10 Minute Solution: Dance Off Fat Fast

This is a great DVD for a number of reasons. The 10-minute segments fit into any schedule, each one is challenging enough to get your heart pumping and make a difference as a stand-alone workout, the DVD also allows you to string together segments anyway that you choose, the instructor is cute, well-dressed, and not annoying, and because the dance routines are challenging to perform and learn, you won't get easily bored. Now, I am not a great dancer, and I have a hard time moving really quickly, but by doing each workout repeatedly I am slowly learning the moves and getting a great workout. Even if you aren't good at dancing, if you stick with it, you'll learn the moves and get BETTER at dancing.

Leah Sarago is a fun instructor but she moves quickly. I expected that with the workouts being only ten minutes each but still you basically need to be a dancer to keep up with her. It's a good workout but half the time I was struggling to keep up and I'm not out of shape. I've bought a few exercise DVDs and nobody can come close to Jillian Michaels, I recommend her workouts for anyone.

This DVD grew on me. After using Gina B’s Dance That Walk 2 for a few months, I was looking for something more challenging. This one did the job well. At first, I found it difficult to follow but because she repeats each move many times, I was able to follow eventually. Each dance routine takes only 10 minutes but I sweat after finish. The choreography is also fun. Simple Slim Down and Flirty Fat Burner are my favorites but I like all five pieces.

A lot of the moves are ones I'm very familiar with having taken a lot of kickboxing and hi-low aerobics classes. Getting back to exercising regularly after having twins, I think this is a good start. It does get my heart rate up, but I remember doing these moves in classes years ago and thinking it wasn't challenging enough after a while. I wouldn't think this dvd is for those beyond intermediate at any point. For those looking for something beyond beginner level, you can make it intermediate by "powering up" the movements adding more bounces/hops. In that regard, it's good for beginners to intermediate as you can modify based on your fitness level. It's good also in that those looking for low impact can easily modify for their needs by staying grounded.As for those noting it's hard to follow, I ask aren't all routines that are new to you hard to follow at first? It takes a few times. So I, for one, am ok with the level of explanation. Too much explanation after you've done it a few times gets monotonous.I have two other 10 Minute Solutions dvds, Fat Blasting Dance Mix with Jennifer Galardi, and Slim and Sculpt Pilates with Bands, but this one is my favorite so far. Love the 10 minute set up. Makes it seem to go by faster.

This is such a fun workout video, not to mention it gives you real cardio workout. I am super sweaty after 10 minutes, and I am not in bad shape. This one is so much fun that I catch my self looking forward to my "dancing" which definitely is not the case with most other workouts routines.I have been using this video for about a year now, and I am loving it even more. You can make workouts more or less challenging and it definitely engages muscles. Even my abs get sore. The ballet workout is a great butt and thigh shaper.I really do not understand the negative reviews here that are saying this gal does not show the steps enough. She starts so slowly and builds up the routine. I never danced before in my life (other than in disco-clubs ;-)), and I agree that some of the dance moves are challenging, however that only makes it more fun to me.

I love the 10 minute solution dvds usually but this one is just awful. The instructor goes way too fast and barely demonstrates the moves. The moves also change rapidly. I think one of the things that bugged me most is the instructor's incessant fast talking. She never stops. And like another reviewer stated I didn't feel any real work out. The flirty workout is actually more stripperish than flirty. My recommendation is to stick with Jennifer Gilardi and Kristin Jacobs--they are really good instructors and you get a good workout. I hope they do more 10 minute dvds.I am adding an addendum--the last two workouts (Swing and Ballet) on the dvd are actually good and finally got me breathing which makes me feel better though I am glad I didn't pay anywhere near full price for this.

This is definitely not my favorite of the 10-Minute-Solution dance videos. Throughout the five segments, it is clear that you are doing aerobics, vs. dancing, and I feel like the video is geared toward an older demographic (I am in my early 40s). That being said, the disco segment was surprisingly fun and I really enjoyed the barre segment. The swing section was meh--not a great workout, but okay for ten minutes. The instructor does a good job with cueing and is pleasant. Really, the worst part of the video is the music. Somehow, disco and swing music do not translate well to unlicensed tracks. Most of the music sounds like cheap Casio samples from the 80s. I will be repeating this workout, especially the barre segment, but it is not going into heavy rotation.