Product Review: Tae-Bo workout

 

Tae-Bo was a hot new home workout phenomenon back in the early 2000s. I am not sure that it ever reached P90x levels of popularity, but it was definitely the hot informercial-based workout of its time. It is old enough that it was actually released on VHS and DVD. 

The workouts are a combination of martial arts (taekwondo) and boxing, hence the name. There are four workouts. A basics/instructional workout Tae-Bo: Instructional, that lays out the movements you need to successfully complete a workout.The Tae-Bo: Basics workout is a 27-minute workout (5 minutes of warm-up, 18 minutes of Tae-Bo, and 4 minutes of cool-down). 

Once you can get through the basics workout, then you can move on to Tae-Bo Advanced. The advanced workout is a 57-minute workout that also, In addition to the short warm-up, the cool-down, and the 30 minutes of Tae-Bo, also includes 18 minutes of ab work.

Finally, for when you are short on time, there is a compacted 8-minute workout that ends up being 14 minutes long when you include warm-up and cool-down. Even though it is short, it is just as intense as the other workouts. 

Overall, I would say this is a good workout to pair with something else. It is pretty much just cardio and abs, so if you like lifting weights it is not going to be a complete workout program. Blanks does have an uplifting attitude and does the entire workout all-out showing he can clearly do his own workout. I do think if you are going to do at-home workouts it is good to have a good mix of options to keep yourself from getting bored and keep your body from adapting. It is definitely a good option to add to your workout mix.