Billy Blanks: Ultimate Tae Bo [DVD]

Medical experts have stated that maintaining your heart rate around 70% for over 90 minutes at least once a week is excellent way to increase calorie burn to loose weight. I usually do long power walks at least 2 x week for 90 minutes. Ultimate Tae Bo will be perfect for when the weather is too hot or too cold or raining.This is 90 minutes of medium intensity cardio. There is not floor work so it is all standing. Billy warms up with slower cardio but he does not do his standard stretches and instead just builds intensity for ten minutes and then keeps it at this level. He does take two breaks - one around 40 minutes where they do some dance free style and then around 57 minutes where you can stop or continue on for another 30 minutes of cardio and standing exercises. The mood is loose and Billy really seems to be enjoying himself and he even talks less than usual and focuses on having fun.Some people have complained about the intensity being too low as compared to other Tae Bo workouts. Tae Bo is what you put into it. You can always wear weighted gloves, take the moves high impact and do jumping jacks or other moves while he talks or during the free style section. For most people the breaks will be welcome and it will be a challenge to complete the dvd. I found the intensity perfect for doing a LONG work out and have Zero dread factor when doing this. I have even done if after work because it is great for reducing stress and not so tough that I felt burned out. I wore a heart rate monitor and burned around 1,000 calories for the first part and 433 for the second in total of 1:31 minutes.

I have been a gym goer for over a decade. I love Billy Blank's Ultimate Tae Bo DVD. It allows me to be the boss of my work out from several aspects. I don't have to rush to the gym to attend a specific class at a a specific time. I don't have to pay montly gym membership dues. I can do it in the comforts of my home at the time and at the pace of my choice. I burn upto 460 calories in an hour and what else you can ask for. I have seen my body change right in front of eyes only after 2 weeks.This is not rocket science, this is cardio. Simple rule, burn fat with cardio, tone and build muscles with strenght training and add portion-control and watch calorie-intake and you will be a winner. Looking and feeling great is a life-style which is different than achieving the weight-loss/looking good via diet pills. Healthy life style renders results slowly but surely!With the combination of this DVD and strength training exercises twice a week, and healthy diet, I can confidently say that any one can achieve weight-loss. In addition, by following the cardio + strenght training + healthy diet regimen, it is very easy maintain a healthy life style in this fast paced society.This is a great program to build cardio endurance. However, one must be very careful with the form with jabs, upper-cuts, and hooks because if done incorrectly it can cause shoulder injury.Good luck to all of you!

I hadn't done Tae Bo for a while and of course I had to come back with the Ulimate DVD...it's a great workout, but tough!I exercise with DVD's 4-6 days a week and I am continually looking for workouts that are: 1. More than 45 minutes of continuous cardio, 2. A continuous workout, 3. An intermediate/advanced level workout, 4, Interesting with good music, and 5. enthusiastic instructor. This DVD contains all this and more.It begins with a "blended" sort of workout, meaning that the warm-up moves straight to the aerobic practice with no big drop in intensity--it slowly builds.The 90 minute workout would be familiar to all past Tae-Bo users (punches, kicks, slides with punches and kicks, leg liftss, etc), but about midway through, Billy adds a little funky dancing that brought a smile to my face...not really tough, but it was a fun and a change of pace. It was nice to see the exercisers smiling and having a good time.I would recommend this DVD to a more intermediate/advanced home exerciser because of the length of the practice and also the intensity. Granted, a beginner maybe able to start with this and do all the moves at a slow pace. Then, that person would have a DVD that they could use for a very long time.This is a great cardiovascular workout. I like it!!!

I have been buying from Amazon for years and over the years us Amazon shoppers know sometimes the reviews are "on point" and other times they are not. Well, this time Amazon reviewers got it right! This video is the best total body, core/cardio/endurance/conditioning workout I have done. I am an intermediate to advanced exerciser and was able to complete the full 90 minutes, although I modified some of the routines because of old back/shoulder injuries, but this will be my WEEKLY workout on Sundays to start the week off right! I also added 1 lb weighted hand gloves, which gave my a nice, subtle burn to my upper body, while completing the workout. I plan to use this when I know I am going out to eat or want to indulge in some pizza or pasta, so I don't gain! Thanks Amazon shoppers for getting this one right! SO glad I purchased this!My *only* issue with this DVD is there is not a sufficient cool down, given the intensity of the workout. Billy does his traditional "woo saa" with arm movements to cool down and that simply is not sufficient to stretch out your traps/lats/abs/quads/hammies/calves. So rather than do his cool down, I make sure I stretch using cool downs I've done before from Jillian Michael's and the Firm DVD's. Still a great workout!

This is a great addition to my current Billy Blanks library. I use it when I feel like I need to do some extra calorie burning. It is not a workout that incorporates any of the bands/amplifier/weights. This one is mostly cardio. It is not nearly as hard as it says it is. There are lots of "resting" periods - what you get with this one is just a longer video (1 hour and 33 min). It has a ton of the original Taebo moves and less of the moves done in the bootcamp series, bootcamp elite or the amped series. If you can do the "Ultimate BootCamp" video then this one will be a piece of cake regardless of the time difference.

I have many TB DVDs at home. I feel this one will become my favorite. The 88 minutes workout is challenging! Billy balances to move so you don't get exhausted and can do the entire workout while sweeting a lot!! The 31 minutes workout is also great. I plan to use it to complete another 30 minutes workout. Great buy. If you are a Tea Bo fan, you won't regret it and you will love it.

数年前の買ってあまりにも長いので何度か流して見てそれっきりだったのですが、最近ふとこれをやりたくなって再生したところ再生できなくなっていました。データが壊れた？のか分かりませんが、アメリカ品質なのでこんなものなのでしょう。出来ないとなるとやりたくなるのが人情。再購入しました。ちなみにこちらにはデラックス版と通常版があります。デラックス版の方には本編以外にもう1本エクササイズが収録されているので、デラックス版をおすすめします。で、やってみました。最初は60分まで。多分、Taeboをやったことがあれば普通についていけると思います。極端に心拍数が上がりまくる事も無いです。（fitbitで計測しています）最初は割とアップテンポで進んで途中からはあまり速い動きはありません。それとキックとパンチが中心でニーレイズ系は少ないので長時間休みなく続けられました。後半30分は・・・んー、ネタ切れ？別にTaeboで無くてもという感じでした。ちなみに個人差はあるかと思いますがfitbitで計測して前半60分で大体330～350カロリー、全部通して450カロリー程度の消費でした。日本版のTaebo脂肪燃焼プログラム２（約50分）で280カロリー程度なので、Taeboの消費カロリーはどれも概ね同じくらいの消費カロリーかと思われます。私は女性なので男性ならもっと行くと思います。あと、このDVDをやるのに一番必要なのは時間の確保と集中力かと思います。

予定通り届きました。 内容もとても満足です。TEBO揃えておりましたので。私の場合筋肉よりも脂肪燃焼したいので。汗もめちゃかけます。

まず中身のリージョンはALLでしたので再生は問題なしです普段からビリーのDVDで運動してますが89分も出来るのか心配しましたが大丈夫でした少し床に響く運動もありますが昼間、ヨガマット敷いてやってますブートキャンプと違い筋トレ色はあまりなく、道具も使わないのでブートキャンプ挫折した人にもお勧めできます。60分の所でいったん区切られているので89分出来ない人はここまででも十分運動になります。

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