Editorial Review
Join certified aerobics instructor, Rania, a multi-award-winning dancer, in this unique weight loss series. Rania's bellydance skill is truly remarkable and her dancing is beauty in motion.
Rania has combined her vast dance background, her extensive aerobics training and her award winning bellydance flair into this fun filled dance workout. Bellydance is one of the most ancient and evolved forms of dance in the world. Universally embraced for it's incredible benefits to the body, bellydance is a powerful way to lose weight and sculpt the body. This is because bellydance not only burns calories and fat but massages and stimulates the digestive system, thereby increasing the metabolism. This is the key element to losing weight.
This specially priced boxed set includes four great DVD titles. You save $9.94 compared to purchasing the individual titles separately!
Pure Sweat is a cutting edge, high energy aerobic workout that combines bellydance moves with hot Salsa, Rumba, and Samba dance rhythms. You will learn to move, gyrate, shake and twist all while getting a weight reducing, calorie burning, aerobic workout. The music cleverly combines hip shaking Middle Eastern percussion. The music is hot and your feet won't stop. It's Pure Sweat, all the way through!
Hip Drop Hip Hop is a bellydance workout done to the driving, dance inspiring beats of Hip Hop. Rania takes you through this innovative Middle East meets West workout that fuses Hip Hop sounds with bellydance moves. As you learn actual bellydance combinations, your hips, arms, buns and tummy will thoroughly be toned and worked. You will isolate, move and work muscles you didn't know you had. Get your workout for the day as Hip Hop music takes you away. See your weight drop as you Hip Drop!
Cardio Shimmy is a vibrant and electrifying bellydance workout that explores the numerous varieties or "Shimmies." Shimmies are fast, shaking, and electrifying movements commonly seen in bellydance. In this workout you will learn a medley of hip and shoulder shimmies at different rhythms and speeds all while getting a full aerobic workout. Let Rania lead you through this fun, easy to learn dance workout routine while you shake and Shimmy those pounds away!
Bellydance Boogie is a new, exhilarating, dance workout that combines the sensual rhythms and beats of Hip Hop and R&B. Every muscle of the body will thoroughly be worked as you learn the more smooth and undulating hypnotic moves of bellydance. Your body will be trained to move with grace, power and femininity. Rania's elegant and precise movements are a pleasure to watch and follow as she guides you through this one of a kind workout.
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Customer Reviews
belly dance workouts 
2008-09-21
phew!! hard work but effective for weight loss, brilliant to do something you enjoy and combining the excercise prgram, wish i had found these dvds earlier better than going to the gym, whole body is worked
Still the best beginner cardio bellydance workouts on the market 
2008-02-20
I have purchased a number of DVD's in recent years that supposedly provide full cardio bellydance workouts. Rania's videos are among the few I have found that truly sustain an aerobic pace in a dance-based workout, without the interruptions or slowdowns that happen when a lot of instruction is included. These videos also provide a good solid warm-up and cool-down.
Of course, less instruction means that the videos are more challenging for beginners. If you have experience in aerobics classes or with other forms of dance, however, you will be able to follow the basic movements, adding in more of the nuances each time you do the workout.
In these DVD's, Rania uses the classic layering approach of teaching the basic step, then adding on the hips and/or arms so that you don't have to try and master everything at once. This classic approach is used by dance instructors everywhere and-aside from doing monotonous drills of basic movements-there is really no other way to maintain an aerobic pace while learning and practicing a new step. Most students prefer this technique, because they want to experience the sensation of "dancing" rather than just repeating steps.
If you are looking for more thorough teaching of the basic steps, you should try one of the many bellydance instructional videos on the market. There are many high-quality DVD's created by instructors such as Jillina. It is also important to remember that there is no substitute for taking classes with a competent dance teacher.
If your interest in bellydance goes beyond just "having fun," if you think you may want to perform some day, and/or if you are concerned about avoiding injury, you should supplement your home workouts with lessons from a qualified teacher.
It is important to keep in mind that the difficulty level varies quite a bit among the four DVD's. Pure Sweat and Cardio Shimmy are much more challenging than Bellydance Boogie and Hip Hop Drop.
More experienced dancers can move on to Rania's more advanced workout DVD, My Personal Trainer. It includes the more challenging, faster-paced segments from these DVD's, plus some additional drills for specific parts of the body. There is more emphasis on complex movements, and the movements are not broken down. My Personal Trainer is a real bargain, since it provides 7 distinct workouts, with the option to create a large number of longer or shorter workouts.
