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Richard Simmons - Dance Your Pants Off! [VHS]

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This workout feels more like participating in a musical than like a typical aerobics routine. There are three sets and a rotating "cast" of fellow dancers. Richard doesn't offer much cueing, but the moves are easy to pick up after a couple times through. The music is lots of fun -- "She Works Hard for the Money," "All Night Long," "Gloria," "Sweet Dreams," "Call Me," and many other '80s hits. My favorite is cooling down to "The Rose," which is sung live by the woman who actually wrote it. By far my favorite workout tape for the past six months.

What I like about Richard Simmons videos is that he dares to use "real music", music that is recognizable, and fun. Sure it isn't the original singers, but these tunes are done well. Richard's group is happy, very happy, very very happy. You can't help appreciate that and it is contagious. The sets change as well as the front-line exercisers.

Now, I don't generally use his videos because I feel they are geared for more overweight people and I use more challenging aerobic videos. But I got off the wagon recently and decided to get back into exercising and chose Richard Simmons to get me back in the mood.

What I don't like about his videos is that he constantly changes steps. Constantly. I prefer to stick with a step at least 6-8 times, but he changes after almost 2 times. I don't care for that, as it causes me to get off track and just move anyway til I catch up again.

Otherwise, it is a fun workout! Rizzo

This workout was really fantastic. At first it went pretty fast; I had never done a Richard Simmons tape before. First time, I was a little slow to catch and perfect all the moves, but by the second time I had it almost had all of (the 50 minutes) down. Now, I'm stuck and can't stop doing this tape. The music is paced fairly consistantly, but I never got to tired and was always looking forward to the next song. The scenery also changed every few songs from a park, to some shops, a club, etc. All the people were alive and I wasn't exhausted by the end and had to do the tape again. Now I'm hooked and am trying all his other tapes/dvd's. I feel like dancing all the time.

O.K., I admit I am no dancer, but this video is very confusing. Now, I have "Sweating to the Oldies" 1-3,"Disco sweat", Sweat & Shout", but this one will not be one of my favorites. By the time I figured out what he was doing, he was on to something else. Richard never does cue much but he was just too hyper for me in this one. Too many "thin, beautiful" people too. Sorry Richard, I luv ya, but this one is not your best.

I agree that there is so much "Whoo!"-ing and "Whee!" - ing that it is distracting. However, I do like the video, it gives me a pretty good workout. If you can stand the screaming, you will like this video. Richard does a good job of keeping you on track and it's nice to see some bigger people doing the moves. Just prepare yourself for the yelling!

I can't say enough about how thrilled I was to find the "Dance Your Pants Off" video among my collection. (I'd forgotten that I had it.) I've been exercising regularly (at least 5 days a week) for the past year using different videos, many of them Richard Simmons. When I came across this one and decided to try it, I was so excited, because I had so much fun with it, I couldn't wait to do it again. The steps and movements are easy and fun to do. Six weeks later, and I still look forward to exercising with this video!

I read a previous review and agree with all major points:
1. This is for someone who has some experience with aerobics. I was able to pick up the moves on Richard Simmons' Disco Sweat tape the first time I viewed it, for instance; this one takes longer and is therefore more of a challenge without requiring that you be a professional dancer.
2. The music is excellent, and there is very little of the shouting associated with Richard Simmons' workout videos.
3. You get to see lots of different types of people working out including some that are overweight. This is true of all Richard Simmons' workout videos. But this one also has some thin people who are able to do the moves correctly.
4. This is not a demanding workout at all; it's something to do on a rainy day when you can't go outside. It's a lot of fun, though, which means you will actually do the workout even if you are shut up indoors.

I used this tape to get me in shape, and within a few weeks, my clothes were already considerably looser. (I didn't own a scale and didn't measure myself, but it was pretty drastic.) At the time, I was merely exercising, not cutting down on my food intake.

Also, while it took a few times to get the "moves" down correctly, it wasn't hard to learn at all. I particularly enjoyed the variety of music and "dance" steps.

I found two things especially helpful. For one, I watched people a lot more overweight than I managing to get through this tape, so they inspired me to finish the work out. And as with any Richard Simmons' workout, his genuine respect for overweight folks made me feel great about myself, especially when you consider very few exercise tapes actually feature overweight and out-of-shape people.

My only complaint is that he hasn't produced this for DVD player use.

I have several Richard Simmons tapes and this one is by far the best one yet. It is fast, funny and a lot of fun to do. The pase is very fast - you will really get your heart pumping with this tape! I would highly recommend it to anyone who is trying to stay fit.

I love this tape. and yes i love richard simmons, he is so fun to watch and is so funny Dance Your Pants Off is the most fun of all of my tapes (sweatin to the oldies 1,2,and 3,disco sweat,and others)Richard makes everything easy to understand and like other people say it is not confusing and the music it self would make you want to buy it (celebration, sweat dreams, flashdance, gloria, she works hard for the money, call me, total eclips of the heart, conga, all night long, the rose)and i put all the songs in the order you do them in my favorite is "she works hard for the money and call me" it is so fun that i get into it so much that i actually start to laugh, sing, sometimes even yell out words like "yes!" "lets go, richard" and buy this tape you will love it and remember never stop, keep going you can do it, and never say you can't if you think that you won't get it then first watch it and just study it "It's time to CELEBRATE good times so come on!!" " its' not just for SWEET DREAMS we're gonna melt those pounds away" " let the music take control an CALL ME anytime" DANCE YOUR PANTS OFF!!!!!!!!!! LETS GOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!