Island Girl Dance Fitness Workout: Tahitian Cardio [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

I have 15 years of belly dancing behind me but haven't danced for years . At the age of 62 I thought I would give this a go and it's perfect to get you moving if you take it at your time your pace and break it down slowly all achievable if you stick with it . Clear instructions that are easy to follow as long as each individual person takes it at their pace bit by bit and sticks with it then a fun dance to learn a good work out I think a lot of women could really enjoy learning this beautiful dance take your time and learn it gradually then you will really enjoy . There is no hurry enjoy

The Island Girl series is my favorite go-to set of workouts in winter. The workouts are fun, feeling more like dance than an exercise class. That's really the best thing about them. They are some of the few exercise dvds I've tried that have me looking forward to working out when I would otherwise be tempted to be a couch potato. I particularly like the Tahitian Cardio for the emphasis on hip work and the graceful movements in it.On the technical end, it has what I look for in a workout dvd. There is a warm up and cool down. Kili teaches "mirror" style so it is easier to follow along. The camerawork shows the full body unless it is appropriate to zoom in to show the movement in detail. It is filmed outdoors against a beautiful Hawaiian background. The music is an upbeat traditional sounding Tahitian drum piece that really sets the mood.The intensity level is moderate. I tend to use this the most after the holidays when I have been in an exercise lull. It is just the right amount to get me sweating without me thinking "Enough already!" There are some standard aerobic exercise movements in it to work more muscle groups. While I would have preferred just dance movements, the aerobic ones are kept to a minimum and serve a purpose.This may not be to the taste of people who are hardcore fitness or hardcore Tahitian dance buffs, but for the average person like me, it's a great way to keep motivated to keep moving.

今もビデオちゃんと残してあります。また再開したいです。タヒチに行ってダンスする機会は、たぶん一生ないと思いますが、この動きはワークアウトとして日常的に使えます。動きも好きなので、またもっと練習します。

タヒチアンの知識が無い私でも３回目位からは、一緒に楽しく踊れるようになりました。１枚踊りきる頃には、床にぽたぽたと落ちるほどの汗がでます^m^コアリズムのような効果があるのか、ウエストがかなり細くなりました。キリの後ろで踊る２人のお姉さん達がとてもキュートで目の保養にもなります♪この値段で買えたのは超ラッキーです♪

This workout definitely isn't for any major fitness buffs looking to get even more buff, but for the regular gals, it's very fun, motivating, and relaxing, even though you're sweating at the end! After just one week, I'm already seeing my hips and waist start to slim down. I've been working out nearly every day for the past 2 months and had hit a plateau. Then I tried this and in one week, it kick started me back into losing weight - I lost 2.5 lbs just this week and my only exercise was doing this video!Unless you're familiar with hula dancing, it will take 2-3 watchings to get the routine down. The first 2 times, I was constantly rewinding to try to be able to learn what they were doing. But just go for it and you'll pick it up quick. Just remember to keep your knees bent and it will be that much easier, as well as more effective. After a week, there are still a few places where I have trouble (I'm not the most coordinated when it comes to moving my hips and arms and feet all at the same time) I've found that the better I get at the video, the more of a workout I'm getting. I'm usually dripping with sweat at the end, but didn't feel like I'd worked that hard, until the next day :)What I really like about the video is that it's broken down into 3 parts - the workout, where Kili shows you the dance, then breaks it down over the course of about 27 minutes; then there's the dance itself, where the routine is repeated 3 times for a total dance time of 3 minutes; and finally the cooldown, which brings the total video time to about 36 minutes. I find that I have so much fun doing the workout, that I will keep rewinding to do the dance 3-4 more times before moving on to the cooldown.Kili is an excellent hula instructor, and her two assistants are beautiful. Seeing how graceful the three are and how beautiful the dance looks really motivates me to try to get to their level. Kili has a very soothing voice and not at all annoying like a lot of video workout instructors.What I don't like about the video is that in a few places, especially towards the end of the dance portion, the camera angle makes it harder to see what the girls are doing below the waist - but once I got the routine down, that wasn't an issue anymore. Also, when doing the bumps towards the end of the dance portion, the girls start moving a lot quicker and it's kind of hard to keep up, but that's getting easier the better I get.Overall, I highly recommend the Tahitian Cardio with Kili. I love it so much that I'm planning to buy more of her Island Girl DVDs and have recommended it to all my friends

I LOVED this video....but I have been doing bellydancing for about 4 years, so the moves came quite easily as they were similar. If you have never done anything like this, it would take quite a bit of practice to get the moves down (which Kili does break down slowly at first and then quickens up the pace)A lot of fun to try and get better at. I recommend this to anyone looking for something fun and challenging to target that mid-section!!