Virtually everyone will enjoy watching Rania's performances at the end of each workout video. As a dancer, she lacks expression and seems more focused on remembering the next step than on feeling the rhythm of the music. However, she is still interesting to watch because she is a very technically proficient dancer and the choreography is unique.
I Love IT! 2008-01-22
I've lost 83lbs in the last 7months, but now my body is fighting losing the last 36lbs. Its' been suggested I add some cardio to my workout, so I thought bellydancing would be a fun way. I just did the 'cardio shimmy' what a blast! Rhania is awesome. I can't wait to try the others in this set; if they are as fun as the cardio shimmy I'm hooked!
Pure Excellence 2007-12-13
Rania's tapes are a fun way to excercise. The belly dancing moves are a blast to try and master. By the time the DvD is done, I want to put in another one because the workouts are so entertaining. I don't even think about the sweat I'm building because I am enjoying myself.
I am looking forward to losing some more weight and surprising my boyfriend with a sexy little bellydance thanks to Rania.
Belly Dance for fitness 2007-12-07
Great set of dvds. Can go kind of fast on some stuff. Could use a little more instruction for routines. The dvds are fun and a cool way to lose weight.
Harder than it looks 2007-08-31
Join certified aerobics instructor, Rania, a multi-award-winning dancer, in this unique weight loss series. Rania's bellydance skill is truly remarkable and her dancing is beauty in motion.
Rania has combined her vast dance background, her extensive aerobics training and her award winning bellydance flair into this fun filled dance workout. Bellydance is one of the most ancient and evolved forms of dance in the world. Universally embraced for it's incredible benefits to the body, bellydance is a powerful way to lose weight and sculpt the body. This is because bellydance not only burns calories and fat but massages and stimulates the digestive system, thereby increasing the metabolism. This is the key element to losing weight.
This specially priced boxed set includes four great DVD titles. You save $9.94 compared to purchasing the individual titles separately!
Pure Sweat is a cutting edge, high energy aerobic workout that combines bellydance moves with hot Salsa, Rumba, and Samba dance rhythms. You will learn to move, gyrate, shake and twist all while getting a weight reducing, calorie burning, aerobic workout. The music cleverly combines hip shaking Middle Eastern percussion. The music is hot and your feet won't stop. It's Pure Sweat, all the way through!
Hip Drop Hip Hop is a bellydance workout done to the driving, dance inspiring beats of Hip Hop. Rania takes you through this innovative Middle East meets West workout that fuses Hip Hop sounds with bellydance moves. As you learn actual bellydance combinations, your hips, arms, buns and tummy will thoroughly be toned and worked. You will isolate, move and work muscles you didn't know you had. Get your workout for the day as Hip Hop music takes you away. See your weight drop as you Hip Drop!
Cardio Shimmy is a vibrant and electrifying bellydance workout that explores the numerous varieties or "Shimmies." Shimmies are fast, shaking, and electrifying movements commonly seen in bellydance. In this workout you will learn a medley of hip and shoulder shimmies at different rhythms and speeds all while getting a full aerobic workout. Let Rania lead you through this fun, easy to learn dance workout routine while you shake and Shimmy those pounds away!
Bellydance Boogie is a new, exhilarating, dance workout that combines the sensual rhythms and beats of Hip Hop and R&B. Every muscle of the body will thoroughly be worked as you learn the more smooth and undulating hypnotic moves of bellydance. Your body will be trained to move with grace, power and femininity. Rania's elegant and precise movements are a pleasure to watch and follow as she guides you through this one of a kind workout.
Belly dance fitness for weight loss featuring Rania 2007-05-12
excelent teaching methods with various workout speeds for people at all levels. very good work out I would recomend it to anyone, the special features are amazing and breath takingly beautiful.
Pretty Good! 2007-04-24
I enjoy using these DVDs. They're well-done, and provide a good workout [especially cardio-shimmy!!]. The only real drawback for me is Rania's often vacant facial expressions...but I can overlook that for a good time. The moves are demonstrated well and are shown from different angles as the videos progress.
If you're looking for a really good instructional DVD set, this might not be it, but if you want a good workout combined with bellydance moves - this is a good pick.
good item 2007-03-29
I have only tried the Cardio Shimmy and it really makes you sweat.
Keeps you moving! 2007-03-22
These DVD's are great if you want an exercise video that keeps you going constantly! However, she doesn't give you enough time to learn new moves. It adds different moves many times during the exercise and assumes you know how to incorporate the new moves in right away. Other than sometimes looking pretty ridiculous, I like it. I would recommend purchasing a hip scarf with 1 or 2 rows of coins because it helps with sticking to the beat.
