CIA 9903: Boot Camp plus Step and Stretch

Donna Read, Helen Vanderburg
Year Released: 1999

Categories: Circuit Training (cardio and weights) , Step Aerobics


Okay, I have likes and dislikes about the boot camp workout. The cardio part of the workout is not choreographed at all, even less so than Intense Moves. During the cardio intervals, I had a diffcult time keeping with the beat and I found the moves to be kind of boring. The intervals and the timing just seemed sort of random. This frustrated me, even though my HR did climb.

The strength workout was tough! Between the pushups and the tricep dips, my arms ached so bad for several days. I enjoyed the ab work and the stabilization/isometric poses.

Overall, I kind of liked boot camp. I am thinking of using a combo of IM for cardio with the strength portion of boot camp in the future. I just don't care for the cardio portion of this tape.

Donna’s step workout is fun as usual. I really like her as an instructor. This is intermediate level cardio; the choreography is fairly advanced, although easy to pick up on. I find myself reaching for this video on light workout days. Donna is just too much fun!

Instructor Comments:
Someone else mentioned that Helen is strong! Wow. Donna is her usual fun self – down to earth, good at teaching, and just plain motivating.

Jennifer H

02/28/2000