Be a Knockout with Kendra

I just finished my first workout with this dvd, and was pleasantly surprised! I first decided to make the purchase based on the other reviews I read on this site. It almost doesn't matter if you're a Kendra fan or not, because she definitely acts like a real person during the workouts (getting exhausted, not acting like every exercise will be easy, etc.), but also not a whiner. She actually motivated me to work for it! Since she had baby Hank, her body is still a work in progress, and something I think most women will love to see :) I hate looking at women who have perfect figures in workout dvds! For some reason it's less motivating for me. But thats just me. I like the fact that each workout is separated into 6 mins each, plus the warm up and cool down. It goes by fast! Plus the awesome feature that you can customize your own workout made me pretty happy because you can constantly mix things up to confuse your muscles :) I was also happy that these exercises were a challenge, but also very doable! And afterwards you don't feel like your going to pass out. I felt refreshed and invigorated! I used to work out a few days a week this past spring and summer but had a long break! This was my first workout since then, and was happy that I could finish the dvd! I loved that I didn't feel like I was killing myself in the exercises! They didn't have push ups, sit ups, etc (stuff I hate). No floor work! Just be prepared to do lunges and hopping around. The only floor work you have to do is the bonus booty exercises, and even those aren't a pain to do :) After you finish the dvd you FEEL IT! In a good way. Like my mom says, "Any workouts will work, as long as you stick with it!" How true that is, and this DVD really makes me feel like it won't be a chore to do a few times a week. If you just watch your eating (like I have to) and do this DVD a few times a week, you should get in great shape!

I love this workout video! I have done so many other excercise videos: zumba, turbo jam, denise austin, etc. but none seem to have the effectiveness of this one. This one makes me feel a difference and works much better than any other for me to get in shape. I did this video a couple of times a week for about a month or two before my wedding and it helped me tone up and lose some weight without dieting. If you like a sports type workout than this is for you. It is not dancey, it is definitely a "sports cardio"/interval type workout, and you will feel it afterwards if you put your energy into it. It is broken up into short segments (5-6 minutes) of different sports excercises(soccer, basketball, football, track & field, kickboxing) and then 30 second intervals within each of those, so the time passes quickly and there is enough variety to keep it interesting and not get bored. I like Nicky as the sports trainer (good looking soccer player with an English accent :) )and Kendra is funny. I highly recommend this video!

I love this workout DVD! I've been on-again/off-again over the past couple years and it still motivates me. There are 6 different workouts all which are about 6-7 minutes long, which is great because I always feel like I've accomplished more when each is done and if I only have a limited time to workout, I can still fit in 3 workouts in under 20 min. It's true that it's not super hard so I can see extreme fitness lovers not liking it but I yo-yo within 10-15 lbs and each time I get back into this DVD I lose the weight, tone up and never get bored or exhausted.

I love Kendra anyway. I think she is a positive person, she is beautiful, fun, funny, and has such a zest for life. I enjoy her work out. It is cardio, no floor work. so not alot of toning, just alot of sweating and heart pumping to get your blood flowing and burn fat and calories. she is just entertaining and fun to listen to and to watch. Good work out. It is sports orientated. they go thru different sports and modify exercises kinda relating to each sport (example,. football and soccor and basketball)

Kendra says in the video, I'm going to help you kick your own ass, and that's exactly what she does. I felt like I was getting results immediately. The different agility moves she uses are a lot of fun and they bring me back to my days of playing sports. If you don't like the order she uses, you can customize it to the order you like. All around I think it's great! Some might compare it to the "insanity" workout, I believe it has similarities, but it is probably a little easier, but you can make it as intense as you want, that's what's so great about it! Definitely LOVE IT!!

So I am a girl who loves to stay in shape and get a great workout! I saw the great reviews on Kendras workout dvd and i love kendra!! Well.... I was EXTREMELY disappointed. Sorry Kendra but this is a joke next to Jillian Michaels workouts! I bearly broke a sweat and each of the moves wasnt even done long enough to even feel the burn or your muscles working at all! This is a great workout for women 80 years older and up! I gave it 3 stars because i think Kendra is great, is a great inspiration and has done a great job losing all her baby weight. But c'mon people, lets be real, we've all seen her show and she did not do this workout to lose all that weight! (like they say she did in the workout dvd) You will probably lose some weight (not much), along with some serious dieting doing this dvd but if you are looking for a real workout to get some serious results, Jillian Michaels kicks your ass!!!

