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 New Method 20/20: Core Cardio :: 0739604155
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| If you're a well-coordinated, intermediate-level aerobic dancer and you enjoy highly choreographed dance routines, you'll like this video. The first of the two 20-minute workouts consists of complex, jazzy dance patterns built into a routine. Lisa Wheeler will lead you through hip-walk, knee-pop, pivot, and pose with plenty of attitude. Tracey Mallett leads the second workout, also jazzy, with more Latin moves. The instructors, who are joined by six young (and impossibly slender) women, don't teach as much as demonstrate, so it's helpful if you have some dance background. Live musicians play, but their music seems too subdued to match the energy or flavor of the dance routines. Both workouts end with abdominals and a brief stretch. Recommended for aerobic dancers who like choreography challenges and have an easy time picking them up. Coordination and mobile hips required. --Joan Price Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
While I agree with other reviewers that this is not a heart pumping, high intensity workout it is certainly NOT a waste of money. I find this DVD quite effective and use it frequently as a warm up for yoga, Pilates, and higher intensity cardio workouts. The routines are fun and easy to follow once you have done them once or twice. Not being a dancer, I felt quite accomplished after mastering each routine. I particularly like Lisa Wheeler's segment. It's more challenging and organized than Tracy Mallet's (Tracy has a bent knee twist move which is a bit rough on my weak knees and on which she messes up some of her cues).
My biggest complaint about this DVD is that the Pilates "cool downs" are fairly worthless. The transition between the dance segment and the mat work is virtually nonexistent. I only do the Pilates work when using this workout as a warm-up for more Pilates or yoga.
On days when I wake up in the morning and don't want to do ANYTHING this DVD motivates me with its light and fun moves, making it vastly more valuable than my most challenging and extensive workout that I can only bring myself to do once or twice a month.
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Author: Guest
This 40-minute-long VHS is broken into two 20-minute workouts, true to its name. It is part of the series that is recorded from a syndicated TV show. Each 20-minute segment includes a brief warm-up, complete aerobics routine, some abwork and short stretch. The sections are led by two different instructors.
The first workout is a jazz dance followed by oblique abwork. The second workout is more of a flamenco-type dance with more pilates-based abdominal work. Both are very interesting and difficult enough to keep me engaged for awhile. It will take 3 or 4 watchings before I have the routines down. They aren't typical but once you get it (if you can), I'd imagine you'd feel pretty coordinated and graceful. The moves are not the typical "grapevine" or just a couple of plies as far as dance goes.
The music is provided live by studio musicians (mostly drums) and the backdrop is contemporary and pleasing. The fitness models are not underdressed and do occasionally make a mistake - setting you at ease to do the same. The only disconcerting thing about the workout was in the second half, the instructor was using the leg/side she was calling out. Usually instructors will call out what leg/side YOU should be using, a mirror image and thus the opposite of what they are using. A minor flaw, esp. since I was on the wrong leg half the time anyway.
There is room for modification here - you can remove some of the spins in favor of marching in place a couple steps, and when you kick back, you can remain firmly on the ground instead of jumping simultaneously.
I didn't break a good sweat - just a light one. That may change after I get used to the choreography and really get into it. I hope so. For 40 minutes of my time I expect to work - otherwise it's just wasted time.
I would do both of these as a full workout - as an intermediate/advanced fitness level, I would feel lacking if I just did one 20-minute workout that included the warm-up, cool-down, and stretch along with the aerobics.
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Author: Guest
Agree with the other reviews.
Each dance segment is less than 20 minutes and does not get your heart pumping at all. When you get the choreography by the second viewing, the tape becomes pretty useless because of all the pauses in between to break down the steps.
This should have been a straight 40 minute dance cardio tape Lisa Wheeler looks like a good jazz teacher.
The floor work also does nothing either.
Very very disappointing, even a brisk walk would be a better warm-up, it's not even enough of a warm up before I do my Tae-Bo DVD.
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Author: Guest
If you want quality time saving workouts that are 20 minutes each try Denise Austin. I have 3 The Method tapes and I was fooled by all three. I really like dance based workouts and I am tempted to try Dance to Fitness by The Method. But I won't. I am afraid I might waste my money again.Sadly to say but true: this video, both routines too short not intensive enough. But the good news is this tape is good to use if you are in an exersize slump and need motivation. I love to dance and this tape always gives me motivation to do my more challenging videos. Denise Austin is really good at this as well. Whenever I am at a loss for motivation to do a challenging aerobic workout, I alternate Densise Austin Pilates with Denise Austin Power Kickboxing 5 days a week and then use this tape, Core Cardio, on the weekends. Denise gives me a good workout during the week and if I work hard I indulge on the weekend with the less intense workout: The Method Core Cardio. Bye Bye Method. I am sorry. I don't think I will buy another tape from the Method.
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Author: Guest
I bought this DVD expecting much more than I received. First of all, it is poor quality. Particularly in the second workout routine, the volume is constantly changing from almost inaudible to fairly loud. Also, it would be very difficult for a beginner to pick up the steps. I caught on the second time through, but I know the 12 years of dance training I had contributed to that. There are no real cues, or explanation of the moves beforehand, so you will likely be lost if you have little to no dance experience. I also hate the length of the workouts. The aerobic portion only lasts for about 14 minutes (which isn't enough time to burn off much of anything!), followed by a 6 minute cool down. I have gotten into the habit of going through the aerobic portion 3-4 times, and then doing the cool down once at the end, but that gets very monotonous. I found the first routine to be fun and enjoyable once I had the moves down, but I can barely tolerate the second one. I don't enjoy the second instructor at all--For example, in the first routine, the instructor gives directions based on where the viewer is standing, so that when she says go right, I actually do go to the right. The second instructor, however, will say to go right, but will move to her own right, meaning that I have to go left. Her cuing is just generally awful. The movements are more jerky than in the first routine (despite that it is called "fluid movements") and I feel like the routine is rushed, so that the muscles don't get a good, proper-technique workout. Overall, I use the first routine sometimes, but I definitely wouldn't have purchased it had I known what it was like beforehand. I have generally been very dissatisfied with The Method Series--I purchased a Method Pilates DVD that was equally bad, if not worse--and I wouldn't recommend them to anyone.
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