I’ve only done this workout once, but I know everyone is waiting for my report with baited breath. Kari fans will not be disappointed with this one! Neither will anyone who enjoys a fun, long, moderately intense, moderately complex step workout.

The workout is 58 minutes long: 9 minutes warmup combo, 2 minutes warmup stretch, 38 minutes for the main workout, 4 minutes cooldown combo, and 5 minutes cooldown stretch. The warmup was enough to get me into my lower aerobic range; the warmup combo is not used in the main workout.

The workout has 4 long combos. There is not too much TIFTT. She teaches combos 1 and 2, then puts them together. Then she teaches combos 3 and 4, and puts them together. At the end she TIFTTs all 4 combos twice. Kari does her usual good job of layering, teaching the base move first before adding all the turns (and there are lots of turns). You will use all sides of the step. There was one move I kept stumbling over – a pony on the step while turning backwards. Other than that I didn’t have any trouble with the choreography (not counting arm moves – I’ll work on those next time). My favorite move was a pendulum followed by a backwards chug around the step. I was in the middle of my aerobic range for most of the workout.

I really liked the music – it had me itching to do the workout while I was previewing. A lot of it has a Latin flavor; some of it we’ve heard before. I didn’t care too much for the set decorations. You can see the brick wall but not the curved windows. They are covered up by colored panels – orange, blue, purple, green – too much color for me! The workout outfits are all black pants or shorts, with various colored tops. There are six background exercisers, all women.

Instructor Comments:
Kari is really bubbly and happy in this workout.

Pam L