I've been going back and revisiting older workouts and realized I had never done Ann Saldi's "Stepped Up Step" workout. I see it received some less than positive reviews and wanted to add my opinion.

Ths workout is a lot of fun! I did not preview it and found the choreography very doable. The time flew by! While I like tabata and hiit workouts, I also enjoy good old steady-state dancy aerobics and this fits the bill. This is a solid intermediate workout and it is a mix of high and low impact. Ann does a great job cuing. It is old school CIA, with familiar music and moves, but put together in new ways. The warm up combo is used later in the workout (as combo 5, I believe), and the cool down is short but fun. The ab section is basic but effective.

If you still own this workout (it's no longer available at Collage), it's definitely worth trying out again. I never got frustrated and had a lot of fun with its cha chas, mambos, spins, and turns.

Instructor Comments:
Ann Saldi is low key but has a great sense of humor. I like her instructional style a lot. She made a couple of mistakes and joked about them, which I found really endearing. Ann reminds me of another CIA instructor, Heather Rider (CIA 2502). If you have that workout and enjoyed it, I think you'd like Ann's style as well.

LindaSHM