Step Reebok: The Video

Gin Miller
Year Released: 1992

Categories: Step Aerobics


I tell myself not to say "love" in reference to things, but I do love this workout. It is high intensity but not hard to learn (although I still haven't mastered all the moves).
I have been using it once or twice a week for about six months and like it more each time. As an older person, I had initial reservations about the industrial MTV-type setting but I have grown to appreciate it. I like the no-nonsense tone of this video, and the band gets better every time I do it!
The workout runs 46 minutes and makes me sweat (like a pig!) every time I do it. The warm up is great, and I like the isolation moves at the end in the cool down. There are 3 short sets of pushups, 3 short sets of tricep dips, and several short sets of varied crunces (all using the step bench), followed by final stretches.
The cast is inspiring. What muscle tone! They are all young and in tip-top shape, and I know I'll never look like they look. But still...the view is sensational.
The impact level is low which is what I like, but the intensity is high. The music is hypnotic; the African drums pulsate and feel good. It is a totally safe workout, and the choreography is basic and perfect. The cuing is right on target. I always know what to do, even if I can't quite do it!
I never thought a workout like this would work for me, a 50+ gal, but it really does. I have to tell you, there isn't one thing about it I don't like, and I'm pretty critical. (If I write a review of another Step Reebok video, The Best of Step TV, it will be a different review. Tons of criticisms. Only workable. Not really fun. Silly.)
This is a keeper. Easy enough for a klutz beginning stepper like me, yet with a never ending intensity level. I know it will be a continual favorite for me. As I branch out in fitness training, this is one video that won't wind up at Salvation Army!

Karen Borak

07/11/1997