I got this in a quest to find a really hard floor
aerobic video and I guess this wasn't it. It's not bad,
but not as hard as I wanted it to be. It has complex
moves, but they repeat the segments so much that I was
bored and wished they would add that segment on to what
they had already taught you. This is rated Advanced in
Collage, I would rate it Intermediate. A lot of you have
done Donna-Mite, I would rate this a bit harder, but not
much. If a beginner wants a harder workout, this would be
OK, but I wouldn't recommend this to an advanced
exerciser.
Doreen Bochmann
6/5/97
FUN! This is a high/low workout, with each of the
three instructors taking turns. Darrin starts, and his
routine is very good. It is a balanced combination of
high and low. Rob is next, and his routine is mostly
low-impact. Rob takes WAY too long to teach his steps,
though, and your heart rate will come down if you do what
he does. So I turn it into high impact to keep my heart
rate up. His combination, once he gets it finished, is
also a lot of fun. Finally, there is my hero -- Patrick
Goudeau. His workouts are so awesome! He doesn't waste
any time here. He starts right in with a challenging (but
not dancy) high-impact routine that is a total blast. At
the end, you do all three segments together two or three
times, and you're really cooking by then.
I love this workout, but I do have to criticize the
middle section where Rob is teaching. I've seen him in
other tapes, so I know he's no slouch -- but he is just
TOO darn slow in this one. For example, do we really need
to "learn" a box step and repeat it over and
over? I think not. Since this is an intermediate/advanced
tape, the audience knows a box step by now.
Despite the slow middle, I still have to give this
one an A. (And Patrick's section gets an A++++!)
These guys are some of the most creative out there,
without being too dancy or complicated. They're also very
likeable.
Annie S.
8/8/97
The first time I did this tape, it discouraged me a lot. I couldn’t do even Darrin’s warm-up! Maybe I had a bad day or anything. But the fact is it takes me several times before I can get most of the routines down. Anyway, when I can do it, I like the warm-up in this tape. It is fun. But for the aerobics segment, I think that the Ultimate Step is so much better. How much I try, I still don’t like Darrin’s and Rob’s routines in this tape. Besides, the way they teach in this tape confuses me so much, especially Rob. It seems he takes forever to teach the switching or the so-called cross-country, and how to change from left to right to make the routine flows. And I guarantee that it’s not such complex to take that long time. I am an intermediate exerciser. My heartrate does not raise much in Darrin’s section and it plummets down with Rob. So I don’t think it can do anything to your heartbeat for all you advance exercisers out there. Then comes my favourite Patrick G. His section is intense and go fast. His choreography is very good as usual. He does knee, running, knee, grapevine, heel-jack, knee turns, two jacks, and goes into ballet jumps. I really like those ballet jumps! I have a hard time keeping up with his fast-paced. As you see, the intensity in this workout is unbalanced between the first two and Patrick’s last section. I’m afraid you must be a die hard G-Force fan to buy this tape.
Instructor comments: Patrick is my favourite of all time. I also like Darrin and Rob a lot too. These three guys are a great and incredible team.
pakavadi
11/13/98
