This workout is great....I love this one!!!! I really feel like this workout was designed to be more of an interval workout and that's how I use the workout!! The transitions are just a tad slower but they are still pretty quickly paced. but then there are 'power' sections where they do lots of running, jogging, and plyometric hops and jumps and then you recover a little bit with 4-limb dumbbell aerobics and lower impact Hi/lo aerobics and short box aerobics! I really loved this workout and the time just flies by...I can't ever believe I am finished when the stretch comes!! I love it as an interval workout because I can really push during some of the sections and then recover with the 4-limb dumbbell aerobics..I feel this will be more fun and effective than recovery methods used in other interval tapes (because they are also doing squat and lunges motions for lower body). There are more 4-limb dumbbell aerobic sections in this video as compare to Core Cardio 1.

The set is the same as the other 2 videos in this crosstraining set...the large studio and a large group of exercisers. The set is painted in light, bright pastel colors. I really like the music in this as well...a good mix of pop, jazz, rock and classical music. The production quality on all 3 of these tapes are excellent! There are a couple of bloopers (as far as cues) on the tapes but nothing that will affect the quality of the workout.

Warm-up (Dale) she uses light dumbbells to warm-up the upper body with bicep curls, tricep kickbacks and overhead presses along with lower body calf pumps, mambas and light stretches, and also glute raises with rhomboid pinches.

Abwork (Carissa) this abwork is different from other videos and I really liked it (it kinda reminds me of some of the abwork in Tae Bo advanced)...she does side raises (for obliques) first with upper body and then both lower and upper together (by lifting top leg) and does this for both sides of the obliques...then she finishes with some upper and lower crunches done together at various speeds and tempos.

Cardio sections:

1. Tall box climbs (Tamela) basic climbs alternating with jazz arms and delt lifts, basics with knee-ups and digs. 2. Ball Aerobics (Carissa) calf pumps, mambas with hops while pushing ball forward, jogging with pushing ball upward and forward, power runs holding ball at chest level, pivots behind with hops. This section is very TOUGH and gets the heart rate way up there. 3. Hi/Lo Aerobics (Tamela) double steps, hamstring curls, v-steps, step forward with backward hops with arms punching, plyometric hops. 4. Short box w/ 4-limb aerobics (Carissa) toe touches on box with bicep curls and overhead presses, side touches with lunges on box with biceps, triceps and upright rows, toe touches with cleans and presses. 5. Short box aerobics (Carissa) step hamstrings, hamstring repeaters, basic climbs with quarter turns with arms to side and overhead, hamstring/rockcombo..by using power moves on the box I make this another interval. 6. Short box w/ 4-limb aerobics (Carissa) rhomboid pinches with alternating knee-ups, knee repeaters with rhomboid pinches, hestitaion repeaters to back and side of box with overhead presses (this part is REALLY fun and the music is fun here too!) 7. Short box (Tamela) alternate toe touches and pulls, kickbox moves in this section which I LOVE (I'm crazy about kickboxing) kickbox front kicks alternating legs along with punches with the arms, L-steps combined with front and side kicks and punches....LOVE it!!! and I use this for another interval and really work! 8. 4-limb Aerobics (Dale) step touches with upright rows, single and double step touches, squat presses with bicep curls. (yes here Dale is doing hammer curls and the group is doing regular bicep curls :)!, squats with abduction lifts with hammer curls (or regular curls :). 9. Hi/Lo aerobics (Dale) step touches with arms, calf pumps with arms pressing overhead, frong and back hopping move which is really fun (kinda like hopskotch!), jumping jacks and heel digs (by really pushing with the jacks and hopskotch moves I use this as another interval) 10. Tall Box w/ 2x4 and medium weights (Dale) Hover squats with overhead presses (sit and stands) 11. Hi/Lo Aerobics (Carissa) step touches with hops, step with circle arms, side lunges with punches, rock kicks with bicep curls (alternating legs). I push with the side lunges to make this another lighter interval. 12. 4-limb Aerobics (Tamela) sambas and triples each leg with bicep curls, side and front steps with upright rows, squats with deltoid lifts, heel lifts with tricep kickbacks, abductions with legs with overhead presses. 13. Hi/Lo Aerobics (Carissa) grapevines with rhomboid pinches and swimming arms, diagonal grapevines, shuffles with basketball (dribble) arms and heel digs. By really pushing on the shuffles with basketball (dribble) arms I make this another interval. 14. 4-limb Aerobics (Dale) side and back steps with delt lifts, lunges and dip combo with bicep curls, kicks alternating legs with rhomboid pinches. Again I feel that the workout moves too quickly between last aerobic segment to stretch so some may need to pause the tape and march in place to recover. Final stretch (Dale) stretch using tall box and dowel.

Instructor Comments:
All the instructors are very good...I really like all 3 if these instructors a great deal. They are very professional and encouraging in their manner.

Cheryl Shakespeare