Denise Austin - Power Kickboxing

Denise Austin - Blast Away 10 Lbs This high-intensity workout is one of Austin's most energetic: two 20- minute cardio routines to burn fat and increase stamina. The first is a lively kickboxing workout. Exercisers with kickboxing training won't be overwhelmed by Austin's form and technique, but she still prese...	Denise Austin: Boot Camp - Total Body Blast Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 12/19/2006 Run time: 50 minutes Rating: Nr	Denise Austin - Ultimate Fat Burner	Shrink Your Female Fat Zones Get ready to zero in on the zones and shrink the fat cells in places you never thought you could!America's favorite fitness authority Denise Austin has created the perfect workout to help target those tough spots where we tend to accumulate the most fat: hips thighs upper arms tu...	Kathy Smith's Kickboxing Workout Veteran aerobics instructor Kathy Smith jumps aboard the Tae-Bo bandwagon with her punchy video Kickboxing Workout and adds her own brand of California-girl pep to the popular martial-arts routine. Accompanied by martial-arts champ Keith Cooke, Smith presents a terrific, high-adr...
Denise Austin - Pilates Denise Austin's Mat Workout presents two 20-minute workouts emphasizing flexibility, core strength, balance, and relaxation. Workout 1 is Pilates-based, focusing on the core muscles of the abdominals and back. Pilates-based workouts are heavily founded on technique and awareness,...	Burn Fat Fast - Cardio Dance & Sculpt Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 12/20/2005 Run time: 52 minutes	Personal Training System Veteran fitness expert Denise Austin's Personal Training System is one of several exercise programs designed to take advantage of a valuable feature of the DVD format: namely, the ability for viewers to customize their own workouts by picking and choosing from various elements pr...	Denise Austin - Hit the Spot: Fat Burning Blast Rev up the speed that you need to burn calories by alternating these two beginning-level cardiovascular workouts. Denise Austin (in a two-piece swimsuit and carrying no visible body fat) gives you two different 20-minute workouts in this 1996 video. First is a low-impact routi...	Denise Austin - Hit the Spot:Totally Firm This 40-minute 1997 video presents fit and lean Denise Austin on a beach leading you and her two assistants (one man, one woman) through a muscle endurance and strengthening workout with weights. Depending on your level, you might choose weights of one to 10 pounds. You want your...

You can do better...
As far as Denise Austin is concerned, this is probably the worst tape by her that I've come across (and I've tried quite a few of them!) She's quite obnoxious here, more so than she usually is, and is constantly shouting annoyingly lame phrases like "if you rest, you rust!" or "if you don't squeeze it (your [...]) no one else will!". Plus, the tape just screams cheesiness, b/c they start the workout using the "rocky" theme song. I literally winced when I first heard it, thinking "you've got to be kidding me..." This workout isn't the best either. It's not very well-queued and her background exercisers (there's too many of them in that small boxing ring they're working out in!) are a bit annoying. One of them - this guy - is a bit distracting as his moves vary a little from Denise...he puts in this extra *umf*, like he's trying to show her up or something. There are 2 twenty minute workouts in this tape, and neither of them are particularly challenging if you're an intermediate...perhaps if you're a beginner, you'll find this challenging for a bit, but after a few goes I think you'll be bored with it. Ok, so I've spent quite a bit of time bashing this tape - it's not that horrible. For the money actually, it's not a bad buy at all if you're just starting out. However, if you're looking for more of a challenge (or perhaps a less perky instructor and less cheesiness) you might want to try Kathy Smith's kickboxing workout with Keli Roberts and Keith Cooke. I'm not terribly fond of Kathy as she shouts a lot, but her DVD is much better than this tape, and runs a bit longer.

Results!
Maybe I just have really high tolerance of supposed annoying people, but I LOVE Denise Austin. Her chants such as "You can do it!" and "Its worth it!" are fun to listen to and create a positive enviroment. This tape, although its hard and makes my calfs burn, is the one that gets me results fast! Within two sessions, I notice a difference. Ive tried the gym, Ive tried dancing at home, Ive tried running and somehow I always resort back to this tape. This one and her Fat Blasting Yoga DVD are incredible. Her cueing isnt the best, but its easy to catch on. I love Denise Austin, she's the only fitness instructor that I like listening to and watching. And Ive got great abs thanks to her!

Not her best work.......
Well, this video was very drabby to me. It's kinda gray and black and there's not much vibrance to it. Denise can be inspiring at times but on this video she was mostly annoying with her, "yes, punch it, yes, come on, yes, that's it". If you close your eyes to this video, at times you may think your watching a "different" type of video. It was a bit over the top with her remarks. I do not think this is a begginer video at all. The back up work out people behind her looked rather clumbsey and asleep, missing que's and moving the wrong way, or off beat. Some of them even looked like begginers. I give it 3 stars because although it did get my heart pumping at times, it was not worth more then 3 dollars.

stick with what you know, denise
I watched this tape in order to get some new ideas for instructing my kickboxing class which consists primarily of 30-45 year old women with beginner to intermediate skills. Not only did I find the music and Denise's cuing seriously lacking, but her kickboxing knowledge and abilities leave much to be desired. Her constant blabbering, while positive and perhaps inspiring to some, was bothersome to the point of distraction. Her choreography was sloppy and disjointed, and her backup "class", most of whom possessed the requisite skills, seemed unprepared for her sudden changes and often contradictory verbal cues. She could use some instruction in proper kicking and punching techniques. While this video might be suitable for absolute beginners who need constant cheerleading, I would not recommend it for anyone who has any kickboxing experience. Leave cardio kickboxing to Billy Blanks.

Typical Denise--annoying, but a great workout
I bought this after I had been working out 4-5 times a week for about 6 months. I had a 6-month old baby and needed something quick and effective. I have done Denise's videos for about 10 years now, and she hasn't changed. She is one of the most annoying people ever, and if I met her in person, I wouldn't know whether to hug her or punch her, due to her incessant babbling and ridiculous phrases "Burn that Butter!!!"But as usual, she delivers a great workout--upbeat, no wasted time. People who are looking for a serious kickboxing tutorial should probably look elsewhere, but if you just want an intense, quick, cardio workout with a bit of toning, this is the tape.Be aware, though, that it was next to impossible for me to do this in front of my husband--he couldn't stop laughing at Denise's silly chatter. You will need to do this when you're alone unless you want to be distracted--anyone hearing this tape without working out to it will be annoyed.