CIA 2203: Boot Camp Plus Cardio Kick-it
Terrie ReevesYear Released: 2002
Categories: Boxing/Kickboxing/Martial Arts
This is a CIA Two Workouts In One video. I am only reviewing the cardio strike workout.
Although I never do the Boot Camp (it just seemed *way* too goofy with all Terri's mock drill sargeant antics, and the workout isn't fun enough to overcome that), I felt I got my money's worth with the cardio strike workout. It's a fun, 40-minute workout of high-intermediate to low-advanced intensity.
There are three combinations;
each one is done twice on each
side. The first begins with a
punch-punch to the front,
backward elbow thrusts and
side-kick lunge that turns into
side-kick knee. Then you add on
a one-two punch plus knee,
shuffle forward, front kick/back
kick and plie back, and a
front-kick going into back lunge
to each corner. I really don't like
this particular move---it's too fast
for the lunge to do anything but
make you lose your balance.
The combo ends with plyo
jumps.
The second combo includes a
punch-elbow and "soccer kick"
to the front ( I just do a front kick);
a jab-cross-elbow-duck in slow
and double-time, sumo squats
and football shuffles with front
hand blocks. The ending plyo
move here works your inner
thighs a bit.
The final combo involves double
punches to each corner, a
shuffle-knee-kick-plyo back,
knee smash sequence and then
a pretty tough kick series--front
kick, back kick and front jump
kick, then front and back kicks
leading to jumping jack-side
kicks and a jack-front-back-side
kick combo. The ending plyo is a
three-jack-leap-squat-stand.
Her two background exercisers
struggle a bit, but seem game
and plucky. I kind of like seeing
casts who aren't Amazon-cut
and impossibly
Hollywood-pretty.
Set looks like an art studio loft.
Music is standard
Dynamix-instrumental,
synchronizes pretty well.
Terri seems to have a dancer's background and it actually IMO distorts her kickboxing form a bit--her kicks look flowy, not snap-recoil. But I thought the combos were well put together and the workout always goes by pretty fast. Solid 40-minute cardio workout.
Instructor Comments:
I didn't like her at first, but she
kinda grew on me. She does a
lot of "uhs" and "oofs" during the
kickboxing moves, and they can
get kinda grating if you were
paying attention--but the workout
is good enough that I'm not. Her
humor is a little silly but
pleasant. Her voice is husky and
sometimes gets on my nerves,
but not too badly. Cues
competently.