Bellydance Fitness for Beginners: Slim Down
November 15, 2009 by admin
Filed under Belly Dancing DVD's
Product Description
Veena & Neena Bidasha have practiced bellydance since childhood and traveled throughout the Middle East and India to perform and develop their techniques. They teach popular classes for a wide variety of folk dances from… More >>
Bellydance Fitness for Beginners: Slim Down
This video was not at all what I expected, primarily because I expect something that has “bellydance” on the cover to, well, relate to bellydancing. Aside from a cheap-looking “Arabic” set, this had nothing to do with bellydance and everything to do with bouncing up and down over and over. In bare feet. Yes, a high-impact workout without shoes and yes, it is as uncomfortable as it sounds.
The cueing is possitively awful. Often times the person cueing will tell you to “get ready” for something that the dancers are already partway into doing. And even when she doesn’t do that, her counts are very off-beat and distracting. The majority of the moves are never explained, so you have to try to keep up with what the instructors are doing while trying to figure out HOW they’re doing it.
The “dance” is basically a bunch of jumping, with some sexy arm and hip moves thrown in at times. It reminds me of the dance class I was in when I was 5 — lots of jumping with very little actual dancing.
Finally, my superficial reason for disliking this video. I expect a fitness instructor to look fit. Yes, we all have our flaws, but most of us know how to cover them, especially if we’re in the spotlight. Apparently these girls disagree, as one of their stomachs hangs over the waistband of her pants. And I’m supposed to expect a “slim down” to come of this? Granted I have a bit of a stomach, too, but I’m also not telling people that if they do my video they’ll be “slim.”
I was very excited about this video since all of the previous reviews were positive, but I’ve found it doesn’t live up to its hype.
If you’re looking for something beautiful and fun that will teach you how to bellydance, you’ll be disappointed, as well. If you’re going to be happy just jumping all over the place (it IS a calorie-burn, at least), then you may not mind it so much — but a jumprope is a lot cheaper and just as effective.
Rating: 2 / 5
I really enjoy the Belly Dance Workouts. I highly Recommend this one as well as the other two DVD’s by the same artist.
Rating: 5 / 5
First of all, the twins are not talking during the entire video, instead its a narrator barking commands in a very strange way. “Now left, now right” very very annoying. Add to that the moves are extremely repetitous and this is NOT cardio in any way, the only way you will ever lose weight is if you are 400 pounds and the bare minimum will help you OR if you are 75 years old. Everyone else should steer clear of this workout it is HORRIBLE.
Rating: 1 / 5
I was very excited to get this video because I thought it would be so much fun. I was disappointed that neither Neena nor Veena say anything. There is a narrator that tells you what moves to do. This drove me crazy!! The girls are just dancing and smiling. You can turn the narrator off, so after you get the moves down, you can just workout to the music. It was a good workout though.
Rating: 3 / 5
I really dislike workouts but I purchased the Slim Down workout and I loved it! Neena and Veena make this work out a lot of fun. The movements are very up-beat and easy to see. This is the first time that I have continued to use a recorded workout past the first viewing. I liked it so much that I just ordered the other DVDs. Definately better than the Goddess Bellydance Workout!
Rating: 5 / 5