I've only done this video once, but here goes. I liked this tape a little more than the Lower Body Shaping tape, at least the first time around (that may change!).

This tape uses the same equipment that PP: Lower Body Shaping uses: dowel rod, dumbbells, towel, stool.

With this tape also, my heart rate stayed in the lower half of my target zone.

I think this tape has a greater variety of exercises than the PPLBS.

It begins with low-impact aerobics with light weights (3-5 lbs). Next are frontal kicks (using the dowel for balance). Lat rows are next, and it's a pretty challenging set. After doing frontal kicks on the other side, there is a set of pushups, followed by seated double lat rows. Next are hover squats with power breathing. The next section is more low-impact, this time with no weights. The next set of pushups is pretty challenging. It incorporates 3-count pulses at the bottom. Those were kind of tough. I noticed during the pushups that the form of some of the exercisers was kind of unusual. They had their knees positioned right under their hips. I tried it (briefly), and it seemed to make the pushups much easier, unless I did it incorrectly. After that were isolated biceps curls, seated on the stool, double triceps kickbacks, followed by French press. There were squats with the dowel, and heavy hammer curls with forward toe taps and dips. More French presses, and then low-impact aerobics w/out weights. Next was seated shoulder work with lateral arm raises, frontal arm raises, and rear delt work. This was followed by military presses. There was range-of-motion work, including work for the obliques and power breathing.

Next was floorwork for the hamstrings, abductors and adductors. For the hamstrings, you are in the table position with the stool under your chest to support your back. Their stool surface is much smaller than the surface of the 14" step, but the step still worked fine. Lying-side adductor and abductor work with a dumbbell followed the hamstring work.

Ab work was very similar to the ab work in the other Prime Power tape: it used a towel for head/neck support, and was pretty much limited to crunches, lower crunches, and oblique crunches.

I hope this isn't too detailed, but maybe it will help those who aren't sure if this is the tape for them. I felt good after completing both these tapes, but I didn't feel wiped out. Of course, I'm one of the weird people who likes to feel wiped out after my workouts -- at least some of the time. Oh, I was also going to mention, most of the time the music was pretty good, it complemented the workout very well, but for a couple of sections, the music did NOT seem to go with this workout. During the first stretching section the music was "Stars and Stripes Forever." It just seemed kind of bizarre to me.

Instructor Comments:

Stacy demonstrates excellent form, and like Kim Bartlett in the other Prime Power tape, she's in great shape.

Melissa F