I only did the cardio portion of this workout and found I really liked it. It is a nice, mostly low impact, 30 minute floor cardio routine. There are no complicated moves. She teaches the base move and then moves on to something a little higher intensity, does that for a while and goes back to a less intense exercise. It reminds me a little of Prevention: Walk Your Way Slim and Get Moving: Walking for Weight Loss in that there are little “bursts” of activity interspersed with lower intensity. There is no taking it from the top—once you finish each little section it is gone.

I did get a little frustrated with the changing camera angles as they sometimes went to diagonal angles while I was still making sure I was getting the steps right. I really prefer to see workouts from straight on, so I can mirror the movements easily. The outfits are a little “dated,” but not incredibly so.

The strength portion of the workout is also about 30 minutes. There is a little upper body and lower body work in the workout, so it doesn’t fatigue every muscle group. I can’t comment any further than that since I didn’t do this part of the workout.

Instructor Comments:
Charlene is true to what I expect of her in this workout. She is a little chatty, but I don’t mind this. Most of it is informative and about exercise, but there is a little bit of chatter back and forth with the crew and what they’ll be doing later and what they’ve been up to lately.

Karen (Rhae)