Christy Taylors' Hi-Lo Heaven Posted 5-23-2001 21:45

WOW!!! WOW!!!! I mean WOW!!!! What a tape... just when I thought I had my favorite tapes all picked out... along comes this one!!!!
Christy: warm, calm, welcoming, charming, lovely demeanor is involving but not overly perky.... Again she is like a workout partner more than instructor...

The Set: simple, BUT unlike other vids Happy Hour and CIA9801 (I've only previewed it) where she has two women working out with her.... This Video has four (4) MEN..... not fat, not skinny, they seem like normal cute (IMO very cute) guys... one of them looks like one of my colleages at work that all the girls drool over.... wink!!

She does all the moves in low-impact (I think) well, it doesn't seem like she is doing High impact but I'm doing high impact and she could have fooled me....the moves are also of the kind that are not so dancy that you can't do the high impact... and they are not so low that you can't elevate them...

This tape is Hi-Lo: which means you can do high or low impact.

The music: This tape has some very, very, very fun music... you will recognise some of it .... popular hits... But you will like it!!!!! For me the music has to be good or I get bored.... I love the throw in of a latin song towards the end of one of the sections...

The Workout: Stage 1 is 25 minutes.... choreography is doable, at first try.... Ok, since I'm not a dancer I did fudge a few parts... but it did not take away from the fun!!!

The Workout: Like on new TV sets she has a small box in the left bottom corner where she does a cool dowon stretch for those who are not continuing on with Stage 2.

The Workout: Stage 2 is 25 minutes of fast-paced fun... and the choreography is more intricate but still based on my previous observation.... It is not the moves that are complex but the combination thereof.... there are only 2 guys with her this time.

The Workout: just like in stage 2 the little TV on the bottom left cools/stretches you down If you are stopping here at Stage 3.

Stage 3: IN this stage she does Circuit Training.... that means ............................. she does 2 1/2 minutes of cardio then weights then 2 1/2 min of cardio then weights for the 20 min total.... the weight segments are: 1st. squats w/ biceps and side leg w/biceps hand weights. 2nd. Dips then open leg and squats with hand weights.. 3rd Rear leg lifts w/ one arm tricep weights. 4th squats w/ one arm bent row ..(sort of a bent row... its a lift)

in Stage 3: two of the guys are doing the weights while the other two guys are doing simple footwork cardio ..... this is during the whole stage... Verrrry nice!!!!

I'm blown away... I looooooooove this tape.... and I think anybody who can do any cardio at all will be encouraged....

Instructor Comments:
Her teaching technique: Again,(similar to Happy Hour) She makes all the moves look effortless, and takes you through each move. She usually shows you the move first, before you try to do it... the moves are not complex ... she will do 2 or 4 reps of a move then on to 2 of another then on to 2 of another.... the trick or the complexity lies in learning the names of the moves so that you know what comes next... That is I think the reason they say her tapes are complex.... But I was able to mostly follow and I'm NOT a dancer by a longshot!!! When she does a pivot she places other moves in between...unlike others who go from one spin to another without giving you a chance to catch up...

Sunshine