{"id":247869,"date":"2025-07-08T11:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/247869\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T11:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:29:07","slug":"tae-bo-creator-billy-blanks-shocking-transformation-in-new-workout-video-has-fans-doing-a-double-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/247869\/","title":{"rendered":"Tae Bo Creator Billy Blanks Shocking Transformation in New Workout Video Has Fans Doing a Double Take"},"content":{"rendered":"

Billy Blanks, the innovative fitness guru<\/a> isn\u2019t letting age slow him down. He\u2019s best known for creating the Tae Bo workouts in the 1970s and at age 69 he\u2019s still teaching his full body workout classes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While he continues to be very present in the gym and online, it seems some fans have lost touch with Blanks overtime. On July 7, one of his solo fitness videos was shared on The Shade Room\u2019s Instagram in a two-slide post, and the instructor received some shocking reactions to his current appearance since rising to fame in the late \u201990s. Blanks sported normal fitness attire in the video which included a lavender muscle shirt, gym shorts, and white sneakers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Billy Blanks shocks fans with transformation since his early Tae Bo days. (Photo: @billyblanksofficial1\/Instagram)<\/p>\n

Blanks, sporting a lavender muscle shirt, gym shorts, and white sneakers, moved his body and arms from side to side in the silenced video, while slowly squatting down in a wide-legged position. Holding the squat form, Blanks then moved his arms up into a curled position, flexing his muscles as he lowered the top half of his body from side to side, and squeezing his lower abdomen. In the next slide, Blanks kept his legs spread apart as he did uppercut movements with each arm. He transitioned from that move to doing regular forward punches before the clip abruptly ends.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

For some fans, Blanks\u2019 video took them back down memory lane, and they couldn\u2019t believe how he looks for his age.<\/p>\n

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One fan commented, \u201cThat man finna be 70 and still in great shape. Get it Bill!!\u201d<\/p>\n

A second wrote, \u201cHe looks great wow remember him as a kid (80s baby).\u201d<\/p>\n

Others had a different opinion about how Blanks has transformed over the years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One person said, \u201cWell he need to stop He don\u2019t look fit anymore. He got a belly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another joked, \u201cHe maybe eating too many steaks.\u201d<\/p>\n

A third wrote, \u201cBilly got that pop belly now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Billy Blanks transformation over the decades (Photo: @billyblanksofficial1\/Instagram)<\/p>\n

According to several reports, as a child Blanks had an impairment in his hip joints that affected his movements. He found his strength in karate at a young age and earned a black belt at age 16, according to The Philadelphia Tribune<\/a>. He went on to earn other black belts in five other martial art forms and was also on the U.S. karate team, earning 36 gold medals in international competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Blanks got his start as a fitness guru when he moved to Los Angeles in the late 1980s to open a studio. He began with a facility he opened in 1989 in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood, where he was teaching women self-protection.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew a lot of women liked to do aerobics, so when I started adding karate and boxing and different kinds of aesthetics to it, a little bit of weight training, it gave women the opportunity to feel like they could do it without ever putting on a karate uniform,\u201d he told People<\/a> magazine last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His signature hybrid workouts he dubbed Tae Bo are a mix between martial arts and dancing. Eventually he gained some traction, and even celebrities joined his classes. But he had trouble selling his videos. One production team didn\u2019t go for his videos because they didn\u2019t believe white women would want to work with him. He ultimately was able to reach a successful deal with producer Paul Monea<\/a>. Together they began marketing Blanks\u2019 course in infomercials that eventually generated millions in revenue before the two parted ways due to Monae\u2019s bad business practices and piling lawsuits<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Blanks\u2019 celebrity as a fitness instructor opened the door to acting<\/a> roles. Eventually, he went on to star in movies like \u201cBloodfist,\u201d and \u201cKiss the Girls\u201d and made appearances in shows like \u201cThe Parkers\u201d and \u201cSabrina the Teenage Witch.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Blanks described to People, to this day he is driven to remain active in the instruction space.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like what I do and I love to see people smile,\u201d he told the magazine. \u201cI like to see people reach their goals and do things they never thought they could do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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