I got this workout because it's now in DVD and others have raved about the workout & the production quality.

It is a very nice DVD, chaptered nicely with good sound & picture quality. I think Cindy does a pretty good job and they keep Radu out of the picture which is good.

I liked the leg work and wished they had put in some weighted squats and step-ups, it was short and it could have been made tougher. It reminds me of the Eastern European power training, lots of calisthenic-type exercises. Good variety. But why only 10 reps on EVERYTHING? If you're not using weights most intermediate-advanced exercisers need more reps to be challenged.

Overall I liked this 15minute section the best. I have to be honest if I had to choose a 15-min lower body workout in the morning I would more likely choose one of Cathe's premixes or Tamilee's I Want Those Buns.

The ab work was outdated and had some unsafe moves. 20 of everything. Good grief, side lying oblique leg lifts – TWENTY of them! I hated the full sit-up with torso twist at the end, that’s a lower back injury waiting to happen.

There are three total segments interspersed throughout, which is a nice way to do ab work and maintain your energy. And the DVD is chaptered so you could easily pick all three segments off the main menu.

I thought the upper body work was weak, I’ve been spoiled by Cathe. The reps were WAY too fast to maintain proper form, so I did 8 reps to her 10. The chest work was OK but not terribly effective – no heavy bench presses or push-ups. Many of the exercises strained the shoulders (arm/chest circles) or actually worked the back more (pull-overs).

The rest of the upper body was a giant set for shoulders, back, triceps & biceps. Unfortunately they do only 10 reps using the same set of dumbbells for all muscle groups, big and small.

There weren't enough triceps exercises in the balance. Reps again were too fast to maintain form and make any strength gains. There was more shoulder work than any other body part. Tons of lat rows for the back – 6 sets I think – way too fast on the reps and the weights weren’t heavy enough. The combination tricep press/bicep curl was hard to do properly with good form and didn’t feel like the biceps got worked enough.

Then the last six minutes of upper body work are strange kickboxing punching/arm movements and giant arm circle moves using dumbbells. This was just not safe, I could see someone hurting their rotator cuff doing these moves.

At first I liked the MTV-ish production and the music, but it grew old. By the end of the hour I was sick of the creative photography and yearning for some structure to the workout.

Cindy's form pointers and cueing started out very well in the leg section but in the arm section at the very end she doesn't cue well or at all. Occasionally Radu steps in to correct her form or count but the camera crew did a good job of minimizing his role. He literally is on the sidelines throughout.

This video is 10 years old and I think the exercises in this workout have not aged well – many of the ballistic moves have been found to be unsafe and are not used in today’s routines. It’s a workout that had promise but isn’t challenging enough for high intermediate-advanced exercisers and offers too many unsafe moves at too fast of a pace for beginners.

I wish Cindy Crawford would put out some new tougher workouts - and on DVD.

Dawn P