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Billy Blanks' Tae-Bo 5 - Active [DVD]

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Actors: Billy Blanks
Format: PAL
Language English
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Classification: Exempt
Studio: ILC Entertainment Ltd
DVD Release Date: 1 April 2002
Run Time: 125 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

ASIN: B0000634E3
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 56,219 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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Following on from the fourth in the Tae Bo series, which focused on abs and glutes, Tae Bo 5 Active offers a challenging 30-minute basic workout followed by a demanding one-hour advanced session. In the world of home fitness there are workouts and there are true workouts. Anything that bears the name of Billy Blanks is the blueprint for a true workout. Take up Billy Blanks at home and your mates will wonder what super-gym you've joined. The seven-times World Martial Arts Champion and part-time action movie star has developed his own fitness system, Tae Bo, which blends elements of martial arts and boxing in an upbeat aerobic dance style. Anyone unfamiliar with the Tae Bo moves can start with the instructional session that comes at the end: this runs through all the basic moves very clearly.

Every Blanks workout comprises an introduction, a warm-up, a workout and a cool-down. With a live recording featuring a wide range of ordinary people who look extraordinarily fit thanks to Blanks' tough, no-nonsense attitude, there is plenty of incentive right from the beginning. But as the warm-up goes into lunges, it's clear that this regime is not for anyone less than serious about fitness. The basic workout combines Blanks' best moves for an all-round cardiovascular session. The advanced session is much faster, with intense work on both the upper and lower body, including floor routines to work on the abs and glutes. This is hardcore fitness. --Lorna V

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Tae Bo 5 Active offers a challenging 30-minute basic workout followed by a demanding one-hour advanced session. In the world of home fitness there are workouts and there are true workouts. Anything that bears the name of Billy Blanks is the blueprint for a true workout. Take up Billy Blanks at home and your mates will wonder what super-gym you've joined. The seven-times World Martial Arts Champion and part-time action movie star has developed his own fitness system, Tae Bo, which blends elements of martial arts and boxing in an upbeat aerobic dance style. Anyone unfamiliar with the Tae Bo moves can start with the instructional session that comes at the end: this runs through all the basic moves very clearly.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Billy Blanks' Tae-Bo 5 - Active, 27 Jul 2002

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I've been doing TaeBo for two years and think this DVD is a really excellent one to get if you don't have any other TaeBo DVDs. The first workout on this DVD is a basic workout but is slightly more challenging than the other basic workouts as Billy seems to have taken all the good bits from the others and stuck them all together. Its definitely more of an allover workout than the 3 on my other TaeBo DVD, which do less legwork than this one, and it is a bit faster paced too. I still haven't tried the Advanced workout on this DVD as I've only had it for a few days, BUT I have done the Basic one then followed it with the Abs and Glutes section of the Advanced workout (chapter 48 if you're interested!) Tiring but well worth the effort! If you're in any doubt, TaeBo is fun to do and really works - I lost a stone within the first two months of doing it and have kept it off. Try it out, you won't be disappointed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars really good aerobic workout, 10 April 2002

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I have been exercising to Tae Bo 3, Tae Bo Gold, and Tae Bo Abs since January 2002. Tae Bo has really toned up my flab. The new Tae Bo Active is an excellent workout. The DVD consists of a live basic 30 minute workout followed by a advanced workout.

There are loads of new moves on this challenging DVD, so you are not repeating previous workouts. I am still mastering some of the moves! I have stuck with Tae Bo because Billy Blanks makes it such good fun that I never get bored and want to give up (I have loads of tapes that I have tried a few times and stopped because they are so boring).

I have lost several inches all over, but have only lost 4lbs. The most notable improvement has been to my "saddlebag" thigh area, and the tops of my thighs. Tae Bo has done me the world of good.

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4.0 out of 5 stars same content- different sleeve, 23 Jan 2004

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Recently, i purchased 2 Tae-bo DVDs, the first being this one and the other being the title "Tae-Bo: Energise". To my astonishment i was confronted with two nearly the same videos. The "energise" DVD includes the same basic, advanced and instructional workout as "tae-bo 5 active", but also has an extra 8-minute workout.. The workouts were great, so there's no complaint in quality, just bear in mind that these tapes can easily contain the same material...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great workout!
This workout DVD is great. The Basic workout, which will still get you in a sweat, is great to fit in when you come home from work. Read more

Published on 9 Oct 2006 by E. Graff

5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE Billy Blanks
I really do. This was the first of his workouts that I bought and I now have an extensive library.

The reasons he's so great - he's cheesy but it's rather sweet - he... Read more

Published on 22 Aug 2006 by L. Haycox

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Published on 23 Jul 2004 by M. Chand

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it love it love it
I just want to reiterate what the others have written in their online reviews. I started out using Tae Boe Abs and glutes in the summer, and to my astonishment, after 3 weeks, id... Read more

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