The total time of this workout is about 59 minutes.

This is a very basic kickboxing video, but it does have variety. There is a class of one woman (who completed the P90X test class), and two men. One of the men helped Tony Horton create the workout. The other man is the other Tony from Power Half Hour videos. I like that they use real people who completed the test class in all of the P90X videos.

There are different segments. After a warmup with some yoga moves (Tony is very hot on yoga), you move into a segment of punches. In between each segment is a “break” (in the book that comes with the P90X series they actually call it a “cardio break”, which is probably a better description), which actually gets my heart rate up more than the kickboxing segments. During the breaks you do running in place, jumping jacks, and “X” jumps. The next segment is punches and then kicks, another cardio break, then more kicks, another cardio break, then blocks, a cardio break, punch kick combinations and then a cool down.

My heart rate gets very low during the blocks. I approach this video like interval training, where I try to get my heart rate up really high during the cardio breaks and let it fall during the punch, kick, and block segments. Also, I was at the Beachbody message boards and they were pointing out that Kenpo X isn’t just cardio, it’s also a back workout and designed to increase hand/eye coordination. So when it was designed to be more than a cardio workout.

All in all, I would say anyone expecting this to be a real cardio workout like Tae Bo would be disappointed. But if you look at it as more than cardio, it is a good, solid workout. I like it.

Instructor Comments:
I really like Tony. I didn't do any of the Power 90 videos, but he seems "real" in the P90X series.

Debbie Wagar