Tae Bo is a complete fitness workout that works the upper and lower body by combining taekwondo, boxing and dance, set to hip-hop music. In 1975, Billy Blanks choreographed his workouts into a series of eight-count routines involving jabs and punches for the upper body and kicks and dance steps for the lower body. Blanks, a former Golden Gloves champion and seven-time world karate champion, invented Tae Bo as his personal training program. Tae Bo is a trademark of Billy Blanks Enterprises.
Benefits
Tae Bo upper-body workouts can strengthen and tone your arms, chest and shoulders. You can also achieve better posture, so that you will be standing up straighter. Using cardio bands and gloves can enhance your upper body Tae Bo practice.
Basics
The two basic upper-body movements are punches and jabs. Punches include the One Punch, a basic punch that boxers use. The Two Punch involves moving your arm across your entire body. There's also the power punch. The more power you put into the punch, the greater the results. The challenging part of Tae Bo is combining the punches and the sparring jabs in a prescribed routine.
Upper Body Workout 1
Roll your shoulders from back to front 16 times. Roll your shoulders front to back 16 times. Then alternate front to back and back to front 16 times.
Upper Body Workout 2
Holding your arms out straight to the side, move your upper body from side to side 16 times. Do the same movement while twisting your wrists in opposite directions, 16 times.
Upper Body Workout 3
Stretch to the left with your right arm stretched up over your head and your left arm bent at the elbow across your body. Do this 16 times. Then switch sides for 16 times. Now, alternate from right to left. Repeat 16 times.
Upper Body Workout 4
Get into a squat position and move your upper body and legs up and down while you punch right to left, then left to right. Repeat this 16 times.
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