Okay, I admit it…I love this workout! I know... this is one of the “classic” Firms that most of you love to hate, but I really do like it. The Firm calls this an interval workout. I don’t necessarily agree with that. There are 3 aerobic segments that include both high impact/no weights and low impact with weights. The third aerobic segment is standing weight work done with ankle weights on and no high impact (obviously). In between the aerobic segments, there is more weight work, which is done at a lower pace, including floorwork and upper body work. The table work in this video is tough…you place a dumbbell behind the knee of the working leg (you’ve still got the ankle weight on) and then alternate sets of slow hamstring lifts (donkey kicks), with fast pulses. It seems endless. My hamstrings are usually sore the next day. The ab section, I think, is one of the Firm’s toughest, and there’s also pec work done in the middle of the ab work. She finishes with a well-deserved stretch.

Instructor Comments:
I admit it, I really like Sandahl, too! Not because I think she's a wonderful instructor...her cuing's fine, she doesn't give much in the way of form pointers, but she seems like she's really having fun!

Melissa F