless i'm trying to prove to a friend that it really is THAT bad...
Carmen Electra's Fit to Strip" I really love it, and it gives you an AWESOME workout!

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Carmen’s back and bringing total body fitness to the sexiest room in the house in Carmen Electra’s Aerobic Striptease: In the Bedroom. A follow-up to her top selling fitness series, In the Bedroom combines body-sculpting dance moves with sultry stretches and toning exercises you can perform on or around your own bed.

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Dance a GoGo: Music Video Dance Workout (2009) Review

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(More customer reviews)This DVD is awesome. Andrea Lin is a dancer from Taiwan. She has been dancing her entire life. In this dvd she decided to combine dance lessons with a heart pumping workout. With this dvd you can expect to sweat as well as get some great dance moves that you can take with you to the dance club. This dvd is a great confidence booster. Give it a shot. You won't be disappointed.

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Pure Barre: Pershing Square 1 Review

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(More customer reviews)I have and LOVE the first Pure Barre workout. This workout (Carrie with 3-4 PB instructors) looks to have been filmed in a nice bright room with lots of windows with Carrie instructing and giving tips. Much brighter than the original PB. This workout does not disappoint in any way! It is a non-stop burn fest for your thighs, glutes and hip area. After the traditional barre type warmup (knee ups), it's right down to the mat for some plank work, tricep dips knee pushups and back to standing at your support. Carrie uses a small ball to be held behind knee as you squeeze and pulse in familiar barre moves. There are more done without the ball. Having to hold that ball in place really cranks it up a notch and gets into the hamstring intensely. There is also some inner thigh standing work (popping the heels). Carrie and class hold onto the side of a wall for support, you can use a chair or anything really for a support. Working the same leg, you move to the floor and continue frying with various lying moves extending the leg from the hip. My hip was begging for mercy. There are also some quick stretches thrown in between. After you repeat on the other side, you move on to abs holding on your ball. I prefer to use my pilates ring for this ab series. I have done it using a ball and feel it intensely but I just feel like I get a better grip and squeeze going then with the ball. You could do it with nothing and still feel the abs working intensely :) There is a nice soothing stretch at the end. The DVD also has some extras where you can get more tips on form and is chaptered.
I have been rotating Pershing 1 & 2 and I have to say I love them both but I find myself most sore from this one and I think that's from the lying floor work. The 2 DVDs compliment each other -- get both!

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Lift your seat, tone your thighs and arms, flatten your abs and burn fat in record-breaking time with the Pure Barre Technique!This 45-minute full body workout will not waste your time. Pure Barre is the fastest, most effective way to change your body, producing results in just 10 sessions. You will be amazed at your narrower, leaner new physique.Pure Barre creator Carrie Rezabek leads you through a system of exercises targeted at the parts of the body that need it the most. You will begin with a warm-up to melt away fat and shape your upper body.Carrie then guides you through specific isometric movements that target your legs, seat, hips and abs. Each strength section of the workout is followed by a a stretch section, which will help you achieve the slim look of a dancer.The Pure Barre Technique truly is the answer. All you have to do is this DVD 2-3 times per week and your body will change- it is that simple.To mix in a more intense workout in to your Pure Barre routine, try the second DVD in this series- Pershing Square: 2.

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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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Paula Abdul's Get Up And Dance An Aerobic Dance Workout (1995) Review

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(More customer reviews)I just want people to know that this is a hip-hop workout and difficult for some of us due to all the jumps, twists, and general joint-popping. I would have liked to have known that before I ordered it.

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Lisa Rinna: Dance Body Beautiful: Jive, Jump, Ballroom Bump (2008) Review

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(More customer reviews)After a rocky start this is now my favorite cardio video and I have tried too many to count. Please don't feel discouraged by the jive in the first segment. That is by far the trickiest to get down but not impossible. The choreography is AMAZING. The steps SEEM simple but they make you feel like a professional dancer. I love that they are challenging but that the steps repeat in a pattern so a regular person can follow along. I did the video twice before adding my own music with the video on mute. This makes the video SO great and different than others - the steps stay the same but the music can change as often as you like. This difference is key. I can't dance to music that is boring so being able to have simple steps that repeat is really a revelation to me. I also appreciate that there are not too many traveling steps...for those of us that live in small apartments. Lisa won me over with her personality that is so warm and friendly. There is a great group of pro dancers who put there own spin on the steps. I did this video with my teenage niece and she loved it too (we both were chanting "single, single, double on the same side" Thanks for making these great workouts. I am a convert and can't wait until more come out!!!

