Punch and Firm: Lynn Hahn

Featuring both widescreen and full screen viewing options, this cardio kickboxing lesson is hosted by Lynn Hahn, a former beauty pageant queen who is now a fiftysomething third degree black belt holder and fitness instructor. Bookended by warm-up and abs-focused cool-down segments, Punch and Firm includes two workouts—prefaced by a tutorial on the moves—that include squat pushes and pulls, push drags, jabs, upper cuts, and strikes. Featuring high-energy music and two backup participants (one providing viewers with modified versions of the routines), Punch and Firm serves up cross jabs, dips, jumping jacks, and pseudo-speed-bag routines that are challenging, but not so choreographically polished that they seem impossible. Definitely recommended for working up a sweat. [Note: Kick: Lynn Hahn is also newly available at the same price.] Aud: P. (J. Williams-Wood)