This is an extremely well-produced video that makes you feel like you're right there with Paula and the others. Paula and her two assistants teach a roomful of people. The class participants wear workout clothes, but the instructors wear "regular" clothes, including their shoes. So you get both the atmosphere of being involved in a real MTV-type production plus a real workout. It's hard to describe, but it's very enjoyable.

The workout itself is definitely dancy. Paula teaches each move at a slow tempo, then speeds it up slightly, then a little more, and finally you're doing the real thing. I do reasonably well until about halfway through, and then my funk impairment rears its head.

The last song is YMCA, and some guys from the class come up front to lead it. They don't "teach" it, they just lead it and you follow along. It's a blast, even if you don't get all the moves right.

I would call the intensity of the workout intermediate. If you're really good at dancing, and I do mean dancing, then you could probably get "into" the moves more and make it more intense. I am not that person, though, so alas, I will be putting this on the exchange. Even though it's not for me, I still give it an A.

Instructor Comments:
If Paula ever decides to give up her music, I'm sure she'd be hired to teach aerobics at any gym she might choose!

Annie S.