If you are you a fan of Dancing With The Stars like my Mom and I, you know that getting taught to dance by one of the Pros would be both a dream and a nightmare, all rolled into one.  They really put their Stars through major workouts, day after grueling day and before the Stars know what’s happening, they are out there on the floor shimmying with the best of them.  I have also seen how fit and trim they become too.  Who wouldn’t with that kind of daily workout (and a hot dance partner to inspire me, hehehe.)  

Dancing With The Stars has caught on to this, and recently released a new workout DVD for this very thing. Dancing With The Stars: Dance Off The Pounds features three of their hot pro dancers: Dmitry, Kym and Lacey. (Not my first choices but perhaps I will pay better attention this way.:)

You can learn the Swing, Jive and Quickstep (each 15 minutes) with the workout finishes off with a 5 minute cooldown time.  Now as I am not the smoothest person when it comes to learning dance moves and choreographed workout routines I made sure I was home ALONE to try it.  After viewing it for the first time, it really didn’t look too complicated, even for me.  They explain everything nice and slowly, assuming you have never danced before, making it easy to follow. Dancing With The Stars: Dance Off The Pounds would be a great gift for fans of the show as well as those who don’t have the opportunity to get out to the gym (that would be most mommies) but want to have some fun exercise.  They run about $14.99 and are carried online at the ABC TV store, Amazon.com as well as local stores near you.