Initially, I only made it through about 10 minutes of the DVD before I turned it off. (However, I went back and sat through it all in order to give a proper review.) The approximately 5-minute yoga warm-up didn't feel like much of a warm up with not even one full sun salutation. The instructor doesn't cue well and her directions are ambiguous. "Roll up" could mean move from child's pose to chaturanga, or it could mean "roll up" vertebrae by vertebrae. This made it impossible to follow along without keeping my eyes glued to the screen which, in itself, was problematic since the instruction is a voice over and doesn't always jibe with the visual. And the fact that it's a voice over makes the vague cues even more frustrating. After a truncated lunge "sequence" on one side only, the warm-up cut off abruptly to the dance segment. The dance portion is around 15 minutes and it consists of the same (IIRC) four 8-counts done over and over. And that's literally over and over, as the same video clips are repeated again and again interspersed with silent movie style black screens with the text like "Great job!" or "Are you feeling hot?" or some such "encouraging" headline. In my opinion, the dance steps were just plain goofy and no real instruction is given here or in the yoga segments. This is troubling for the yoga segments because there is no mention of form or alignment and some of the extras use downright scary form. Ending with a 5-1/2 minute "yoga" cool down, the entire workout clocks in at around 25 minutes.
Honestly, this workout is so bad that I wouldn't even give it away. And I'm not one who has a problem with "homemade" production values. I love Erich Shiffman's Backyard series. But "Hot & Stick-e" comes across as amateurish, not low budget or "indie."
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Product Description:
The Hot & Stick-e Hip Hop Yoga workout combines the best of Yoga with dance and fat burning cardio. You will build strength and increase your flexibility through Yoga while maximizing your fat burning potential with the latest Hip Hop moves. The workout consists of a warmup and cool down of yoga for strength and stretching. Then there's a hip hop cardio dance workout in the middle forcalorie crunching! In the end, you will look better, feel better, and have hot and sexy moves for the dance floor!
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