BL1 is a must have work-out for anyone wanting an intermediate format because it offers floor at the end. It is an overall good work-out though it goes into intense stretching without a warm-up in the beginning and lacks any stretching at the end. Billy reminds folks to exhale during many moves.  The music is stimulating enough and the variety of moves keeps it flowing.  -- Barb

Eventually, I'll add a few more reviews on this tape, maybe even an in depth review.  I'll add my 2 cents on the tape.  This tape was one of my favorites for a long time for many reasons:  1) because it was the first live tape available to me;  I received it as a birthday gift, and needed the variety of a new tape, so I did this tape for about 3 months straight, combined with the studio basic.  2) it could very well be labeled and INTERMEDIATE level tape.  It's a good transitional tape from the basic tapes to the advanced tape.  The pace is alot quicker than some of the basic tapes, but not by far the fastest paced tape available. It is definetly a step up from the studio basic, and after doing it for a month or a few weeks, one could be quite ready to tackle the studio advanced tape.  If you only have the studio 4 pack, this would be a great introduction to the live series.  The music here is pretty good, and the moves are pretty good moves.  The other great thing about this video as an advanced tape primer is that there is a short segment of floor work (including some ab work/butt work) at the end - so you get a quick warm up, a fast paced cardio session, then an intro to floor work, sort of a mini version of the longer work found in the advanced tapes.  This is the only basic live video so far to contain floor work.  I'd highly recommend this as a stepping stone.  The other nice thing is this video has a really good Tai Chi cooldown.  It's very relaxing.

This video is also the first video TQ (Taeboqueen, Michele) appears in.  She is definetly changed compared to her "pumpkin photo" (the one of her in the orange outfit, her before photo) but she's not quite the Taeboqueen we would recognize now.  It is an interesting tape to see the transitional phase that she is in, and others in the video.  Through the rest of the live series, you can watch Michele's progress, along with seeing changes in Shellie, Jasmine, and other regulars.  It is very motivating to watch these people change(quickly for some) over time, just due to Tae Bo. 

-- Amyn