Zumba Fitness Incredible Results DVD with Zumba Max DVD

I am a former college athlete and have been committed to staying fit my whole life. The only class I was ever involved in was when I was in my undergraduate when I instructed the baseball team in aerobics, when classes were first being recognized as an important alternative to simple cardio, drills and weight lifting. At 50 after working out on my own for many years, I decided with the advice of a trainer to try a Zumba class. I gasped and gave an excuse that "I NEVER TAKE CLASSES and never had desire to". Routine classes bored me and I hated feeling as if I was competing to keep up. Reluctantly, I took a class....instantly, I was addicted. I am not terribly coordinated, especially with latin moves, but, the variety in classes and the instructors making it fun shock me in terms of the outcomes I achieve. I work out hard independently, but, after every Zumba workout I am sweating my b*tt off!!! I use different muscles and the focus switches or combines muscle and cardio training. After taking classes and realizing that I frequently don't have time to go to classes at the 2 gyms I belong to, my daughter bought an XBOX One and we bought the latest Zumba video for that (World Party)....Love it, Love it, Love it.... Soon, however, my daughter will move and take her XBOX and I won't buy one because of the expense. So, I researched and found the videos. I love the videos, the variety, the stair stepper (another thing I vowed I would never do), and hope they come out with more. What I like about the videos is that unlike with the XBOX One, I am not scored and I am just having fun with live instructors-the original Zumba people. The cost is reasonable and it is just a lot of fun. In combination with the gym, training tools, walking dogs and competitive tennis...I am so addicted to Zumba and feel that learning the moves has given me confidence in my ability to "shake my hips" and try dance moves I never thought I could do. More importantly and from a practical standpoint, all of the variety of body movements with dance is helping me greatly in tennis in terms of shifting on the court and movement. I recommend this product to those who love Zumba and those who have never tried it but are trying to find something to get in shape. You have to let your pride go and just have fun. Perfection is not the goal. ZUUUMMMBAAA!

I have been always doubtful of buying things online or that are sold on TV because they generally don't work are they are supposed to work. This is not the case with this Zumba program. In general, it is very good. You can follow most of the steps even if you do not have good coordination. If you cannot follow all the steps, you can still keep moving and try to get back on track. That's what I do because I don't have very good coordination. One of the CDs has an introduction that teaches all the steps you need which is very good if you don't know how to dance Latin music. I get a good work out with every one of the CDs. Out of the five CDs, I like three the most Super Cardio Dance Party, 20 Minutes Express, and Zumba Step. The CDs that I like the least are 30 minute Burn + Amazing Abs and Zumba Max . They are good, but they are not as good as the other three. I think all these CDs have the option of having the verbal cues on or you can turn them off. I like to leave them on. I have never been to a live zumba class so I cannot make the comparison to one, but I compare this with step classes and fitness classes that I took before, and I would say I get the same work out. So this program has the advantage that you can do it at home. It is worth the money that you pay for if you work out often. About the Step that comes with the program, it works well. It is steady, and I have not had any problems with it so far. I do the work out on a plastic surface that I put on my carpet, but the step is on the carpet, so I cannot say how it works on a wooden surface or tile.

So why did I give it 4 stars instead of 5? Let me start with the good: 1. The Super Cardio Dance Party featuring Cardio Burst Intervals I would give 10 stars if I could. It was that awesome! Want to sweat to some awesome music and burn tons of calories? This was GREAT! It was so awesome it could not possibly be improved. The instructors were fantastic and the music was fantastic. Did I impress enough how incredible this disc was? 2. Zumba Max Beto's maximum calorie burn. I would also give it at least 5 stars, probably 6 if allowed. I really like the music and the dancer's energy really contributed to the motivation of the DVD. Fantastic. 3. 30 Minute Burn + Amazing Abs. 30 minute burn I would give 5+ stars. It was filmed in a warehouse with a crowd of Zumba enthusiasts. Very nice 30 minute workout. Amazing Abs I would give a 2, but maybe this is just my own personal feelings--I just don't like working out my abs in a chair. It seemed to hurt my back (I have lower back problems). I'd rather see Beto do a standing Ab/mat ab workout, but again, this is just my personal preference. If you like working out your abs in a chair, you'll like this DVD. 4. Zumba step I would give 3 stars. Beto seems a little subdued, and the step seems like a gimmick. While I will work out to this DVD in the future, I was a little disappointed. Plus, you need a lot of room to do this workout! I have a large basement workout room so I was OK, but I can't imagine trying to work out to this DVD in a small space! 5. This is why I have to give the set a 4 star--the 20 minute express was defective. When I emailed Zumba directly about this defective DVD, they would not replace it. Since it was part of a full set, I didn't want to send everything back and I thought they could just send me a replacement DVD and they would not. I am disappointed in ZUMBA's customer service! If not for the defective DVD and Zumba's refusal to replace the one DVD, I would give this set 5 stars. The Super Cardio dance party and the Zumba max by themselves are worth the money. I hope Zumba can keep pumping out these great dance workouts!

