Yes, this workout is loud. Kathy does quite a bit of whooping. I look past this, however, because I really do believe it is one of the best strength workout you can get in such a short time.

I will say I use the upper body section more often than the lower body segment. I usually use this in conjunction with a cardio tape which also serves as my warm up. The tape lacks a warm up.

She does about 2 different exercises for each body part, supersetting (using the push/pull method) to save time. She starts with back/chest, moves on to biceps/triceps (okay, I guess it is more pull/push) and finishes up upper body with shoulders. I do feel there could be more shoulder work-- she just does one set each of military raises and side raises.

The lower body workout does not feel as thorough to me. I guess it does not appeal to me as much because I already have a twenty minute lower body program (MIS) that is very thorough. Still, I have done it more than a few times. I like the plies and it has a decent number of squats and lunges. It also has some less traditional squat and lunge variations. For instance, she has you do a one legged suat and then sweep yur leg out to the side. I did not feel this was particularly beneficial.

Kathy finishes up with some ab and back work. One thing I have noticed about Kathy is that she has always included lower back work when she works abs. This section is seven minutes and includes crunch variations and some planks. It is a decent ab workout. I often use it by itself. I guess I like the short length of it.

For an inexpensive tape that is widely available, you could do a lot worse.

Roz