I'm writing this review to give a different view point from the other reviews for this tape. All the other reviews are very positive and I'm not positive about this workout. As a point of reference, I'm a high intermediate/low advanced exerciser and I love kickboxing. I love Tae Bo AL4, Cathe's Cardio Kicks, and Janis' 9907.

The workout starts out with what is billed as about a 14 minute "warm up", but I wouldn't call this a warm up. It is more like a drill section. And, there are a lot of kicks in this section. I think Aaron says something about these being small kicks, but he doesn't show them as small kicks. He shows them as full kicks...and at this point, my body is NOT warm enough for full kicking drills. I actually pulled a hamstring muscle the first time I did this tape. It is the ONLY hamstring pull I've ever had and I know it was from doing kicks without being properly warmed up.

After the drills, there is a stretch (too late!). These are deep, martial arts type stretches. No variations are shown for people who aren't as flexible or who have knee issues that make being on the floor like this uncomfortable.

Then, on to the heart of the workout, about 25 -30 minutes. The workout is fun...BUT....alot of the kicking combos are VERY fast. I would say they are as fast, or faster, than Billy Blank's double time combos. There is only one person in the cast who is not a martial arts student, and she looks completely lost during these speed combos. (So do I.) For example, there is one combo called "Around the Worlds" where you do a front kick, roundhouse, sidekick, back kick, then repeat on the other side. There is no way I can do this with good form (any form) at the speed shown.

Also, in this section he teaches the crescent kick. This was interesting and fun to learn, but I really felt it in my hip flexors. There were also some jump kicks.

Then, there is a kind of goofy cool down where you practice palm strikes against an imaginary attacker, while faking him out by pretending to be scared. This part made me laugh. It is just soooooo goofy. Somewhere in here, Aaron says something to the effect of, "you should never hit someone with your fist, unless you absolutely have to." I'm not sure what the point of that is... Is breaking a person's nose with a palm strike really considered kinder than punching him with your fist?

Finally, there is a short ab section.

All things considered, I would not recommend this tape to the average fitness kickboxing buff. I think the lack of a real warmup and the speed of some of the combos could potentially cause injury. (Just my own personal, already-hurt-myself, non-professional opinion.) But, if someone wants to try this workout anyway, I would strongly urge that he/she do a warmup from another tape BEFORE starting this video.

Laura (LCC)