I have not done the basic tapes. Since I am a student in Taekwondo, I felt as though I knew the moves well enough and in good enough shape to move into the advanced. I find the warm up very fast paced... you may want to do some good stretching before you put in the tape.

I know that the moves in the tape are great lower body work and that is the area that other videos just don't get too involved in and that it why I like Taebo. I find the tape holds my interest as well. I agree with someone else in another review that says since Billy sometimes gets off track and both sides may not be evenly worked, switch off each time you work out with the tape, starting off on a different side each time.

I like that the workout is 1 hour long. 1/2 hour is not enough for me. I need all the help I can get! Time goes by relatively fast. And hey, I enjoy the leg workout on "all fours". I have an old Firm tape which used some of this and for me, it does help trim my problem areas. I do modify the workout if it seems like it may hurt. And Billy does remind everyone to make your workout safe and modify it if you need to. Another thing I like about this tape is that it is not intimidating.

I did not find myself sweating as they do in the tape. Maye their workout room is warm to begin with. And I may not be working to my fullest potential. Some of the kicks he does too fast and I can not do correct form. Again I modify, slow them down. My TKD instructor would kill me if I slacked off on my form to keep up with Billy's class. That defeats the purpose.

Anyway, I bought this tape directly from College Video for $24 something. I never would have bought the set for $$$. I heard there may be a Taebo tape of the month club where you could get a new workout each month. That could be a good thing as long as there was variety. There are a lot of good combinations that Billy could work into a few more videos. Hope they will be "live"

I'd like to hear from some of you that are doing the tapes and find out how long it is taking to see actual results in the way of slimming down. Andhow many of us can actually hold our one leg up for that length of time and not fall over as on the tape! I still hold on to a chair, door, etc. to maintain good form and get just as good a workout.

Instructor Comments:
I foud him motivating and "real". I enjoy feeling as though I am part of the class. He says in the video that it is not choreographed so I found no reason to pick it apart

Chris Janssen