This is my favorite straight aerobics video of all time! I must admit that I don't like many step aerobics videos, because they usually have too many silly turns, changes of direction and too much jargon for me to keep up. Ms. Voight has none of that on this video. The only changes of directions she has are necessary ones in order to work your other side. This is a difficult tape, but difficult in a good way in that you're really getting a great workout, and not getting confused. The beginning of the tape is straight step aerobics with interesting and exciting moves which in addition to strengthening your heart and lungs also tone your lower body. She uses a lot of optional high impact propulsion moves which I have really help tone and tirim my upper legs in ways that weight training and other aerobics videos just haven't been able to. I would call this an advanced video: I started working out with it using my lowest step height and was still winded; after working with it for several months I am finallly at the highest step height.

There is an upper body toning segment at the end of the tape using light weights. It's fine but since you use the same weight to work different muscles it's not as effective as some. She also does a modified push up which I find really hard to do correctly (so that I can feel my muscles working), so I just do conventional pushups for that segment. I loved the ab section at the very end, where she uses three variations of the same exercises, depending on how you arrange your step.

In the video, Ms. Voight, is teaching a "class" where the "students" are using different step heights or the floor for variations in intensity.

Instructor Comments:
On this tape, her cuing is excellent. She doesn't confuse me with a lot of the step aerobics jargon that I find so annoying with other instructors. I find her descriptions (i.e, "down to get up") so much easier to follow than those of other step instructors.

Flossie