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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9781585653744 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 1585653748 Label: Goldhil Home Media Manufacturer: Goldhil Home Media Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Goldhil Home Media Release Date: November 16, 1999 Running Time: 30 minutes Sales Rank: 25803 Studio: Goldhil Home Media Theatrical Release Date: 1999
Description: Join Veena & Neena Bidasha to experience the extraordinary benefits of Bellydance. These workouts are not only fun, but also a delightful way to develop personal expression. Bellydance movements are a safe, simple and effective way to achieve lasting fitness.
Amazon.com: Most of this tape isn't belly dancing--although the instructors are professional belly dancers. Rather, this is a buttock and thigh workout starting with traditional leg lifts and lunges and leading to belly-dance inspired moves such as squeezing one buttock at a time or circling the hips. The latter exercises are fun and an interesting change from the usual lower-body exercise routine, but they don't really strengthen or define the buttock and thigh muscles much because there's no resistance (no body weight, no external weight). It will, however, increase hip and low-back flexibility. The fun really begins later in the 30-minute workout with "hip drops" and "hip lifts" with added leg and arm positions. By the end, you're prancing on your toes (good calf workout), flicking your hips to the sides, and feeling like a real belly dancer. --Joan Price
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Bellydance Based Workout
The last section of this workout video has perhaps one of the most amazing BellyDance routines I?ve yet to see. It was simply inspirational. Just a pity the credits were already moving along the left side obscuring some of the dancing. The outfit Veena or Neena Didasha was wearing was incredible. I want one. ;( Pout. It was like her entire body was under her control, very sexy.
This workout is based on the ancient form of artistic movement and is one of the most sensual dances you will ever see or experience. Veen and Neena look like twins to me and they are rather cute to watch. ... Read More
Rating: - looks nice but no substance
This video had a beautiful set and everything, but in truth the content was neither good belldance instruction, nor was it fitness. As a fitness junkie, I noticed some of the exercises and stretches were performed incorrectly. I think the girls were hired for their look, which makes this a nice video to watch but not a workout to actually do or learn from.
Rating: - Shake those hips off
This is a great little tape. A 'typical' aerobics tape targeting specific areas would bore me, but months later I still enjoy this tape and the others in the bellytwins' series. The tape isn't too intense, but incorporates some fun moves (hip circles, hip lifts and so on) into a 30-minute routine laced with dance moves. If you want to spend half an hour getting revitalized, stretched and toned lower-body wise, you can't beat this investment.
Rating: - Good Workout/Bad Instruction
As the reviews have stated, there is less concentration on the art of bellydance, and more focus on repetitive cardio--which was fine by me as I found this a desirable alternative to traditional aerobics. Neena and Veena are great, but I found the voiceover instruction to be annoying and vague--most of the instruction consists of a singsonging voice commanding, "raise the knee and bounce up-down, up-down, up-down..." but with no specifics on what to do with your other body parts. I think omitting the voiceover completely and simply following Neena and Veena would be good enough.
Rating: - An easy, yet effective tape
I really do believe that this tape works because of my own personal use of it. I own hips buns, and thighs, and I also own arms and abs. Before I started using these tapes, I was 138 lbs. a size 8 and very unhappy with the way that i looked in a bathing suit. So I bought and used each of these tapes. After 6 months of using the tapes and eating healthy (using the Zone diet- i highly reccomend) Now, I am 115lbs and a size 4. All I have to say is thank you Veena and Neena!
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