CIA 9801: Double Impact Workouts

Christi Taylor
Year Released: 1998

Categories: Floor Aerobics/Hi-Lo/Dance , Step Aerobics


AWESOME EXCELLENT WORKOUT!! How is that for the beginning of this review? Christi does it again with two super fun workouts. At the beginning of the workout, Christi tells you to fasten your seatbelt because it's going to be a bumpy ride. She sure it right!

It is Packed full of complex choreography. Workout one is hi-lo. Now, I usually don't do hi/lo. I mostly do stepping. Not anymore! Christi's workout looked so fun that I tried it. I loved it! Christi has converted me to love hi lo. The warm up is actually part of the choreography for the hi/lo. Lots and lots of turns with grapevines to the right and to the left. Christi does say that you can make it high impact whenever you want. She shows mosty high impact but also does low impact to. It was kinda like Kari's sweat express but FAR MORE COMPLEX. She will teach a turning grapevine move to the side and then really change it by making it towards the tv. WHEW! I was trying to keep up with the choreography that by the time I realized it, I was cooling down. Time flies while you're having a BLAST! Christi will teach you a new move and then she will keep changing it so the it gets harder and harder. She cues very well so I was able to keep up. Although I do need more practice! After she teaches a new combo. She will go all the way back to the beginning of the first combo and combine them. This really tests your memory! The cool down is really fun egyptian move with your hands. I loved the music! Very upbeat to keep you moving. The warmup is 8 minutes, the hi/lo is 4- min, the cool-down is 12 minutes.

Workout two was the best present anyone could have given me this year. A COMPLEX Step routine ripping to the seams with turns pivets and well, your gonna haved to see it to believe it! I thought CIA 9001 had the toughest choreography. The warm up which is 8 minutes gets you used to your step prepared for whats to come, which Christi calls the "steppin zone". She starts of with a ricochet that turns into a 3 count turn step and keeps adding on and on. ONe of my favorites is her"Rocka bye knee". Like I said, your going to have to see it because it is too hard to describe. The first part of the workout has the step parallel to the tv. Then the second part has the step facing towards the tv. The music in the first part of the stepping I had heard before from CIA 8003 but the second part was all new and super energetic. Christi's cueing is excellent and she keeps layering the step combinations to keep it fresh. Don't expect to keep repeating the same move over and over like in MI-C( where Cathe does over the top of the step a lot). Christi is always changing each 8 count. The workout is anything but high impact. So it is really intense for your memory! It does have some hops but she does keep it low. I think my brain was sweating too( ha!ha!) with the complexity of the combo's. This would be a perfect workout to do the day after say Power Max, Maximum Intensity Cardio or Intense Moves or some other really tough high impact, high intensity step workout. This CIA workout has be my favorite! I highly recommend it!

***A++****

Instructor Comments:
Christi is my absolute favorite CIA instructor. Her fabulous choreography always make you forget your exercising. Her cueing is so good that her complex hi/lo and step are a joy to do instead of pure frustration. There is something about Christi. She has such a sweet loving spirit that I seem to have the same happiness after the workout is over. It makes me look forward to doing her workouts. She is very down to earth. Nothing frilly or showy. You know she loves her job! She is a real Natural in front of the camera. Not nervous at all but full of smiles and ENERGY!

Mandy Lee

03/01/1998