Here's one that has really grown on me. The first time I did it, I liked it but wasn't overly excited with it. But each time I do it, it gets better and better. I've done it 3 times now, and I'm looking forward to doing it a lot more. This tape contains a high/low, a step, and a core workout. She teaches both the high/low and the step in mini-combos -- i.e., you learn a combo, do it a few times, and then move on to another one and never go back to the previous one. Usually, I don't particularly care for that style, but it works well here. Her routines are a lot of fun, and she teaches them well without boring you. The intensity is intermediate to advanced, with most of it being in the high-intermediate/low-advanced area. The choreography is about the same level. She adds a "crescendo" -- a drill -- to both the high/low and the step. They're okay, but I would prefer to have another combo instead. The warmups and cooldown are fun, too, but there is no cooldown after the high/low. If you're not going on to the step workout, you have to either fast-forward to the final cooldown, or do your own. At the very end is a 10-minute core workout consisting of plank work. This is h-a-r-d. I'm amazed that these women can do it without resting. She has you doing the planks on extended arms, which requires considerable upper body strength that I don't have (yet). Even the side-ways plank uses an extended arm. Ouch! Frankly, I was surprised that she didn't show the alternative of using your forearms, but I guess she really wants you to work on your upper body as well as your core. One final comment that doesn't have anything to do with the workout -- but I have to mention it because every time I start up the step section, it just hits me between the eyes -- the shirts they wear for the step are very unflattering, in my opinion. Yes, I know this shouldn't make any difference to me, but for the first few minutes of the step workout, it really distracts me. Oh, well, if that's the worst thing I can say about this tape, then it must be pretty good! Grade A+.

Annie S.