I’m reviewing this workout after doing it several times, although I’ve probably only done the abs portion once or so.

General workout breakdown: This 59-min. workout begins with 7 min. of warm-up, just over 38 min. of hi/lo or floor aerobics, just under 3 min. of cool-down and stretch, and ends with just over 10 min. of abdominal strength training.
This has been broken down and discussed so well by so many others that I’ll just add a few thoughts.
I agree that overall this feels more like CIA 7004, a slightly more athletic style than Christi’s later offerings, and that the amount of repetition is at the upper limits of my realm of tolerance (admittedly I have a pretty high level), especially that last portion of combo #3, which just doesn’t make me jump up and down with excitement. As someone who came to this after learning Christi’s somewhat later routines (the ones from the early 2000s, like Totally Hot Cardio, Solid Gold Cardio, Still Jumpin’, and Hi-Lo Heaven) I have to admit I’m partial to her later style, so this is a little harder for me to like, but “not my favorite Christi” and even “a kind of dated Christi” means I still think this is better than many of the other hi/lo workouts out there.
This is definitely mixed impact if done as is, although you can add a few more hops and skips here and there or take some out as you see fit, as others have mentioned. There are a few pivots and other quick turns, some of which are going to be hard to take it unless you’re very confident in your ability to modify, especially without modifiers shown.

Level: I’d recommend this to at least intermediate exercisers comfortable with at least moderately complex choreography.
I consider myself an intermediate / advanced who’s definitely better than average at picking up (although maybe not executing) choreography. This workout gets me into that moderately high heart rate zone that leaves me feeling worked out but not wiped out (you know, it leaves me a sweaty mess, but I don’t feel like I’ve been run over by a steamroller), and the choreography keeps my interest, although unlike some other of Christi’s workouts I think my body gets more of a workout here than my brain.

Class: 2 women join Christi. (As noted, there’s a swap in the early part of the workout, and the replacement does an amazing job keeping up, although that’s partly a testament to Christi’s great cuing.)

Music: upbeat instrumental and some vocals. I can’t say I really recognized anything (this is one of the older videos I have, so I don’t have many other videos that would have been using this soundtrack), nor would I consider this particularly exciting.

Set: CIA set with kind of a Southwestern flair in its desert-colored walls, geometric designs, and large earthenware pots (although I’m not sure where the large green plant fits into that scheme).

Production: clear picture and sound (especially since this is a VHS transfer), camera angles that prove more helpful than not.

Equipment: sneakers that can pivot on your flooring.

Space Requirements: You need to be able to take several big steps side to side (at least a grapevine with room to do a little more on the ends) plus a few steps forward and back. If you don’t have quite as much depth as length, as is the case in my space, you can keep most of the moves that travel forward and back in place, but you’ll still need to be able to go side to side.

DVD Notes: This comes on the Terrific Trio DVD with Stepping Zone and Strength, Balance & Flexibility.
You can skip the intro to get right to the main menu. Your choices for Happy Hour High/Low are Introduction, Warm-up, Jumbo Combo #1, Jumbo Combo #2, Jumbo Combo #3, Cool-Down & Stretch, Abdominals, and Credits. (Additional options are to Contact Taylor’d Fitness and Christi Taylor’s Aerobic Instructor Training Program.)

Instructor Comments:
Christi is as always upbeat and focused on cuing. She cues ahead of the move rather than on it, as per usual. She mirror cues, with a decent amount of verbal and visual directional cues included. I was surprised to read comments on Christi’s lack of cuing, because I felt she cued consistently throughout the workout, although I suspect what is tripping people up is her reliance on shorthand cues rather than breaking down footfalls or stating all components of a move (e.g. “right lunge” refers to a series of lunges that starts on the right foot, but if you’re expecting “right lunge, left lunge, now right again,” than I can se how you’d feel cues are missing). Those of us who are familiar with Christi know that she does this, but she could have been clearer that she’d just use a short term to refer to a series of moves (she does make a point to do this in some of her last videos, however). I agree that Christi’s amount of preparation beforehand makes things seem effortless – the cuing, the transitions, the matching of moves to music, and even the fun!

KathAL79