Zumba DVD Review 1
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Zumba Fitness Total Body Transformation System DVD Set
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Description
Now you can shed the pounds and have a blast while you're doing it!
It's easy with the Zumba® Fitness Total Body Transformation System
DVD Set. Loaded with red-hot dance steps, pulsating Latin rhythms
and easy-to-follow routines, this invigorating dance-fitness
""party"" will have you movin', groovin' and shakin' the weight off
to the sexy, exotic rhythms of salsa, cumbia, samba, merengue and
more! Work your body from head to toe with four DVDs and six
exhilarating workouts that teach you all the basics and hit your
favorite targets, like your core, thighs and abs. You also get
maraca-like Toning Sticks to add some muscle to your body sculpting
routines. Now's the time! Get ready to "Join the Party" and see a
whole new side of yourself!
Product Features
* Loaded with red-hot dance steps, pulsating Latin rhythms and
easy-to-follow routines
* Includes four Zumba DVDs
and six exhilarating workouts
* Includes 2 Zumba Fitness Toning Sticks
* Work your body from head to toe
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DVD Set
Customer Review
I started taking the Zumba classes and was so in love with them
that I wanted to do them at home. After researching the Zumba
DVD's, I stumbled across this set and bought it. I loved it- but it
wasn't like the Zumba Beginners class that I was taking. The first
DVD is a beginners DVD that shows you how to do the steps, and
includes a 20 minute workout. I am a fairly fit, active female, and
broke a sweat in no time with just the instructional DVD. They
break each step down into 'easy', 'medium', and 'hard' so you can
learn the steps and be confidant enough with them to move up into
the other DVD's. Other reviews thought this was lame- I actually
loved it. It was very helpful, here I thought I knew the steps all
along and I really didn't. It will also help me with my class. The
20 minute workout is also a good beginners dvd, but I assume would
get old after you get good at the moves. The Zumba Live DVD is
probably most like the Zumba classes, where there is no
instruction, and everyone is just dancing in rows. Surprisingly,
you can pick up what they're doing, and I really didn't see them
use the moves you learn from the first DVD too much, it was a
little more freestyle. Beto, the creator of Zumba is kinda crazy-
he's hard to understand, but the other female instructors are great
and easy to follow.
I also thought this was very different than my classes. I was
hoping to hear some of the same music and routines that I see in
the live classes I attend, but it's different- not better or worse,
just different than I was expecting. The 'weighted dumbells' are
kinda lame- they're long, and not real heavy- I haven't used them
yet because I find it hard to add yet another dimension to these
moves still. You want to make sure you have a good area in front of
your TV to do this on, and that you have the ability to jump and
move your body weight without having to worry about things falling
off bookshelves and such. The reviews that this was cheaply done
and put together are false- how could it be cheap? It looks pretty
clear from the pictures what you're getting. There were several
DVD's and a dumbell set and I thought Amazon.com's price was
reasonable for what you get. I don't know what these other people
were expecting. I guess this is going to be sold on infomercials,
but I have yet to see one yet- it's put together by that
Gunthey-Renker brand that touts several other 'as seen on TV'
products.
In all, I would highly recommend this, and recommend you wear
hip-hop shoes (like the Bloch S0538L sneakers), and as few clothes
as possible- each time I try to do this in a tshirt, I end up
having to put on a tank by the end of the workout. Get ready to
sweat and work your butt off- and you'll be well on your way to
needing hip replacement surgery after all this latin
dancing!!