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Lisa Rinna Dance Body Beautiful is the hip new workout method created and choreographed by Dancing With The Stars competitors and fan favorites Lisa Rinna and Louis Van Amstel.Encompassing totally unique routines that are fun and easy to follow, you can do these body blasting workouts anytime – NO PARTNER NEEDED! You don’t need to be an expert to follow the routines.Each workout begins with an easy to learn breakdown of the dance. You’ll start with a slow version, then medium, then a body blasting fast session that will leave you feeling like a dancing star. So get up! Get moving! It’s the most fun you’ll ever have losing weight, getting fit and dancing your way to a beautiful new body!

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Lisa Rinna: Dance Body Beautiful - Ballroom Learn & Burn (2008) Review

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(More customer reviews)Who doesn't love Lisa Rinna? I still love her from Days of Our Lives and want her body bad! This DVD got me in the mood AND I've already lost SEVEN pounds. I love my new dress size- this is a good one!

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Lisa Rinna Dance Body Beautiful is the hip new workout method created and choreographed by Dancing With The Stars competitors and fan favorites Lisa Rinna and Louis Van Amstel.Encompassing totally unique routines that are fun and easy to follow, you can do these body blasting workouts anytime – NO PARTNER NEEDED! You don’t need to be an expert to follow the routines.Each workout begins with an easy to learn breakdown of the dance. You’ll start with a slow version, then medium, then a body blasting fast session that will leave you feeling like a dancing star. So get up! Get moving! It’s the most fun you’ll ever have losing weight, getting fit and dancing your way to a beautiful new body!

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Jamie King- Rock Your Body Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this DVD after reading that it was Shape magazine's DVD of the month, and I just finished my second time doing it. Overall, it's a great workout that is a lot of fun!
Jamie King leads the workout, and he is accompanied by four back-up dancers. Jaime has a lot of energy, and makes the workout fly by, which is always nice. The workout is broken down into six main sections: a warm-up, rehearsal 1, rehearsal 2, dress rehearsal (where you put the two sections together slowly), the performance (where you put the two sections together more quickly in front of an "audience"), and a cool down.
In each of the two rehearsal sections, Jamie breaks down the choreography and makes it very esay to follow. If you can't get a move, though, a great feature of the DVD is that in several places you can click on a sub-menu and go to the bonus section where Jamie breaks down the move even more slowly.
One of the things that makes this workout so unique is that the workout is done on a stage with a DJ playing music. During the dress rehearsal and performance sections, the dancers and Jamie also change into "costumes" and even do the routine in front of a live audience. It really feels like you're a rock star while doing these sections of the workout!
The DVD also has a bonus strength section and a section where Jamie breaks down the moves in more detail. The first time I did this workout, I couldn't quite keep up with the nuances of the moves, but I can see progress and I can also see that I won't be bored with this DVD in the future.
The last thing I wanted to say is that I was pleasantly surprised about how this workout got my heart rate up. It's true that there are much harder cardio dance workouts out there, but I was definitely breaking a sweat -- and having fun while doing it! Overall, it's a fun, very unique workout!

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"Rock Your Body" is a non-stop, high-energy cardio routine filled with the latest dance moves.Jamie King has devised a workout that tones all parts of the body, increased flexibility and strength, and promotes weight loss.

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Quickfix - Cardio Hip-Hop Workout Review

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(More customer reviews)This video is very fun and keeps up my heartrate. It might be a little difficult for people with "two left feet" or who haven't done much dancing or aerobics. The instructor was great and I thought she broke it down well, not so slow that your heartrate went down, but not to fast to get lost. I highly recommend this tape if you love dancing and want a good workout!

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If you have 10 minutes you can burn fat and enjoy dance moves like you see in today's music videos regardless of your dance or exercise experience! Quick Fix Cardio Hip Hop Workout uses specially designed combinations that are fun and easy to master. Each routine begins with a "dance lifeline" - one simple move you can always go back to should you ever lose your way. As you learn each sequence, you can use your life-line to keep up the intensity of the workout and not miss a single minute of calorie burnin time.

