Fantastic workout & great value for money!
Great value for money but do be warned that 2 of the 4 DVDs are actually the the SAME DVD just with a different title! (I thought this must be some mistake until I read another review saying the same thing!)
I found Billy Blanks very motivating and despite the duplicate workouts, there is still enough variety in this boxset to get you started and I would still recommend it. I found it fast paced enough to hold my attention but still informative with easy to follow instructions with a fantastic workout. I have tried many other workout DVDs and Billy Blanks' TaeBo is by far the best.

Great all over body workout
I had been using the Davina 'Power of 3' workout for several months, and had enjoyed it, but had got to the point with my fitness where I wasn't really getting as much out of it as I had been before, plus I fancied a change.
The reviews for this DVD bundle looked good, and I'd done Tae Bo in the past and enjoyed it. I've now been using this DVD for about a week and I'm really enjoying it. I like to do a 30 minute session first thing in the morning before I go to work, and having the choice of 3 different 30 minute workouts really appeals to me. So far I have tried the Abs and Glutes and the Get Ripped DVD. Abs and Glutes is the harder of the two, but you really know it is doing you the world of good.
All in all I would recommend this DVD set. Yes, it's a shame that one of the DVDs is a repeat of the other, but 3 fitness DVDs that will work you hard for under £10 is still a bargain.

Get ready to SWEAT
As a 42 year old woman who has gone to the gym for over 25 years in London, I recently moved to a very rural area where a gym is not accessible at all.
I have had every fitness video / DVD going from Callantics to Cher to Lynne Robinson so needed a complete change. This was a great price, 4 DVD's for the money and therefore didn't have an awful lot to lose.
Billy Blanks is really amazing. He has a great persona on screen and is so utterly and wonderfully entertaining, positive, motivating and extremely fit.
There is a great instructional part which I would recommend everyone to do because you can really hurt yourself if you take your eye off the ball and in this part, he takes it right back to basics telling you how to start off, keeping it safe in order not to hurt yourself and what your body should be getting out of the workouts. Definitely look at this part before you do anything.
I disagree with some of the other reviews who say these are low impact. You need quite a lot of room and you do jumping about and not standing on one position with two feet on the ground at all times.
I have only gone through one DVD right now which has plenty to get through, but as we have 4 (even if parts are duplicated) there is so much that you will be kept occupied for a very long time, and even if you are super fit, I defy anyone who doesn't get a great workout from any of these DVD's.
Why give a 4-star rating?? The annoying Americanism of whooping, yelling, shouting, hi-fives, while all the time Billy is giving great motivating words straight to the camera. Most annoying.
However, if you are used to going to Boot Camp or boxing type workouts, you will get as good a workout right at home and can work out as long / short as you need to, when you need to.
You will definitely shape up and lose weight with this DVD and I wasn't particularly very good to start off with, but with practice, can anticipate picking this up quite quickly.
Check out the 65+ year old woman in the ADVANCED class! Amazing.


Fantastic but...
Energise and Active are basically the same DVD. Incuding them both is the most pointless thing I've ever come across in my entire life (well, kind of). For this reason alone I give it 4 stars.

BUT! I have exercised on and off for about five years, and have mainly gone through phases before stopping because I find exercising so boring. Tae Bo is the first exercise I've ever really enjoyed and I actually look forward to. It doesn't feel like you have been working out for an hour. I am getting great results too, especially on my thighs. I have also lost a few pounds, even without making too much of an effort to clean up my diet.

The abs and glutes DVD is way too challenging for a novice like me though! But there is a lot of floor work in the Energise/Active DVD so I'm working on my abs too.

Get Ripped is my favourite, usually to work that hard I have to go out jogging. Sweating that much makes me feel like I've really done some work!

Bily Blanks is my hero!

Love it!!!
After reading reviews and people referring to Tae Bo i thought i'd buy a dvd and give it a go....and i wasnt disappointed :)
i've tried 3 outta the 4 dvds in this boxset and they are all really good...although my favourite is 'get ripped' i was really sweating after it!!!....it does take a little while to get the moves but thats cos he talks about 'his' left and right hence slightly confusing to begin with particularly when they speed the moves up but you'll pick them up quite easily. The instructional sections do show you how to do the moves properly which is good to get the max benefit and I like the way Billy refers at times during the workouts to where you should be feeling the 'burn' so then you know you are doing it right! Its an excellent all over body workout, it works and above all else its fun...i genuinely look forward to exercising in the mornings :)
If you havent tried Tae Bo, you should!!!!

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