My first shot at Amy Bento

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I didn't have time to do a full workout this morning, but I did about

1/2 hour of Amy Bento's Kickbox Xtreme.

First the good part: It is the most challenging DVD workout I've done

since I finished my bodyshaping course at least in terms of working up

a sweat. I'm looking forward to trying more of this DVD next week.

The bad part: Her choreography is impossible to follow the first

time. She gives you no time to get the hang of what she's doing; she

just calls out a new move at the same time she starts it. I also

found that my count was sometimes faster or slower than hers. But it

looks like it will be great once I get used to her style.

The annoying part: From a technical standpoint, some of Amy's kicks

are terrible. She obviously doesn't have thorough martial arts

training because she makes the common beginner's mistake of blending

the side kick and the roundhouse kick. And some of her moves I'm not

even sure are possible to do if you use proper technique. But this

can be overlooked.

So I'll have more to say about Amy after my next cardio workout.