I think this video is fun. It's definately not the most difficult Firm video, since only two segments contain weights at all and they are pretty light. The cast all use round 4 inch steps during the ballroom segments, but any step will do. I generally use a 6 inch step and occasionally an 8 in order to make the workout harder. It's definately not an advanced cardio workout. Probably intermediate, which is where I am anyway.

I felt like I had really accomplished something the first time I made it through this video without tripping over my step since I tend to be coordinationally-challenged. Now I can do this on auto-pilot due to good cueing and the cool ballroom music, which is by far my favorite of any music on Firm videos up to this time. Some of the segments are tangos, cha-chas, the Charleston, the Paso Doble (sp?), and the swing.

My only complaint (and this is sort of minor) about this video is that you're moving right along and they throw a waltz into the mix. It takes me half the segment to get used to 3/4 time and then they switch back to something in 4/4. Then they do it again. Isn't one waltz enough? And couldn't they have put it at the end where it wouldn't get in the way?

Instructor Comments:
Tracy cues better than any of the other Firm instructors, which is a very good thing since this video is a bit more complicated than their earlier volumes. She's in fabulous shape and I hope she makes lots more videos.

Karen Nagel