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Jamie King- Rock Your Body

5 star:		(16)
4 star:		(12)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I bought this DVD after reading that it was Shape magazine's DVD of the month, and I just finished my second time doing it. Overall, it's a great workout that is a lot of fun!

Jamie King leads the workout, and he is accompanied by four back-up dancers. Jaime has a lot of energy, and makes the workout fly by, which is always nice. The workout is broken down into six main sections: a warm-up, rehearsal 1, rehearsal 2, dress rehearsal (where you put the two sections together slowly), the performance (where you put the two sections together more quickly in front of an "audience"), and a cool down.

In each of the two rehearsal sections, Jamie breaks down the choreography and makes it very esay to follow. If you can't get a move, though, a great feature of the DVD is that in several places you can click on a sub-menu and go to the bonus section where Jamie breaks down the move even more slowly.

One of the things that makes this workout so unique is that the workout is done on a stage with a DJ playing music. During the dress rehearsal and performance sections, the dancers and Jamie also change into "costumes" and even do the routine in front of a live audience. It really feels like you're a rock star while doing these sections of the workout!

The DVD also has a bonus strength section and a section where Jamie breaks down the moves in more detail. The first time I did this workout, I couldn't quite keep up with the nuances of the moves, but I can see progress and I can also see that I won't be bored with this DVD in the future.

The last thing I wanted to say is that I was pleasantly surprised about how this workout got my heart rate up. It's true that there are much harder cardio dance workouts out there, but I was definitely breaking a sweat -- and having fun while doing it! Overall, it's a fun, very unique workout!

Another review broke down the sections of the DVD very well, so I won't dwell on that.

The workout is hard at first, you will stumble through the moves, and you won't be able to keep up. This is a good thing! It makes the workout more of a challenge and something that I will keep coming back to. Just don't feel down or frustrated if you don't get it at first.

You can tell Jamie's background is dance and not aerobics or fitness, but that's not a bad thing either. It is really helpful if you know how to pickup on the 8 counts.

There is also a Rock Your Body book available that has the same routine that's on the DVD in picutres. This was really helpful the first few times. The book has lots of other great info too, and I would suggest you pick it up

Finally a Jamie King dance workout I don't have to try and follow along on the Nike website! I liked this workout a lot, and I usually find most cardio hip-hop DVDs lame. It's "organised" like a dance class, with phrases learned at half-time then tempo, a dress rehearsal where you put it all together and then a performance where you run the whole thing through a few times. The choreography is cool, and once you know it you can put a lot more energy into it and have a fun workout. Sometimes they counted off the beat, but it's easy to ignore that if you can count. This isn't high-intensity like a Les Mills dance class, but for a day where you want a steady-state burn, this is a fun workout to try. I hope there'll be more of these down the line, maybe getting progressively harder.

After reading some of the 1 and 2-star reviews I needed to respond. See. . . when you go to a dance class for the first time, no one expects you to pick up on the routine right away. You have to go a bunch of times before the "lightbulb" goes off and you suddenly catch onto the moves. That's how this video is. Sometimes you have to repeat the chapter a few times (isn't that the amazing thing about using a DVD????) in order to get the steps right. It's not like a typical work out DVD where you can go straight through (unless you are a trained dancer) and it's also not as BORING!!!

The workout video definitely was not created for someone who has never taken dance lessons. He goes over the move two, three times but the pace is fairly fast. By fourth time you have to know the move for that section and also have to be able to dance two or three times faster than the practice section. I have several dance workout video and normally have no problem following them, but I gave up on this one 15 minutes into it. To me it's for "dancers."

I bought this Dvd two weeks ago. I work at a summer camp and on Rainy days we do this. So, I thought if a 13 yr old can do this, so can i. Then I forgot that a 13 yr old child has more energy than my energy soft drink. I got home and i just followed what Jamie told me. He said it was okay to make mistakes, and broke it down very well.Gave you enough practice to know the steps before putting it up to tempo. I also love the music, and he uses REAL Music that I've actually heard and it gets me pumped. Plus, he also makes it easier and puts difficult moves on the special features that play during the workout so you know it for good. The Performance is well worth getting to, You really do feel like a Rock star, and the next day you feel the burn. I even continue to do to the song so I can practice before I do the Video again! I LOVE IT! I never had so much fun while sweating in my Life!

Buy it, have fun and get ur workout!

To those who gave this dvd a 1, 2, or 3 stars with a bad review, shame on yourselves. This video- as well as any other cardio dance video, will NOT come easy and yes- you do have to watch it repetitively. Even though I'm a dancer I didn't get everything in the first try but I do like the fact that they repeat everything half time, then a little under speed, then at full tempo and then add the content you just practiced before. For those that are willing to add something different to their cardio that'll last for a long while, this dvd is awesome for that!

I bought this movie thinking that it would be easy (since I'm a free style dancer) but a little more organized then I thought. I was wrong. I felt like a beginner because you move through each dance move pretty fast BUT that made it fun and a challenge. The hard moves were easy for me, the simple stuff were harder for me. My main issue was remembering that their right is actually my left (even though he clearly says what way to go) and vice versa. I sweat everytime I do the workout and bones that I never thought I had are a little sore. Worth the cost!

Unless you have some kind of dance background, this workout is a little tough. Jamie shows you each routine at a slow pace, but steps it up a notch too quick. It takes me a while to catch on and this went way too fast for me.

this dvd is a great work out for beginners and pretty good dancers. after pregnancy, i have not gone to the gym. succumbing to work out videos to get some sort of exercise, i picked up this dvd because i missed hip hop dance class. the moves are not too hard to get, but not so easy that i don't want to do the dvd again. just doing it 4 times earns your money back since dance classes are usually 10 dollars per hour or so. the only thing i did not like is at the end of the dvd jamie breaks down two of the 8 counts he thinks were "hard" but he actually chooses the easier 8 counts to break down. rock your body! rock your body!