Wow!

Oh, I guess "Wow!" isn't really enough for a review, huh? OK, then, here goes...

So far I have done the Instructional tape once, the Basic tape once and the Advanced tape once. I think the Instructional tape is good for learning the moves, but really, after doing it once or twice, you're done. (Especially if you've done any other sort of boxing/kickoxing workout.)I think they could have combined this one together with the Basic tape and just made a 60 minute tape. The Instructional tape is not intended as a workout, and therefore he demos the moves on one side, but not always on the other.

The Basic tape is a good beginner tape. I am, oh, I don't know, high intermediate in terms of my cardio capacity, and while this kept me going, it wasn't terribly strenuous. It was fun, though.

The Advanced tape on the other hand...whew! Nearly an hour long and you can see from the reviews above that he packs in a lot! Sweat, sweat, pant, pant, sweat, sweat. This is definitely a workout that will have you collapsing in a blissfully exhausted heap at the end! Some of the double time moves were just too fast for me--so I just kept doing them single time. Also, I come nowhere near being able to kick my foot above my face, but that's ok. You can still get a great workout kicking no higher than your hip and using a chair or newel post or coffee table for balance at times.

The tape reminded me a lot of Kathy Smith/Michael O.'s Aerobox but without the jump rope and with kicking, which you *will* feel in your hips and obliques. The floor work that follows had my buns screaming for mercy and the ab work was pretty intense, too. Throw in a couple of sets of push-ups and you'd have a *great* total body workout (Of course, you can just add those at the end on your own.) This one should go into the Favorites or Hall of Fame--it will at least go into *my* personal favorites list.

Instructor Comments:
I like Billy a lot. He is good about encouraging viewers to do what they can, and if they mess up, that's ok. His cuing could be a little better and his counting leaves a little to be desired (you end up doing more reps on one side than the other in several situations) but it didn't drive me up a wall like that sort of thing usually does.

Renee Drellishak