Billy Blanks: Basic Training & Ultimate Bootcamp [DVD]

Billy Blanks has never failed me before! I use to do his basic training when I was a teenager and I always enjoyed it. Once I fell out of the habit I never thought about him again until I decided to get serious about my health and wellbeing. I don't have a gym membership and can't justify purchasing one so I resorted to running two miles in my neighborhood everyday. However, I could never remain consistent with my running schedule even though I enjoy running; and what good is enjoying an exercise if it's never done consistently enough to see any results in one's physique? So, when I became serious about exercising I looked up Billy Blanks' video and was please to see it here at such a great deal. A few tips for beginners: 1) If you have never followed Billy Blanks' routine do yourself a favor and look up his Basic Training BootCamp plan on youtube before buying this set; watch the full 55mins and determine if you're physically capable and motivated enough to do this workout before making this purchase. 2) If you commit to Billy Blanks' regimen be sure to TAKE YOUR TIME and FOCUS on your FORM! I cannot stress this enough! If you are not careful in paying attention to how your body feels in the form you've taken you WILL injure yourself. On the subject of form let me present three additional pointers: 2a) Don't over extend your punches or "snap" your shoulders during any of his arm exercises. 2b) Mind your kicks; it is possible to over extend your kicks and hurt your knees. The best advice I can offer in this point is to be sure to control the kick from your thigh rather than kick with all your might from your knee. 2c) If you suffer from IT band pain (or any other exercise induced outer thigh pain) be mindful of how low you squat during the "duck walk" segment of the Basic Training BootCamp video. 3) Once again, I want to stress you take your time and build yourself up to Billy Blank's workout. Speaking from experience, I have only been doing the Basic Training video. I do a repetition until the muscle burn is uncomfortable and then allow myself to rest a few seconds until the burning subsides...then I jump right back into the repetition. After two-weeks of building myself up to this workout like this, I can see and feel a difference in my body. :) I can assure you that you will too if you mind your diet and workout consistently.

I've been doing Billy Blanks' videos on and off for about 5 years, and faithfully now for the past 3 months. I am now a college student, I played varsity basketball and soccer in high school, and I am still amazed at how intense of a workout Billy can put together. The first few times were quite hard to keep up, and left me sore afterwards. The Basic Training workout is very good and works the shoulders, arms, legs, and abs very well. The Ultimate Bootcamp workout is my favorite of Billy's so far, and has exceeded my previous favorite "Bootcamp Elite Mssion 2: Maximum Power" which is also a great workout. Ultimate keeps you busy the entire time, got sweat pouring down my face during the entire workout, and worked out the exact areas I wanted. I've found that doing these workouts 3-4 times a week also enhanced my performance in basketball by increasing my vertical jump by a few inches, helping me stay low in my defensive stance, as well as helping me be able to run faster and longer than any of my teammates. It has also helped my hand-eye and foot-eye coordination. I believe that using the bands and focusing on control was beneficial for when I played soccer as well. Billy is also very encouraging and fun to workout with. I suggest setting up a regular time to do it several times a week, and try to get someone to do it with you too. You will not be disappointed, whether you are an athlete to stay in good shape, or a normal working professional looking to stay in the best shape of your life.

I started doing Tae-bo after my husband introduced me to it last year. Since then i have been doing it 4-5 days a week every week. First and foremost, i like that unlike other workout dvds there, tae-bo dvds do not cost fortune at all. They all are at very affordable price. Thats why i was even ready to try this as i did not want to spend a lot of money and then get stuck with it if i did not like it. I have done by now almost 70% of the tae-bo dvds out there. Today was my first day i did the basic bootcamp and i loved it. I do not have that much of upper body strength so this was a little tough for me and specially when i chose to do it with the bands but as much as it was hurting when i was doing it, it feels really good later. I mean if i did not feel the workout, i know then i did not do it right. This dvd does not come with the band but i had gotten it with the bootcamp live dvd (that dvd comes with the band). If you do not have the band, no problem as you can still do it right without the band. But if you have one, i would suggest you use that for more burn. At the end of this DVD, Billy Blanks does some abs workout too (some with and some without bands both) so you get to workout all your body parts and thats what i like about all tae bo dvds. I would absolutely recommend it to anyone who is looking for not just loosing weight but gaining strength too

I pulled a quad by doing this video...I figured it would start with a warm up to stretch and loosen up, but it just jumps right into strenuous stuff. An AMAZING workout and if you are watching what you eat and doing this video, you WILL lose weight and tone up. Its impossible not to! LOL Just be sure to stretch on your own before you do the video! PS the workout is tough even without the resistance bands...so you can wait to invest in them until you can actually make it through the workout without them first!

These two dvds each provide a good, hard, workout. I have tried many workout videos and dvds, and the Billy Blanks series deliver hard workouts without being too annoying and without movements that are difficult to copy. The workouts work all muscle groups and are fairly fast paced. I am rating these two workout dvds 5 stars not because they are the best workouts I have ever had (some gym workouts have been better) but because Billy Blank's dvds are the best workout dvds I've found. When I try dvds with other trainers, I find that I am usually disappointed.

Basic Training & Ultimate Bootcamp 前者を娘に、後者をおとーさんが使いましたが、おとーさんにはハマるきっかけになりました。 最初は、とにかくクリアすることに目標を置いていましたが、慣れてくると、こんなエクササイズおかしくない？ という疑問が 。でも、ビリーの人柄、受講生たちの人柄、ノリのよさなどでチンケなことはどうでもよくなったものでした。娘の方は、そもそもエクササイズできる空間なんてなかったんです。とてつもなくぶっちらかっていたし、そうでなくても狭い部屋だったんです。

リージョンフリーで２枚ともプレーヤーで見れました。 ボーナスは付いていませんでしたが、値段を考えると十分お得かと。

２枚組であるにもかかわらず，ab bootcampもボーナスで入っていたので，得しました。ただし，basic+abが入っている方のDVDがリージョン１です。ultimateは２。リージョン１のはPS２でも見れませんでした。でもPCで見れるので，それで十分です。内容は運動不足だった自分にはかなりハードでしたが，何回かやってるうちに結構できるようになりました。TV通販でやってるような１週間で５kg減というのは現実的でない（無理）ですが，体全体を使うので長期的にやることがいいと思います。日本語版よりビリーの生声が聞けるので引付けられます。

やせそう。でも本当にきついです。 筋トレにはいいと思います。売れただけあります。

すぐに飽きてしまいました。 なんと眠ってしまうことも。 自分とはかけ離れた筋肉を見せつけられるのもきついです。