When I got this video, I thought I really liked it, but I just did it again this week and it turns out I am pretty neutral. I guess I am just becoming more picky the more videos I try. Only one workout really stands up to my criteria for an enjoyable workout.

The part I like is the first routine by Laura. It is a nice short, but intense routine. It reminds me of a Cathe workout in several ways. She cues well and puts together a balanced routine that is interesting enough and pretty intense. The routine consists of 3 32-count combos, and she puts them all together at the end and also splices them. It is a good amount of choreography for a 30-something minute routine.

Melissa's routine actually has some promise, but it doesn't make the cut for me. Some of the choreoraphy is fun, but she teaches her routine in the style I most hate. It is a longer combo (64-count?) and she TIFTs after teaching a short portion of it. The most irritating part for me was that after you do the intervals (which are actually fun, but not super intense) you go back to the main combo a few more times. By the end, I am really sick of this combo. This routine could have been so much better if she broke the combo up and put it together at the end, and inserted her intervals in a different way. I didn't think her cueing was very good either. This routine is more intermediate in intensity, so I thought it belonged at the beginning of the video. It starts out slow enough so you could probably start this routine without a regular warm-up.

I first thought Mark's routine was fun, but I didn't enjoy it this last time. There are quite a few moves where you are taking large steps from the front to the back of the step. This is very annoying for me and my short legs. I was able to come up with modifications for many of these moves, where I just step up onto the step instead, but it bothered me to have to do that. I could do the jumps over the step, and I'm sure that really increases the intensity, but I often just feel like I am going to trip. The real disappointment for me though, is that he taught the routine like Melissa, TIFTing quite often while putting together one really long routine. I think his choreography was 96-counts. Mark's personality seems to inspire love or hate. I didn't really care for his style. A little too much \"sexy\" talk for me.

There is a nice little yoga workout at the end and after that a decent stretch. So, overall, there are good parts to the video, but it could have been so much better for me with less TIFTing.

Lisa C