This video starts out with a short interview between Kari and Linda and they talk about some of their philosophies. Then it moves into a 7 minute warm up, followed by 3 10-minute low-impact floor aerobic routines. The cool down is 4 minutes followed by a nice 7-minute stretch. I have switched from higher impact floor and step aerobics recently to lower impact aerobics due to my pregnancy. I just get too tired when I do high impact, even though it is early in the pregnancy. Anyway, this is an excellent video because it is totally not intimidating. That's because there are several overweight exercisers that seem so motivated to get into shape and Linda of course has a beautiful figure and is so down to earth.

The moves in this video are fairly basic and they get a little repetitive for someone who has done more complex moves, but I still enjoyed the tape because I was able to modifiy my arm movements to make the moves higher intensity. Kari and another exerciser do the highest intensity, Linda does the next lower level and then there are two other people you can watch who either do just the leg movements are only a few of the arm movements.

One thing I don't like about the tape is the very short stretch at the beginning, as they only stretch their calf muscles. I wish this was a little longer.

I will use this tape throughout my pregnancy and afterwards. I really worked up a sweat when I did the tape but never got out of breath. I highly recommend this tape for a beginner exerciser and I think this will be a good tape for me to do with my family (Sometimes I lead an exercise session when I go home) because there are several levels to exercise at.

The setting is beatiful and the music is wonderful and overall, I'm glad to have this tape in my collection.

I haven't tried very many of Kari's videos because I don't enjoy high-impact floor aerobics and complex moves. But her cueing in this video was excellent and she really seems to have a good time with all the women she was instructing.

Julianne

10/07/1997