I found this to be a very nice, basic workout. The choreography is basic enough that anyone should be able to catch on to it within a few tries. This isn’t a super-high intensity workout, but it can be modified up by adding power moves and keeping the power moves in while the crew is doing lower intensity for more of an interval workout. There is a modifier showing low impact aerobics at all times. Kathy and crew are having a good time throughout. I am an intermediate exerciser and consider this workout to be intermediate intensity when done following Kathy and most of the background exercisers.

This does remind me a little of Peak Fat Burning in that some of the exercises are similar, but there are bursts of low intensity then higher intensity and back and forth rather than true intervals. (For the record, I consider the bursts to be shorter in duration than intervals. The bursts are maybe 30 seconds and then lower intensity for 30 seconds, then higher intensity again for 30 seconds, then lower and so on.) There is a short kickboxing segment that reminds me of the kickboxing in Kathy’s Kickboxing Workout. Really there is more boxing than kickboxing because there are punches, shuffles and knee lifts, but not kickboxing-style kicks.

The workout clock keeps track of how long the whole workout is and how long each segment is. Before each segment is a little blurb telling what is coming next. If you don’t like a particular segment, it is very easy to skip it on DVD or one could FF through the segment on VHS. The whole workout is approximately 30 minutes.

The background exercisers do have microphones and comment throughout the workout. Kathy is upbeat without being overly “enthusiastic,” a la Lift Weights to Lose Weight.

Instructor Comments:

Karen (Rhae)