Patrick Goudeau Kickbox Burn with Heather Corndorf - Review

While Kickbox Burn has Patrick Goudeau's name on it, the main workout  is lead Heather Corndorf. The workout consist of a warm up (co-lead by Patrick and Heather), 4 Kickbox Burn Rounds, a Cool down and a bonus abs sections.  Patrick lead the abs section. I did not do the abs section.

The DVD menu allows you to:
- Play All
- Create a personalized workout
- Pick one workout

The following are elements of the workout:
- lots of knees (pulls and strikes)
- lots of running (fast foot, high knees)
- lots of fast (double time) repetitive drills
- each round features plyo jumping moves
- each round features a kickbox combo
- what you do on one side, you do on the other side
- there is not a beginner modifier

This is a super high energy workout.  The  tempo is mostly fast pace and that starts in the warm up. In the warm up, you are running and jacking.  Patrick starts this off and half way through the warm up, Heather takes over and continues the workout. 
As you move from segment to segment, the workout fades out to dark and then fades back in. It is enough time for you to towel off and grab a quick drink before the next segment starts.  The warm up and cool down are around 5 to 6 minute each and the four kickbox rounds are about 10 minutes each.

This workout is more drill base than combo base.  Within each round, Heather does build in a combo which turns into a drill.  There is quite a bit of 180 degree movement where you are going from front to back continuously or from side to side in a repetitive motion.

The workout is super easy to follow.  Even the combo choreography is simple.  It is one of those workouts that doesn't require a lot of thought. You can just pick it up and do it.

I thought the music super good in this workout and along with Heather (who I thought was excellent and cued extremely well), gave the workout a high energy vibe that kept my motivation going.  This was a fun workout for me.
4 & 1/2 stars


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