Breakdown:
- Warmup (5 min)
- Lower Body Squats (10 min)
- Lower Body Glutes (10 min)
- Upper Body Standing Weight Work (10 min)
- Upper Body Floor Work (10 min)
- Stretch (3 min)
- Abs (7 min)
- Bonus: Stability Ball (approx. 20 min)

Workout Description: In my opinion, this w/o is low-intermediate level in terms of weights, but advanced in terms of balance requirements. (Luckily, Kathy does a great job of explaining the variations for the balance work.)

The lower body work is pretty standard: lots of squats, "low-end" lunges, and un-weighted leg lifts.

The upper body standing weight work, though, was very interesting. Kathy has you cross one leg over the other, lift the crossed leg off the floor (if you're able), and then rotate your torso in the opposite direction while doing: lateral raises with a retraction; overhead presses; biceps curls; and curls with a raise over your head. There are also 2 segments of triceps kick-backs and extensions. This was definitely a new "twist" (no pun intended) -- however I'm not sure that it was as "complete" as the weight work in LWTLW #1.

The upper body floor work was *really* challenging. Except for a set of chest flyes, it all relied on use of your own body weight. There were pushups, fingertip-balanced triceps pushups (which I couldn't even begin to do! she says it will strengthen your wrist...), side planks, etc. I like to have something to work toward, so I *really* liked this section.

The ab work was very well done and well-instructed. There were roll-ups a la Pilates, small crunches, oblique twists, etc. -- all with a great focus on core stability (as opposed to just "pushing through" the reps and using momentum instead of your abs). My favorite was a new exercise where you bend your knees and press against your thighs with your hands *while* pressing your thighs in toward your chest -- a great, and very innvotive, way to work the lower abs.

The extra stability ball section was well instructed and very challenging. Here, too, I will have to work up to Kathy's level. She does a great job of combining strength and balance/core work. You do crunches on the ball, leg lifts on the ball, hamstring strengthening/bridge work, and (wow!), one-legged pikes... As I mention below, this section is in black&white. It's available on DVD by going to the little arrow on the bottom of the menu, clicking that, then on the next page clicking "Bonus", and finally picking the "Stability Ball" segment -- a little counter-intuitive in my opinion!

Set: The w/o is done in Kathy's standard studio -- the same one she used for LWTLW #1 and her Timesaver Cardio w/o. Some well-known b.g. exercisers are present (Robin; Nancy; and Michael) as well as a bunch of new exercisers. Some of them demonstrate modifications throughout the standard w/o. The stability ball section features only Kathy.

Videography: Between each segment of the DVD are black&white clips of Kathy dancing along the beach. The stability ball work is also in b&w. The actual w/o features many "picture-in-picture" segments where Kathy demonstrates proper form against a white background while the w/o goes on in a smaller picture in a corner.

Music: The music is SS-like -- a beat without much tune, and, as others have commented, Kathy is like Debbie in being consistently slightly off-beat.

Chaptering: I really like the thought that Kathy put into the chaptering of the DVD. After seeing so many poorly chaptered DVDs (Firm, for instance!), it is a delight to find someone other than Cathe thinking about how to make the DVD format unusual and very modifiable. Each segment can be done on its own, or the DVD can be programmed to do the segments in any order you like.

General Impression: All in all, I thought it was a very good functional fitness workout but it won't take the place of LWTLW #1 or my Cathe strength work. I would be more likely to substitute this for yoga or Lotte Berk.

Instructor Comments:
Kathy is much calmer than in previous videos. This may be due to the Pilates-esque instruction (hold your navel in to your spine; lengthen on the exhale; etc.). As always, though, she gives great form pointers and lots of encouragement. Some may be frustrated by her wandering back to correct her background exercisers' form, or her consistently being slightly off-the-beat.

Megan R