I will be the first to admit that I am not a big fan of Kendra. I typically find her to be the most annoying of the three Girls Next Door. She didn't do much to help my view of her in this DVD. I felt like she was trying too hard to be cute and came off a little fake except in the bonus "booty" section. That was the only time I felt like she was being real. Even though I'm not a fan of Kendra, I saw the preview video Amazon had up and it actually looked like it would be a lot of fun, so I gave it a shot....and I was surprised. The sections are very short and go by quickly since the exercises are done in 30 second intervals. For some 30 seconds feels just right and for others 30 seconds is too short. I'm actually used to doing interval training in minute intervals so for the most part it ended up being a little easier than what I'm used to although I haven't done personal trainer style interval training in some time (thus why 30 seconds for some exercises felt just right). I've mentioned in another review that I have wrist issues which made part of the Track & Field section impossible for me to do (unfortunately). There is an exercise in Football that also requires going down to the floor but it is manageable. That being said, the Kickboxing, Soccer and Basketball sections I found to be the most fun. Other than fact that Kendra comes off a little fake at times, I felt that the time between the sections was a little slow and gave me too much time to rest, even though I was jogging in place the whole time. There is handful of jumping exercises so if you live on the second floor of an apartment building, like I do, you can't jump as high as you'd like without upsetting your neighbors. Kendra changes outfits for each section and even though she says she's "tired" and even takes a break a couple of times, it is very obvious that she isn't as tired as she's pretending to be, but that's OK. In the warm up her trainer becomes slightly annoying by counting to three before each stretch is done, but the counting is nice during the intervals. They do preview the moves for you so you do know what you're going to be doing which is a nice touch. I know it sounds like I'm giving it a negative review, but all of the things I hate about the DVD don't really matter because I enjoyed the actual workout so much. The sections go by fast and by the time you start to get tired the intervals are over. I'd really like to give it 3.5 stars but since I don't have that option, I went with 4 because I do think that a lot of people would have fun doing it. I just hope that if she ends up making a second DVD that it is more challenging (45-60 second intervals) but equally as fun.

I had a baby 3 years ago now and gained 50 lbs throughout my pregnancy. Although I lost all of the extra weight within 6 months of having my baby, I gained about 20 lbs back when I stopped breastfeeding. I have tried SO many different workout videos and exercises to lose these extra stubborn pounds and tone up but nothing seemed to really make me want to do it again. I just purchased Be a Knockout with Kendra mainly because I love watching her show and I think that she has a great energy but also because I saw how great she looked after only a few months of having baby Hank. After only one time of doing the exercises in the video I honestly already feel my legs and butt getting toned. The moves are so easy but you can feel them working as you're doing the video! I especially liked the football section of the video because it was fun and I could really tell that the moves were helping to tone my legs and butt! I HIGHLY suggest this video to anyone who is trying to lose a few lbs and really tone their body!

There are so many reasons to give this dvd 5 stars but I will keep this as brief as possible! First of all I really like Kendra's upbeat personality which shines through with this dvd. I have tried a few celebrity fitness dvds and it doesn't take long before I am really irritated by the patronizing attitude they seem to have (although maybe I'm alone on that one!). The biggest benefit for me with this dvd though is the fact that you do not need any exercise equipment at all. All too often these celebrity workouts require and just expect you to have a vast amount of equipment. Well, sorry but not everyone has the money or the space in their house for weights, balance balls, yoga mats, aerobics steps and as for using a skipping rope in my living room... forget about it! There are sections of this workout where you could easily incorporate some equipment though if you wanted to push yourself a bit harder which is a bonus. It's also nice to know that Kendra started this regime shortly after giving birth to her son via c-section so you know that you will not be pushed to unsafe limits if you are in the same situation. All in all this is a great fitness regime and I really do feel much better for doing it. My muscle tone is improving and I have lost about half a stone without giving up the foods I enjoy. Everything in moderation combined with these exercises is a sure winner!

First off, I should say that I really wanted to give this dvd 5 stars but I couldn't get past the fact that there isn 't a toning section, or an ab section, which is quite annoying as I saw her transformation since having a baby, and could tell that she had done some work on her stomach, and thought she could have put something onto the dvd to help others achieve the same effects. I love it because it is so unique, it is difficult, and defnietly a good workout, there are the five different sections which last about 6 minutes each (me and my sister both say that if they had been 10 minutes each, it would have been much tougher and more effective) these are; boxing, football (american), soccer, track and field, and basketball, and the warm up and cooldown. The boxing section is quite easy, but after that, it gets a lot tougher and you will sweat a lot. It is great for people who are sporty by nature, or who just want a change from normal fitness dvds. There are a lot of moves from the sports incorporated into the routines. There is also the booty bonus workout, which is for me and my sister, the best bit as it is the only proper toning section, I think that you could just do this section every day and get a great bum. Kendra is a really lovely and fun person, and her personality shows through the dvd, and (thankfully) unlike in the Girls next door workout dvd, she has an instructor, a former tottenham football (soccer) player, who's instructions are very easy to follow. Kendra has great technique, which is important as you are following her. Overall it is definetly a great dvd, I just again would have prefered it to have a toning and or ab section and possibly even a bonus dance section, as I know Kendra is a good dancer and it would have been good to learn some of her moves.