What a disappointment. That is all I can say. Let me warn those of you that are ready to pop this tape in and get a "TaeBo" type workout. DON'T! You spend 70% of the workout on the floor doing buns and abs and when you are up, the music and the moves don't jive and the moves are ineffective and well - silly. If you see this video, you'll know what I mean. It's just not the usual Billy Blanks and I will tuck it away somewhere never to do it again. (unless i just need to do buns).

Instructor Comments:
Billy was his usual self in this video; but I was a little annoyed with his moves. They were silly and haphazard. He had no real form in this one; but for those of us who know Billy, Billy is Billy. Loud, inspirational, encouraging...... Billy keeps getting better and better with each Tae Bo advanced workout! This video is so much fun and tough! It is in the new Tae Bo set with all sorts of different people in his class. All the regulars are there. Debbie, Jasmine, Julienne, Michelle and many many more people working hard. The warmup is fantastic. With upper cuts, jumping jacks and the standing and floor stretches really get you ready for the workout. The workout itself is very fast pace with very few stops. Billy starts off with lot's of different punch variations. Like corner to corner jabs and then you go at double time. Some other moves are hooks, knee-ups at half time and then double time, one arm speed bag that turns into a double arm speedbag and a knee up and a punch. Billy goes around turning everyone's hips. There are tons of kicks too! Front fast kicks, front knee up with a side kick, grapevine with a kick, double knee raise and a round house kick and a punch. Also there is 2 knee ups and 2 front kicks and 4 jumping jacks and also a front and back kick combination. He goes to the guy in the wheel chair and has him try and lift up his legs. He then talks about how we shouldn't have anything to cry about. Billy also does this shake the hips move which was funny. He always puts some funny move in the Tae Bo workout to break things up and have fun. There is excellent standing ab work. Billy goes around showing all the Mother's in the class and how many kids they have and how great their abs look. Very inspiring! Billy says,"Stand up and do abs!" He also has you do an isometric ab hold and he is so funny because he actually climbs up this one guy to try and test to see if he can keep his abs contracted. Then its back to more punches and 3 hops forward and upper cuts back. He also introduces a new squat with a round house kick. I could really feel this! Then he has you do some stationary roundhouse kicks and you really have to use your oblique abs to hold the leg up. He lifts Shelly(his daughter) up in the air and she screams! She is really in control. At the end of the workout, Billy has the music turned down just a bit and shows you how to punch and kick to really defend yourself. He shows you how to breath during each move. It's for self defense. You have to give it your all because its at the end of the workout so you are tired. Billy has you do a 1,2 and 3 count punch and also kicks. He teaches you how to punch and kick an imaginary attacker. He even does a turn kick at the end! The very end stretch is the best in all the Tae Bo tapes so far. It's very thorough standing and floor stretches and he even holds them a nice time(30seconds!). This is an awesome advanced Tae Bo workout that will challenge you and make you sweat bullets! On a personal note, I have never seen results with any other tape like I have with Tae bo. I wear my heartrate monitor and I am in my target heart rate over 48 minutes and I burn up to 450 calories per workout. No wonder I see results! The music in this workout is, "Outlaw", "Dancing in Heaven", "You Make Me Feel(Mighty Real)", "Disco Inferno", "C'mon & Ride It", "Your A Superstar". The music is fantastic and really keeps you motivated and drives you to kick harder and punch with all your might.

His is so entertaining to exercise with! He gives good form tips on kicks and other Tae Bo moves. He shows what "not" to do. he also tells you to punch across your body to work your abs. No wonder my abs never looked better doing Tae Bo! He has an excellent on camera dispostion and you really feel like you are right there in the class. He has the camera kick his hand!

Mandy Lee