Customer Reviews

Absolute Beginners Fitness: Step and Dance Aerobics Workout for Weight Loss & Toning

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I love this video! Nekea Brown is fun to watch, and her instructions are all clear and easy to follow. Compared to other easy or beginner-level aerobic workout DVDs, this one rates very high. In particular, Mirabai Holland's DVDs have good exercises but her presentation is rather bland. Kari Anderson's Step Workout for Beginners has good moves but gets boring after a couple of viewings. Nekea Brown keeps the workout lively and interesting. The dance moves are easy and feel good to do. And it's a great moderate-level cardio workout! I recommend this highly for anyone, particularly women over fifty, who want to increase their cardio health without beating their feet and knees into the ground.

OK i am totally a beginner in step aerobics so thought this was the right DVD for me to start. It was. Very thoughtful and well done. Explained everything, nice tutorial and was not overboard at all. Great for beginners.

I love this dvd. 20 years ago I was in the gym taking step aerobics 4 days a week. Let me be honest, life has gotten in the way of me working out. And, I needed a workout program that was something fun; yet, had just enough impact to get my heart pumping without making me feel fat, out of shape, and eventually defeated.. This dvd has me on the path to fitness. And, the steps/workout wasn't so difficult that I had trouble keping up. I was able to watch the dvd once and, then jump right into the workout. It was just that simple. I will definietly look for Nekea Brown's name when searching for more workout dvd's.

I love Nekea Brown's DVDs because her routines are always creative. This one is perfectly suitable for beginners, but if you're a little more experienced, you can modify the workout by using weights or elevating the Step. I love that this DVD has segments for both dance and Step, which was exactly what I wanted. The only "down" side is that the DVD menu isn't broken down into smaller segments, which would give viewers optimal control over tailoring the workout. However, the DVD is still well worth buying!

It was hard for me to follow the pace of the stepping because there was such a pause between moves and these moves were long and exaggerated. The music-boring, The dance workout didn't thrill me at all.

Have tons of step videos.don't like any of them. This is a great dvd! Great for beginners and people like me who are getting back into step again. Not boring,before you know it, you had a great workout.She has included dance to mix it up.You can step one day and dance the next. Would recommend to anyone.

Nekea Brown is an excellent teacher. I really like how she is authentic and encouraging. I have very little dancing skills and no natural talent (I'd be at level -1), but it's a really good workout for beginners. I had to spend a lot of time with the tutorials before each session but after a week of daily workouts I really feel a good improvement in my health and ability to keep up. If you're a poor dancer like me, get it anyway and just stick with it. If we could follow her from the first try we wouldn't need this dvd. Challenging yourself and going out side your comfort zone is how you grow and improve yourself. I fully recommend this DVD.

I started with a Wii, doing the Advanced Step. That's not really an intense workout, though the precision and scoring make it interesting. This video is one of three I have used, the others being Gilad and Gin Miller. This video covers both Step and Dance, and they go together pretty well, so there is a second path to prsue if the step gets old. This is a starter kind of video, but the tutorial is separate from the workouts. If you know the basics, you don't have to start from scratch, which is more of a problem with the Miller DVD. On the other hand, Miller is moving at a better pace for the true beginner.

The Gilad DVD is fine, and most people could follow the moves, but it isn't a beginner level, and they move pretty fast. With any of these DVD's you can simply do 'something' until you catch up or figure out the moves.

I like Nekea Brown as a companion and motivator. At some point you may have to live with these instructors for a while, just doing a routine. It probably helps to have a few DVD's around, since there is not a lot of money to get into the step exercising, and none for the dance.

this is good for a beginner who just wants to take things slow on a stepper but still get a good workout
good for in the home (or apartment) with a small area to work in

I quite like the step portion of this video. Nekea Brown was fine as an instructor. The step moves were straight forward and I worked up a sweat by powering up the moves.

The dance section was way too easy and I didn't feel like I was exercising. It was very short - 20 mins I think.

I felt like the step portion was beginner to intermediate but the dance was definitely "Absolute Beginners".