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Billy Blanks Boot Camp Dvd & Bands Bootcamp Taebo As Seen On TV | 
| Brand: As Seen On TV
List Price: $59.99
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 10643
Media: Misc.
Autographed: No
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 10
MPN: B0009RL4DQ
Model: Tae bo Boot Camp
ASIN: B0009RL4DQ
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| Features:
| • | ALL NEW Billy BandsTM | | • | Ab BootCamp(app.35mins) | | • | Ultimate BootCamp(app.55mins) | | • | Basic Training BootCamp(app.55mins) | | • | Billy Blanks 7 day sucess plan |
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Product Description
Product Description Billy Blank will motivate and transform your mind and body with his new explosive Tae Bo work out, Billy's BootCamp. This high energy pumping workout system will pump you up mentally and physically and have you sweating and shedding those unwanted pounds in no time! Billy's Boot Camp, a fat blasting, muscle toning program features 3 new workouts and the all NEW Billy Bands, the secret weapon in the battle against fat and flab! Everything you need is in this program.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
 Boot Camp -- Not for the Timid December 13, 2005
Diana F. Von Behren (Kenner, LA USA)
54 out of 56 found this review helpful
After literally kick-boxing an aerobically weary exercise world back onto its feet with his fast-paced Tae Bo series of videos and DVDs for ten years or more, martial arts champion Billy Blanks seemed stalled, producing clones of his earlier successes that put devotees into a holding pattern. Instead of tailoring the new videos to an already Tae Bo savvy audience champing at the bit to move on to the next level, Billy and his team catered to a market of newbies yet to be captured into the Tae Bo fold.
We've all seen this system hawked on television infomercials. The heart-elevating music, the testimonials, and Billy's drill sergeant style all persuade us to buy. But did Billy take the complaints seriously and provide a system that Tae Bo veterans would find challenging?
I am pleased to shout out a resounding `yes'.
The set includes four (4) videos, "Basic Training Boot Camp" (55 minutes), "Cardio Boot Camp" (30 minutes), `Abs Boot Camp (35 minutes), and "Ultimate Boot Camp (55 minutes), and comes packaged with two (2) `Billy Bands', a workout schedule with dieting tips, motivational dog tags and a seven (7) day supply of Billy's Energy Supplements. For some unknown reason, the set offered on Amazon.com does not contain the Cardio Boot Camp session, hence making it impossible to follow Blanks' four (4) week workout plan.
The first 55 minute session is not for the faint of heart. Showcased as the video of choice for the first week of Billy's 4 week workout schedule, it starts out with 4 sets of full position push-ups and squats. Billy bulldogs you through rapid fire calisthenics combined with the familiar Tae Bo kicks and punches that only veteran Tae Bo-ers will be able to follow the first time through. Rewinding might be necessary initially to see first and then do without feeling exasperated.
About a third into the time allocated, Billy dons the Billy Bands---two (2) elastic resistance bands that are anchored by built-in stirrups and hand grips. Unfortunately, Billy doesn't supply an accompanying written instruction how-to to explain how to adapt the bands for someone less than 6 feet tall. He does demonstrate this in Cardio Boot Camp, the very session that Amazon excluded from its packaging. Go figure.
The pace of the exercise with the bands takes off like a rocket and doesn't quit---there will definitely be times when that rewind or `slow' button will come in handy to insure a full range of both negative and positive motion. With his intrepid benign bulldog style, Billy will demand yet another set from already stressed muscles and then coax out a double-time set which delightfully even his background troop cannot sustain. Jumping with lightning speed from biceps to deltoids, rhomboids to triceps, he interjects kicks and punches that the bands force you to do with close-to-perfect form. Even so, attempting a signature Tae Bo move like, "Speedball" becomes a real chore with the bands flopping over and under the wrist, cutting into the upper arm and never quite being in the position demonstrated by Billy and the gang---at least not in the rapid-fire time he allots each exercise. In spite of this functional error, the bands do up the ante, making the completion of each set a rival to a labor of Hercules. Basic Training Boot Camp finishes up with floor work-mostly abs----an abbreviated stretching routine and trademark motivational pep talk.
In week two (2) Blanks adds Cardio Boot Camp to the mix---less calisthenics, more kicks and punches and more band work. This session at only 30 minutes is a cinch compared to the Basic Training. As is the Abs Boot Camp included in week three (3) that doesn't even use the bands and focuses on abdominal-work done while still in an upright position.
