Like so many others, I am now reading the reviews prior to buying more tapes and I am so glad that I did because they were right on the mark about this one. I have heard that this current kickboxing trend is no more than bad choreography with kicks - i.e. the Steele tapes but this tape is truly the wheat in a large barrel of chaff.

I have been utterly amazed as a group fitness instructor on the audacity of many videos with very bad music, cuing, sets and in this genre(kickboxing) in moves with very real dangers(snapping knees and doing way too many repeaters). The set for the video was a beautiful beach front location and the actual intructor Ed Monaghan was a conscientious individual who followed established safety guidelines yet made this tape extremely challenging and fun to do.

I would however caution the viewer to add their own additional warmups as well as questioning the break from the upper to lower body in the middle of the tape to make certain that you are not too high in your heart rate before lowering to the ground.

Finally, as a note of caution, I have seen from other videos, notably the Billy Blanks Crunch tape where he tried to show how to use the moves to thwart off an attack which could be very dangerous in real life. But for a great workout that is safe the Rachel Hunter tape is the one.

Instructor Comments:
Rachel Hunter's presence on the tape, except for the obvious reason of marketing was unnecessary. However, the actual instructor was excellent in cuing, providing alternatives to the dangerous snapping and locking of knees and elbows found in other videos.

Jeff Lebo