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Movie Reviews of Dance Fitness for Beginners: Daily Quickies - Ten Minute WorkoutsMovie Review: A nice sampler pack for beginners Summary: 5 StarsThis video will give you a sample of a few different kinds of dance for fitness. I'm not a fan of hip-hop music so I wasn't too disappointed that the hip-hop section wasn't more dance oriented. It was a decent cardio workout. The belly dance sections were enough to show me that this might be something that I would like to learn more about. I like Rania and Jayna and will look at their DVDs.
Movie Review: Nope Summary: 2 StarsThe only reason I even gave this dvd two stars is because I have yet to watch the whole thing. The dance fitness is not for beginners as everyone does not know how to do glute locks. and the whole things was ridiculous.
Movie Review: Daiy Quickies Summary: 4 StarsThis dvd is the best, I see an improvement already in movement and my shape. It is easy to follow and quick to do, but you are really working your muscles and building a foundation... I recommend this belly dancing dvd to everyone
Movie Review: Rip Off Summary: 1 StarsFirst of all, there is nothing "hip-hop" about the hip hop workouts. There are two by the same woman and they are essentially the same. There is no dancing and no dance moves incorporated into the boring routine which is done to a grating rhythm and not to hip hop music. The other three workouts are all belly dancing. I bought this for myself but was hoping I could use it in my junior high aerobics class. It is so boring my students would not enjoy it and I certainly won't use it. I've come up with more interesting routines on my own. This was a total waste of money and a complete rip off.
Movie Review: Boring Summary: 2 StarsI bought this because I thought it'd be great to have some 10-minute workouts, if I feel lazy, that'd be enough to get motivated. Unfortunately I wouldn't call these mini-workouts, but most likely they're scraps from other videos these ladies have done, or maybe they're even outtakes. I really don't know.
I hoped to get a bit of a dance on with MaDonna Grimes, but the first workout is just a lot of squats and
floor work, with Grimes going, 'Aaaaah! I know you're hurtin' now! Aaaah!." Okay .... Her next workout is a bit more energetic, but it never really gets dancy, just a few back and forth steps, knees up a couple of times, and more floor work. I did, however, like the standing abs moves, working the obliques, but I still wanted to dance a bit. MaDonna, Natural Journeys: Didn't you have at least 5 minutes of boogie for me?
Suhaila is an awesome bellydancer, but so far her stuff with Natural Journeys has been a letdown. A lot of this is squatting and squeezing butt cheeks alternately, which if you're a butt freak, this is your workout to watch, but I didn't really enjoy it. Again, I'd have liked a few dance moves instead of squatting and squeezing, then standing and squeezing the butt cheeks while stepping to punctuate lower body movements. It's valid in bellydance, but it didn't make me want to do it again.
The Rania workout was more standing and tippy-toeing stuff, some moving the upper body, a bit of work on the abs and back, too, which wasn't bad, but I wasn't crazy about it.
My favorite was Jayna's bellydance workout, which had a bit of variety and the stretch felt good, and it felt sort of graceful and pretty to do, and I felt it in my shoulders and around my waist the next morning. It wasn't enough to break a sweat, but it felt feminine and fluid and I enjoyed it the most, and that's another 10 minutes I'll gladly go back to.
There's a bonus yoga workout too, which is pretty nice. I think Jayna does that one, too, and it's for the whole body and a nice series of stretches, too.
Not a horrible DVD, and the quality is good, but for 6 workouts, I'd really only want to do 2 of them again. I wish I could get two-thirds of my money back, but oh well. Next time, though, if it's marketed as dance fitness, how about making you feel like you're shaking it a bit for your money's worth?
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