I just did this workout for the first time today. What a deceptively challenging workout. I was bathed in sweat. This is a barefoot workout - kind of along the lines of Reach mixed with Core Syn, yoga and stretch. She starts out with some dynamic stretches. One of the first moves was where you had your hands on your hips and rotated your body in a circle but she did it quite fast and even says you might get dizzy (which I did but only for a second). She does runners stretch, extended triangle pose, forward bends (seated and standing), pigeon, tree, Warrior 3 and seated twisting pose. There is about 15 minutes of warmup, 20 minutes of cardio, 10 minutes of stretching and the last 20 minutes is core. This is a no-crunch workout. It's more balancing and stabilizing moves. There was plank work and diamond pushups. She says you should be able to do plank for at least a minute and if you can do that, you should work your way up to 3 minutes. There were lots of lunges, curtsy lunges, alternating side lunges. For the cardio, she did some plyo jumps. It wasn't your standard cardio but it definitely got my heartrate up. At the end of the core work she does bridges and tells you to squeeze your knees together - it seemed like it was never going to end. I have to say I'm completely sore at this moment all through my core, legs and glutes. The workout ends after the core work. There is no stretch after that although I could have used more of a stretch after the bridge work which I did on my own.

I burned 262 calories for about 65 minutes (a little more than when I do Reach).

This one's a keeper for me.

Instructor Comments:

The only thing that bugged me a little was the doorags they wore on their heads. I liked Stacei Lei as an instructor. She has a pleasant voice and is constantly telling you to engage your core. She has about 3-4 background exercisers. She says there are three levels to this workout - Levels 1, 2 and 3 and she has exercisers to do whatever level you're at. She does Level 3.

Marcy