Bellydance for Body Shaping: Buns and Thighs. Belly dance fitness workout. Review

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(More customer reviews)Over the past couple of days, I've been doing the workouts on Bellydance for Body Shaping: Buns and Thighs.The DVD is broken into three short workouts, each of which focuses on the glutes and thighs.Neon's warmups incorporate squats, lunges, and stretches, and then she teaches a short choreography which could also be used in performance or out clubbing.

Although the movements do indeed work on the advertised muscle groups, if you are already in shape, you will not find the exercises demanding.However, if you are new to exercise or to the isolation work of Middle Eastern dance, you may find these exercises challenging.

Personal trainer Andy Roy offers safety tips during the video so novices will not injure themselves.Neon makes use of diagrams which show the shape and direction of each of her movements.In most cases, this can clarify thingsto viewers who may otherwise be mystified by unfamiliar movements.However, I noticed at a couple of points that the directional arrows were pointing the wrong way, and that threw me for a loop.It didn't take me long to figure it out, though, so it's not a very big deal.

On the negative side, Neon's costume is a dark red, and her background is black.There are times during the video when it is difficult to see exactly what is going on because she fades into her background.A more brightly-coloured costume would have made her movements easier to see.

Also, considering the video appears to be aimed more toward novices, I think her demonstration of the hamstring stretch would have been better shot from the side.To someone unfamiliar with the stretch, her forward lean might not make much sense.

All in all, I would recommend the video to people on their way to getting in shape, and also to dancers looking for an opportunity to practice their moves.If you're already in great shape, you will want to find something much more demanding.I didn't break a sweat during these workouts, and my heartrate only accelerated slightly.

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Product Description:
Belly dance is perfect for sculpting buns & thighs since so many moves are driven by the glute, thigh, and hip muscles.
If you are familiar with bellydance, these exercise sessions will help you improve or polish your technique by encouraging a consistent focus on incorporating glute contraction in your hipwork. Glute work added to hip isolations and combined moves helps increase your hips' range of motion and make accents sharp and expressive.
If you are new to bellydance, learn and practice belly dance steps during this workout, then follow Neon as she demonstrates a choreographed 2-min. dance! The dance can be accessed separately for review before leaving for a dance club or party. Personal trainer Andy Troy, CSCS offers exercise safety tips throughout the program.
Each of the three 15-min. exercise/dance sessions includes: 3-min. warmup; 9-min. exercise session; 2-min. dance sequence (2-3 reps of each move/combination from the exercise session arranged into an attractive choreography); 1-min. cooldown.
* Onscreen graphics offer visual tips to the use of glutes and thigh muscles in bellydance.
* During the 2-min. dance sequences, graphics of the move trajectories serve as visual cues;
* A progress bar shows the number of reps for each move, plus marks the rep you are currently performing.
* Anatomy of belly dance movement -- comments by personal trainer Andy Troy CSCS
* Safety tips throughout the program by Andy Troy

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