This is a great abdominal workout; one of the best tapes out there. I am a big fan of Karen Voight---I find her sincere, knowledgeable and inspiring. What I like about this tape is that it presents a good variety of exercises for the abdominals, including the obliques and it really manages to burn out the lower abs. It consists of pilates exercises such as the roll-up, leg circles, the hundred, but it is presented in a more friendly way than the Method. The workout also offers variations of more traditional-style ab exercises, such as the crunch and oblique twisting crunch---for example, she does one exercise where you crunch while doing a reverse crunch with one foot on top of the opposite knee. Some of the exercises had me grimacing, and I usually have pretty good ab endurance. There are several very nice back exercises done lying on your stomach. The music in this video is wonderful. I especially love the guitar music at the beginning of the tape; it makes you want to move gracefully. Karen is a real pro. She isn't the most exciting instructor and her voice is a little bit monotone, but the workout is just so fantastic, it is definitely a must-have for anyone interested in really working the abs. There is one other participant in the video, who is quite advanced and shows the advanced modifications.

I highly recommend this tape---A+.

Abbe