Two

This is just a "quick and dirty" review for the people who have been asking me about this tape. It contains two complete (warm-up through cooldown plus abs) one-hour workouts. The first one is a hi-lo workout with Greg Twombly. He's all right as an instructor, as far as cueing, but somehow I can't get into his choreography. To me he seems more like an "instructor's instructor". The steps are mostly pretty basic and simple - grapevines, step touches, etc. The second hour, taught by Louise Boland and Ann Marie Saldi, is a step workout that combines floor moves with step, like Reebok's Aerostep, but they use a six-inch step and the music is slightly faster than usual. Some health clubs call this "Super Step" or "Dance Step". I would prefer one that uses slower music for the stepping part and faster music for the hi-lo intervals. This tape isn't bad, especially if you want a fast, intense workout, but it just isn't my style. I'm putting it on the Exchange mainly because I have so many other CIA tapes (plus I just received the four 9700 tapes) and need to free up some valuable space in my video drawers! Grade: B+

Sue B

09/10/1997