This is a fine choice if you like long, dancy, complex step workouts, yet your knees and feet are screaming "Please give us a break from high impact!" The intensity is similar to 9701, but without the power drills in between combos. Shannon and Alison tag-team teach 6 creative combos that use all sides of the step. A couple of things make this a less than stellar workout, for me: the sixth combo is only half as long as the others, so it's really 5 1/2 combos. This makes the final run throughs feel "strange", since there's no filler between the end of one and the beginning of the next. (Does this make any sense? Maybe I'm just getting crotchety with age :)) The other drawback is that they use the 8003 and 9701 soundtracks, both of which we CIA aficionados are getting more than a little weary of. But this is still fun for those less-than-killer days, so I'll give it a B+.

Instructor Comments:
If you liked Shannon and Alison on 5005 or 7004, you're sure to like them here. They can be cheerleader-ish at times (like shouting "4! 3! 2! 1!" in unison) but they cue well and don't do anything that annoys me, like whooping.

Sue B