I really liked this tape. When I first previewed I thought it would be easy but I was sweating 10 minutes in and the work-out was sufficiently tough to earn a place in my rotation for January.

Odd Thing About this Video -- Gin performs all the exercises with a smile on her face, NO speaking. All instruction was done via voiceover. It is a little disconcerting for me. It also take some of Gin's personality away.

Music: Nothing new here, standard pre-mixes that I have heard on other Gin's and Cathe's.

Exercise Breakdown
Warm-up is pretty straightforward, marches, taps, different arm movements.

Video is divided into 2 Segments, I don't think it is equally divided where you could do each part on different days; but it is only 50+ minutes so it is not a time killer.

Segment 1
Push-ups and Squats segment - you do 3 sets of push-ups and 3 sets of squats. This is the format the video follows. You rest one body part while you work another then go right back. The push-ups are done on the edge of the step bench and were pretty tough.

Next pair of exercises is Tricep Dips with Leg Kicks. This was kind of interesting, you do a set of dips then hold arm position while you do quadricep extensions with each leg.

Alternated with one leg hip-hinges (deadlifts) and dead rows.

Military presses
Standing flys
Lunge on right leg with bicep curls (compound move)
Overhead press
Standing Flys

End of Segment 1

Segment 2
Lunges on left leg with hammer curl (compound move)
Overhead press
Standing Flys
Lunges down from step with knee ups and leg extensions as part of lunge

Lateral lifts - standing on one leg for balance
Hip Hinges (deadlifts)

Then she does what she calls a "skater move". This was new to me. You lean over the step, using dumbbells to give you six inches of added height away from step and then do leg lifts to the rear. It is hard to explain but my glutes were SCREAMING.

Kickbacks
Lateral Raise
Kickbacks
Lateral raise
Kickbacks
Lateral raise

Then she does some inner thigh work combined with ab work that was also new to me. You sit in front of your step bench leaning against it. You straighten one leg and do leg lifts. I definitely felt this in my inner thigh. Well, then you lift one arm then both arms such that your abs are having to stabilize you. I felt my abs.

Ab section - you do some sitting ab work on the step. I didn't feel this too much but I might not have gotten the form right.

Ab floor work - she does a bicycle routine with oblique work and then does some hip lifts from an all fours position that I surprisingly felt in my abs.

Cool Down
Good stretches. Nothing too unique or weird.

Overall
I really liked this tape. It took me a few minutes to get past the voiceover thing but you only notice it when you are doing squats and looking straight at the TV.

Instructor Comments:

Michelle