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Manufacturer: Ventura Distribution
Starring: Billy Blanks

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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
Brand: As Seen On TV
EAN: 0664221243433
Feature: Product #: SD-MVTBGRI-24
Format: Color
Label: Ventura Distribution
Manufacturer: Ventura Distribution
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Ventura Distribution
Release Date: 2001-09-25
Running Time: 30
Studio: Ventura Distribution
Theatrical Release Date: 2001

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Product #: SD-MVTBGRI-24 Manufacturer: As Seen on TV Manufacturer Item #: MVTBGRI-24 Product Category: As Seen on TV - Music and Video UPC: 664221243433

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Editorial Reviews:

Tae-Bo 2 - Get Ripped - Instructional / Get Started
Tae-Bo launches the latest in a series of the hottest workouts on the planet--Tae-Bo II - Get Ripped Series. These six videos are the toughest Tae-Bo workouts yet, containing more explosive moves than ever before and are jam packed with a sizzling new soundtrack.

If you are a current Tae-Bo hero, or are just starting, you will see consistent, amazing results from your very first workout. Tae-bo continues to energize you with fast-paced new moves and new music that drives you to peak performance and gives you that "get ripped" look.

You'll sweat like never before as Tae-Bo II motivates and guides you through the ultimate total body workout. Discover for yourself why Tae-Bo has ignited a worldwide fitness revolution as you explode to your next level of physical performance.

Tae-Bo II - Get Ripped is the most complete set of workouts for total body fitness. So come and join millions of Tae-Bo heroes from ages 5 to 95. Be a part of the hottest fitness revolution of the millennium with Tae-Bo II - Get Ripped... the future of fitness.

Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating:

Summary: Gets NO Better Than This!
Comment: Simply put...........If you are on a serious mission to lose weight and you want to attack the excess weight with vigor, this is the DVD for you. Hard, Intense Cardio for 57min straight. Billy doesn't stop. Kicking, punching, flexing, jumping....all of it. You literally feel like you've burned a pound of fat off afterwards. If you are truly serious about losing weight, I'd suggest doing this DVD at least 4x a week with a sensible diet and I guarantee you will see results.

This is the elite of all BIlly's workouts hands down. This is for real exercisers who want to sweat and feel the pain. Amazing and well worth the price.

Customer Rating:

Summary: It's the little things that kill
Comment: I'd like to start off by saying that I don't think this is a terrible workout package. It definitely has its pros. I'm very fond of how energetic Billy is when he's teaching. He knows it's a hard workout and he gives little pep talks while he's teaching that really help keep me going when I'm tired. I also like seeing the range of different people working out. It makes me feel better to see that I'm not the only one getting my butt kicked by the workout. I always work up a good sweat and get my heart pumping when I do the workout.

However, I've been doing this workout over and over again, and after a while, there are a bunch of little things that really start to add up to one big annoyance. Here are some of my issues with this workout:

--Billy doesn't count his sets very well. They are often uneven, so you do more on one side than on the other, or you skip one side completely. He also has a habit of saying something like "give me 3 sets" and then having people do a completely different number of sets.

--Billy's instructions aren't always clear. There is one very obvious instance where his instructions are so messed up that the entire class is sort of stumbling around off beat, and Billy turns around and is like "what's going on here?" as if it's their fault.

--You need to have *really* good balance to get the most out of this workout. There are quite a few moves that require you to balance on one leg for indefinite periods of time. There are a couple moves towards the end of the workout where you can see his entire class hopping around and struggling to not fall over, and even the handful of people that have been working with him for ages seem to have trouble keeping their balance. In my opinion, if the only person who can successfully do a move is the instructor and perhaps the star pupil, maybe you need to rethink some of the moves.

--He has a habit of picking on one of his students, Michelle (the woman pictured on the cover next to Billy), over and over again. I can understand an instructor trying to push his class to work harder, but he is constantly nagging this one woman, and it really annoys me. Actually, most of the time when he runs through the class trying to get people to work harder, he just ends up making them mess up, and I feel bad that they are caught forever on film stumbling around as Billy is yelling at them to "push themselves".

Again, I'd like to repeat that this isn't a bad workout. I enjoy it enough that I keep doing it. However, I was given this set as a gift on VHS, and I've contemplated buying the DVD instead. But because of all the little things I find annoying, I am going to just stick with the VHS until they are worn out and perhaps try some of the other Tae Bo workouts to see if they are any better.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Absolute favorite
Comment: These videos are tough but i love them. Whenever i fall off the exercise wagon i do these videos and i feel amazing afterwards. I kknow i burn so many calories doing them and the next day i feel the work i have done and it is great. These videos are a must have, i think they are the best taebo dvds.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Good workout/horrible video!
Comment: Like other taebo videos it is a really good workout, but the video is not great. He frequently forgets to repeat sequences on both sides, the people doing the workout make tons of mistakes and randomly take water breaks in the middle. You will definately get a good workout but i was upset how expensive it was because he clearly just taped one of his classes and did not do any editing.

Customer Rating:

Summary: IT DELIVERS RESULTS!
Comment: This product DOES make you sweat, and it works, i don't really follow diets and still maintained to lose plenty of weight. I don't own a scale, but I lost two pant sizes. And im still loosing weight. I just started a month ago. I love it.

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