I've only had this video for 10 days -- and I've already done it 5 times! So that should tell you something about the workout. They ought to slap a message from the Surgeon General on this video: Warning -- Choreography May Be Addictive. Put on your sports bra before previewing, cause you'll HAVE to jump right in.

There is a LOT of choreography in this video, but it shouldn't intimidate anyone who's been doing step for a while. Christi includes 3 long combos in the video and the warm-up includes a good chunk of the first combo. There are a lot of cha-cha's, shuffles and spins, but Christi layers her teaching so well that if you're not comfortable with the more complex move, there's always a simpler option to get you through. I'm not going to go into detail about the combos themselves -- other reviewers have already done a thorough job of that. All right, I lied. I do have to say that I love the three knee repeater into a turning hopover, squat, cha-cha. And the shuffle straddle. And the turning skips around and over the step. It is the closing thing to recess that I've experienced since the 6th grade! I know I'm working out, because I'm flinging sweat droplets all over the room, but it just feels like play, play, play.

This tape is less complex than Christi's CIA 9801 step workout (hey, even Einstein's theory of relativity is less complex than 9801.) This music is good, but not as "rockin'" as her 9801 tunes.

I have no criticisms of this tape. It is a wonderful, advanced choreography step workout. I'll pre-order anything Christi puts out.

Instructor Comments:
Christi has this incredible gift for teaching choreography. I am not the most coordinated VFer in cyberspace, but when Christi is coaching me, hold onto your sweatbands, ladies, I am a pivoting, mamboing, cha-chaing tornado. On top of that, Christi has this natural beauty and joy that shines through her workout. You get the feeling that there's nothing else she'd rather be doing than shuffle-straddling with you at that moment. What a smile, what a workout, what a teacher!

Daphne M