I agree with most of the other reviewers--this is a beautifully produced video, but I suspect it won't ever be as popular with VF readers as her other videos. The resistance training section is just not challenging enough for most people. Even novice exercisers could find better and more effective strength videos than this one.

On the other hand, the abdominal workout that follows is excellent--Karen has always had a knack for isolating the abdominal muscles and for putting you in positions where it's difficult to cheat. Karen's ab workouts are the only ones that ever make me sore. The addition of small weights for resistance for parts of the workout is also welcome, though if you don't have Karen's expensive weighted balls you might want to skip the weight behind the head.

Karen's yoga section is also nicely done. It begins with back work to to complement the ab work, which I always appreciate. The style of the section is somewhere between Karen's Pure and Simple Stretch and a yoga video, and I would rank the yoga difficulty level as intermediate. It's much more Westernized in feel than most yoga videos, yet the beautiful music and serene cinematography provide a more relaxing experience than most other Westernized yoga workouts. The Wyndham Hill-style instrumental music in the yoga section was great, but the rest of the music didn't appeal to me.

To sum up, if you like Karen and are willing to buy this just for the abs and yoga, it's worth it, but don't buy it for the strength workout.

WWWendy