The piece de resistance comes in week (4) with the Ultimate Boot Camp-same format as BasicTraining that includes more advanced calisthenics like roll over push-ups, lunges and squats that will leave you panting.
Bottom line: Despite his commercialism, Blanks does deliver the goods with this series. Unless you are in peak athletic condition, completing both 55 minute sessions ascertains waking up the next day with a little pain. The two half-hour sessions provide great breathers for either a day when less exercise is more or when a warm-up to a jog or other aerobic activity is necessary. Unlike the 2004 Capture the Power series, this Tae Bo offering builds on what you already know, progressing you to the next rung in the Tae Bo ladder. Recommended for all Tae Bo devotees.
 NOT for beginners... May 30, 2005
aching muscles (UK)
42 out of 50 found this review helpful
Being a huge fan and dedicated user of Billy's taebo workouts, I was really excited to see that he had come up with something new. The concept is great: taebo with resistance training, but the practicalities aren't great. Overall there is nowhere near enough instruction on how to use the bands, or the movements using those bands - e.g., how far up/down are you meant to lift your arms before you start using the wrong muscle??? Where should the band be - in front or behind your elbow? You get my drift!
The workouts are much the same as any of the other BB taebo workouts, but that's fine - I mean how many different moves can you come up with for this type of workout?!
I consider myself to be quite fit - I've always worked out regularly and could almost do taebo advanced and taebo gold without breaking a sweat. So imagine my surprise when I tried one of these new DVD's and found that it switched so fast from stationery to high level cardio that I felt both dizzy and sick. This rapid switch happens more than once on the ultimate workout dvd - there's not enough time to increase/decrease your heartrate at a steady pace.
The stretch sessions at the beginning of the basic and ultimate workouts are better than on any previous taebo workouts, but two things: these stretches are done without any form of warm-up, so they increase the risk of injury, and there is no stretching at the end of any of these new workouts -so you have to make sure you do your own stretches.
Whilst on the subject of warm-up/stretching, the abs dvd includes no warm up or stretching whatsoever.
The live workout is OK, but again, a bit impractical, swtiches rapidly between moves and just generally left me feeling frustrated rather than like i'd had a good workout
I suspect the people shown in the work-outs have practiced long and hard to be able to pull the workouts off.
So why only two stars? Because I thought it'd be something new and great - it is something new, but it's not great. In fact, I imagine that if a complete exercise novice tried these dvd's with the bands, they would be likely to hurt themselves. So if you have never done taebo before, start with one of Billy's many other excellent workouts before attempting this!
Should have read the reviews October 12, 2005
R. Goddard (Jamaica)
38 out of 40 found this review helpful
I bought the set in a rush without reading the reviews, big mistake! The Cardio Boot Camp is missing which makes the prescribed program not work as the workout that you need for week 2 and 3 is missing. The beginner boot camp is boring though the advanced is challenging fun. If I knew what wasn't included I wouldn't have bought it. They should list what's not included in the description. It seems somewhat deceptive.
 Best Home Fitness System On The Planet June 11, 2005
Rob V
30 out of 33 found this review helpful
As for the product it is the greatest home fitness system on the planet, bar none. This is the best way to strength train and lose body fat at the same time. A lot of problems people run into is that if they want to build muscle, they lift, but don't do much cardio because they get so sore. People who do more cardio don't want to lift because they get too sore and don't do their cardio. This is the best middle ground I have ever embraced. These workouts are action packed and garunteed to get you results. In weeks you will see the fat start to melt away and muscle beginning to develop. The workouts don't drain the life out of you like running or lifting might. Everytime I finish a workout, I feel energized. These workouts are tough and require mental fortitude in order to get through each of them strong. Billy and his team are very encouraging and have created a great supportive community for all of those who decide to engage in BootCamp or TaeBo. Both will get you results, but I reccommend BootCamp because it has finally given me the stomach I have always wanted by crunching out the fat that was there and building solid defined muscle. Basic science is that the more muscle you have, the more fat/calories you burn. Billy has been an instructor for over 20 years and only wants an opportunity to change your life. Give Billy that opportunity.
not for beginners May 31, 2005
R. Pryor (USA)
22 out of 28 found this review helpful
Before you start ANY Taebo Tape you must be ready to be sore for a couple of days. I have been doing Taebo for 7 years. It is a good work and you will lose weight and gain muscle. The Boot Camp Series is great. If you don't want to lose weight or gain muscle DON'T DO TAEBO......
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