Urban Striptease Aerobics
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Movie Reviews of Urban Striptease Aerobics
Movie Review: a really great dvd
Summary: 5 Stars
I had the pleasure of taking a class from Tricia once, and this disc is almost as fun as being in the actual class. As with any other at-home workout, you have to motivate yourself. I definitely broke a sweat during this disc. It is very upbeat and kept me moving the whole time. Of course, there are slower parts where the instructor goes over the chereography, just like in any dance class. If you don't like the slower parts, then just fast-forward. Also, it is not intended to be a how-to for belly dancing or stripping - it's an AEROBIC workout with some striptease moves thrown in for fun. Movie Review: Cheesy - any bellydance dvd is better
Summary: 1 Stars
Except for two moves done in a pushup position, I don't think I learned anything new - I am not an exotic dancer, but I do it for fun for my boyfriend. If you have any sensuality and creativity at all, you've already done these moves and don't need a dvd to tell you how. If you can get to "full routine 6 times" by searching forward (it's not under "tease segments" for some reason), start there and you can pick up the moves while skipping the long, boring instruction. The "isolations" section is a joke - bellydance moves are much sexier, more beautiful, and never cheesy. Besides the awful music, it is distracting to have SEVEN dancers to watch, especially when only the front 3 really know what they are doing anyway; it would be an improvement to have fewer. I would not recommend this dvd. Any bellydance dvd (Neon is a great instructor) would be far more valuable and useful.Movie Review: Had lots of potential but failed in execution
Summary: 3 Stars
Wow, this could have been so good. I was thoroughly disappointed by Carmen Electras tape and thought this might be better. It was in some ways. No hokie pinup girls in really cheasy outfits, and it was actually a little challenging and got my heart rate up. But it is probably going to be shelfware or given away soon.
I'll give them credit, this is much more down to earth and realistic, and the moves are not difficult. And you can learn some very sexy moves from it, it just had a few major flaws in my view:
1) she makes numerous references to listening to the beat but does not follow it AT ALL. I was so distracted by trying to go against my nature of actually dancing TO the beat and following her off-tempo moves, that I kept screwing up.
2) she stops too much. I cahe whole n actually handle more than 4 seconds of moves, really, it's not that hard. Everytime we had to stop for the next 4 seconds, I get bored waiting and my heartrate dropped. I barely broke a sweat until we finally got to the end of the segment and did the whole thing from start to finish. The intervals between segments were the most useful in terms of getting a workout.
3) OK, this is maybe me being old (I am 31 and not in terrible shape) but this is so hard on my knees. I tried on and off carpet, with and without shoes, and midway I had to stop because my knees kept crunching and started to get sore. It can be a workout, and be sexy and NOT be hazardous to my health, try belly dancing. Way harder, way sexier, way better workout, similar moves.
4) Except for the one older woman and the punk-ish looking girl, it was a bunch of trixies dressed up in matching pink and black outfits. Not as hokie, but almost, LOL.
In the end I came up with this:
I took a belly dancing class this summer. It never hurt any body part, it made me sweat my rear end off, was made up of SUPER sexy moves (many of which were seen in this video) and made me feel great. I think I'll stick with that.
And to the person complaining that there was no pole dancing, what??? Do you HAVE a pole in your house? I don't, and most people learning to strip off an aerobics DVD don't either.
Movie Review: Great moves, patient teaching, but bad music & self-conscious dancing
Summary: 3 Stars
The menu options give you either a full workout, a mini tease of only 18 min or any chapter. The background beat is definitely cheap & almost nails on the chalkboard with no temptation to dance. The stage is a nice simple brick wall with vinyl black floor. There are 6 backup girls with Tricia all in pick sports bras & black pants, 2 of them in their 40s or more, all in great shape.
Tricia herself is upbeat, sweet & means well, I love her honest personality & friendliness, but she's not the best person to learn to be more graceful, fluid or be in touch with your body. Her backup dancers are mostly worse. It seems they are more focused on doing the moves to burn calories then to be sexy.
Tricia also is always counting loudly with too much enthusiasm, like counting is more important then dancing, as if she needs it in order to move. She breaks down the routine to each step, going in 1/2 speed or slower which is great, but sometimes goes over the simple moves several times too many. There is a separate part for the harder moves like undulations, but that was taught faster then other moves & she doesn't give enough analogies or body placement. I'm glad I already own belly dance dvds.
After every time you do more then 2-3 moves at once, she always lets you stop & "shake it off" for 15 seconds, even if the moves are very simple like walking in a circle. This doesn't help keep you going & reminds you you're working out & bored waiting. Her teaching slowly should be the "rest" time like other DVDs, not more standing around, that's what a pause button is for. Since the music sucks, that's all you have in your head, her counting. Every time after the rest, she always has to count to 5 before starting again which is very annoying, a simple "ready" would suffice.
For extra strength training, there are about two moves in the middle of the routine, one a upward dog/downward dog cool move for the arms & the other being squats that she has you practice over & over a %&(#load of times that would kill anyone, that is presented like a regular aerobics class.
There are about 4 moves done on the floor & no pole work, but how many people have poles in their homes? I'm sure if you have one you can find other dvds for that specifically, this is for exercise & learning to dance, not become a professional.
There is a Mini Teaser which is 20 min which has a 10 min warm up & then you do the routine straight through normal speed 6x. That idea is great, just ruined by the bad dancing by the dancers.
The moves are the most stripper/sexy like of the ones I have which is what I was looking for, Carmen Electra's being too cute & MTV dance like & Jeff's Costa's being half hip-hop, half stripper style. Carmen's dance instruction flowed better & no stopping, she counts a lot too, but not nearly as bad & she's more fluid in her movements & not afraid of her body & more in tune with it. I like Jeff's best, he's the most fluid, knows how to let go, least afraid of his body, he's also a lot of fun, his had best flow & was like a workout with teaching moves slowly & then speeding up with no rests.
I had a VERY hard time finishing this, not because it was hard to do, but because I was so uninspired by the bad music & self-conscious dancing & slow pace. Too bad since the moves were the most stripper style & sexy & Tricia was very patient about teaching moves slowly so people can follow. Dancing is about letting go & feeling your body, being aware & stripping most of all, but this dvd lets you down most in that area.
There still is almost no body awareness, they go through the motions, but seems like the moves could be more sexy with the right attitude that the women don't convey as much either due to production or shyness or no body awareness of their own. It's kinda done with little enthusiasm for dancing, more like "eh, if this is what turns on my man, uugghhh, fine, I'll do it, but I won't like it, I don't feel attractive/sexy...." This is what turned me off the most. Real dancers aren't afraid of their own body or enjoying how it moves, even martial artists are aware in an enthusiastic way, though different.
Movie Review: Annoying
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a exotic dance teacher for every day women and I also do aerobic striptease classes.. I have every dvd avaliable on the market for Strip aerobics type videos. I found this one annoying, the counting gets on your nerves. I would not recommend this video.