Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Century
• DVD Release Date: April 22, 2003
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00008MHBZ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,298 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Ultimate ABS: There is no substitution for Billy Blanks’ Ultimate TaeBo ABS, which includes the best abdominal workouts from all the TaeBo workout systems. This workout will tone, sculpt and create those rock-hard abdominals we all crave. Your customers will love to start with this video on their journey to a sexier stomach. Ultimate BUTT: In this era of the Glutes, working out to this video is essential for maximum performance, contouring and development of the all-important "Butt". Ultimate TaeBo BUTT can help to strengthen and tone these hard-to-target muscles, and along with developing these muscles will also enhance their visual appeal as well.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

116 of 120 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This one kicked my butt rather than shaping it, July 27, 2004

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R. Cox "rutabeckie" (Lansing, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Taebo: Ultimate Abs/Butt (DVD)

I read the other reviews before I purchased this video and have been doing TaeBo for about 7 months pretty regularly. What nobody said loudly enough for me was that this is quite advanced - it is a 9 out of 10 on the take my breath away scale. What this video contains is a collection of clips from other advanced TaeBo workouts from several different genres (you can tell by Billy's daughter's hair) which change very rapidly - I did not have a chance to catch my breath between sets as in other videos. I would not recommend this video to anyone who is not in quite good physical condition. Billy is great as always in this video, but he cannot make up for what your body lacks in endurance due to the level of your physical condition. The workouts are a little on the long side - difficult to finish if you have young children in the home - and the floor work is very difficult and fast-paced. This video also lacks the balance of other videos (sometimes the clip does not include both sides of the body). It is essential to do some additional warm up and cool down as well. If you are in quite good shape and are familiar with the basic moves/routines for TaeBo, this may be for you. If you are like me - just getting into shape and do not have a lot of time to spend on one workout, you should try some other more basic videos first (I like the Cardio and Flex workouts - they are shorter and a little slower paced).

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars OUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Ultimate Butt), July 21, 2005

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Lulu Le Mon "Missing Cowtown" (Minneapolis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Taebo: Ultimate Abs/Butt (DVD)

As an individual who normally works out about 2 hours a day (ashtanga yoga and kickboxing), the Ultimate Butt component of the DVD really really left me breathless and burning. This is probably without proper form and alignment. I probably wouldn't be able to walk if I were to complete this video as it was intended.

Pros:

1) The video - if you get through it - really isn't too long. However, the first 15 minutes (for me) felt like forever. Once you get over the 15 - 20 minute hump, it will go by more quickly.

2) Does provide a great workout for you hips and seat. You will feel the deep tissue burn - especially with the floor exercises.

3) The multiple hard bodies (Billy Blanks, various females in the background) will inspire and encourage you to go on

4) Billy can be encouraging - can be a bit too enthusiastic - but that is probably just his personality. And, there is no way a person can get as ripped as he is being lethargic.

Cons:

1) Does not work both sides of the body equally. There are about 3-4 (?) times Billy works only one side before the video cuts into another segnment. This is hugely annoying and unforgivable for an exercise video.

2) Can be a bit tough on your knees

3) User needs to have some familiarity with form and alignment before using this video. The sequences are a bit fast and little instruction is given to proper postioning.


Overall, I am happy with this video and pleased with my purchase.

37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good targeted workout for Tae Bo buffs, May 10, 2005

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Kelly Garbato "www.easyvegan.info" (Kearney, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Taebo: Ultimate Abs/Butt (DVD)

"Tae Bo Ultimate Abs/Butt" is a great targeted workout for Tae Bo enthusiasts who have already mastered many of the moves. If you're new to Tae Bo, this isn't the workout for you - Billy switches from one exercise to the next fairly quickly, giving you little time to recover in between segments. Nor does he explain the correct form for many of the moves (most of which you should be familiar with if you've worked your way through another TB video or two). The two 55-minute workouts on this DVD also test your endurance, so if you're out of shape, a newbie to TB, or have a hard time with the Basic workouts, you should hold off on "Tae Bo Ultimate Abs/Butt."

That said, those who have been doing Tae Bo for some time will enjoy these "new" workouts, even though there isn't any new footage to speak of. Rather, Billy and his crew have gathered 55 minutes of the best abdominal and gluteal exercises from previous videos and edited them together into two separate workouts. Each consists of a roughly 5 minute warmup, followed by 30+ minutes of kicking and/or punching, 15-20 minutes of floor exercises, and a quick 3-5 minute cool down.

Each workout does a great job of targeting and working the desired areas. I especially like the variety of floor exercises in the Ultimate Abs workout - rather than doing a zillion crunches, Billy mixes it up a bit and introduces a number of new exercises. Unfortunately, the floor portion of the Ultimate Butt workout just repeats the same two exercises over and over - be prepared to do plenty of to-the-side leg lifts and roundhouse kicks, with a couple of other drills sprinkled in here and there!

However, "Tae Bo Ultimate Abs/Butt" isn't quite perfect. Like many Tae Bo workouts, some of the exercises are repeated more on one side than the other, and some are only done on one side, period! This is really unforgivable - since the tape was edited together, Billy and his production assistants could (SHOULD) have hunted around for the best examples of each exercise. For each uneven set, I could easily think of another video on which the set was performed with equal repetitions on each side. Also, the editing is a little choppy - before one segment is over (i.e., before you've reached the last 8-count), the class is already starting on the next exercises. This makes it quite difficult to maintain the correct form and do the entire set. Of course, after doing the workout a few times, you learn to anticipate these difficulties and compensate for them. Yet, it's still a major gripe - they had the opportunity to fix many of the problems present in their live/complete workouts and still they dropped the ball. C'mon, guys, listen to your loyal followers already!