I love workouts that get me moving and are so fun that they don’t actually feel like workouts!! When Acacia asked if I wanted to try the Bollywood Boogie
The workout is led by Bollywood Fitness star and yogini, Hemalayaa. The video is split into three 15-minute segments: Goddess Infusion, Hero and Heroine, and Boogie All Around. There is no equipment needed but next time I would use my yoga mat. It was very painful to do some of the ab work on my hardwood floor. I did the video barefoot since Hemalayaa does not wear any shoes or socks.
The first section, Goddess Infusion, starts with some slow, sexual moves to warm up the body. Hemalayaa says some motivational phrases like, “Bring joy to the world while sweeping your arms in the sky.” Her positive words kind of reminded me of intenSati! There are some lunges, hip rolls, and shoulder shaking during this section as well. I felt a little goofy but it was a nice 15-minute warmup.
The second section is called Hero and Heroine. She is joined by a guy named Aroon in this section who serves as the “Hero”. This section is a lot more upbeat and involves some faster dance moves and hopping around the room. I was really hoping my neighbor below me was not home! There are a bunch of ridiculous, crazy moves like “the village idiot” and ”mermaid splash”. This part was fun in the beginning but there were jumps back and forth that went on for a little too long. I did not want to risk an injury. There is also a small strength section which I really enjoyed that includes abs, hip exercises, and squats. As I said before, I wish the video suggested using a yoga mat because the abdominal section started to hurt my butt after a while.
The third and final section is called Boogie All Around. I did this one for about 3 minutes until I realized it was the exact same ”village idiot” moves as the 2nd section! Every single dance move was identical to the previous section. It was way too repetitive for me. I always have a hard time getting through exercise DVDs at home so I need them to be exciting and challenging the entire time. I watched the last 10 minutes to see if any of the moves would be different but they were all a repeat of the previous section. They really could not come up with any new moves for just 15 minutes?? Boring!
Overall I enjoyed this video in the beginning since it was fun and something different from my usual workouts. I was sweating but I would not call it an intense cardio workout. If I were to ever do this DVD again, I would skip the last 15 minutes. It was too repetitive and I did not feel like hopping around my room anymore by the end. The first 2 sections were fun and definitely made me giggle while exercising!
Giveaway!
Acacia is offering one of you a chance to win your very own copy of Bollywood Boogie Workout!!
How to enter:
1) Leave me a comment telling me why you want to win this DVD!
2) Tweet this giveaway. “@MissyMaintains is giving away a Bollywood Boogie Workout DVD! Enter here: http://bit.ly/dCCq5x”
I will choose a winner this Friday, August 20th. Good Luck!
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I want this DVD because it sounds fun and while doing the video, your getting good exersize!
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I love bollywood fitness videos! I’d love to give this one a try!
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I also tweeted!
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I’m all about workouts that don’t seem like workouts–that’s why I’d want this video!
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Since I’m now healthy enough to dance again (no longer skeletal and unhealthy – have energy now!), I would LOVE to try this Bollywood workout!
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I want to win because I’m way to embarrassed to try dancing in front of people at the gym!
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I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/kstrembel/status/21492642527
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I really like Indian music, I think this would be a really fun workout. It seems like a great way to mix it up!
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I took a bellydancing class once and loved it. It’s been too hard to try to recreate the dances on my own, so this DVD would be great!
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I’d love to try out this bollywood workout, I’ve always been appreciative of dance from other cultures, and bollywood is intriguing! And it looks fun, too.
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Tweeted the giveaway!
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I want to win this! I love Bollywood movies, music, and have ALWAYS wanted to take a dance class! This would be fun! Thanks Missy!
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Tweeted!
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hmmm, doesn’t sound like something I would be into! I have to agree with you, if something repeats over and over I will just get bored! Great review, love your honesty.
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I love Bollywood movies! Not sure about workouts but if you recommend it I’d definitely give it a go. The dancing in Bollywood movies is awesome. Jeff and I go to a special theater on the UES for our fix. We are such dorks. I would love to see him do the Hero and Heroine portion with me. Hahahahaha.
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I have never tried Bollywood fitness, but would love to. I want to find a dvd workout that I enjoy doing more than the first time!
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I would like to win this DVD because dancing is one of the most fun types of exercise!!
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I have a “thing” for all things Bollywood….there I said it. I don’t know what it is about it that is so intriguing and dark and mysterious to me. I love it! I think it would be so fun to be able to actuallly have some real bollywood dance moves. I foresee some girlfriend work outs in the future!
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I tweeted the giveaway!
https://twitter.com/Pinktoes218
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I’d like to win this because I’m up for challenging my body in new ways!!
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it sounds super fun!
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I wanna win because I only have one workout dvd, and sometimes you just don’t wanna get to the gym! On those days a dvd is the perfect solution.
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I don’t have a lot of time to go to the gym, so I love doing exercise videos at home. =D
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I would love this workout! Especially since I tweeted the other day that I want to be in a bollywood music video hahaha
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bollywood is probably the only workout dance craze that i actually like! I would love to get in on this because its so fun! and making a fool of myself is my specialty!
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I love to dance and have always wanted to try this!
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