CIA 9809: Kickbox Express Workout

Janis Saffell
Year Released: 1998

Categories: Boxing/Kickboxing/Martial Arts , Floor Aerobics/Hi-Lo/Dance


The video has been described in detail already, so I won't describe every part of it. I enjoy this video. I don't mind the choreography that goes with the kickboxing and found it fairly easy to modify for my workout space which is about 8' by 5'. I love variety and having a kickboxing tape that's a little different is okay with me. (have to say I haven't tried tae bo or Power Kicks, yet)

This video has a nice variety of choreographed kickboxing, jump rope and then straight kickboxing drills. The number of background exercisers surprised me, there are probably 7 or 8 and CIA usually has only 2. There are no real form pointers which I would have appreciated even though this is an advanced tape, it never hurts to have form reminders.

There are several remarks about off-cueing, but I didn't really notice. I did notice that sometimes Janis was doing something other than she was cueing, but noticed that the verbal cueing was on and she was off.

She does say awesome enough that even my husband who was in another room commented on it. WHO EDITED THIS TAPE ANYWAY?

Instructor Comments:
Janis seems to be a very strange mix of consummate fitness professional and teeny-bopper. On one hand she puts together an "awesome" (forgive me) workout with interesting choreography, style and variety. On the other she seems to be trying way too hard to be cool. Others have mentioned that she says awesome about 500 times, even during the tai chi cool down, which I found very odd. Her cueing didn't really bother me, although I noticed that at times she wasn't doing the same as she was cueing. Personally, I like Janis and most of her comments don't bother me, although I think even I would have noticed how many times she said awesome, and even AAAAweeeSOME.

LynnO

12/22/1998