I loved Patrick's choreography on the G force videos and was very anxious to get 9001. But I am sorry to say I am disappointed. The first hi/lo section is okay but nothing compared to the intensity of Jennifer Mills or Christi Taylor. He has too much instruction with marching in place or step touches. I like continuous high impact moves, so my heartrate kept going up and down. Some of the moves were hard to grasp but much easier to learn than the step section which follows. I found this section to be very frustrating - I am a big Cathe Friedrich fan and can do PowerMax with my eyes closed. Patrick's routine is so complicated - the step is turned toward the TV - I totally lost him so many times I just kept jumping over the step doing my own routine. I usually have a feel for step choreography and usually after 2-3 times I master the routine, but this looks impossible. His feet move so fast on certain moves like the Wizard of Oz, making it difficult to see the exact way it's done. He does a shuffle repeater type of move on the end of the step and even a reverse turn step. I don't have a desire to even try to do it again. When the toning section came and I saw the step again, I was even more disappointed. I don't like doing leg work with arm work - I can't concentrate on the muscle and lose my balance. I used six pound weights and it was tough enough but not long enough to work the arms. He did some balance moves on the step. The ab work was totally done on the step, and my tailbone was hurting more than my abs were being worked. I never feel I work my abs unless I am doing a long tape like Abs of Steel 2000 on the floor. Those moves were too awkward for me. He did some back exercises, stretching and that was the end of it. After I do all my new CIA's maybe I will try this tape again, but right now I am not too excited about it. One thing I have to admit: if you can, and I repeat "if you can" master the moves on the step section, you will have a lot of fun.

Instructor Comments:
Great personality, very likeable.

maryann parker