All it took was the first combination in the warmup to convince me I was going to love this video, and it is now one of my favorites!

Jennifer is the only instructor I know of who can get away with teaching off-phrase and still provide a fun, motivating, challenging and charasmatic workout. It's not that she doesn't know she's teaching off-beat at times; she will tell us, "This is going to feel weird but trust me..." And you will, and you'll have a ton of fun with this workout! It begins with a hi/lo segment that's more high impact than lo, with lots of interesting moves all sequenced into a long routine consisting of jogs, grapevines, mambos, hamstring curls, knee lifts, squats, pivot turns, kicks and inner thigh lifts. Jennifer adds turns to almost every pattern and although you'll need some space to travel, it's easy to modify for smaller areas.

The step segment is not as intense, but you'll be thankful for that after completing the hi/lo. Again, Jennifer builds a long routine adding her own sort of hip-hop, funky flair to the moves, and you can't help but want to try to emulate her style. My favorite moves in these segments are a 2 knee repeater with a lunge back and a triple step, and another unique move called a corkscrew, which involves a lot of turning but is not at all difficult to master. The workout ends with a relaxing stretch to instrumental guitar music.

I am not an easy person to please when it comes to exercise videos, and I usually end up giving a lot of new tapes away. 8003 is definitely a keeper, and I almost have to force myself not to do it every night of the week! This video is going be a serious contender with my Cathe Friedrich collection, and I highly recommend it to all advanced exercisers who are looking for a refreshing change of pace from the typical, more structured videos being produced today.

Instructor Comments:
Jennifer Mills is a perky, likeable instructor without being irritating or annoying. I love her offbeat style and laid back "go girl" attitude, and I am difficult to please! She could motivate the walls to start moving along with the class! Her approach is very easygoing, not at all structured or formatted into typical 8 count blocks of choreography used by most video instructors.

Roberta