First off, I caution anyone who is considering purchasing any videos from Sara's City workout. These tapes are very low production quality for the price. I remember reading another review where someone commented that CIA videos are bascially a camera set up in a studio. The Sara's City tapes make CIA look like a Firm production. But enough about production....

This would be such a good workout if it just were more polished! The leg work in this tape is especially intense. These exercises really work your legs. I got frustrated with the exceptionally high number of reps however. The problem was Mindy would get to talking or showing a modification and totally lose count of the exercises. For example, in the upper body section starting off with lat rows, you do 58 rows with the right arm! Then when she comes back after talking, you do 30 rows for the left arm. Hmmm...that doesn't seem equal! At some points the girls with her just stop. She lets them keep going and going and going on the same exercise. I felt sorry for them.

I think this tape could be used as a toning tape but not to build muscle. There are way too many reps to ever use heavy weights. My arm was very fatigued after doing 30 reps with only 8 lbs. and I'm used to using 20 lbs.

In closing, if you are looking for a good toning tape with great form instruction, especially for the lower body, this is a good tape, but you need to be able to get past the low production quality and the lack of attention to working both sides equally.

Joyce Thurman