CIA 2K04: Kicked Up Step

Becky Chamberlain
Year Released: 2000

Categories: Boxing/Kickboxing/Martial Arts , Step Aerobics


This is a fun, intermediate to low/advanced workout involving kickbox/step combined uniquely. You can put a lot or a little into it. I was dripping when I was done, but I really threw the punches and kicked with power, which is easy to do because the beat of the music is not too fast. The combinations are fun(kicks and punches off the side, combined with pretty basic stuff like grapevines and mambos) and not too complicated, but there is something so different about this video that makes everything seem new.
There is a brief tubing section when the step portion is done. I didn't try it, but it looks like she works shoulders, biceps and triceps pretty thoroughly--maybe and add on to another short upper body workout.
The ab work at the end fried my lower abs. Only about 5 minutes long, but it seemed effective to me!

Instructor Comments:
I wish there were other workouts with Becky! I'm actually surprised I liked her so much, because she does a lot of whooping and noises in this video. BUT, they seemed really natural from her, and it actually made the workout more fun! (I found it completely un-annoying, unlike the whooping in some of Cathe's earlier stuff.)
Becky cues a little late sometimes, as in, just as she is performing the move, and sometimes she verbally cues a whole combination too early and then kind of expects you to just do it. The moves, however, aren't terribly complicated, so this wasn't a problem for me.
Becky is wearing a very shiny silver outfit-it made me smile the whole time, as did the whole routine.

Wendy2

07/27/2002