Like the first reviewer, I had done a Tae Bo workout years ago and wasn't sold on it, although I liked Billy. I believe it was one of the "Live" workouts because the set was cluttered with people and I found it a bit distracting and hard to follow. My bigger issue was the counting and number of repetitions on each side was uneven. But so many people swear by Tae Bo and I liked the clips I had watched of this release so when I saw this on sale at Target, I snatched it up. I actually really like this workout. It is well organized and Billy is just incredibly charismatic on camera. He even messes up at one point and laughs it off and tells the camera that he still makes mistakes so it's ok if we do too. The workout is divided into rounds that are done in slow motion first so you can get the moves down although I still had moments at high speed where I felt like I was flailing. My arms especially burned at the end-I was amazed a workout without weights could be so wonderfully painful. There also is minimal high impact so it's easy to modify the workout if you need to. The clean dojo style set and small group of students was also easier on the eyes. For the negatives, there is a nice motivational speech by Billy at the end (peppered with commentary that his workout must be effective because others have ripped it off but somehow I found this charming instead of sour grapes) but no stretches which is mystifying. Secondly, ok. His daughter and the yelling. Their relationship seems very sweet but her constant yelling (including stepping over his speeches directed at the viewer by punctuating everything with "Yes sir!") was not enjoyable. Personally, I'd like to see her just go back to counting rather than fighting for camera time, which is how it came across to me.

Instructor Comments:
Motivational and positive. Keeps you going when you are tempted to drop.

vanessakm