Product Details

• Actors: Jaana Kunitz, Julia Powers
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Dance Sport
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000KPQ3S8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,631 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Core Rhythms Dance Exercise Program Starter Package 3-Dvd Set! Jaana Kunitz & Julia Powers! In the Core Rhythms Full Workout, Jaana and Julia teach you the 3 Core Movements essential to Latin dancing and give drills to exercise your core to uplifting Latin music. With the Core Rhythms Quick Workout, they give you a workout for those days when you barely have half an hour to yourself! It challenges your coordination skills, but with the help of the back view you'll be grooving in no time! And with Latin Dance Made Easy, Jaana and Julia are joined by their husbands James and Bob to teach you 3 hot dances for a night out on the town!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

88 of 92 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A workout is nothing to complain about, April 13, 2007

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Meg "MDS" (DC, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Core Rhythms Dance Exercise Program Starter Package 3-dvd Set (DVD)

The European women aren't near as annoying as the Denise Austin type. Yeah, they're dancers and they're in good shape, but that's to be expected. They could do this blindfolded, with a broken ankle and look better than I do. But that doesn't have to discourage anyone.

I think they teach you just like any other aerobics class. Slow for a couple steps, then to tempo. The steps I've seen aren't outlandish, though some I couldn't do the first time. I'm not coordinated and don't look good doing it. But I also don't have a problem shutting myself in a room and laughing occasionally.

If you want to get a nice workout, that's different than your normal run-of-the-mill at home fitness videos, this is a good option. It's neat how they work the abs into the cardio routine.

I'm not sure if it's worth 45$ though (that's a month subscription to my gym!).

I think some of the bad reviews on the video are just personal frustrations. The video is nicely produced and coreographed. They're good leaders. The music is made to go with the routine perfectly. You can alternate between front and back views. If the "Latin" dvd is too hard, you can try the others. You can skip scenes. And there's an express workout too.

42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent workout, February 15, 2007

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R. Chance "ex libris" (Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Core Rhythms Dance Exercise Program Starter Package 3-dvd Set (DVD)

I love these workouts. They are high impact but a lot of fun. You actually feel like you're dancing instead of working out and the "help" section is very useful. If you have a problem with some of the footwork, you switch to "help", and then they slowly take you through the exact steps to achieve the correct footwork. If you join the club you do pay a fortune for the initial starter package DVD, but the other DVDs are reasonably priced.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE IT, April 17, 2007

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Dawn (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Core Rhythms Dance Exercise Program Starter Package 3-dvd Set (DVD)

I love this workout! With the full workout (about 40 min) it goes by really fast and I'm sweating like crazy half way through. The quick workout (20 min) is really great if you don't have a lot of time. There isn't really any instruction, but at any time you can use the "help" and they will show you how to do the move and then it goes right back to the spot you were at. It did take me a couple of times before I was coordinated with it, but I don't get bored of it and it's fun!