Hi Liz!
What's your fitness level? If you are a beginner to intermediate, i'd say you should start w/ The Firm, but if your intermediate going into advance or you just want to start out w/ an advance tape and work your way up to making it through the whole tape eventually (which is what I did w/ Cathe) then i'd say, I love Power Hour (PH), Maximum Intensity (MIS), Rythemic Step (RS) Circuit Max (CM) and Cross Trainers series (CXT), these abbrv. are what people usually use on the fitness forums. I love all of Cathe's tapes, but I started out w/ PowerMax (PM), it's a little slower tempo than the ones listed above, and I did do BodyMax (BM), body max is 25mins of step, 20mins of legs/cardio circuit and 30mins of upperbody &abs weight work. I chose this one cause it had both of what Cathe is famous for, cardio and her weight tapes.
If you are a beginner, i'd say start w/ the firm first! They have tons of great tapes,
www.firmdirect.com they turned their forum into a pay forum just recently, which is why I didn't post the address in my earlier post, but you can surf around on the site for their tapes. Have you seen the informerical for The Firm? Also check out
www.videofitness.com they have some really great reviews of tapes to let you know exactly what your getting. If you do purchase a firm tape, i'd say get it from
www.collagevideo.com instead of the firm site, you'll get it in a few days whereas the firm site tapes weeks and sometime they loose your order. ( I can talk about home fitness all day!LOL) Some great firm tapes are their classics tapes, volume 1-6. They are a little dated, V1 dates back to '86, but just about everyone still does them. They have great film quality, so it doesn't look dingy or anything. Any firm tape is a good one really. Don't get me wrong now, the firm is tough, but they are more beginner friendly. Cathe is kinda hardcore but she's also a lot of fun!
Kathy