Customer Reviews

Reebok: Intense Moves [VHS]

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I have been stepping for several years and I still have trouble getting through the thirty minutes of training. This is an amazing workout and I highly recommend it for the advanced steppers!

This tape is not for the weak hearted. If you follow it to a "t", you will get, without a doubt, one of the most challenging step workouts anywhere. It beats most of the hard core step workouts at the gym.

I have over 20 step videos, 6 of which are from the Reebok series. Intense Moves is, without a doubt, the most challenging video I own. Don't even think about trying this video yet if you are just starting out because this workout requires tons of stamina. This workout takes you through 10 intervals that push you to the limit of your current endurance level. Gin Miller (one of the best aerobics instructors in the business) starts each interval by showing you a base move and then demonstrates two or three other ways to complete the move that requires more energy. Here are a few examples: in the first interval, you can do a basic over-the top with a jump or you could add a leap before going over-the-top, or, at maximum effort, you can add a lunge back. In interval 4, you can do a ski jump up on top of the bench or you can do a ski jump behind the bench to each side or (at maximum effort) you can ski jump over the bench. Once you have chosen which level you want to work at, you explode into it for one minute. A timer breaks it down into 15-second chunks so you don't have to work at your maximum effort the entire time. After the minute is up, Gin brings you down with a 2-minute "rest" period. You will not be kicking back during these "rest" periods. While you "rest", you will be doing basic aerobics that will build up to the next interval. I've found that the base moves to these intervals (the minimum effort) require power moves (i.e. airborne moves) that are often used as an advanced alternative on other step videos.

This workout is challenging, but it is also fun. You do not repeat the same intervals, so the workout is always fresh and moves very quickly. Plus, Gin Miller is cool and, unlike with some other workout videos, you feel cool using her workouts. Even though this video wears me out, I find myself wanting to pop it in my VCR. I can do higher levels for longer periods of time each time I use it. The entire workout (including warm-up and cool down) is under 50 minutes. I definitely recommend Intense Moves for any intermediate and advanced stepper who wants to improve his/her endurance.

I recently trained to hike Pike's Peak - 13 miles to 14,000 elevation. I needed a Step tape that could get me conditioned for that type of challenge so I tried Intense Moves. It is the hardest tape I have ever done, but it makes you feel great. Doing this tape twice a week with other Reebok tapes has made my legs stronger than they ever have been, plus has increased my cardio capability. If you are looking for an ADVANCED Step tape - this is the one!!

- This is the most aerobically challenging tape I have. When I do this workout, I pretend I'm speedskater Bonnie Blair (hah! maybe in my next life!)
- The cueing is perfect, and the moves have a lot of variety without being complicated.
- The moves are taken more from sports than from dance (basketball, skiing, speedskating). Some of them are really incredible -- jumping all the way over your step with your feet together (over and over fast), "plunges," in which you do a deep lunge with one foot on the step and one foot off, then jump way up and switch feet, 64 times in one minute, etc!
- Gin Miller shows three levels -- hard, harder, hardest -- for each interval, then encourages you to decide for how much of the 60-second interval you want to work your hardest. The little clock that shows on the screen during the 60 seconds is a great idea. How can she jump so high and gets her feet so far up off the ground, while talking and explaining the moves? What a powerful, graceful athlete!
- The workout team is great -- a group of athletes in modest gym attire, not a bunch of thong-wearing Barbie and Ken dolls. They look as if they are having a very good, serious workout. They do smile occasionally, but they don't look as if they have been told to plaster on a fake smile for the whole workout.
- The set is pretty silly -- dark, with funny golden pyramids all around -- and the atmosphere is overly serious to the point of being comical, like the "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" show. But that doesn't matter, you feel as if you have really accomplished something when you get through all ten intervals.

This is an excellent workout. Gin Miller and her team really get you motivated. The moves are not complicated so you don't spend a lot of time trying to figure out what to do. You will feel great about yourself when you are finished working out! The multiple fitness levels let you gradually move up to the most intense step workout you could get! One warning--if you have bad knees, this is not the workout for you. There is a lot of high impact.

I love the fact that this work-out is geared towards three different fitness levels. On tired days, I workout at the beginner level and on peak days, I workout at the advanced level.

I love Gin Miller's no nonsense style. She's clear, right there with you. The accompnaying exercisers are fun to watch and not intimidating.

Gin Miller leads this 50 minute Reebok step tape with superb cueing. She starts with a warm-up and then takes you through 10 one minute intervals of aerobic moves, each followed by a rest period with less intense moves. Even through the rest periods, she keeps you moving! During each of the intervals, she shows you 3 different levels of moves that you can do during the interval depending on your level of fitness. This makes the tape perfect for all exercisers of all levels. While beginners have plenty of room to advance, advanced exercisers will be challenged as well. I love this tape!! If you want a great workout, this is it. You won't be disappointed..... END

This is a good athletic step workout, even beginners should be able to do it. However, even though there is variety among the intervals, within each interval you do the same VERY simple move for three minutes. By simple I mean doing over-the-top or ski jumps on to the step for THREE MINUTES. Furthermore, since the base move is what you do for the two "rest" minutes before the high-intensity one minute interval, beginners who only do the base move won't get the full benefit of the interval training. Overall, an OK step workout, but don't buy it if you're looking for an interesting workout.

As always, Gin Miller delivers a terrific workout! This video is very high impact and does require a familiarity with step aerobics. It includes extreme interval training that proves to be effective in giving a great workout. Gins cueing is to perfection. Instead of pushing and pushing towards injury like other videos, Gin stresses safety and continually reminds you to work at your own fitness level. I've been a fan of Gin's videos for years and would, without a doubt, recommend this INTENSE workout to any experienced stepper!