Billy Blanks, the martial arts legend and fitness icon, is a name synonymous with high-energy workouts and a positive mindset. His creation, TAE BO, a dynamic fitness program blending martial arts and ...

Billy Blanks created a global fitness phenomenon with Tae Bo, still going strong after nearly 40 years. (Getty Images; designed by Caitlin Murray) For Billy Blanks, true fitness is as much about ...

Blanks calls his workout a "lifestyle," not a trend, aiding in its longevity Kate Hogan was Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE. She started at PEOPLE in 2008, leaving in 2025. Daniel ...

If you were kickin’ it in the 1990s and 2000s, you have to know about Billy Blanks, the boxer who created the fitness phenomenon Tae Bo. The Pennsylvania native discovered martial arts as a child and ...

Billy Blanks’s Tae Bo fitness system has helped millions of people around the world get in shape and feel great. He has also devoted a great deal of time toward helping people through his foundation ...

"A lot of people, when they hear Tae Bo, they say, 'Oh, that was done a long time ago,' " Billy Blanks tells PEOPLE. "But it's still one of the most popular exercises that people do. And I'm going to ...

For Billy Blanks, true fitness is as much about building spiritual strength as it is about the physical. “Life is not easy,” the creator of the martial-arts-based workout Tae Bo tells Yahoo Life.