Unlike the better known CIA 9803 double step workout, this is a two-bench workout that uses the steps horizontally. Once I got used to that, I could see that the horizontal double step workout has the potential to be as fun as the vertical 9803 or Jennifer Mills' Step Two It; unfortunately, Marcos Prolo does not live up to the potential. Marcos does not use the method of doing all the moves on both the steps (i.e. starting on left side will put certain moves on the front step; starting on right will put them on the back). As a result, he does not use the back step equally in the workout, and often I felt like the moves he did on it were token moves just to integrate it into the workout. He teaches each combo primarily on the front step, and then adds the back in in some way, but it never feels like it was well thought out, almost like he figured out the front combo first, then thought "Hmm, how can we get to the back step?" In one combo, all that's done on the back step is one of three alternating knees and then a turn step at the end. In another, it's just a backward V step and later a hop turn. There were many times when I naturally felt I wanted to turn to the back step and do part of the move there but he kept them all on the front, which was kind of frustrating. When he put the combinations together, it flowed pretty well; he does not use many taps, which I like. If you like double step, there are so few out there, that the $10 investment at Sara's City (which means Prolo is solo, very low production value but works just fine) is worth it. All in all, it was a good workout, but I can't help thinking it could have been a great one.

Donna Kahwaty