The reviewers on Amazon *loved* this video and I just don't share their feelings. It wasn't awful, it just wasn't very good. The camera work was pretty good--full body shots instead of face shots at inappropriate times. The set was odd but kinds cool (an "island" in the bottom of a 20 foot deep swimming pool--at least that's what it looked like.) Dolphina was less sex kitteny than in her first video.

Cueing and instruction was kind of mediocre. She didn't explain some of the moves terribly well, but perhaps she broke them down better in her beginning video, which I do not have. There was at least one move (a backward pelvic snap) that is potentially unsafe, and she provided no "be careful not to hyperextend your back" pointers.

Although the tape box describes a 50 minute program, the workout itself is only 40 minutes long, from the initial posture instuctions to the final cool down. At no point did I reach into my target heart rate zone, in fact, I don't think I ever broke a sweat.

She doesn't *teach* the final routine as much as she just *does* it, calling out the next move as she's starting to do it and expecting you to follow along. It sort of goes with the music, but not really. (In the "workout" portion she is never on beat, in fact, I don't think she's even trying. It's possible the music was added in later. )


All in all, I think I'd give this tape a C+.

Renee Drellishak