Okay...here is a review for Kickbox Circuit. First of all the instructor in this workout is Alain Bissainthe and it features both Keli Roberts and Sherry Catlin. Greg Twombly is the producer and the set looks to be the CIA set...maybe with some different props. The workout is about 1 hour long and has a decent warmup/stretch and stretch at the end. The ending stretch incorporates a little bit of Tai Chi. The music is alot of Cathe and CIA music...but I recognized most of it from Cathe videos. BTW, both Keli and Sherry looks really good in this video.

This video is not a high impact or intense cardio workout. It is comparable to Janis's new CIA kickboxing video with her drills and conditioning segment minus the choreography section. He focuses on power and fast tempo but very simple athletic combinations during the cardio segments and the muscle conditioning segments are mostly slow and controlled with faster tempos towards the end of each segment. This workout is divided into 5 muscle conditioning segments and 5 cardio segments each segment averaging about 5 minutes each. He uses the bodybar for the conditioning segments...not the cardio except for the last cardio segment. The instructor is a very serious and no nonsense guy, but he seems to cue pretty good but that's just guessing since I havent' done the workout. They all show really great form!!! The cardio segments are based on (2) 16 count combos. He builds each combo up slowly, then at tempo and adds on...like a CIA video. Only each cardio segment has new combos in it and there is no repetition from the prior combos.

It starts with Muscle conditioning segment 1 and he does knee lifts, front kicks, squats, front shoulder presses, squats with front kicks. The bodybar is used throughout all the muscle conditioning segments focusing on either strength or balancing. The 1st cardio segment incorporates squats, kicks, boxer shuffles, punches with various combinations.

The 2nd muscle conditioning segment focuses on side and roundhouse kicks with various tempos and variations. The cardio segment has jabs, squats (a stick and move combo), side kicks and roundhouse kicks.

The 3rd muscle conditioning segment focuses on shoulders with one arm lat rows with BB at various tempos, front raises and upright rows and also alternates overhead shoulder presses and upright rows. The cardio segment looks to be the funnest with good music and he does jabs, boxer shuffles, knee raises, front kicks, shoeshines and fast foot fumbles in place.

The 4th muscle segment focuses on hamstrings and inner thighs by resting BB on heel and inner foot when doing the exercises and does back kicks and inner thigh lifts with various tempos, more power etc. The cardio has jabs, hooks, knee lifts, cross punches, front kicks, back kicks, roundhouse kicks.

The last muscle segment focuses on bicep curls and he does one arm at a time by resting the opposite fingers on the end of the BB to balance it. He does different tempos of Crazy Eights. Then he does this 'Imitation Stick Fighting' drill with the BB. The cardio incorporates this stick fighting drill at faster tempo, you do side knee lifts, side kicks, punches, shoeshines, front kicks with a squat and jump and back kicks.

It looks fun and would be good for a drills/conditioning workout maybe added on to some extra cardio if one wanted more cardio. But it's nice to have more intermediate type videos to mix in with our advanced videos and this looks to be a good video to practice your kicks since you get to use the Bodybar for balance alot and focus more on form!

Debbie R.