I'm pretty new to Zumba and found this workout to be loads of fun. I have the Zumba for Wii, but I haven't used it in a couple years because it wouldn't let me progress to the next level. I've heard so many people talk about how much fun they have at Zumba classes, I thought I'd give this workout a try after reading so many positive reviews. Being over 55 and using Shaun T's Hip Hop Abs and Rockin' Body workout, I thought I needed to add more variety my workout routine to keep my metabolism up, so my body parts wouldn't start gravitating to earth. If you're new to Zumba I would highly recommend using the verbal cues option. The 30-minute Burn workout doesn't have verbal cues, but they sure would be helpful because I found myself all over the place trying to keep up with the moves. Maybe this workout is so fast paced, that they couldn't talk that fast. I also found using a regular chair unstable for the ab workout, so I used my RED exercise machine that I was going to donate to a charity because I hadn't used it in years and found that I was more stable doing the ab workouts because the RED machine has handles on the side to hold onto. I started wearing a simple "under the knee" brace using Shaun T's workout for a sprained ligament in my left knee from boot camp almost 40 years ago, but for the Zumba workouts, that knee was screaming for mercy with that simple under the knee brace, so I had to buy a more stabilizing knee brace that looks like a knee girdle, but it does the job. These workouts are alot of fun, the time flies by and you will sweat. I highly recommend this workout.

This is fun fun fun! I have absolutely no coordination and cannot dance. I always look at the Zumba ladies at my gym with green envy eyes over at my sad ass elliptical spot. Jealous those people seem to know all the moves and look pretty good doing them as well. I did take the class once, but between the instructor not taking time to explain any moves at all or break it down into steps and my lack of rhythm I resembled a huge bird falling out of a tree. With this I can do it at home behind the privacy or my wonderful blinds and the DVDs break down the steps at a wonderful pace for beginners. This package comes with 6 DVDs as well as a workout schedule that gives you 3 different options to choose from depending on experience and user preference for intensity. It even has a meal plan and recipes which is my opinion justifies the price. The little green step is also very sturdy and made well and is bigger than it appears in the picture so you have plenty of room to step up with 1 or both feet. It has gripper pads at the bottom so if you have hard wood floors don't worry you won't accidentally do some seriously painful splits. I am incredibly satisfied and so happy I made this purchase. It also came in the mail very quickly. 5 stars for the all around greatness of this kit.

I was looking for more of the same, fun workouts that I was getting in the original zumba, only changed up for variety. Yes, these will give you a great workout. But something about it is just too "showy". I don't like the people who are running it. The class is done with no words, so they're not talking or interacting with you, it just has a voice-over that you can turn off or on, depending on if you want the moves spoken to you as they're being done. Just leaves you with a very non-personal feeling. And, this seems lame, but for some reason I just don't like the "zumba twins". I feel like they're these barbie doll models that were used to be the token "hot girls". Well, it just looks so plastic that it turns me off. I want the original zumba people, and all their personality! The dances are not as fun as the first ones, reminds me more of being in aerobics classes. But, the quality is great, I can't really complain about not getting what I purchased, so I still give it 3 stars. Arrived quickly and works perfect. I just wish they would have kept the original zumba feel and style, with just new routines.

For decades I've done nothing but die hard work outs because I thought you had to feel pain in order to gain a great figure. Well, at my age, my body isn't what it used to be and with kids- well, there is no time. I decided to change my outlook on health and take a different approach. Why not have fun while working out? Why make myself feel that I have to work out in order to be healthy. Why not do an exercise I enjoy doing? I used to love dancing and I remember having some pretty good moves back in my younger years. So I decided to get this Zumba set based on everyone's reviews and I LOVE IT!!!!! I feel so good, the music has such great tempo and very motivating, the moves are not difficult at all, and I love the different instructors and their style of Zumba. I also the different time increments offered- from 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, and 1 hours workouts. They are all varied and fun! By far, my most favorite work out DVD's owned and I have a lot!

Ok in all seriousness it is a good workout, I work up a sweat and burn a lot of calories. My living room is too small for 2 people to do this together but that's ok because my Boyfriend loves to watch Holly and the identical blond twins from Sweeden are pretty hot too, well Hot only in the sexual sense because after 45 minutes of intense exercise not one woman in this video breaks a sweat, they all have painted on smiles and beautiful hair which is ridiculous for working out in the first place. Lots of shots of these ladies' belly buttons to entertain my Boyfriend while I try to figure out on my own what to do with my arms and legs because after all, this is supposed to be MY workout video and when we're not doing abs, I don't need the close up of Hollie's bellybutton I should add that while the instructor is rather good looking, all the OTHER men are pretty goofy-looking and I suspect that was intentional. So A great workout for me although some days I wonder if my teenage son might be watching this when I'm not home. the downside is that Rizer is big, doesn't fold up and there is only one DVD that uses it. If you take step Zumba at a gym they use the long rectangular steps that regular step aerobics uses (which I happened to have had one at home) so I feel like this was a silly way to scam us out of money by making the home set use a round rizer, as opposed to a rectangular one, However the dance moves in this DVD wouldnt' work with a rectangular rizer so it's perfect for home use if you don't do step at a studio. Or if you're male and feeling lonely or while waiting for your girlfriend to be a little hotter which should happen if she does zumba on a regular basis, but why wait, you have hollie and the sweedish Twins.