Cardio Kickbox Challenge

Tracey Staehle
Year Released: 2010

Categories: Boxing/Kickboxing/Martial Arts


I just did this one for the first time, and I liked it.

I have to say, if I were to do the workout while watching them, I'd give it a grade of B+, but doing it while mostly following the verbal cues, and glancing at the screen at strategic points, I'll give it an A-.

What I like:
+ the music! (on preview, I really noticed a couple of 'old/recycled' songs that I've heard either in several other workouts, and/or in workouts I've done a lot, but I didn't even notice them when I was doing the workout (at the end of the workout, I was even thinking "hey, where were those recycled tunes?"

+ the pacing and speed (THIS is what Cathe's MMA: Fusion SHOULD have been like, IMO). Yeah, baby!

+ Josef and (to a lesser extent) Jericho

+ easy to modify to low impact with no turns while still keeping it high intensity

+the combos and sequencing of moves (most of the time)

What I didn't like as much:
- miscues (especially when demoing a move! Like when Jericho shows the switch knee move. This is when NOT looking at the screen is a good idea!)

-"cooldown and stretch" which means "stretch as cooldown"

-'' missing' ab segment

-some annoying off-beat segments (part of Jericho's capoeria side-to-side move, most of Josef's speedbag segment). This is another time when NOT looking at the screen is a good idea!)

-Some 'do as I say, not as I do" moves, like "keep your hips square" (um, they really don't!), or "feel the beat" (um, yeah, I do...you don't always!).

--Some "do as Josef (and to a lesser extent Jericho) does, not what I do" moves (Tracie's "shoulder rolls" when doing uppercuts. Am I imagining things, or does Jericho give her a look when Tracie says to 'roll your shoulrders' and does almost a parody of the move?) THIS is when looking at the screen (at Josef and Jericho) IS a good idea!

--Tracie. It's nominally "her" workout, but she's definitely the weakest link, IMO.

Kathryn

01/24/2010