This is the easiest of all the CIA tapes I own (and that is about 20). Shannon and Alison's hi/lo is repetitous and simple, and I kept watching the clock hoping it would end. I had to add my own jumps and high impact to make it effective. Their step routine was very basic and didn't challenge me at all. Paul's step was even more basic and he seemed very wooden and stiff to me. His section was 30 minutes and I had to add my own propulsion moves to this segment also. In my opinion, the last segment, usually the least enjoyable on CIA tapes, was actually the best - Katarina Wester O'Rourke's hi/lo was unfortunately only 20 minutes, but the music, the moves were a lot of fun. She is a very good instructor who got my heartrate up and said the magic words "you can march or run in place." And she was running in place. She does a hesitation step, jacks, kicks, turns - all the high impact moves that get your heartrate up. I will definitely do her routine again added on to some other tape, but the other sections are passe.

maryann parker