Cathe's new tape is fantastic. First of all, she uses a 6" step. I just used my 8" step like some of the other participants on thetape. She begins with a 12 minute warmup, which gets your heart rate up right away. Then into Section One, which is 18 minutes long. She does "power scissors" which are extremely invigorating. You will hear music from Step Jam and Power Max on StepFit, interspersed withsome different music. Section Two is about 23 minutes long. The combinations are intricate, just like Step Jam. It's a lot of fun. One of her new moves is called "flying angels" which is a hop on the side of the step, and then you do something like a scissor on the step from side to side. There are backward pivots, so be careful. It's confusing at first, but I'm sure it can be mastered after doing the tape a couple of times. I found that I needed lots of run around the step, so I had to make extra room so I can walk around it. She does grapevines, jump overs, cross overs, all the good stuff. The cool down consisted of lots of jumping too, and she did moves to the macarena. There are some tricky moves here, and this was the cool down!!! She dedicated more time to stretching, which was done without a step. She used a mat and did some nice stretches for about 8 minutes to Elton John music. The tape is so much fun. Comparing it to PowerMax I would have to say it's a notch, just a notch, below in intensity, but I was sweating so much, I needed to drink tons of water. Great workout, great instructor, great music, lots of fun, what more can you ask for?

maryann parker