DURATION: 48 minutes
TYPE: Kickboxing
INTENSITY: Intermediate

THE WORKOUT:
This is a "parts" tape, taken from Advanced Live and also from the new Get Ripped series. This tape is a pain in the butt!! I do kickboxing regularly, but this workout fried my glutes. Its almost entirely leg/butt work, only a few punches here and there, so this would be a great workout for the day after an upper body workout. There is a LOT of standing leg work, some very tough floor work. YOWCH!! The warmup is not very warmup-y, so I'd suggest doing your own, as Billy has you doing jumping jacks in the warmup. As Billy is wont to do, he forgets to do the left side on the roundhouse kick segment early on, and again when he does an arabesque type move. It doesn't bother me as it does some; I'll just start on the left side next time.

PROS: Really focuses on the glutes, while still being a cardio workout. The DVD comes with another workout, Ultimate Abs.

CONS: Its a parts tape. The music is so-so. Some of the segments start so quickly that you miss the first rep or so. Left side gets cheated out of 2 segments.

OVERALL IMPRESSION: Its a keeper. If I do this workout once a week, you'll be able to bounce a quarter off my butt. A-

Instructor Comments:
Billy is great.

Peggy Elliott