I am a high intermediate/low advanced exerciser. I think if you've mastered the first infomercial Tae Bo Advanced workout you'd be OK, except for two moves: lots of really fast back kicks (which I think could harm the lower back) and the kick where you draw a big circle in front of you with your foot. I do something else, and/or avoid the double time, when they're doing this move. In order to keep my heart rate in the zone, I also ignored Billy when he has the group hold a plie squat for like 4 minutes just before the cooldown. I did more roundhouse kicks instead.

I got this DVD for the lower body workout when I could not work my upper body due to a shoulder injury. I missed kickboxing and wanted to give my legs and knees a break from all the running, stepping, and lower body weight work I've been doing. The workout fit the bill--there are only a couple segments that include punches and I just rotate my torso without actually punching. I've done the workout twice now and I think it's a keeper. I'm not one for collecting lots of Tae Bo--only have this and four Tae Bo Live Advanced tapes. There's lots more Tae Bo workouts out there but I find this is all I need for kickboxing cardio variety.

As others have noted it is a "parts" workout combined from other workouts. I thought the editing was surprisingly good. Not including the warmup, the workout is about 40 minutes, all cardio, no floorwork. And it's chaptered, not in a menu but in a way that someone could program a dvd player to only play certain segments. I can't see why one would do this though. The chapters do make it easier to skip to the "cooldown" if you have less time. But I find Billy's cooldowns to be a joke and usually do something else on my own. If Billy unevenly works one side harder than the other, I didn't notice.

Instructor Comments:
I kind of dread doing Tae-bo (even though I love kickboxing, especially the far more pricey Powerstrike workouts), but once I get going I find Billy pretty motivating.

Diana