The Good: For me, everything - although the tape is not for everyone. The warm-up is short and energetic - which I like, but you wouldn't want to do this as soon as you got up. The segments are tough, simple, athletic and demanding. You use your step turned the traditional way, and then turned lengthwise toward the television. You have time to turn the step, and the moves in this part are new and fun. As of now, once I get to 8+ on perceived exertion, I don't drop back that much.

Some of the step intervals will remind you in a good way of the Karen Voight interval tape (Energy Sprint), and the floor segments brought to mind the Kathy Smith and even the NAC tape from several yrs ago.

I love using my body bar, so for me, this tape was right on time. I look forward to the pump section, and that gets me putting a lot into the hi-lo.

I do the tape straight through, step intervals, floor intervals and then the pump section, which pretty much lays me out. That, I like. But you could just do the step and go to the body pump. That's a good shorter workout too.

In this tape, as elsewhere, Mindy gives credit to those who worked with her. In this, one of the two "background" participants is the co-creator. Knowing that made the moves more interesting to me.

The Bad: Nothing. Okay, one thing -- the Tweedledum - Tweedledee barbs. I wish she hadn't said this.

Nonetheless, I recommend the tape.

Beth Lee Simon