This routine is about 56 minutes total, with the aerobics section lasting about 40 minutes. I was surprised that there is no stretching in the warm-up; as a matter of fact, I didn't even realize it *was* a warm-up until they mentioned that we were through with it. Kari leads with the warm-up combo, which is later incorporated into the body of the workout, but it doesn't get dull or repetitive, for some reason.

Kari shines as usual, and adds lots of twirly moves as well as her more dance-oriented "athletic" moves (lunges with a twist). Jay has nice moves too, with slightly more impact than Kari's. Their rapport is really fantastic and genuine. They talk to each other and with each other, teasing back and forth in a natural, jocular way. I think that, and the music, are this video's strength.

I think there are 4 combos total, and the taking it from the top is not incessant or grating, thankfully. Jay teaches the cool-down, which is his version of funk -- he even gives Kari a little jousting about that, implying that they aren't the funkiest gang in town, but they'd give it their best shot. (Kari gave him a rejoinder, but I couldn't hear it. It was cute).

The intensity was soundly low advanced. I broke a nice little sweat with this one, but I was always able to take advantage of a fairly large workout space.

I did get a little frustrated with Jay's sloooow teaching on the very last combo. It really didn't take all the explaining he did, because it was basically a scoop, up-and-over, leap, mambo and a some grapevines and other traveling moves. Ho hum. And he marched in place a lot. I jogged in place mostly, but it did seem like the video came to a screeching halt when he taught that combo. Yawn.

Anyway, still a good video for the $13 price (which is what you pay if you buy this one and the Cardio Step video together; it's $24.95 for the both of them from Kari's greatmoves.com website).

Eulonda Skyles