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Bellydance Fitness for Weight Loss featuring Rania (Cardio Shimmy/Bellydance Boogie/Hip Drop Hip Hop/Pure Sweat) Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this set before I read the reviews here. I am a personal trainer/fitness instructor, and I thought these workouts were well written, well-produced, and well executed. One of the most difficult things to do as an instructor is break down a new dance style without stopping the workout. Rania did an amazing job of starting techniques slowly, repeating them, layering them, then speeding them up to tempo. After watching the performances at the end, I realised why she left the more strenuous or potentially dangerous moves out of the fitness programs. I was really impressed with the whole set.
When I read through the reviews I noticed that most of the negative reviews came from people proclaiming to be belly dancers. I was a jazz dancer before becoming a fitness professional. There is a big difference between teaching dance for fitness than for teaching dance as an art form. When teaching for fitness, you have to use only the moves that are effective in terms of fitness, safe, and ones that target a range of muscles groups for a well-rounded workout. If you are expecting to learn to really dance, buy a dance instruction tape. If you want to work out safely and effectively using bellydance moves, this set is first class. Congratulations to Rania.

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Join certified aerobics instructor, Rania, a multi-award-winning dancer, in this unique weight loss series. Rania's bellydance skill is truly remarkable and her dancing is beauty in motion. Rania has combined her vast dance background, her extensive aerobics training and her award winning bellydance flair into this fun filled dance workout. Bellydance is one of the most ancient and evolved forms of dance in the world. Universally embraced for it's incredible benefits to the body, bellydance is a powerful way to lose weight and sculpt the body. This is because bellydance not only burns calories and fat but massages and stimulates the digestive system, thereby increasing the metabolism. This is the key element to losing weight. This specially priced boxed set includes four great DVD titles. You save $9.94 compared to purchasing the individual titles separately!Pure Sweat is a cutting edge, high energy aerobic workout that combines bellydance moves with hot Salsa, Rumba, and Samba dance rhythms. You will learn to move, gyrate, shake and twist all while getting a weight reducing, calorie burning, aerobic workout. The music cleverly combines hip shaking Middle Eastern percussion. The music is hot and your feet won't stop. It's Pure Sweat, all the way through!Hip Drop Hip Hop is a bellydance workout done to the driving, dance inspiring beats of Hip Hop. Rania takes you through this innovative Middle East meets West workout that fuses Hip Hop sounds with bellydance moves. As you learn actual bellydance combinations, your hips, arms, buns and tummy will thoroughly be toned and worked. You will isolate, move and work muscles you didn't know you had. Get your workout for the day as Hip Hop music takes you away. See your weight drop as you Hip Drop!Cardio Shimmy is a vibrant and electrifying bellydance workout that explores the numerous varieties or "Shimmies." Shimmies are fast, shaking, and electrifying movements commonly seen in bellydance. In this workout you will learn a medley of hip and shoulder shimmies at different rhythms and speeds all while getting a full aerobic workout. Let Rania lead you through this fun, easy to learn dance workout routine while you shake and Shimmy those pounds away! Bellydance Boogie is a new, exhilarating, dance workout that combines the sensual rhythms and beats of Hip Hop and R&B. Every muscle of the body will thoroughly be worked as you learn the more smooth and undulating hypnotic moves of bellydance. Your body will be trained to move with grace, power and femininity. Rania's elegant and precise movements are a pleasure to watch and follow as she guides you through this one of a kind workout.

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Hemalayaa: Bollywood Burn (2007) Review

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(More customer reviews)I just did this workout and I must say that I sweated bullets. You can see a trailer at the acaciacatalog web site.
Setting: Theatre stage with teacher and two dancers, 1 woman and 1 guy. This time the backup dancers are quite good and look like they are enjoying the choreography.
workout: the dvd is divided into 3 workouts, each with its own warm-up, learn the steps, routine and cool down. The cool down is brief for segments 1 &2 in the event you want to do segment 3. The steps are easy and fun. BE WARNED, MANY OF THE STEPS ARE HIGH IMPACT. I have bad knees and I had to modify the criss cross jumping jacks, half jacks, hop turns and jumps. No modifications are shown on the video. However, I am aerobically out of shape and I still got my heart rate up doing low impact.
Music: This is bhangra hip hop music. The music is different for each segment. The teacher is in voice over and she is much louder than the music. There is a music only option and when you hear it without her talking, it is quite good and rhythmic.
Overall: A good workout that is edited and choreographed much better than her bollywood workout dvd. There is also a free dance special feature with the 3 dancers clowning around. Next time I do this, I will use the music only option as it is pretty easy to visually follow. the production quality is very good and the steps are in beat with the music. The camera loves Hemalayaa and she and her dancers are a joy to watch,

