Dance Off The Inches: Fat Burning Jam

If you're looking for something basic that doesn't have any complex choreography, then you're in the right place. If you're looking for something fresh, fun, funky and challenging, then this DVD is certainly not it.Michelle Dozois is a certified Pilates instructor, and it shows, due to her lack of personality in demonstrating the dance moves. The choreography is basic, dull, and uninteresting. I was able to pick it up in one go without being challenged too much.Here's what you get10MIN TEACHING SEGMENT - For people who are new to dance-aerobics, Michelle takes first timers through a 10 minute segment which spends 1 minute on each of 10 different steps that are used throughout the workout. This is good for people with two left feet and are lacking in coordination, but I found it excruciatingly slow to go through it, with the moves being so basic that I could pick most of them up from sight at full tempo. Of course, the advantage of having such a segment completely separate from the main workout itself is I didn't have to use this segment if I didn't want to.35MIN DANCE WORKOUT - As well as the warmup and cooldown, there are three dance segments. Honestly, I found two out of three of these boring and unoriginal. Michelle Dozois lacks personality and that go-get-em attitude that draws people into a workout. I was stunned when the workout started to see that Marie Forleo is one of the back-up exercisers in the workout. Marie Forleo has two dance DVDs herself; one from Crunch and one from Prevention, and a Dance Off The Inches DVD due to be released soon. This workout might have been more of a success if Marie had lead it instead of Michelle.I will say that the third of the three dance segments is considerably more fun than the other two, which is why I gave this DVD 3 stars.But its nowhere near as fun, challenging and innovative as the original Dance Off The Inches disc with Juliane Arney. I'd still recommend that workout over this one any day of the week. And there's no sign of the 1-2-3 tempo system that was present in the original discs; whether thats a good or bad thing is subjective. I prefer learning things at tempo than slower, since my heart rate stays elevated for longer.The set throughout all of the Dance Off The Inches series resembles that of someone's living room, to bring through the theme of 'come on over and party at my house!', though the set on this DVD makes me feel like I'm in someone's kitchen rather than in someone's living room. The set will date quickly, as has been shown in Dance Off the Inches two previous discs.SUMMARY- Easy to follow- 10 minute teaching segment good for those new to dance aerobics- 1-2-3 tempo segments from previous in the series not present in this disc- Lacking originality in choreography- Instructor lacking dance oomph- Set will date quicklyI'd hesitate to recommend this.

I enjoyed this work out. It is fun. The instructor, Michelle Dozois, is about my age so I feel good knowing I am not the only one who likes to shake by stuff!! I like how Michelle involves her "team", especially Stella and Marie Forleo. I have a few of Marie's DVD's and she is also in some Shape exercises tapes with Ellen Barrett (who is my favorit).The Fat Burning Jam video is devided into three (3) ten minute sections. This does not include the warm-up and the cool down sections. I personally whish it was 10 minutes longer, but I ususally do one of the sections twice, therefore getting a 43-45 minutes work out. I did not do the step guide, and picked up the moves pretty fast. If you are new to dancing the step guide is very helpful. If you are advanced and excercise often, I work out almost every day, it is very easy. You will work up a bit of a sweat, especially of you let loose and really shake it! I sometimes combine it with another exercise DVD. If you are a beginner, I think you will really enjoy it. I am glad Michelle does a proper cool down afterwards. I would have given it 5 stars had it been 10 minutes longer.

Im not fussy. If im sweating by the end, the video did its job. Its not too long and its versatile . Youve done one box step and hip swing you have done them all. Just remember your purpose for buying it in the first place , sweat and have fun

I started out really liking the workout. Over time, I've lost interest. It's a little too repetitive in that you do the same steps over and over (though they do vary the arms.) Plus, some of the steps in the jazz section are a bit fast for me. Basically, it is not my favorite workout DVD, but it provides variety and is somewhat fun.

I've tried workout videos with atleast 15 different instructors, and Michelle is one of the best. She gives excellent cues throughout the routine, and the choreography is interesting. Many of the videos I use are good workouts, but the instructors are often a little slow with the cues or say the wrong foot, making my steps off count. Michelle's workout does not require rehearsing the steps in order to keep up. After I purchased the DVD and tried it, I immediately began looking for more videos with Michelle as the instructor.

I am not a professional dancer but I feel this is extremely well choreographed. The timing of directions is well done, coming just before the next step. You do need to do it few times to learn the steps but once you know the routines, it's easy to follow.As for the workout, you can do it at any level. As I learned the routines and got in better shape, I could increase the level as I needed.

I like workouts that incorporate some sort of dance steps to keep things interesting. I have other Dance Off The Inches DVDs so I thought I'd give their "Fat Burning Jam" a try. It's okay but I didn't find it very enjoyable. While it does provide a decent cardio workout, I found the music and set to be rather dated & the routine was boring as well.

I found the moves not as simple as explained for an older woman. The instruction moved too quickly and it was hard to figure out for me.

It's an okay DVD, having gone a notch down from DOTI: Hip Hop Party which was too intense for me, especially since I have a heart condition. IF YOU HAVE A HEART CONDITION and use any DOTI Dvds, be careful. I bought this thinking it would be much easier and not so hard on the cardio. True the movements are simple (I'm an intermediate dancer if not higher) very easy to learn, and perfect for beginners, and I was happy that the emphasis is on Dancing and not "Working out." I liked the instructor. My only downside is though the moves are simple, the speed intensity is still the same as it was with Hip Hop Party or other advanced dance dvds. I injured my leg after doing this once (I'm pretty flexible) but with the speed they were going, when they get to the Mambo section especially, there are a lot of starts and stops and lunges, again quick stops, and bouncing which is hard on any person's knees. All at a fast pace and it was a little hard to keep up. I will try it again when my knee heals (it's been almost 5 weeks since I injured it) cos I LOVE to dance. Just watch out for the sudden moves and stops and bouncing and sudden lunges.

Just got to do it daily