/ kickboxing style?

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Hi ,

For most execise videos you'll really need a good pair

of crosstrainers. My personal favorites are Nike Max

Air 61's, but be careful, they run small so you'd need

a half size bigger than what you normally wear. They

are cushy and comfy and provide some ankle support.

Running shoes are made for forward to backward

movement, cross trainers are for all four directions

and have less tread so it's easier to pivot.

You might want to pick up the Turbo Jam package from

Beach Body to easy into kickboxing. There is a dvd

that goes through all the 11 moves in great detail,

and a basic workout that is sweat dripping intense,

just not dancey fancy, that utlizes these basic moves.

I like Tae Bo too, but it moves at speeds that are

unsafe at times. doesn't mirror his cueing

either, and often will work the left side and right

side unequally. Turbo Jam is much more safe and

professional in these regards.

If you get Turbo Jam, please let us know what you

think!

--- Sprague <kittyn@...> wrote:

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Ok feeling a total fool trying some of the moves in

's Bootcamp I

have decided not to give up and to try try again. I

was wondering if

there are different styles to kickboxing (different

ways of doing it)?

And who is the best teacher (and the best dvd to learn

these from)? I

know part of my problems are tightness in the hip

region and my floor is

wood which is great for some things, but I often end

up sliding (my

shoes could be the problem I have running shoes

because they were the

only athletic shoes that fit me (wide short feet, no

one makes athletic

shoes for women who have fat feet the length of a

child's foot) and they

slide on my wood floors. Its great for dance aerobics

though and it

works well for yoga with a yoga mat, but I tend to

slip during standing

stretches and sometimes when I am trying to move

fast:) The hip

tightness I've been working on with yoga and I think

I'm going to look

for an area rug to deal with the other problem, but I

think I really

need better instructions. I was thinking of ordering

the turbo jam

because it looks like fun and it has an instructional

tape. But I

thought I'd ask here and see what everyone thought was

a good tape for

an intro to kickboxing. I'm not a beginner exerciser

but I am a beginner

to this type of exercise. I guess I need someone to

slow down the moves

and discuss proper placement of all body parts lol

Also is there any other website than the beachbody

site to buy their

dvds from? Some of their workouts look really great

but I'm not sure I

want to spend $30+ on shipping. Sometimes I really

hate living in Europe

(actually its wonderful to have an active lifestyle

here, just horrible

to try and ship things here - all the women I know

either work out at a

gym or not at all:)