: Power Step Training (2004)

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Overall, I like this one. The moves are pretty basic,

and I worked up quite a sweat by powering them up,

which she encourages if you've mastered the basic legs

and arms. There is one blonde chick in the background

who does super advanced impossible-for-me moves, and

once in awhile goes " bezerk " and is REALLY

funky!

The music is great, and her studio is near me in

nearby Lake Oswego, Oregon.

My critiques of this is that she doesn't cue far

enough in advance on the 5 count and sometimes the

camera angle changes to all their upper bodies as

she's demonstrating a brand new combo, which is

irritating - I have to follow in my head and pick it

up after I see her do it a couple times.

She does periodic zone checks for those who are

wearing a heart rate monitor. I have one, but

forget/neglect to use it, but it really is a great

tool to see if you're working out in your target heart

rate zone, which is where you burn fat.

The dvd is divided into chapters so you can pick and

chose what sections you want, but I just did the whole

thing. There is an adequate warmup and what she calls

a warmdown, but most of all I just adore .

She is very upbeat, inspirational, funny, and

positive. She'd be great to work out with in the

morning.

This is not one of the new ones I acquired today; this

is one I had before but had never done yet. Off to

try another!