Product Details

• Actors: Billy Blanks
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 4
• Studio: Gaiam
• Run Time: 222 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0011Z54BS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,981 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

BILLY BLANKS - TAEBO AMPED 5 FULL LENGTH WORKOUTS DVD SET Total Running Time: Approx. 222 Minutes (1) JUMP START CARDIO gets you started on your amazing new body with Billy's heart-pounding, calorie-burning workout that energizes your body and helps fight fat and flab for high-speed, total-body slimming. Running Time Approx: 41 Minutes (2) FAT BURN ACCELERATOR pushes the cardio-conditioning pedal to the metal to take you where you want to be - firm, toned, and looking and feeling great. It features all new, super-intense cardio moves that maximize the calories you burn per minute. Running Time Approx: 52 Minutes (3) FULL THROTTLE will attack fat with incredibly intense cardio, and tone lean, firm muscles with Full Throttle's explosive muscle-toning exercises. Now you're ready to take body toning and sculpting to the highest level ever! Running Time Approx: 55 Minutes (4) CORE EXPRESS is an intense 30 minute workout created to target all the problem areas we all have! You'll tighten and tone your abs, firm and lift your buns, and do it all in record time! Core Express is a great workout for days when time is tight! Running Time Approx: 31 Minutes (5) LIVE IN LA puts you center stage as Billy trims and tones you to the core, blasts fat, and lifts you to new heights. Have a front row seat with Billy and 300 Tae Bo fans and followers as they workout at the world famous Hollywood Palladium. Running Time Approx: 43 Minutes

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 5 Great Upper-Body Workouts, January 19, 2008

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K. Nash - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BILLY BLANKS TAE BO AMPED - 5 Workouts DVD Set - Jump Start Cardio, Fat Burn Accelerator, Full Throttle, Core Express & Live in LA (DVD)

These workouts are different from Billy's other series. To me, they focus mainly on the upper body. Each workout (except for the Live in LA) has half of the class using the 3 pound Amplifier and the other half of the class without the Amplifier. The warm-up and cool-down sections of each workout are very short and each workout has you using the Amplifier the entire time (except for a 3 minute break in Jump Start Cardio where Billy has you put the Amplifier down).
If you like to kick, and you're looking for a lower-body workout, this set is not for you---there is very little kicking in any of the 5 workouts.
I do not recommend buying this set without the Amplifier---the workout will be awkward and ineffective.
Billy leads you through the moves at a slow pace (usually 4-5 sets of 8) then "amps it up" with anywhere from 4-8 sets of 8. The "amped" pace is extremely fast and I found some of the exercises to be a little jerky at the faster pace.
For anyone looking for a total-body workout, I recommend TaeBo Cardio, TaeBo Flex, or the Elite series. These are a great change of pace when you are wanting to focus on the upper body.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not motivating enough to keep you going...., November 25, 2011

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lostwhiledriving - See all my reviews

This review is from: BILLY BLANKS TAE BO AMPED - 5 Workouts DVD Set - Jump Start Cardio, Fat Burn Accelerator, Full Throttle, Core Express & Live in LA (DVD)

I purchased the set as a way to work out at home and avoid going to the gym. My experience with Tae Bo was limited, I'll admit, but I have attended many fitness classes and have a feel for what they should include. Billy's fitness video was like watching a work out class...and like a work out class I only did it a few times. The Amped Bar that was included as a bonus was a joke and doesn't stay together. Additionally, the videos are all different lengths and the "workout plan" that comes with the videos was disappointing at best. I won't be wasting my money on Billy again.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great workouts, September 1, 2011

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Zaphanaphanea (Houma, LA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: BILLY BLANKS TAE BO AMPED - 5 Workouts DVD Set - Jump Start Cardio, Fat Burn Accelerator, Full Throttle, Core Express & Live in LA (DVD)

All good. Billy Blanks workouts are what you make of them and he try to encourage you as you go. You have to do the work. It won't work unless you do it. Simple as that.