Crunch - Fat Burning Dance Party

I just bought this dvd and have done it 3 times, sweated up a storm, and had a lot of fun. The instructor is totally adorable to watch, has a great body, looks great doing everything, and does not insult me with irritating motivational hollering. She just gives some counts and acts enthusiastic. That's what I want in a video exercise instructor. I don't get all the moves perfectly. If it were so easy I could do it all the first time, I'd be bored with it too soon. I don't care what I look like in the privacy of my own home, so if some of the moves are goofy, who cares? That means, yes, there are some goofy parts. My experience with exercise dvds in the past has been that they all have pretty cheesy music and this one is no exception. Finally, I will say that a lot of these moves are standard aerobic class kind of moves - vstep and grapevine (well, that's a dance move, too) - so for some people I can see where they may not feel like it's all dancing. In other words, do not feel that you can hit a salsa club after doing this dvd because you will not be learning hot new moves that you can take out. From the reviews, I would say this dvd is great for beginners or people who haven't done a lot of cardio in a while. If you can't keep up with the arms and knee lifting and kick stepping, just improvise till you get it. Advanced cardio junkies probably will not find this challenging enough. For me, it's a great choice and I'm so glad I bought it.

It's easy to catch on. It feels good to dance, don't even realize you are working out until you see the sweat pouring out of your body. It helps you to get a better rhythm, and you get pumped up with the whole dance party group. I would definitely recommend this for anyone. Even if you have no time, you can at least do one dance and still get a good workout.

This has become one of my favorite exercise DVDs because of the instructor and the moves. It is true that when I first did this workout - and probably the second and thrid time - I was frustrated and decided to just go running instead because the moves were seemingly complicated. It's a DVD, though, so it's pretty easy to press rewind and replay a few times so that you can get the move down. By the fourth time doing it, I felt like I was getting the hang of it - and Now, I just plain enjoy it. After you have the moves down, you don't want the instructor to be going over the moves slowly every time. The instructor is not annoying to me. She was encouraging and fun. I have enough fitness that I find it to be a good workout. Perhaps the key is getting the moves down well and then executing them with energy. The music is fun too. I really enjoy the Crunch videos. I also have Crunch: Fat Burning Blast - but this one (Crunch - Fat Burning) is more fun to me. For Yoga & Pilates, I recommend Ellen Barrett DVDs.

Jennifer Galardi is great she is fun and easy on the ears. She is one of the only people I can listen to over and over telling me to exercise. I mean I have days when I say "No way do I want to exercise." And if the person your watching on an excercise video bugs the heck out of you then you it makes it hard to push through but, with Jenninfer she actually keeps me motivated and pumped.

I have several Crunch videos and this is my least favorite. The moves are simplistic, and frankly, silly. I saw one reviewer describe the choreography as "cheesy" and I would have to agree. I saw several reviewers say the moves were too "dancy" but the DVD is called "Fat Burning DANCE Party". I'm an intermediate excercisor, and I don't find the moves hard to follow, but I had to do the DVD a few times to nail all the moves. There are 2 dances for each themed segment: "Salsa Party", "Party Funk" and "Retro Dance Party". A big problem I have with the DVD is that in each dance segment, there is usually the same basic steps for the feet, with perhaps slight changes in the arm movements, or in the direction of the feet movement, which makes the dances boring. Each dance is short, and the DVD moves along quickly. The moves are just so inane that I dislike doing the dances. Additionally, I have bad knees, and some of the moves are hard on my knees. In several places, the instructor doesn't mirror correctly; she instructs you to lead with your right leg, but if you were to lead with your right leg, you wouldn't mirror the dancers. Cueing in the rest of the DVD is good. The instructor also keeps calling the first 2 dances "Fiestas" when the dances are titled "Salsa Party". Of course, this is just semantics, but it shows the attitude the instructor takes overall. I don't think it's a good cardio work out at all. As usual, I find the Crunch dancers annoying, but I give Crunch credit for picking dancers of various racial backgrounds. If you really like workouts that include lots of dance moves, and don't mind doing silly choreography, you might enjoy this DVD.

Crunch Fat Burning Dance Party is about 41 minutes long with warmup and cooldown. It's led by Jennifer Galardi, who is Great in DOTI Hip Hop Party! In this Crunch workout, she seems a little nervous and not very comfortable in front of the camera. She cues well...however, I could have used a little less talk about my butt (ie - shake your butt, stick your booty out, etc)! There are three different dance styles in this one: Salsa, Party Funk, and Retro Party. The Party Funk segments were my favorite. There's quite a bit of twisting in this workout, which will make it tough for people with carpeted surfaces to do this workout. There's also some impact, which is pretty easy to modify down. I like this one enough to keep, but I will most likely favor doing Dance Off the Inches Hip Hop Party over Fat Burning Dance Party. Recommend to high beginners/low intermediates with some dance experience and hardwood floors!

This DVD made me sweat and it's very fun to, the dance moves are fun. It took a few tries but I got the hang of it, not that hard to learn, like some dance DVD's I have danced to. So if you want a work out, if your like me you will get one. The Dance moves are repeated, so it makes it easy to learn, except for the last part, she doesn't go over as much but it's not too hard to catch on.

It's a fun video and you get your heart rate up. But just when you think you look as smooth as the instructor and her class, you get a glimpse in the mirror and think, "frick - I'm glad no one is around to see this."

Awesome --so much fun !! I love all of Jennifer Galardi's videos!

If you like dancing, then this is THE workout for you! I've been doing a lot of workouts and own a lot of DVD's. This one is one of my favourites. Especially on days when I feel like partying. This DVD is divided into warm ups, salsa party 1 & 2, party funk 1 & 2, retro dance 1 & 2, and cool downs. Sometimes I just do my favourite dances and just skip to the cooling downs. It's really good because you get lots of choices here. Or a good long workout, from the beginning, right to the end. Jennifer Galardi is a very good instructor, and the moves are also easy (but not too easy) to follow. The choreographer is Juliane Arney, also famous in the dance workout world. I've no regrets buying this DVD!

I love this exercise dvd. The dance steps are fun. You probably couldn't do this if you have 2 left feet, but if you can dance and keep to a beat - I highly recommend this. The dance/aerobics vary from salsa, to funk, to disco. Highly recommened to people of an intermedate level - not for a beginner. The dvd last 35 mins. This is the only negative. I like doing at least an hours exercise and it's a shame the Crunch series dvd's arn't a bit longer.

Good

Great for a change! You work really hard and work up a good sweat. This video isn't really for beginners, I don't think because it would be hard to catch up at first. However, for intermediates it's great because she goes over the steps enough times for you to catch on quickly. I use this tape to break up my routine when i get bored and it's SO MUCH fun!