This workout isn't real intense but I did work up a great sweat and it's a really good lower body work out.

The first section is just very short combo's that are very easy to learn and she doesn't take it from the top at all, so once you learn the move and practice it a few times, you move on to another one right away. She has you doing side kicks, jump round house kicks (like a jump front kick but only a roundhouse kick), front & back kicks together, crescent kicks and a new one called a hook kick and she finishes this segment with squats and back lunges, adding in quite a few of the jab/cross move for the upper body.

The next segment I wasn't sure I would like because it's partner work with the paddles, but she has 2 people demonstrating the moves without a partner and that's actually the best way to go because after you do an upper body move and a lower body move, you switch partners but if you don't have a partner you do the moves all over again so you're constantly moving. She has you do hooks, upper cuts, hook kick, roundhouse kick, double roundhouse kick, and front kicks during that segment.

The last segment is the strength segment. You start out with jabs, jabs above your head, slow squats, slow side leg lifts, you do this one move where you bring your knee up towards your chest slowly for a count of 8, then you keep the knee up and pulse it and then you extend your leg straight out and then back in while keeping your knee up the whole time, really works your quads. The last strength segment you bend over slightly and do a slow back kick and then you turn that into a hamstring curl, working on balance and strength at the same time. Janis does a nice Tai Chi cooldown and stretch. I thought it was a really good work out and great for those days you don't want anything too intense but want something fun.

Janis and her crew all wore 1 lb weighted hand gloves during segments 1 & 3 so I'm sure that adds a lot of intensity to the upper body but I still found it to be a great upper body work out without them. I happen to really like Janis's personality and I think she makes working out a lot of fun. She shows great form during all the moves and is very energetic. I'd rate this tape as an intermediate level work out, you have to know all your kickboxing moves before trying this tape. For a Fun Factor, I'd give in an A. Intensity I'd give it a B.

Dawn Henson