Product Details

• Actors: Keli Roberts
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302967945
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,115 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This step workout is broken into three segments for different levels of stamina and complexity. You can do just level 1 (12 minutes) or continue through level 2, for 22 minutes, or through level 3, for 32 minutes. Within each segment, Keli Roberts's assistants demonstrate different intensities, so you can work at your own pace as you build endurance. Roberts instructs well, with plenty of safety and alignment tips, and she repeats the combinations enough for you to get them. But the camera has an annoying habit of changing angles when she first introduces a new pattern, which is just when you want to keep watching her feet. Advanced exercisers will add some propulsion moves, such as jumping onto the step. After the step workout and stretch, you get 8 minutes of killer abdominals, and finally a calming, guided relaxation. Roberts is a celebrity trainer, and you can see why from the professional way she instructs this video--and from the to-die-for body that must motivate her clients! --Joan Price

Customer Reviews

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73 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No so Ultimate, February 20, 2000

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Wendy E. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keli Roberts - Ultimate Step Workout [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I take a lot of classes at the Gym and am used to a more challenging workout. This video is not for beginners because it doesn't explain the moves and Keli doesn't use standard names for all the moves. She also doesn't tell you whether you're leading with Left or Right. If you are an advanced stepper, this tape may be a little boring or slow paced for you. I had to add all the levels to my step to get my usual workout. If you at an intermediate level, this tape is great for you.

The abs section was killer - great abs workout.

If you are a beginner, I would recommend "Jane Fonda's Step Aerobic and Abdominal Workout ", it doesn't use a lot of complicated moves.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My first step video and I love it., October 7, 2002

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Stacy E. Braxton (San Antonio, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Keli Roberts - Ultimate Step Workout [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'm an intermediate exerciser who had never tried stepping. I was absolutely awed by Keli Roberts after seeing her in Kathy Smith's Kickboxing workout - the woman is so powerful! - so I chose this as my first step video and I couldn't be happier.

Now I've read the comments from people not recommending this for beginners, and I have to disagree. If Keli is using the wrong names for the exercises, as a true beginner I can't tell. Maybe it will screw me up when I try another tape, but that's a chance I'm willing to take.

I was concerened about Keli not cueing right or left, since I'm not the most graceful person and I need all the cues I can get. It turned out not to be an issue since it doesn't really matter if you're using the same side or mirror imaging her. All the moves lead naturally from one side to the next, so pick a starting side and don't sweat it. It'll balance out.

Some right/left cuing would have made the moves easier to learn, admittedly, but it only took me about four runs to get a grasp on the first two segments. I love the music when the steppers get going: the *cthunk cthunk* of shoes on steps fits into the beat perfectly and I find it very energizing.

The ab workout was brutal - it inspired me to buy Keli's Abs & More tape. The guided relaxation was a little creepy, though. Out of nowhere she's gone from leading me through crunches to "feel the satin as it glides across your skin." Gah. No thanks. Some stretch instead would have made this video perfect. Thankfully, it's the last thing on the tape so you can turn it off and stretch on your own.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GREAT WORKOUT!, March 8, 2001

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K. Braswell (Trussville, AL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Keli Roberts - Ultimate Step Workout [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I really love this tape but it did take a few times to get used to it. Keli does not call like I am used to and does not let you know what foot to start with. However, if you really pay attention and start with the same foot she does, then when she says "now the other foot" you will be right in step with her. I did this tape probably 4 time before I truly got it and now I love it. It is one of my favorite workouts. Like every routine, if it is new to you it will be someome difficult. One other reviewer stated that she could not learn the moves while her back was to the tv. If she paid attention to what Keli was saying and kept in step with her using the same foot then you should NEVER have your back to the tv. I like the progressive stages of this workout. By the 3rd stage you are working pretty hard. It really gets my heart pumping. The steps are fairly basic and not at all hard to learn. Not dancy - which I hate. The cool down phase is not very good though. She goes from having your heart rate maxed out immediately to a very SLOW cool down.