My review concentrates on the step portion and body conditioning. She goes through an 8 minute warm up and then goes into the step portion for 35 minutes which is then followed by the toning for 12 minutes.

My first comment about the video is that it is very different from her Step and Sculpt video with Jay Blahnik. Instead of being dancy or intense I found the video very dull. I agree with collage video that the level is intermediate/advanced and the choreography is moderate if not basic. There is a lot of marching in place and mambo's throughout the video which brings the intensity way down. She starts with a foundation and then builds it to be a little more intense. The cardio crescendos were ok, but again I was hoping for more of a dancy workout. The only thing that made this workout bearable for me was the music. She does a lot of "hup's" and here we goes, so if you don't like that then don't go for this video. Perhaps my negativity to this workout is because I have to compare this to Franny's Cardio Party, which I just love.

The floor toning was pretty good! She talks about how to do the planks and shows some variety that I haven't seen in other video's. The conditioning is very hard, I couldn't make it through doing all the different variations that she did. I like having something to work up to in a video. :) If she had a tape that just did the toning I would buy the tape.

I really wanted to like this video but I can't. I give the step aerobics section a B- and the toning an A-.

Jennifer Hanly