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 ...

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 ...

Billy Blanks, the innovative fitness guru isn’t letting age slow him down. He’s best known for creating the Tae Bo workouts in the 1970s and at age 69 he’s still teaching his full body workout classes ...

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 ...

"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 ...