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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I only bought the dvd because the workout looked interesting and I was already planning to buy the socks and gloves. The socks and gloves I do like. The gloves bunch a little bit but have a bigger sticky pad than other yoga gloves I have tried. And the socks are very comfortable I really like the weave of the fabric. Am I off topic? Oh yeah, this review was supposed to be about the dvd. Just like my review, this dvd seems to have been created as an after thought. It''s terribly produced and very home made. The cuing is awful, and the instructor does not repeat the warm up moves on both sides of the body. The other negative review sums that up pretty well. I got nothing from this workout the moves are laughingly bad. I didn''t have the patience to make it past the 12 minute mark, but played part of it again to give my husband a good laugh. If you''re looking for good socks and gloves by all means give the Stick-e brand a try. The workout? um, no.Read Best Reviews of Stick-e Brands Hot & Stick-e Hip Hop Yoga DVD Here
The new Hot & Stick-e Hip Hop Yoga Workout is a home workout that finally gives me a complete workout! The Yoga at the beginning really warmed up my muscles and gave me a strength workout and right at the point where I felt like I needed some heart pumping cardio, Dana started the dance routine! I''m not much of a dancer so it really was challenging for me to learn the moves but it was so fun! The music has a great beat and with Dana''s help and repetition, it''s easy to follow. Talk about a bootie and thigh workout!!!! OMG -the next day I was feeling it everywhere! The Yoga at the end was perfect stretching and the calming music just put me into the deepest relaxation! Best of all I now have some awesome moves for the clubs! This workout can be done with Yoga Stick-e Socks or without. However, I highly recommend the Yoga Stick-e socks! Hot & Stick-e Hip Hop Yoga WorkoutWant Stick-e Brands Hot & Stick-e Hip Hop Yoga DVD Discount?
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