It is true that the dance routines are repeated quite a few times but, showing the steps more slowly at first would have helped enormously in getting a real grip on the routine from the outset. Obviously Fitz is an excellent teacher but I couldn't help feeling that the pace was directed more towards dance students than Joe public. I have to say I have one or two other dance videos which I mastered almost immediately such as Patsy Palmer's Club Workout and the excellent Irene Miguel's Keep Fit the Latin Way, so I was a bit disappointed with this one.

The warm up is more of launch straight into a dance routine and the cool down only lasts a few minutes so you may want to add some stretches of your own.

I can't say I agree, though, with the other reviewers that it is not much of a workout. If you follow Fitz and Lucy for the hour the video lasts, you can't fail to get out of breath and it is at least a good workout for the legs. I would imagine it would be fun once you have mastered the steps. Just don't expect to get it right first time.

Get back to The Square, Lucy!!!
Review date: 2003-03-03 Rating: 2 out of 10

I enjoy dance-based fitness routines, so I thought this DVD would be ideal for me. How wrong could I be?!!! Although it's fun to try to keep up with the steps the first time through, the dance is taught so slowly that I didn't even break a sweat. The only part that really gives you a workout is the two minute section at the end where they put the whole dance together. Because they teach the steps in so much detail as you go through, you've pretty much mastered the entire thing after one viewing, and there's no incentive to do it a second time, with Lucy and 'Fitz' going over each step about 50 times. I suppose you could keep repeating the 2 minute end section, but I'm sure you'd get sick of that after a few runs through. Maybe I'll go back to classes instead - far less repetitive....

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