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Creator of the bestselling Bollywood Dance Workout turns up the heat! Spice up your workout and boogie to the bhangra beat. Inspired by the sassy, sexy moves seen in hit Indian films, this isn’t the same old boring exercise routine. It's playful, seductive, and leaves you feeling high on life. Think of it as yoga with a triple-espresso twist or a double-chai high. Fitness star and yogini Hemalayaa leads you through three 15-minute programs, from low to high impact. The first gets you in the groove, the second ups the cardio to optimum fat-burning range, and the third has you shimmying and bopping like a Bollywood film beauty. As you dance, you’ll lose weight; tone your core, hips, and thighs; and kiss stress good-bye. So liven up, let loose, and laugh like Hemalayaa does. It's that much fun! FEATURES INCLUDE Audio options (music and instruction or music only) Freestyle dance performance

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Fame: Dance Workout Review

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(More customer reviews)It must be rough to revive a film franchise that offers no opportunity for mainstream merchandising via toys, lunchboxes, and backpacks. The lack thereof probably torpedoes a good many films that deserve to be made but just aren't "commercially viable" due to a lack of avenues for alternate profit. Take Fame, for example. Back when the original film debuted there was a television spin-off that followed shortly thereafter. With the remake of last year, there are similar talks of an accompanying television series, but there's also a full-court press into a new industry that didn't possess nearly the steam that it does now: direct-to-DVD (or video, back then) workout features. This new incarnation of Fame has done just that, and well, the results are rather ho-hum.
Broken into three distinct parts, the routine is taught by the three main characters (Kristy Flores, Kherington Payne, and Paul McGill) of the new film with varying degrees of success and competency.
The first portion has the best pacing of all, never going too fast or too slow. Yet, the preliminarily well-paced aspect of the DVD makes the successive two thirds seem ridiculously fast and difficult in comparison. It almost begs you to repeat the first section over and over until you feel you've progressed to a certain level of expertise that you're ready for the faster and clearly more difficult second and third parts.
It's not just the speed though. The styles of dance change erratically from one instructor to the next instead of providing a disc with a constant sensibility that gradually increases in speed and difficulty. What we get is three different styles at three different speeds by three different "instructors" with noticeably different levels of patience for instructing an audience they can't see. If changing styles from one section to the next doesn't throw you off, then the speed and technicality disparities will.
There's enough repetition that you should be able to keep up, but don't be surprised (or disappointed) if you have to repeatedly hit rewind so you don't fall hopelessly behind. The DVD's cover is wholly misleading when it tells you that it has "4 Fun Dance Routines" as what it really means is that it has three, and then it puts those three back-to-back to make a "fourth", but who they think they're fooling, I'm not sure. One plus one plus one equals three, last I checked.
They cashed in on the new film's popularity(?) really quickly and churned out this really cynical fitness product, which also takes aim at that market share willing to lay down $10 for an hour-long exercise routine starring their current pop culture idol. Some people enjoy Jillian Michaels barking orders, others prefer the young nubile bodies of a pseudo-hit blockbuster.
You can easily do better than this if you're looking for an at-home dance instructor or a way to shed a few pounds from the comfort of your living room. With that goal though, you have the pick of a shockingly large litter to choose from at your local retailer, so why you'd choose this rather weak Fame-driven product could only be justified if you went absolutely ga-ga for the new film and its youngsters. Otherwise, you'll be smart to avoid it.

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Step onto the dance floor and give it your all with this exclusive dance workout inspired by the hit movie, FAME! Now you can learn to move like the newest students at the New York Academy of Performing Arts with dance steps and the song from the new movie. Get fit and get your groove on with this '80s favorite. What are you waiting for? Now is your time for FAME!

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Core Rhythms Dance Exercise Program Starter Package 3-dvd Set Review

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(More customer reviews)The European women aren't near as annoying as the Denise Austin type. Yeah, they're dancers and they're in good shape, but that's to be expected. They could do this blindfolded, with a broken ankle and look better than I do. But that doesn't have to discourage anyone.
I think they teach you just like any other aerobics class. Slow for a couple steps, then to tempo. The steps I've seen aren't outlandish, though some I couldn't do the first time. I'm not coordinated and don't look good doing it. But I also don't have a problem shutting myself in a room and laughing occasionally.
If you want to get a nice workout, that's different than your normal run-of-the-mill at home fitness videos, this is a good option. It's neat how they work the abs into the cardio routine.
I'm not sure if it's worth 45$ though (that's a month subscription to my gym!).
I think some of the bad reviews on the video are just personal frustrations. The video is nicely produced and coreographed. They're good leaders. The music is made to go with the routine perfectly. You can alternate between front and back views. If the "Latin" dvd is too hard, you can try the others. You can skip scenes. And there's an express workout too.

