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 Figure 8 Fitness DVD One Get Started is a 55 minute instructional introduction to the dance moves that you will be performing throughout the series.  You are working one on one with Jaana.  Even though this is instructional, you are getting quite a workout as you work with Jaana drilling and repeating each of the moves.  This DVD is broken down into: Play All or you can select the individual rhythms/sections which are: Intro Merengue Samba Salsa Paso Doble Jive Rhumba Bolermo You are not working out or performing the moves to music in this DVD. You are simply going by the count that Jaana gives you as she demonstrates the move.  I found the DVD very beneficial. Sexy Abs is a 10 minutes standing ab work.  All the main workouts in this system include a count down clock in the lower right counter. The workout actually starts with 9:10 on the timer. So this is a standing workout that is roughly divided into two chunks. The first chunk you...

Zumba's Step by Step workout is approximately 60 minutes in length and it is led by Gina Grant and Tanya Beardsley. While this DVD is quite a bit instructional as Gina and Tanya take you slowly through the different rhythms (breaking down each move), when the tempo picks up you do feel as if you are getting a workout. However, there is a lot of stopping and starting. Within each rhythm, different variations of the rhythms are taught for a well rounded program. The rhythms taught are: 1. Merengue (March, 2 Step, 6 count, Zumba Shuffle) 2. Salsa (Sidestep, Forward & Back, Travel, Back) 3. Reggaeton (Stomp, Knee Lift, Destroza, Bounce) 4. Calypso (Basic, Tobago, Cross, Curacao) 5. Cumbia (2 step, Forward & Back, Sleepy Leg, Sugar Cane) 6. Bellydance (stance, tap, figure 8, shimmy) Love the music. If the music in Step by Step, is a showcase of what will be in the rest of the Exhilarate DVDs, I am going to love this series. Irritating - Gina and Tanya constantly referring to ea...