I was going to do this tape a few more times before posting a review but I just can't bring myself to waste my workout time. For those of you who never heard of the tape, it is one of the tapes in Kari Anderson's Great Moves series and is led by Marcus Irwin.

Although there were several aspects I like about the workout, I must admit I was a bit disappointed in it. It is advertised as an intermediate/advanced workout but I think it is solidly intermediate. I am at an intermediate fitness level and had a hard time getting/remaining in my target zone. I would not rate this as an advanced workout in the least and in fact, I found it a bit boring. It consisted primarily of variations of basic steps, mambos, and marches, marches, marches......

It uses the same soundtrack as CIA 9703 and other CIA workouts(which is really getting boring) and consists of basic steps, side steps, and hamstrings. Then you alernate a series of verrry slow basics with regular basics. It seem out of tempo with the music and just doesn't "feel right" (if that makes any sense). Then you do some step kicks and walk around the step to step kick on the other side--I kind of liked that. One move that I definitely think I should caution you about is a move Marcus calls "the peg leg" It is like a one-legged march with the leg on the side of the step. You put the weight on the leg that is on the step--be careful with this (if you are slightly klutzy like me) because if you do that too close to the edge of the step, the step will fly up at you!!!

With that all said, however, it could just be that the real purpose of this video is to give aerobic instructors some ideas (which is what the Great Moves series is designed to accomplish) and I think it is good for that purpose. It gives instructors some good ideas on how to create variations of simple basic moves.

Instructor Comments:
Marcus seems like a really nice guy (I love his Australian accent)and he cues well BUT he talks a lot about how tough the workout is (I didn't find it to be so) and one thing I don't care for at all is the fact that he has you march a lot while he demonstrates a move. I think that would get old fast if you do this workout more than a few times.

Kathy