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(More customer reviews)"Dancing with the Stars: Dance off the Pounds" is a workout DVD that was choreographed by Cal Pozo, the choreographer of the other DWTS DVDs as well as the Dancefit series. This was the best of his choreography that I've ever seen, and not only was it fun, but it was extremely cardio. There was no warm-up, therefore the viewer has to either do his own or just let the beginning of the workout act as the warm-up. As opposed to the former DWTS workouts, this DVD's dances are all routines instead of just moves taught. The DVD was divided into the following four parts of the workout:
Swing-Led by Kym Johnson, it is the most basic of all the routines. It includes moves such as the triple step, rock step, kick-ball-changes, sailor step, Charleston, and many more. It has a lot of kicking, and it will really get the heart rate up. Kym is very motivating, but she can be a little too sweet sometimes-almost like she's talking to a child. I really liked this segment.
Jive-Led by Lacey Schwimmer, I found this the most fun of all the routines. Lacey teaches the moves rather quickly and prefers going from the top a lot more than making sure you have the moves. She breaks down one really fast move that I am SO glad she broke down. Moves included are the triple step, kicks, Charleston, heel bop, jump step, and more. Lacey is very chirpy, but she really did say "Good job!" way too many times. This is my favorite segment, though!
Quickstep-Led by Dmitry Chaplin, this was the most challenging of all the routines. The moves were really fast and sometimes hard, but Dmitry broke most of them down really slowly which did make me wonder if my heart rate was going down, as well, but I just do the quickstep segment first and let the beginning low cardio segment count as my warm-up. There is lot of using the floor to move around and there are quite a few jumping steps, as well. Some of the moves included are the box step, pendulums, knee bops, shuffle hops, and many more. Dmitry was the most genuine of all the instructors, but he did have a little bit of difficulty explaining the moves. His jokes made me laugh, though. The most challenging footwork of them all.
Cool-Down-All of the instructors are here for the cooldown, and they each have turns leading you in stretching. Unfortunately, they don't stretch the entire body, they don't have a specific stretch for the calves, neck, glutes, or arms. But it does bring your heart rate down.
Overall, I definitely think it's worth $10, and it is most definitely better than "Cardio Dance" or "Latin Cardio Dance." Get it if you are a fan of the show, or if you want a great, old-school, cardio workout. Beware, though, if you are a beginner, you might not get the steps right away.
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Dancing with the Stars: Dance Off the Pounds (2009)Each season, audiences watch in amazement as stars shrink down and shape up on ABC’s DANCING WITH THE STARS. Now you can share their weight-loss success and dance off the pounds with three different cardio dance routines—Swing, Jive and Quickstep—led by pro dancers Kym, Lacey and Dmitry. Each routine gets your body warmed-up with the signature moves of the featured dances before progressively adding on to create complete, calorie-blasting workouts – so you can learn with ease and get dancer-fit all at once. Join the fat-burning fun and dance your way to a superstar body!
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