I got both. I did Steady State Step and had no problems with it. Here's my mini-review that I posted on VF:
Did Steady State Step this a.m. and...
I really liked it! Great music, great choreography. She has Barbie doing it on the floor and Jill doing the higher impact choreography. This is true steady state step - it doesn't stop.
Warmup starts out with a lot of hip shaking (she seems to really like to do that), step taps, squats, basics. There's no more hip shaking once the warmup is over.
She did a couple of moves that were in Low Max (or IMAX 3) - 2 knee repeaters and then a walk with a turn around the step and also 2 knee repeaters and triple steps around the step. She does a lot of reverse mambo moves - NOT like Low Max. The first reverse mambo move is a bit tricky. For the most part, she's easy to follow but that move tripped me up a bit. She also does a turning jumping jack on/off the step (the most high impact move of the workout). There are a lot of moves facing away from the step and lots of turning around the step. She does an around the world with 2 kicks and then each foot taps the step and then you turn back to the front. She also does a mambo front and back and then a pony over to the other side of the step. She also does box lunges around the step. This is not for the choreography-challenged but it's not the most complicated choreography I've done. This was easier for me to pick up than HISM1. She does TIFT but the workout goes so fast, you really don't notice it. She's pretty good at cueing but some steps are broken down more than others.
After the main combos are over, Jill and Barbie leave and Tracey is by herself and does a more athletic section - kind of like one of Cathe's blasts in Low Max - Knee repeaters, L steps, L step with kick to the side.
This is all I can remember for now. If I get a chance, I'll try and write out the combos. The whole workout is 55 minutes. There are no stretches in the warmup and there's a quick 4 minute cooldown with grapevines, alternating side lunges, hamstring. hip flexor and calf stretches and shoulder and chest stretches.
I didn't like some of the camera angles - they panned down to just their feet or just their faces at times. I like to see the whole body. Patrick did the same thing in Step Up and it really annoyed me.
I think Tracey delivered with this one. I'd give it an A - it would have been an A-plus if she didn't fool around with the camera angles.
Did Steady State Step this a.m. and...
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I really liked it! Great music, great choreography. She has Barbie doing it on the floor and Jill doing the higher impact choreography. This is true steady state step - it doesn't stop.
Warmup starts out with a lot of hip shaking (she seems to really like to do that), step taps, squats, basics. There's no more hip shaking once the warmup is over.
She did a couple of moves that were in Low Max (or IMAX 3) - 2 knee repeaters and then a walk with a turn around the step and also 2 knee repeaters and triple steps around the step. She does a lot of reverse mambo moves - NOT like Low Max. The first reverse mambo move is a bit tricky. For the most part, she's easy to follow but that move tripped me up a bit. She also does a turning jumping jack on/off the step (the most high impact move of the workout). There are a lot of moves facing away from the step and lots of turning around the step. She does an around the world with 2 kicks and then each foot taps the step and then you turn back to the front. She also does a mambo front and back and then a pony over to the other side of the step. She also does box lunges around the step. This is not for the choreography-challenged but it's not the most complicated choreography I've done. This was easier for me to pick up than HISM1. She does TIFT but the workout goes so fast, you really don't notice it. She's pretty good at cueing but some steps are broken down more than others.
After the main combos are over, Jill and Barbie leave and Tracey is by herself and does a more athletic section - kind of like one of Cathe's blasts in Low Max - Knee repeaters, L steps, L step with kick to the side.
This is all I can remember for now. If I get a chance, I'll try and write out the combos. The whole workout is 55 minutes. There are no stretches in the warmup and there's a quick 4 minute cooldown with grapevines, alternating side lunges, hamstring. hip flexor and calf stretches and shoulder and chest stretches.
I didn't like some of the camera angles - they panned down to just their feet or just their faces at times. I like to see the whole body. Patrick did the same thing in Step Up and it really annoyed me.
I think Tracey delivered with this one. I'd give it an A - it would have been an A-plus if she didn't fool around with the camera angles.
For anyone who wants a comparison to Cathe, I would say this has more complicated choreography than Rhythmic Step and Cathe also breaks down the moves a bit more.
Marcy
