This video includes a brief warmup/stretch, six floor aerobics segments, and a brief cooldown/stretch. The first two aerobics segments are low impact, and the last four are mixed impact. One of Michael's entourage of young, pretty, thin exercise pals does low-impact throughout. The low-impact variations are so obvious, if you've done a lot of videos, I don't think you need to watch her whenever the workout becomes too intense. Besides, I'd rather watch Michael! The cooldown is sufficient, but I like a longer stretch. But most videos in the past few years have minimal stretching, I've found, and I have my own routine I do after an aerobics video (the stretching is the best part of a workout to me!). I bought this video because of the length of aerobics; I wanted at least 45 minutes of fat burning fun. And this is a FUN video. I've done the workout a half-dozen times, and I still don't have all the moves. But you get a great workout trying. Eventually I'll get it. I'm not easily frustrated learning steps, but if you have trouble with Donna Richardson's Donnamite, you'll have a whole lot more trouble with this one because of Michael's quick footwork. My fitness level is more in the beginner/intermediate range, and this workout is a challenge. But how will I progress if I don't try harder workouts? I especially like the Crunch messages between segments; they're cute/silly/funny, and they give me time to grab my water glass between segments.

Instructor Comments:
Michael Perron is young, energetic, and handsome in a clean-cut way (despite the tattoos). He frequently talks about "having FUN," which is more motivating to me than "you're burning FAT," which a lot of instructors say repeatedly. Michael isn't the greatest at cuing, but some of the moves and transitions in the Crunch Master Class Aerobics video are very quick, and I like it that he doesn't baby us by telling us things we can see on the screen.

Lilly Anderson