In all fairness, I only used thiis Pure Barre DVD only a few times before deciding I need to get a bit more in shape before I pull this out again. THAT said, for someone in decent shape I truly believe this is an amazing workout. My daughter in law has attended Pure Barre classes and says her thighs have never burned more - I believe it because my thighs were actually shaking. The setting of this DVD is very serene and the instructor does a great job. If you are good at doing doing modifications even a fairly fit beginner might be able to do this - instruction for modifications are provided. I just tend to overdo so this will just have to wait until I build up a bit further. After that.....watch out - this will be the first DVD I grab.