The stepping is of course complex and advanced filled with a lot of high impact. For all the Cathe 's tapes you have to not only challenge your body and cardiovascular system but your mind as well. There are so many new combos that keep coming to you. Cathe always goes back to the first combo so you really have to be coordinated as well as have a good memory. Step Fit is really over an hour of pure stepping from the warm up which is 12 minutes of stepping to the cool down which is 9 minutes of stepping. The two sections of stepping in the middle is over 42 minutes. The first step segmant has grapevines around to the front of the step then you power over and then do a u turn. Then you do some power scissors where you do hop lunges on the floor as well as a tricky turn that you do on the board then you straddle. Wonderfully tough and the time flies. The choreography keeps you so busy that you forget you are doing excercise. It's just plain fun! I really enjoy my time with Cathe.

The second step segmant has a lot of fun steps. There is a back and forth move over the step. Kinda like her ricochet but you don't turn. You keep your body forward. There is a lot of walking back and forth around the step which is fun because you have to do it really fast. Last but not least are the power angels. Like you would make an angel in the snow. You will have to see it to believe it. This one is too hard to describe.

The cool down is also tough with power holds and a fun swing move with your hip. I must say that I still am breathing hard in the cool down. It's not a cool down for me.

The long and awaited cool down is nice. She does her usual stretches but adds some new floor stretches for your back. You begin standing stretches for your arms neck and some for your legs. And then go to the floor on your back for your hamstrings. She stretches all the muscles to nice relaxing sax music and then an Elton John song ( it's not him singing but someone else)

Cathe is sure to keep you motivated in this great advanced step video. Her cueing is great that some can do the video without looking at the TV screen. Cathe uses a 6 inch step because she had reinjured her knee from surgery. She is so much more relaxed in her teaching style then Mega Step Blast. Friendlier, smiling and she is having so much fun that you can't help but have fun too. She talks to you as if you are right there excercising with her. It's funny that during the stepping segmant, Cathe and her background excercisers are smiling but during the stretch they are all serious and not smiling. It's weird to see Cathe this way. Every tape that Cathe comes out with is chuck full of new complex choreography that will keep you happy untill her next tape.

Mandy Lee