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Jazzercise Dance HiiT workout is lead by Shanna Misset Nelson. This workout has a rockin soundtrack with a lot of contemporary songs. The workout is called Dance HiiT, HiiT standing for High Interval Intensity Training. I did not think this was a "HiiT" workout in any shape or form.  This doesn't mean that I don't like the workout, I just think the title is misleading, but what's new. The DVD menu offers the following options: Dance HiiT Full Workout - Approximately 47 minutes in length Dance HiiT Pure Cardio - 30 minutes Dance HiiT Pure Strength - 19 minutes Dance HiiT Express -18 minutes What I like that Shanna does is she introduces each of the premixes as well as the main workout.  The Full Workout alternates cardio set with strength sets.  Some strength sets use the tubing.  One of the cast members uses weights to show that option. The Pure Strength and Express workouts do not have a warm up.  They both go right into using the tubing. The E...

Ballet Body by Jazzercise is lead by Emily Tyson, Ashley McConnell, and Emily Newland .  It is approximately 40 minutes in length.  It contains a warm up, 6 sculpting tracks, and a cool down. Track 1 - lower body (standing) Track 2 - upper body (standing) Track 3 - lower body (standing) Track 4 - lower body (standing) Track 5 - core (standing/floor) Track 6 - lower body (floor) I do not do a lot of barre style workouts, so I thought several aspects of this workout tough.  I did like like the length of the workout- just long enough to be challenging but not so long  I got bored.  I tend to get bored with barre style workouts.   I thought both the instructors and the soundtrack great, and I love the vibe that they gave off. There is a chair used in the standing lower body tracks and a mat used for the floor work.  During the workout, one of the instructors shows advance moves and another one shows beginner modifications. DVD Menu Op...

Dancin' Abs is co-lead by Shanna Missett Nelson and Young McCarthy.  It is a 60 minute athletic dance core workout. All of the ab work is done within the mini dance combos and it is all standing.  Expect a lot of oblique focus training.  Most of the ab work were oblique twist, oblique crunches or side bends. There is quite a bit of impact, not super crazy high impact - more that you are constantly up on your toes doing some type of bouncing or hopping move. There is also a lot of repetition within each mini combo.  You are doing a set of two sequences over and over again until the end of the track.  Not including the warm up and cool down, there are 12 tracks in the 60-Minute Workout.  Most of the tracks are roughly 3 to 4 minutes. Lots of stopping and starting.  At the end of each track, you come to a complete stop and do some type of dance pose hold. Towards the end of the workout, most of the tracks are focused on sculpting the abs but the...

Burlesque by Jazzercise is a 48 minute workout and it features Shanna Misset Nelson as the lead.  It has a real showgirl aspect and so of course the term "sexy" was used quite often during the workout. There is a warm up and a cool down.  In between those two, there are 8 dances.  Dance 7 focuses on the Abs. Dance 8 focuses on the lower body (squats, lunges, plies). Each dance is choreograph to its own song.  Speaking of song, the music is awesome. The music in this workout rivals some of my Pump It Up workouts.  All are current danceable tunes. They are lots of fun and have lots of energy. Shanna. I really enjoyed her.  This is my first time working out with her and I thought she was awesome. Great clear cuing. My only issue with the workout was the repetitiveness.  Each dance contain about 4, maybe 5 moves and you repeated those moves throughout the whole song.  So I was wishing for a little bit more variety because on the longer songs...

Latin Live by Jazzercise is 45 minute dance based workout. It stars Judi Sheppard Misset and Cheryl Burke as the instructors. It features a live percussionist and a circular stage surrounded by a ton of cast members. With the exception of the warm up and cool down, Judi and Cheryl take turns leading each of the dance segments. The Breakdown of the main workout is: Warm up - features both Judi & Cheryl Dance 1 - Merengue with Cheryl Dance 2 - Jazzercise Diva Dance with Judi Dance 3 - Samba with Cheryl Dance 4 - Jazzercise The Skip It Dance with Judi Dance 5 - Jazzercise The Hip Core Dance with Judi Dance 6 - Cha Cha with Cheryl Dance 7 - Jive with Cheryl Dance 8 - Jazzercise - Ball Change Dance with Judi Dance 9 - Cha Cha with Cheryl Dance 10 - Rhumba with Cheryl Cool Down - features both Judi & Cheryl Now, while the workout is chaptered, you can't select each segment as I have them listed. There is no menu for it. However, you can moved quickly from one segment to the...