Carmen Electra: Aerobic Striptease

I hate exercise. I hate the word, I hate doing it, and I especially hate having it invade my home in the form of some innocuous DVD package. Particularly, as is the case for many exercise DVDs I've encountered, when the choreography is unnecessarily complex, requires special tools or equipment, and needs more room than a smallish-sized living room will allow. (Hey, we don't all live in giant, lavishly-equipped studios, you know? Or have excellent bodily co-ordination for that matter...) But more than all of that, I hate zippy little instructors -- you know the kind, 5'1, blonde pigtails, an Australian accent, and abs you could grate cheese on -- chirping at me while effortlessly performing the same steps which leave me stumbling, sweating, breathless, and generally undignified. No thank you.

Then along came Carmen's DVDs. Particularly this one, which is the best workout (of the first three) and the least embarrassing were a roommate to walk in on you doing it. ;-) The tools it needs are a normal chair, and a normal mat. That's it. The exercises are simple, but diverse enough to be both interesting and challenging. There is NO bouncing around, which means for us chestier girls that you dont have to worry about jimmying yourself into that sports bra. The workouts are customizeable, and can be anywhere from 5 minutes to the whole disc long (45min? More?). Lastly, your main instructor (some muscly guy named Scott) is positive enough to keep one encouraged, but not sadistically saccharine like our aforementioned friend, Chirp-ette.

This is not a stripping disc, this is a workout disc. While Scott is the main instructor, Carmen is right beside him as our emotional support. At one point, as he's about to make a routine more difficult by "adding the leg", she protests, "No, not the leg!!" It makes me smile every time -- it's nice to know that not everyone with bods as cute as Carmen's are insane fitness aficionados. And frankly, THAT is exactly the kind of encouragement I need to keep exercising.

I use this Dvd in between my regular work out to help me tone, so i do it about 3 times a week. I've used other Dvd work out tapes before and have never been able to stick with them for more than a week, i just found them so dull and repetitive and often down right painful to do, Trust me when i say that Carmen Electra : Aerobic striptease is far from dull and repetitive every time i put the dvd in, there is something new to learn or something that i feel i could improve on, learning and perfecting the moves is a constant challenge.

Carmen herself is a wonderful teacher, i find she explains things very well and the whole workout is taken slowly introducing only a few moves at a time.

This is not a tape for the dance pros out there, being the first in a series it only really covers the basics so anyone wanting more of a challenge would be better to look at one of the other disks.

But for those of us with little or no dance training who want nothing more than an enjoyable light workout, this is definatly one to give a go.

This is a terrific workout program! True, if you are looking for actual strip routines, you'll want to go with Carmen's other DVD, Aerobic Striptease. Nonetheless, this DVD has a warmup that will really get you going and make you sweat, a 20 minute workout that works your whole body, and then has three shorter isolation workouts to work your lower body, abs and upper body. These are terrific workouts that really make you feel it and will help you get that sexy body you want for stripping! (Or anything else for that matter!)
I would highly recommend this DVD to anyone.