This workout is readily available through homeworkout.com. You can also get in through Amazon.com, but it takes quite a bit longer to ship from them.

Disclaimer: I am a big fan of Scott Cole’s workouts (in particular his Tai Chi and Millenium Stretch tapes) so I might be a bit biased. While I am not a fan of Janis’s kickboxing tapes (too high impact) I do enjoy her strength tapes (Brand New Butt, Brand New Butt & More).

Set/Production Quality: CIA red barn set (but no cow skull). A couple of lighted candle pillars were added to the background for ambiance. There are 8 background exercisers…I recognized Laura and Melissa from Millenium Stretch.

Music: usual Dynamix fare in addition to the Spanish guitar song(s) from Scott’s new Tai Chi workouts

The Breakdown: this workout is approximately 50 minutes total. Janis and Scott trade off leading this unusual workout. Scott leads the Tai Chi segments; Janis leads the kickboxing segments. The tape starts off with a Tai Chi warmup (8 ½ minutes). Janis then does a kickbox warmup (3 ½ minutes). The movements in the warmups are slow and controlled. I could really feel my hip flexors and shoulders stretch out. On to the cardio segment: Scott leads a segment of martial Tai Chi (6 minutes). It reminded me of the fast set of Tai Chi in Scott’s Tai Chi Training tape. Janis then leads a heartbeat-raising section of kickboxing…jabs & crosses, uppercuts and hooks (4 ½ minutes). Scott takes over with another set of fast Tai Chi…Tai Chi kicks and “brush pushes” (6 ½ minutes). More kickboxing with Janis, this time she does mostly kicks: side kicks, front kicks with jabs, roundhouse kicks and knees up (5 minutes). After the cardio, Scott and Janis go into a short strength section. Scott leads a Tai Chi based squat segment with some balancing moves (4 minutes). I felt it a bit in my inner thighs, but frankly didn’t push it too much as I did Cathe’s S & H Legs workout the evening before. If I had pushed into the movement more, I would probably have felt more of a burn. Janis then leads a kickbox strength segment that I Really felt: one legged balancing squats and slow straight-legged side kicks (5 minutes). Scott begins the short cooldown (2 minutes) with a Tai Chi segment based on the five elements (fire, water, metal, wood, earth). Janis ends the cooldown with a slow kickboxing style stretch (3 minutes). Scott and Janis together lead a Tai Chi move called “reeling the silk” and then finish off with the traditional tai chi closing (2 minutes).

Summary: I really enjoyed this tape. However, during the cardio section, Scott half-times the Tai Chi movements at first so that they are learned properly. This brought my heartrate down some. Then Janis would bring my heartrate back up with her kickboxing. This doesn’t bother me, but it would probably bother some cardio fans that prefer having their heartrates going in a consistent range. I consider this tape a great workout for those light cardio days, or days when I’m sore and need a workout that is less intense.

Grade B+

Instructor Comments:
Janis and Scott have a great rapport in this tape. I found it fun watching them interact with each other.

Patti S.