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DVD : Bellydance for Core Fitness - A Belly Dance Workout |
- Great DVD!I've been looking for a video that is both instructional and gives a workout. This one is great! I love the tutorials on all the different moves, and Ayshe does a great job explaining the movements in the instructional part of the video. This is really great for a beginner like me. I also thought the actual workout was great, I was breaking a sweat, but I wasn't about to drop dead at the end (which is great because very strenuous exercise tends to aggrivate migraines for me). I highly recommend this DVD for anyone wanting to get a fun workout.
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- Perfect for drilling and great for core strength!Bellydance videos seem to fit into one of two genres: instructional or performance. The instructional types can be further broken down into those videos that are fitness oriented and those that tend to focus more on bellydance technique. Generally, I prefer the latter as many of the fitness videos are simply routines that implore viewers to do their best to follow along. Often these fitness videos contain little, if any, information on how to do the movements. There is usually very little time spent on actual technique and movement breakdown. Instead, the instructors tend to err more on the side of producing a video that will have their watchers up and moving, even if they are not necessarily moving safely or with proper bellydance form.
Finally there's a bellydance "fitness" video that corrects this issue, providing a fun, sassy "follow along and dance" format while also including enough technical information to make the best instructional videos fear being sent to the bellydance swap pages. Ayshe, seeking to provide dancers with a way to improve their core abdominal strength, has created a DVD that offers viewers three distinct sections. The first includes all aspects of the typical fitness video (warm up, combinations, a dance section featuring the combos, and a cool down) combined with Ayshe's detailed voice-over description. This part of the video is a great bellydance workout as it is designed to specifically target key muscle groups important for technique such as the psoas and glutes. Each section of this "workout" portion could serve as a stand-alone exercise plan on its own, allowing viewers a nice variety of options all wrapped up into one DVD. For those seeking to simply follow along, the second section provides the same format without the narration. This part is in the standard fitness video style, allowing viewers to work at their own pace along with the video.
The third part of Ayshe' creation is, on its own, easily worth the price of the video. Here the instructor reveals her special talent of analyzing and clearly explaining the technical details of each movement. Ayshe spends a lot of time discussing the muscles that drive each move, presenting her information clearly and concisely. I was pleased that, although Ayshe certainly knows her human anatomy, I did not need a medical degree to understand her descriptions. And, in addition to all of this technical stuff, Ayshe shows several short drills with each movement and muscle group, a nice bonus for those of us who desire less to practice combinations to improve our dance and more to simply drill, drill, drill!
A particularly interesting aspect of this video was Ayshe's choice of movements. Rather than include the "standards" that many dancers know and love, Ayshe instead chose to highlight those moves that would improve core strength. Ayshe provides an interesting, diverse selection of movements, many of which are rare to find on instructional video. She even includes several folkloric steps, a nice and unexpected touch for a fitness offering.
I confess that I normally steer clear of bellydance fitness videos, but I can honestly say that I not only enjoyed Ayshe's work but will also actually use it regularly. This video is definitely worth a look and one I'd recommend for everyone's collection.
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- Great foundation!I really enjoyed this video. It provides a very well thought out introduction on the mechanics of the movements. Although the intro is about an hour long it is worth watching. The meat of the video is an even paced choreography that is very easy to follow. I would recommend this video for people who are just starting to learn how to belly dance like myself and individuals who like an explanation of each movement.
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- Excellent DVDI have never written a review but feel compelled to write one for this DVD. I have a few bellydance dvds that are out in the market (Dolphinas, Neon bellydance for abs to name a few) This is the first one that goes in to specific detail as to where the movement comes from. I have tried to learn some traditional and basic belly dance moves from other dvd's but this one broke down the movement that I would say it can also be used as an intro to bellydance moves that originate from the hips and core region.
The tutorial is long and drawn out but you can fast forward when you feel you have heard enough.
The warm ups and work out its self is well put together and although it looks simple you really work target areas. Great DVD to have for beginners.
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- Really helpful!The tutorial explains exhaustively what the exercises are and how to do them. This has been very helpful to me. I also like the actual workout having two options -- with the instructions spoken or with only music to accompany the workout. It is one of those workouts that will be useful for a long, long time.
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