This is my first review so hopefully it will be okay.

For reference, I consider myself to be high intermediate/low advanced exerciser. When working with weights I generally choose The Firm, Joyce Vedral, and Cathe. I have others in my collection but these are the ones that I gravitate towards most often.

Shape It Up is a total body workout using light weights and works opposing muscle groups. It is about 78 minutes long and is led by Debbie with two background exercisers, her sister Judy and Kevin.

Things I liked: Standing ab work, alternating between muscle groups, the fact there weren't that many lunges. Even though the workout was long the time passes fairly quickly due to the variety of exercises.

Things I am neutral about: The music. It could have been better but I could live with it. The set. The bad form on some exercises.

Things I disliked or annoyed me:
The warm-up is horribly boring. The length. Even though I said that the workout goes by quickly, with a 3 1/2 yr. old and nursing 5 month old a 45 minute workout can often turn into an hour half with all the stops I sometimes have to make. So you can only imagine how long it could possibly take me to do a 78 minute workout. I also found the countdown and timer annoying. I find it discouraging to see that I still have a lot of time left. In general the bad form does not bother me but on one particular exercise I can not figure out what Debbie is wanting us to do. Is is a front kick standing to the side or a side kick?

Overall thoughts: Though I may sound like I dislike this workout I do like it okay. I can see it having it's place in my rotation but I don't ever see myself feeling love for it.

Instructor Comments:
I enjoyed Debbie's personality throughout the video. She's chatty without being too chatty and appears to be working out hard herself.

Jeanette