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Yoga Booty Ballet Live: Cardio Cabaret, Burlesque Style!

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This is my second YBB workout and it certainly gets my sweat going. The whole Eastern mysticism meets LA thing is a little weird but the workouts themselves are alot of fun and get me going. I bought Cardio Cabaret, hoping for some good burlesque style moves. I can't say that it really lived up to my expectations regarding the actual moves but the workout was fun and energizing. I gave it four stars and I'll be using it but don't buy this looking for real dance moves or perfecting your shimmy. Buy it for what it is - a kind of goofy but very entertaining workout that lets you cut loose a bit in your living room.

I just received this workout in today and I have to say I LOVE IT! I just started using YBB workouts, and I was not sure if i would enjoy them. But i definately do. I am not sure if someone who is new to working out would find these easy to follow. I have been working out for several years and found the workout easy to follow. I was extremely challenged and after the second time using it, i felt more relaxed and was able to really get into it. When I was done,,,I was sweating and felt my body had received a great workout. I am not to into the beginning of the workouts with the floor part, but I have just been fast forwarding by it and start with the warm-up and then right into the workout. I have now purchased five of the YBB workouts and I love them all. I actually have my 15 year daughter trying them also...it is alot of fun for us both. If you have never tried YBB, start with light @ easy as I did. It came as a two disc set with latin flavor and these two really helped me get into the YBB workouts. HAVE FUN!!!!

I just had a baby and got 3 herniated disc's because of it. I was stuck on a couch for 7months and got up to 220lbs when they got the pain management under control. I checked with my doctor and got the ok. Dont forget to talk to you doctor if your hurt everyones different.

They are upbeat and suppostive. Takes a little to get used to the matra's but they are great for getting your mind in shape, in the game, and help you workout out more often. At first I was limited to the moves I could do being so out of shape and my muscles left in horrible condition from not using them for 7months after having a baby and being overweight on top of it. So they really helped me keep going.

This disk I loved. I had to rewind alot to learn the moves and it wasn't until about the 5th time (i suck at danceing) did I learn them all. And I still had fun. Yes the girls are silly, positive, and upbeat. Yes at first I did feel silly trying to learn the moves but that goes away as you learn them. It shows you a move you do it a few times and they add to the end and start over from the time until its done. This is my favorite workout by them. It's fun, energetic, you do get a workout at the same.

For the ones that are more fit you can easily double your workout either with another of their discs or getting on a bike or go for a run if its not enough because its FUN FUN FUN. Your more fit so go for it. After a 6months I started either doing it twice or doing something else for at least 15mins. I just paused the cool down at the end and come back to it or put in a different disc if it was on a day I had time. Or do it at the end of one of their others as a reward.

There is cute music and people in this video but the workout is just not much of a workout. I did not even break a sweat or feel like it was even the least bit challenging. I felt that the movement were choppy and just didn't blend from one exercise to the next. There was some eastern "OM" type breathing and exercises which I thought were just weird. There wasn't much burlesque/cabaret to it. I thought it would be fun but it just wasn't all that fun in my opinion.

I am not one who is interested in meditation type workouts so this one isn't for me. I watched the video to determine if I could just omit the meditation at the beginning and work from there and the cardio part seems very energetic, possibly fun and is maybe something I can do, but I was disappointed with the lack of description of the moves prior to going into them. The moves are all thrown together making it easy to get lost in transition. The routine contains so many different moves as well that it is so easy to get confused for a beginner or someone who has not completely memorized the entire routine. This makes working out with this DVD pointless since you are unable to follow the moves. It was very annoying to say the least and I am not sure that I am even going to attempt it at all.

This workout is so fun! It's definitely worth every penny! I buy workout dvds all the time, but I've never stuck to them before, this workout is so fun next thing you know you'll be sweating. It's a little hard to keep up at first, but it's worth keeping up with.

As a person who is overwieght I was able to easily get my heart rate up and do all of the moves to the best of my ablity, I got a couple varieties to keep it interesting but really as an aerobic exercise not bad, I think after I lose a litte wieght it will get easier, and then I will really enjoy it more.

This is the first Yoga Booty Ballet workout I tried. My normal work out is 45 minutes on the elliptical and then 30 minutes weight training 4 days week so I am not new to exercise. At first I was a little skeptical about how much of a workout this 35 minute program would provide, but I gave it a shot and by the end I was completly sweating. It was a blast! I learned a few new moves and felt like I worked all the muscles in my body. Now instead of 4 times a week on the elliptical, I'm doing 6-7 days of Cardio Cabaret Burlesque and I can definitely see a tightening in my hips and booty. But the best part is how sexy you feel doing it How many workouts can you say that about?

I love the "zen, in the moment, let's enjoy working out, enjoy your body" feel of Teigh McDonough & Gillian Marloth. This is about the same easy pace, easy to mimic as their Light & Easy & Latin workouts.
It's set like the picture with at least 6 other women & 1 in good shape guy all in their 20s or early 30s. Most of the women are in great shape or only a few extra pounds so that their excitement & enthusiasm is high & contagious. In the Easy or Latin workouts, the ones who were more then say 30 lbs overweight got tired & barely moved which put a damper on your own enthusiasm.
It starts with only a tiny second of kundalini yoga (much too short), then it's all mostly cabaret dance. There is a woman in the row behind between Teigh & Gillian who looks to have dance school experience & since she doesn't have to teach like them, she seems to get into it the most with a lot of grace & makes the moves look more hip then they are. The moves are very simplified, cutsy, silly, only a few moves that would be considered sexy.
I loved the end point of the small amount of ballet & end stretching. I hope they have workout with that emphasized.
This is great for beginners/those who are out of shape & low endurance or those who are looking for something light, easy & fun. Doing this will make you feel more positive & even want to workout more!
I hope Teigh & Gillian put out more of their Master series or more workout with ballet or balancing exercises.

I think giving this 2 stars is kind because the instructor was very annoying. Gillian did not shut up. She made noises and said very lame things throughout the dvd. I was also dissappointed because I expected an intense dance routine. It was mild to say the least I did not break a sweat. The dance moves were more modern than cabert or burlesque. The workout was not that long either. But if you can stand listing to Gillian flap her gums for about 25 mintes this is a good warm up or for a light day. I am usually kind and postive in my reviews, but this one made me scream shut up at the tv a few times, my kids were also commenting on how annoying the isntructor was. This is my 1st YBB dvd and I am so disappointed after all the good thing's I heard. And this dvd is so cheesy with new age yoga yuppie spiel added in. I love yoga don't het me wrong but the yoga section did not leave me feeling calm, it left me with ringing ears from all of the squealing. This one was just very cheesy. If you want a good sweat from dancing try Zumba instead. ZUMBA FITNESS, AS SEEN ON TV, LATIN WORKOUT ROUTINE