I really like this video! It is suitable for beg-int/adv exercisers. The video starts with a 10-15 sec mini dance of the exercisers shimmying then Rania shimmies.
The video background is a regular dance studio. The music is terrible! It is generic fitness music. In order to do this video without getting bored w/ the music, I put on a turkish bellydance cd and it actually went almost perfectly to the beats of the shimmies we did.

Rania's warmup consists of shimmies and arm movements. She starts off really slowly while teaching you then picks up the speed further into the warmup.

Then the workout consists of doing a variety of shimmies. REgular shimmies, choo-choo shimmies on toes, walk forward shimmy, walk back shimmy, shimmy while shuffling to the side, shimmy facing frong, facing the left, then facing back and facing the right. She also incorporates snake arms, wrist circles, and a lunge.

My hr got pretty high at one point, because I haven't worked out in a while. I think it might be too easy and repitious for advanced exercisers. The same combo of shimmies is done over and over and over again, that's why I stress putting on some good music, wrapping a hip scarf (or a tassel belt) around your hips and adding your own arm movements to raise the fun factor.
My hips were sore for days, and I was quite surprised because I dance all the time w/ my hips. I could barely stand at one point. So I conclude the shimmies probably will do something for your hips, it is a good way to increase muscle tone in your abs.

Instructor Comments:
Friendly, enthusiastic, and gave good instruction and cueing.

Chulisima