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Core Rhythms Dance Exercise Program Starter Package 3-Dvd Set! Jaana Kunitz & Julia Powers! In the Core Rhythms Full Workout, Jaana and Julia teach you the 3 Core Movements essential to Latin dancing and give drills to exercise your core to uplifting Latin music. With the Core Rhythms Quick Workout, they give you a workout for those days when you barely have half an hour to yourself! It challenges your coordination skills, but with the help of the back view you'll be grooving in no time! And with Latin Dance Made Easy, Jaana and Julia are joined by their husbands James and Bob to teach you 3 hot dances for a night out on the town!

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The Brazilian Carnival Dance Workout: Samba Reggae Review

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(More customer reviews)This dvd is the second in the Samba Reggae dance series. It is an excellent cardiovascular workout as well as being a lot of fun. It is quite different from her first samba reggae workout as such there is no problem in owning both of them. Here is a breakdown of the dvd:
Warm-up - this is a 25 minute thorough warm up from head to toe. If you have her samba cardio workout dvd, the warm-up is very similar. Standing stretches, abs, seated stretches and back stretches. Very nice. Quenia is accompanied by two dancers who I believe were in her last dvd.
Step by Step instruction + workout. This is the longest of the workout sections. About 25 minutes. The tempo is at a slow pace. The music for the workout sections is different from the previous dvd. It is all percussion with a senuous swing to it. Hard to describe, but I loved it. In the step by step instruction, Quenia goes over the choreography in sections. There are 5 sections with easy to learn steps in each section. She goes from the top a couple of times in each section. Here is the difference from her previous dvd. Once you learn a section, you move on to the next one. You don't repeat from the top from the very beginning of the previous sections. Once you have learned the choreography in a slow temp she moves on to the samba reggae transitions steps that are in between each workout. If I had one complaint is that she doesn't repeat the slow tempo workout from the top without instruction at least 1x through.
Medium tempo- After the slow tempo, the choreography is repeated 1x through at a medium tempo. To me this was fast. The section is followed by the samba reggae transition steps at a medium pace. About 7 minutes long.
Fast tempo - Same choreography repeated 1x through at warp speed, followed by the samba reggae transition steps at warp speed. About 7 minutes
Cool Down - About 5 minutes, neck, arm, back stretches. Seated hamstring stretches. Very nice.
I liked this dvd a lot. What makes it challenging is not the choreography; I got it the first time through. It is keeping up with the speed of the dance. Progess is being able to do it at the medium and fast pace AND keep up. The first I did the dvd, I just did the wam-up and the step by step workout and I was sweating bullets. The second time I did the warm-up and the medium and fast workouts only. The workout didn't seem as complete to me AND I wasn't able to keep up. So unless you are in great cardio shape, I suggest that you do all of the workouts, even after you learn the choreography. Which leads me to the cons.
Cons: As I said earlier my only complaint is that the step by step was not separated from the slow pace workout. It should have been. The step by step should have had its own section. If you are not ready for the faster tempos, you are left with going through the step by step over and over again. My suggestion is to keep moving and do the steps as she is explaining them to keep you heart rate up.
Overall: Great choreography and music. Quenia is a delightful teacher. If you love Brazilian dance, then get this dvd. Your heart will thank you. Obrigada Quenia

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Carnival in Bahia, Brazil is like no other carnival in the world. The city of Salvador de Bahia pulses with energy and excitement as throngs of people gather in a celebration of life. The Samba Reggae percussion groups called Blocos Afros parade in the streets as carnival participants dance and party. The Brazilian Carnival Dance Workout: Samba Reggae brings the excitement and energy of the Bahia carnival from Salvador to your home. This vibrant total-body workout program weaves authentic Samba Reggae moves into high-energy dance combinations. Samba Reggae is an aerobic dance form - a great way to shake off stress, burn calories, and wake up your senses with invigorating rhythm. Samba Reggae is a street dance, its moves are simple and accessible to everyone, any body type, and any level of dance experience. As you follow Quenia Ribeiro and her Grupo Ribeiro dancers, you will learn faster with every step, your strength, flexibility, and nimbleness will grow every time you do this workout.

Building on the success of her Samba Reggae Workout DVD, Quenia Ribeiro designed The Brazilian Carnival Dance Workout as a blend of non-stop fitness movement and dance instruction. In the first section of the workout Quenia introduces Samba Reggae moves and combinations step-by-step, and practices them with you at a slower pace. The second and the third sections of the workout put together the Samba Reggae combinations at a medium tempo, and then at a fast tempo.

Quenia also offers a thorough warmup with upper and lower body isolations, exercises for abdominal and lower body strengthening and stretches, and a relaxing cooldown.

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