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(More customer reviews)After literally kick-boxing an aerobically weary exercise world back onto its feet with his fast-paced Tae Bo series of videos and DVDs for ten years or more, martial arts champion Billy Blanks seemed stalled, producing clones of his earlier successes that put devotees into a holding pattern.Instead of tailoring the new videos to an already Tae Bo savvy audience champing at the bit to move on to the next level, Billy and his team catered to a market of newbies yet to be captured into the Tae Bo fold.
We've all seen this system hawked on television infomercials.The heart-elevating music, the testimonials, and Billy's drill sergeant style all persuade us to buy.But did Billy take the complaints seriously and provide a system that Tae Bo veterans would find challenging?
I am pleased to shout out a resounding `yes'.
The set includes four (4) videos, "Basic Training Boot Camp" (55 minutes), "Cardio Boot Camp" (30 minutes), `Abs Boot Camp (35 minutes), and "Ultimate Boot Camp (55 minutes), and comes packaged with two (2) `Billy Bands', a workout schedule with dieting tips, motivational dog tags and a seven (7) day supply of Billy's Energy Supplements.For some unknown reason, the set offered on Amazon.com does not contain the Cardio Boot Camp session, hence making it impossible to follow Blanks' four (4) week workout plan.
The first 55 minute session is not for the faint of heart. Showcased as the video of choice for the first week of Billy's 4 week workout schedule, it starts out with 4 sets of full position push-ups and squats. Billy bulldogs you through rapid fire calisthenics combined with the familiar Tae Bo kicks and punches that only veteran Tae Bo-ers will be able to follow the first time through. Rewinding might be necessary initially to see first and then do without feeling exasperated.
About a third into the time allocated, Billy dons the Billy Bands---two (2) elastic resistance bands that are anchored by built-in stirrups and hand grips.Unfortunately, Billy doesn't supply an accompanying written instruction how-to to explain how to adapt the bands for someone less than 6 feet tall.He does demonstrate this in Cardio Boot Camp, the very session that Amazon excluded from its packaging.Go figure.
The pace of the exercise with the bands takes off like a rocket and doesn't quit---there will definitely be times when that rewind or `slow' button will come in handy to insure a full range of both negative and positive motion. With his intrepid benign bulldog style, Billy will demand yet another set from already stressed muscles and then coax out a
In week two (2) Blanks adds Cardio Boot Camp to the mix---less calisthenics, more kicks and punches and more band work.This session at only 30 minutes is a cinch compared to the Basic Training.As is the Abs Boot Camp included in week three (3) that doesn't even use the bands and focuses on abdominal-work done while still in an upright position.
The piece de resistance comes in week (4) with the Ultimate Boot Camp-same format as BasicTraining that includes more advanced calisthenics like roll over push-ups, lunges and squats that will leave you panting.
Bottom line:Despite his commercialism, Blanks does deliver the goods with this series.Unless you are in peak athletic condition, completing both 55 minute sessions ascertains waking up the next day with a little pain.The two half-hour sessions provide great breathers for either a day when less exercise is more or when a warm-up to a jog or other aerobic activity is necessary.Unlike the 2004 Capture the Power series, this Tae Bo offering builds on what you already know, progressing you to the next rung in the Tae Bo ladder.Recommended for all Tae Bo devotees.
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