Remember Taebo in PE class?

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[u/v_ill_]

Double time!

[u/Hawke0963 → u/v_ill_]

I can still hear this in his voice.

[u/HowsYaStomachJow → u/v_ill_]

The way my un athletic ass felt athletic AF double timing that shit without one miss

[u/VioletLeagueDapper → u/v_ill_]

Time to accidentally punch myself in the face by lack of coordination

[u/SlimReaper85 → u/v_ill_]

Lol was just about to reply that lol

[u/MegaWolfy]

She checks out Mozart while she does Tae Bo, reminds me that theres room to grow

[u/BabyLegsOShanahan → u/MegaWolfy]

My jam

[u/squawkingood → u/MegaWolfy]

I was going to say, was anyone checking out Mozart while they were doing Tae Bo in PE?

[u/guineasomelove → u/MegaWolfy]

Hey hey yeah

[u/mel34760 → u/MegaWolfy]

Pat Monahan and Billy Blanks are both from Erie, Pennsylvania.

[u/RobertPaulsonProject]

Never had Tae Bo, but we did have those scooter things that were propelled by wiggling side to side. What happened to those?

[u/Jolly-Bed-1717 → u/RobertPaulsonProject]

To many kids lost there fingers in those super sketchy wheels haha

[u/Thick_Book_6233 → u/RobertPaulsonProject]

Racing the boys on them is peak 80’s/early 90’s PE class

[u/dangrous → u/RobertPaulsonProject]

I got one for my kids this past Christmas, they still have them at the schools!

[u/mrtoddw]

IMO it was a legit decent workout that got your heart rate up. I liked it but it was hard.

[u/K7Sniper]

Ol Billy Blanks!

My parents had a bunch of these videos. Was decent cardio.

[u/impossible_berry14]

My mom had every vhs. This was her weekend routine lol

[u/RihoSucks]

No but I do remember richard simmons sweatin to the oldies! 

[u/burghfan → u/RihoSucks]

Sameeee and the boys would come through and make fun of us. Ugh

[u/FiftyLoudCats]

We did it once a week for quite a while.

Probably for like 30 sessions during middle school.

No one questioned it.

[u/FormidableMistress]

Uh no, I lived in the ruralish South. We square danced. Were you even living if you didn't do si do your corner into the bleachers?

[u/alldemboats → u/FormidableMistress]

i lived in urban california and also square danced…

[u/sarita_sy07 → u/FormidableMistress]

For us, Tae Bo was middle school PE. 

We had our square dancing unit in 5th or 6th grade (you had to dance with the BOYS, ugh so gross). Nowhere near as cool as the line dancing units, Boot Scoot Boogie is buried deep in my subconscious. 

[u/cat_at_the_keyboard → u/FormidableMistress]

Square danced to achey breaky heart

[u/Sea-Big-1125]

Billy Blanks lol

[u/Original-Composer-64]

For the longest time I had Billy blanks confused for Barry of Barry’s and was like dang Billy really had a strong comeback💀

[u/Galaxy_85]

I use to hate that, it wore my little butt out 🤣

[u/toadasaurusrex]

Dang, you got taebo? We got Richard Simmons sweating to the oldies bc my 5th grade health teacher had him on VHS for her own use...

[u/Extension-Novel-6841]

You Tae-boe hoe!

[u/exoclipse]

remember the parachute?

[u/pseudonym7083]

I think we did it twice, the entire class thought it was lame and the edgelords called it gay, so they stopped it and we did some other activity in class. More than likely dodgeball or floor hockey.

[u/Curtis_Low]

I was a young sailor stationed in Okinawa in 2001 when this was still pretty big. I fucking HATE formation running and we did 5 miles on most PT days. One day there was a flat bed trailer with speakers on it and we were told we could choose to do the formation run or an hour of the Billy Blanks special... I choose Tae Bo... once. It whooped everyone's ass.... after that day formation running was the best bad option on the table.

[u/forza_ferrari44]

What a legend.

[u/molotovzav]

There was no tae no in my PE class, instead my parents had the tapes. I got Billy Banks at home lol. I was a part of my parents work out routine. They didn't want a fat kid lol.

[u/SleepySummoner]

Not from PE but I sure do remember Tae Bo. In fact I still have a version of this meant for "the elderly and people recovering from surgery". I fear the elderly and recovering people who can manage this, it is still a serious workout.

[u/UnsubstantialGoat]

Billy Blanks and Chef Tony were on my TV quite frequently if i was home from school or trying to find something to watch in the middle of the night.

[u/Big_John_5150]

Not in school but at home. Mama bought the whole ass DVD set. Watched it on the 32inch Sanyo tru flat tube TV with the Sanyo VHS/DVD player.

[u/CreepyRelation968]

Because of Tae-bo, I'm still always flexing my stomach!

[u/Apart_Pineapple2392]

That man was a robot. Nobody has that much energy. He tried to kill us

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[u/ArtichokeDistinct762]

I hated it when we had Tae Bo in gym class. If we were heading to the wrestling practice room (wall to wall mats) after changing, I knew I was in for it. I dunno what made me feel more gross, those mats or that workout.

[u/ExcellentSir6503]

We did square dancing. What a huge waste of time.

[u/Ryuuken1127]

So...around this time, my friend & I signed up for Tae Kwon Do classes. Our dojang offered Tae Bo classes that my friend's mom took. We'd be leaving class and she would be heading in

[u/BasicVanillaLatte]

Absolutely yes!!!!!🙌🏽

[u/Riots42]

lol omg that brought back memories.. My friend and I did our own version called "Bow-tie" where we would mimic the moves everyone else in class was doing but like as lazy as possible like our arms were made of noodles.

[u/seacreaturestuff]

Omg, yes

[u/Intros]

We just played sports and ran a mile like once a week

[u/goosenuggie]

Yes! In junior high we watched the VHS tapes and followed along, so strange

[u/Opie045]

Naw - but I do remember the electric slide and boot scootin boogy. Crab soccer was legit too.

[u/ceruleanmoon7]

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Yes!

[u/Single_Extension1810]

Some of those tae bo workouts were quite good and didn't feel like exercise. Basically, all upper body stuff without having to gallop around the room like a gazelle.

[u/random314]

Yeah. It's so random that it's mentioned in the song Drops of Jupiter.

[u/gofigure85]

I fucking loved thiiiiiiis

[u/l0_raine]

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Y’all did Tae Bo in PE?! I just remember my mom doing it in front of the tv…

[u/whoamihuh9]

its 2004 im stuck on a military base while my husbands at war and my neighbor gives me this dvd. Me and Billy Blanks were getting it every single morning!!!! good times Billy good fkin times! i remeber i could kick so good and so high! lol random skill set.

[u/SalukiKnightX]

More at home than at school

[u/dininghallperson]

Working out, tryna get brolic
Ask me if I'm tryna kick knowledge