Customer Reviews

Grind Workout: Hip Hop Aerobics [VHS]

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4 star:		(15)
3 star:		(6)
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1 star:		(9)

 

 

Hip Hop Aerobics is a wonderful workout video. Despite what others may have said, this video DOES make you sweat. It's about 30 mins long, not including the warm up and cool down. And after this, you get a 7 minute ab workout. I must warn you though, this is for people who love to dance. The routine is challenging, I must admit.And you have to have a lot of passion , strengh, and endurance to get it down. There are lots of dancers and two very good instructors that you can follow. You can use the moves in dance clubs, the music is great, but you may have to rewind and pause to get the steps down. This is a very challenging routine, but you will burn lots of calories and tone up while having fun and learning to dance. This is a must buy, along with Fat Burning Grooves.

If you hate exercise, but love to dance, this video is absolutely for you! Yes, Eric is full of himself, but the music & beat make it easy to ignore. The music is awesome, the dancers are full of energy, and you will sweat! The instructions are bad, but if you grew up in this era and enjoyed going to clubs, you will have no problem. If you didn't know the moves to start with remember, it is a tape, you can practice it as many times as you need to! I've tried some of the other Grind workouts and this is the only one I like because it is the least like an exercise video than the rest of them are. The other tapes have a different instructor, and do not seem to be as fun as this one is.

This video is an awesome workout. It makes excersize fun and exciting. You can also use the moves in dance clubs. The guys are sreat looking, not your average all women type of video. A word of caution, this is not for a beginner, or someone who doesn;t like to dance.

Ok, this video is like any other thing....when you first start, it's not the easiest thing to do, but after you do it a couple of times through, it gets easier and more fun! If you really get into the dance steps, you can get a great workout, you just have to give it a chance!! This is my favorite of all the grind workouts, and yes, i have every one of them, and it is also one of the ones i do the most frequent out of 20 workout videos. So, if your looking to get into shape, this is more exciting than plodding on the treadmill....this video is the one that first got me started excercising, and i lost about 30 lbs (not from video only, it just helps) from the combination of working out and eating better....so i suggest it for starting out, too!

This is a great workout video if you love to dance. Most excersice tapes have boring aerobic routines that you don't really want to do over and over, not to mention the music. This tape provides you with fun and easy dance moves, good music to get you moving and a fun group of people to motivate you. If you love to dance, why not use dance to get a good workout! And I beg to differ, the workout does make you sweat!

Trust me... don't buy it, unless you are 15 and want to look at cutey Eric Nies. If you are series about getting in shape and sweeting, this isn't the tape to buy. There is only about 15 minutes of exerise which made heart beat barely rise. You learn move by move and then watch them change 'teachers' for 5 minutes. Wasted sweeting time! And then their is only one dance section! They wasted a perfect opportunity to come up with a great, fun workout. Even the ab section was terrible... they just showed you exercises you can do on your own! Geez, you can buy a magazine for that! I wish I could return it!

eric nies is quite motivational for anyone to work out. The music was great and the dance moves fun. The video is not one you can grow with, though. After a few times, it lacks challenge to your heart rate or muscle growth.

Although Eric is great to watch, that is the only reason to buy this video. As a user of several different video aerobics workouts, I can say this is one of the least legitimate workouts I've ever seen. They are not actual instructors and the workout is not actually an aerobic workout. In fact, I bought two of the MTV workout videos thinking they may be a good "dance" workout (plus I could watch Eric) and both are disappointments. The routines are taught by "kids" rather than legitimate instructors and it quickly becomes clear why aerobics instruction isn't something any one off the street can do. There is a correct way to teach aerobics and a correct way to "call" the workout so that people can actually follow you. These MTV videos do none of that. Bummer. Looks like some of the moves could be fun, but the instruction is so sloppy and amateurish you will likely never achieve any level of competency where it can be fun. SO, after all of that, I recommend the Kathy Smith videos. There is a reason she is the queen of workout videos-she is good! She knows what she is doing and she instructs VERY well. You can pick up the routine after one viewing and it just continues to become a better workout the more you use it. And, if you are like me and the sight of a cute shirtless guy helps motivate you to watch the video (come on, lets be honest here) I actually also recommend the "Lucky Vanous: Ultimate Fat Burning Workout" video. It is actually really great. Lucky isn't the greatest instructor, but they knew that and brought in a professional to do the actual instruction and Lucky is the window dressing that motivates some of us to continue to watch. Great routine and I don't get bored of watching it!

This video was made in '95 and the outfits/scenery is a little outdated. The moves are alright, there were some good and some bad... this is a video that I don't do in front of anyone! I didn't really break a sweat until about 1/4 of the way through the video. The steps are easy though, and it's not hard to follow along. The ab workout at the end is good.

I find the video fun. They remind you to stop for water, give tips such as drink before excercise and after. They also pause half-way through so that you can judge how you're doing. The thing that's most interesting is that you can almost forget you're working out. You break a sweat if you're having fun and it doesn't require a lot of space. The only problem I had was that I live on the second floor and my neighbors probably hate me by now. There's a bit of jumping involved periodically.