Island Girl Dance Fitness Workout for Beginners Hula
October 1, 2009 by admin
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Hula Abs and Buns Join Kili in Hawaii, her beautiful homeland, as she shares her love for the hula dance. As part of her popular Island GirlÖ dance fitness series, this graceful and unique tradition is also an amazing workout. Hula is KiliÆs favorite way for toning hard buns and tight abs.
In the program, Kili combines traditional hula with fitness moves. You will master eight basic hula steps: kaholo, hela, double hela, kawelu, kao, kuÆi, kalakaua and æami. This dynamic combination delivers amazing results as you dance your way to a slim, toned body with Hula Abs & Buns.
Special Features:
– Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
– Interactive Full Motion Menus
– Chapter Selections
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Nice combination of basic hula dance moves and light toning work
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This DVD was my first experience with the Island Girl Dance Fitness series, taught by instructor Kili Kilihune. Kili teaches the workout barefoot with two background exercisers against a gorgeous Hawaiian backdrop. The music is mostly a strong drum beat throughout the approximately 32-minute workout. The DVD is chaptered, breaking up the workout itself into the warm-up, dance instruction, dance, and cool-down.
Prior to the start of the workout, Kili and friends begin with a very brief dance demonstration. The 4-minute warm-up begins slowly with hip swings, but Kili quickly brings these up to tempo. Additional moves include side-to-side steps and standing obliques; the warm-up concludes with a standing glute stretch.
During the main portion of the workout, Kili introduces various hula steps, starting slow, then bringing them up to tempo. The DVD case states that the workout “combines traditional hula with modern fitness moves,” and Kili does a nice job at making this combination appear seamless. For example, one of the first steps she teaches is kaholo, what she says is the most important basic step in hula–sort of a hip sway while stepping from side-to-side. To this move, she ups the intensity by adding level changes and knee lifts. Similarly, after you learn another hula step, ka’o, which involves alternately lifting the heels, Kili adds a basic squat. Some of the steps, such as hela (a sort of lunge) focus more on the glutes, where as others, such as ‘ami (waist rotation) target the abs.
Once Kili has taught you seven basic hula steps, she leads you through the simple dance that she and the other two women demonstrated at the start of the workout. The first time, Kili cues the various steps, but then the dance is repeated two more times without the cueing–I found this a bit tricky and would have preferred if she had cued throughout. The workout concludes with an approximately 6-minute cool-down. Here Kili again slows down the moves, performing gentle side stretches, hip rolls, side steps, and the same glute stretch that she did in the warm-up.
Overall, this is a nice little light cardio/light toning workout. I was impressed that Kili provided very good, mirrored cueing and that workout did move quick enough to get my heart rate up a little at times. If you are looking for intense cardio or sculpting, this DVD probably isn’t for you, but if you want a lighter, easy-to-follow dance workout, this might fit the bill.
Not for Beginners
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
I bought this DVD because I wanted to tone my abs, but I am a senior, my joints are a little stiff, and I have difficulty lying on my back for the traditional abs exercises. I thought that since the title says it’s for beginners that it would be relatively slow moving and not too difficult. Unfortunately, the instructor moves very quickly through each move as if just seeing her do it, you will automatically be able to do it. Her phrase after showing you each movement “This is how you do it and this is how it looks” got on my nerves. For a beginner’s lesson, she certainly doesn’t give you enough instruction or enough time to process the information and try to get it right. Plus I was wrong about it being easier on my back since I would be standing and not lying down. It hurt my back. I didn’t try using the DVD again
I then bought Rodney Yee’s Abs Yoga for Beginners, and I love it. Very easy to follow, and I feel like I’m getting a good beginner workout. So if you are truly a beginner, and want to stay in shape, I would not recommend Hula Abs & Buns. If you are very flexible, in good shape, and want to learn the hula quickly, you might like this DVD.
What a wonderful workout
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I am really glad I purchased this DVD.. At first I didnt think it was much of a workout until I did it and the next day I felt it in my muscles because the were kinda sore.. I love it and wouldn’t give it up..It is really a very good work out plus you learn the hula dance at the same time.. Its a must try!!
Fun workout!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I absolutely HATE working out, but this DVD is actually fun for me! I am not at all coordinated, so I know I don’t look like the “Island Girl” in the video, but as long as no one sees me, I love doing this workout!
LOVE IT
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I got this dvd because it looked like a fun way to exercise, and I love it! It was a lot of fun, and it got me sweating, it may not be traditional hula dancing, but it did what I bought it for, fun exercise.
Great FUN workout!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I have been a personal trainer for many years. I got this DVD to learn a little about the Hula, but was entirely impressed with the workout! I was surprised how my arms actually got tired from the raised positions, impressed how it utilized my core muscles and made me sweat! Good for coordination as well, as it gives you an entire Hula routine to learn.
Fun, low-impact
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I got this dvd because I’m into bellydancing and wanted to try a similar style of dancing. This video is fun, and makes me feel like a sexy hula girl. The audio isn’t great, and during the last section, when you perform the dance, it feels like the dancers and the music get off by one beat somehow; but neither of these are too distracting, and I still find the workout enjoyable. I will purchase more of Kili’s dvd’s in the future. Note: If you are looking for the faster paced, more percussive island dancing, try Kili’s Tahitian dvds.
Not exactly what i was looking for.
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
I thought this would be a fun way to lose some weight but after watching the DVD it’s definitely not what i had in mind. It would be a fun way to learn how to hula dance but not really the kind of workout I need.
Lots Of Fun
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I picked this up more out of curiousity than anything else. Always thought Hula was fun everytime I saw it (was able to go to Hawaii on vacation) and a bit difficult.
this DVD changed that, I was really able to get some of the moves down, and they are blended in with some non-hula moves, so this really gets you going and working out.
A good workout and good smiles (even when sweating)
Boring
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
I was expecting to learn a different type of dance routine along with doing Zumba 2008 ( highly recommended if you really want to DANCE). There’s no doubt that you will lose the weight and get toned with this workout, but I found the instruction and the workout just so boring. The only part that caught my interest was the intro where they are actually DANCING.
Other than the beautiful background and the music ( if you can hear because the instructor talks so much) there is nothing “authentic” about this workout. Your basically doing the traditional workout of the same old lunges and squats only difference is you move your hips side to side. Its a workout with music in the background not dancing. Maybe it was just me but the people were so stiff and rigid not smooth and free flowing at all. I mean it seemed fake to me like they were not enjoying the workout at all. While it was a nice change to see gals with some substance (not everyone has stick legs) they looked more like body builders than anything. I am highly disappointed with this product I was expecting to dance but instead I got another workout regimen in disguise.
Nice! That's definitely more traditional than the broom/hula hoop quidditch game that was going on out there a few weeks ago!
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