(Warmup 8 min; Low Impact 22 min; Step 22 min; Step 30 min; Hi/Lo and Cooldown 30 min)

Like 5004, this begins with a back-to-back step and floor workout, tag-team taught by perky (but not irritatingly so) sisters Shannon Anderson and Alison Anderson Bohn. The low-impact floor combo is spiced up with creative arm movements; advanced exercisers might want to add propulsions. The more-intense step half contains more elaborate steps such as mambos and repeater variations, and more arm dancing to test your arm-leg coordination. This would be a good workout for intermediate-to-advanced exercisers; unlike most CIA workouts, one person is shown doing modified moves. If you're thirsty for more stepping, Paul McKean is up next, with a "new and exciting step combination" that lives up to the promise. It starts out simple, but ends with one of the best power combos I've ever seen, incorporating run-run L steps, jump straddle, power lunges, power kicks and repeater-jacks. Paul is quite good at cueing, form and teaching, and his bold, athletic moves might appeal to men, provided they're well versed in step terminology. The last segment, a hi-lo workout with Katrina Wester O'Rourke, is fairly run-of-the-mill, though it includes some new steps such as the "hesitation step". She then leads the cooldown and stretch. This tape along with 5004 is one of CIA's best, and because the intensity level rises gradually, climaxing with Paul's step workout, it would be a good choice for aerobic animals who want to try doing all two hours straight through. I'm gonna make it one of these days!

Sue B