Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billy Blanks created a global fitness phenomenon with Tae Bo, still going strong after nearly 40 years. (Getty Images; designed by ...

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 ...

From the birth of the Super Nintendo and the Walkman to the rise of the Information Age, the 90s was an iconic era. We can reminisce about many of the interesting fitness trends of the 90s, like ...

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 ...