Island Girl Dance Fitness Workout for Beginners: Cardio Hula | 
 enlarge | Director: Andrea Ambandos
Actor: Kili
Studio: Goldhil
Category: DVD
List Price: $4.98
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 16676
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 40 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: 1812
UPC: 743452181223
EAN: 0743452181223
ASIN: B0002ILKBI
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: February 2, 2004
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Product Description
Cardio Hula Kili welcomes you to Hawaii, her beautiful homeland, to learn Cardio Hula. This program is an exciting part of her popular Island GirlOe dance fitness series. Hula is a graceful Hawaiian tradition that combines hip movements, footwork, and hand motions to speed up your metabolism and target tone your entire body. During this unique workout, you will master six basic hula steps: kaholo, hela, double hela, uwehe, lele Aeuwehe, and kaAeo. Kili combines these steps with traditional aerobic steps to create her innovative and enjoyable Cardio Hula. This feature will get you to burn calories, tone your body and dance the hula like an island girl. Special Features - Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
- Interactive Full Motion Menus
- Chapter Selections
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 Easy Workout! November 23, 2008
B. Khandker (New York, NY)
This is a great workout DVD! The steps are easy to follow and it will leave you sweating by the end of the workout. I would recommend doing a lot of stretching of the mid-section before trying this, because it is very intense on the hips and lower back. So, I wouldn't recommend it for anyone with lower back pain. Overall, this is a fantastic routine and the steps are broken down so anyone can follow them!
 Fun video, but not enough explanations, and not really cardio. August 19, 2008
Christina Liu (Lake Mary, FL United States)
Overall, I enjoyed this video. However, it was a little disconcerting to start into this video right away and just watch her doing a hula routine for 5 minutes with no explanations. I was just standing there in front of the TV wondering what I should be doing! Also, her explanations of the hula moves later on in the video went too fast, so I was having a hard time catching up. Spending a little more time explaining the more complex moves would have been very helpful. Maybe after doing the video another 3 or 4 times, I might feel more comfortable doing the moves more smoothly. Also, I realize this video is for exercise, but hula is very much about telling a story, and arm movements are key. Well, she does the arm movements but doesn't really refer to them during the video, or even what you're supposed to do. I wish she would explain what the movements mean, so we could appreciate the movements that we're doing more. Finally, the title of this DVD is Cardio Hula. Well, I did break a sweat toward the end of the video, but never really got the cardio going. I would more likely call this Toning Hula, but calling this Cardio is a little misleading. There's not enough movement to really be a cardio workout. Overall, though, I did enjoy exercising with this video and will use it again to learn some hula movements.
A Lot of Fun! July 7, 2008
Charis E. Luu (Costa Mesa, CA)
This DVD is a great workout! I enjoyed the hula moves and really felt them in my abs and legs the next day. The DVD is also fun to watch because the background behind the instructor is so beautiful! I would highly recommend this DVD for anyone who wanted to try hula and get a great workout!
 Not for Beginners! July 7, 2008
C. Lamson (Somewhere, MI USA)
I bought this because it had so many good reviews but this DVD is strange. The warmup starts abruptly. She doesn't indicate that we are doing a warm up, she just starts dancing. She tells you to do a plie, but if you aren't a dancer, what the hell is a plie? She expects that you already know how to do that move and doesn't instruct further upon it.
The worst part is she never shows you the proper stance to be standing in. It's clear her knees are bent, but she doesn't expalin how far to bend, how far apart your feet should be, do you tuck in your bottom, push it out? I took belly dancing class and they were very specific about your stance because too much or too little can throw your back out. I can't tell from the DVD what is the correct stance because of the skirts they wear.
The dancing was pretty and so was the scenery. I think once I pick up a different dvd that explains the stance and the moves better, I would go back to hers. I don't feel as though she gives enough information. I also get really irritated with her showing you a move and then saying "this is blah blah blah, this is what it looks like." Yeah thanks. I'd really appreciate it if you told me how to do it. Maybe I'm just dumb, but I don't learn by being shown, I need verbal instructions. My boyfriend and I both found this DVD confusing and not terribly educational. The dance is beautiful and once I have some understanding of proper posture and such, I'll go back to this one.
I'm surprised. April 28, 2008
Katie (Flint, MI)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
First of all, I don't do exercise videos, or at least I didn't. I also don't write reveiws, but Hula Cardio has inspired me to do both.
I bought this from Amazon.com on a whim. I am by no means thin and active and I was looking for something that wasn't too hard, too strange, or too boring. I figured it was a tall order from other workout DVD's I had tried. But after reading all the great reveiws I decided to give it a shot.
And it's wonderful. It's fun and and challenging, but motivating enough that I could do it the whole way through the first time. I love how she shows you the dance you are going to learn at the beggining, then takes you through step by step until you can perform it yourself at the end. It's just great. AND I'm not one to bounce around working out in front of people, but this DVD is so fun i now do it with my two friends, one who's heavier than me and one who's thinner. We all love it and have a great time laughing and doing it together. And not only is it fun, it works. I'm drenched in sweat and feeling the burn through the entire thing but always with a smile on my face. Now that's a great work out. I'm even buying 2 more of her DVD's just to get more of it!
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