Dancing with the Stars: Dance Body Tone
Description
On ABC’s DANCING WITH THE STARS™, contestants shed countless pounds and inches, and now you can too! With three fun routines – a sizzling Latin combo, a tantalizing Tango, and a jazzy-funk Freestyle – pro dancers Kym, Dmitry and Lacey will teach you to dance like a star as you shrink your waistline and sculpt lean muscle. Transform your body with this body-sculpting routine and achieve a stronger, sexier you!… More >>
Dancing with the Stars: Dance Body Tone
February 9th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
This video is hard to follow for me, because I have no background in dance. They are telling me moves to do, but for the life of me I can’t follow along. This video would be SO much better if they would take the time to show you how to do the moves slowly before they start bouncing across the stage. I was hoping this would be fun, but instead I’m just frustrated. Don’t waste your money on this unless you’re already a good dancer.
Rating: 1 / 5
February 9th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
I have done other dancing videos and love the cardio dancing with the stars. This one however is awful. They spend twice the time trying to explain the complicated steps then actually working out. I did this work out this morning, and then had to do another one just to feel like I worked out.
Rating: 1 / 5
February 9th, 2010 at 11:24 pm
I borrowed this DVD from the library to preview it before I purchased it. Some other reviewers commented on the lack of a warm up and the type of instructions given. I do have to agree with these comments. The DVD does have a cool down, which is a plus. First up is Kym, who leads some Latin-style moves. Not too inspiring, just a lot of hips swaying; I wasn’t sure if it really counted as a dance or a workout. This segment was quite disjointed. Next was Dmitri, who leads a tango style routine. His instructions are clear and he does go slow- at least 3 times so you get it. His routine is more of a routine, but I didn’t feel too challenged. Last is Lacey with Freestyle. Now, while I didn’t care for this style of dance, sort of hip-hop/jive/bouncy, it IS the best workout. First, it’s VERY aerobic and secondly, it is a whole little routine from start to finish. She breaks it into sections and builds upon what was done. Then she goes through the whole routine several times. There’s some jumping, so it’s not quite low impact. Of the 3 dances, this one made me feel like I was working out.
All in all, I was disappointed and a, glad that I did not purchase this DVD.
What I do recommend is the DWTS Latin Cardio with Maks and Cheryl. It’s not perfect and sometimes her instructions are a bit fast, but you feel like you’ve exercised. There is a nice warm up and cool down and 4 dances to choose from.
Rating: 3 / 5
February 10th, 2010 at 1:49 am
I was quite disappointed with this video. I workout on a regular basis and was hoping to add dance into my routine to change things up. However, this was not the DVD to start with.
The other reviews did a good job of explaining the different sets on the DVD so I won’t talk to much about those. i will say that I feel like I got the best workout from the first routine, the Latin routine, which was focused on abs. The other two didn’t do much for me.
But the real issue I has was not being able to keep up with the steps. I am no a dancer at all, but my sister has been dancing all her life and is in a show choir now and she had a hard time keeping up with the steps. Often times you only see the steps once before you do them at tempo. I also felt like I needed a lot more space than would be available anywhere in my home.
If you want to learn the dances this may be a good DVD for you. If you are a beginner or are looking for a good workout I would suggest skipping this video.
Rating: 2 / 5
February 10th, 2010 at 2:07 am
I purchased this with the other DWTS DVD. I definitely prefer “Dance off the Pounds” to the “Dance Body Tone” DVD.
However, it was hard to go into DVD with an open mind since I loved “Dance Off the POunds” so much, but if you do, you will find that it is actually a good workout, if you put the energy the instructors have for these moves into it.
The first section was Latin dance with Kym. It’s called an “ab blast” but honestly, I didn’t feel as though I was doing anything really strenuous. There is Rhumba, Cha Cha and Merengue here. The moves are pretty good, not fast paced and easy to get down on the first try. But that was the problem I had. It felt more like I was swaying my hips continuously for 15 mins and that’s all. I was a little let down with this section and worried that they were reverting back to the older DWTS DVDs. But I was pleasantly surprised that the next day, my abs and hips did feel like they were worked, albeit not sore exactly, but “stretched out”. So this section DID serve it’s purpose.
Second up was the Tango/Argentine Tango section with Dmitry. This section was a lot of fun and I felt sexy doing it. I didn’t work up a huge sweat since the tango is not a fast dance, and the moves are broken down slowly. But doing the leg flicks you see them do on the show was a lot of fun. Great little section but I really didn’t think it was toning anything. Well here I am the day after and let me tell you, was I wrong! My legs and butt are a little sore and I am really surprised. The thing with this section is, you are doing a lot of lunges and steps that you “sit in” so you are doing a lot of thigh and glute work! And you don’t realize that. So it was a really pleasant surprise.
Last up was the Freestyle section with Lacey. Like a previous reviewer said, this was the only section that had a routine all the way through and broke down the moves as you go. This section was a lot of fun and had some cute moves. It got my heart rate up since it was pretty much straight on cardio. This was really the only section that made me tired.
Finally there is a 5-6 minutes cool down and stretch to top everything off.
Overall this is a good workout. As I was doing it, while it was fun, I wasn’t extremely impressed. And I wasn’t nearly as exhausted after doing this as I was after the “Dance off the Pounds” workout. But I did feel it the next day, so that was a plus. It’s nice to know I didn’t waste 50 minutes on a workout that did nothing. I think the key here is to REALLY get into the moves and execute them correctly, otherwise you will not get any benefit from this.
While I won’t reach for this DVD nearly as much as I will the “Dance Off the Pounds” workout, this is good for those lighter days when you don’t want to workout but really want to do SOMETHING.
Rating: 4 / 5