I'm only reviewing the step portion today. I've waiting a long time to review Franny's step portion -- you see, I kept trying the tape over and over. Each time, I hoped I would learn to like it. After all, Franny's style has been compared to Cathe Friedrich's and I love a good intense, athletic-style step workout. But I have just never cottoned to this step workout. And I feel bad about it, because I really like Franny.

Here's the deal: as much as I enjoy the individual portions of the choreography -- the pogo, the whirlybird, the nightmare, etc. -- when Franny sandwiches them together, the moves are just too much the same for me. They all feel like variations of an L-step or variations of a lunge. I think I would be more comfortable with the pace and the choreography if she included a few transitional type moves between the combos. Also -- now I'm getting super picky, I'm SORRY, Franny -- there is a long section where she calls your right lead, "left" and vice versa. At 5:30 in the morning, I get confused easily.

So this workout is not for me, although it intrigued me enough to order Franny's CIA 9704 workout. And I really like the hi/lo section of 9905, but that's another review for another day.

Instructor Comments:
Franny is a winner. She's got a friendly, down to earth attitude, a great smile and speaks in pure Boston-ese.

Daphne M