I'm afraid I'm going to be a lone voice of dissent among the rave reviews of this video. While it was okay, I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as TBLA4, the only other Live video I currently own. There were a number of reasons for this. The biggest I think was the choice of stretching moves in the warm up and cooldown. They were all splits-based, if that makes any sense. For me, who has the natural flexibility of a board, they were very uncomfortable, and downright painful at times. That said, I thought the warm up and cooldowns were probably the best and most complete of any of the Tae Bo that I've done. It was just the fact that the stretches were very uncomfortable for me personally that turned me off. I also liked the consistent intensity of the aerobic section but would have preferred that it last longer. In TBLA4, although the intensity varies a lot, when we did the standing toning my heart rate still went up quite a bit, since the emphasis was on the legs. It just didn't do that for me with the standing ab work. I am an admitted intensity junkie! :-) Another thing that bugged me personally was the way that Billy again pointed out the guy in the wheelchair and went on about how we have nothing to complain about. While I understood the point he was trying to make, it still rubbed me the wrong way that he was singling this guy out. On the plus side, this was a very complete workout under an hour with good music. Most people will probably enjoy it. If he did this workout without the splits-type stretches, it would still be in a place of honor in my video cabinet for my time crunched days. :-)

Instructor Comments:
Billy is his usual, upbeat and fun self. Very motivating!

Erin Ferragut