Gin's excellent cueing is so easy to follow, even beginners could do this video and the options for different levels of intensity give you plenty of choices for tweaking the workout intensity. It isn't as challenging as her previous video, Intense Moves, but it's a great choice for steppers who want a short, easy-to-follow workout.
- This short step interval routine is great for intermediate and advanced exercisers
- The choreography is simple with plenty of options for higher or lower intensity
- Gin's excellent cueing make this workout a snap to follow
- On-screen intensity monitors help you stay in the right work zones
- Some segments cause the heart rate to drop a bit too low
- The warm-up is too short and easy
- A little too much marching in place at times
- Not as intense as Gin Miller's previous step interval workouts
- A 35-minute step interval routine for intermediate and advanced exercisers
- The workout includes 7 segments which cycle through an aerobic section, a high intensity interval and a recovery period
- The choreography is simple, but not boring, and Gin offers a variety of modifications for decreasing or increasing intensity
What makes this workout flexible is that, for the intensity intervals, she offers a light, medium and hard version of each exercise so you can choose how hard you want to work. For example, one interval includes lunges off the step, jumping lunges to make it harder and then traveling lunges as the hardest version. Most of the intensity moves are high impact (e.g., jumping jacks, plyo lunges, jump kicks), but a background exerciser shows lower intensity versions, making this a workout for all fitness levels.
Though I like this video, there are a few problems. There's a bit too much marching in place during some sections and some of the aerobic sections were a little too easy, causing my heart rate to drop lower than I would've liked. It's certainly not as hard as her Intense Moves video, nor is it as tough or complex as Cathe Friedrich's interval videos but, those things aside, this is still a keeper. This DVD is great for when you want a shorter, simpler workout and the intervals make the workout fly by. Gin is an excellent instructor and her down-to-earth personality overcomes many of the flaws in this video.




