In an interview with ACT: Dance Model Sing magazine, he said that he was told he was too young to be in a production for 42nd Street, but could help out the crew, but when the director saw him imitating some tap choreography, he was cast in the show.
After Paula Abdul took Tae Bo classes there, she discovered he had an interest in dance, so she helped him develop his skills as a dancer and choreographer.
[5] On December 10, 2017, his former manager Anthony Riccio filed a lawsuit against him for contractual fraud, claiming they came up with the concept of mixing cardio and karaoke together and that he coined the term "cardioke", whereas Blanks wanted to call it "Karaokecise", and should have shared more revenue and rights over the brand.
[1] Blanks and his family lived in meager (he says "homeless")[11][2] conditions, including having to move to a low-budget motel in Sherman Oaks, where they would sneak out from there to teach classes at 24 Hour Fitness under the program name Dance With Me.
[12] Sharks Daymond John and Mark Cuban offered Blanks and his wife a deal to join Zumba.
[4] During the months between the filming of the episode and its eventual airing, he had lost his opportunity to teach at 24-Hour Fitness, and opened Blanks Studios "down the street".
[14] In 2013, he had some recurring segments as a fitness personality on The Dr. Oz Show[15][16] They conducted Dance It Out classes at Blanks Studios, and have taken the program nationally and internationally with over a thousand certified instructors.
[22][23] In 2021, he launched an app with Touchpoint Group Holdings, Inc. that allows subscribers to live-stream classes hosted by Blanks and other instructors from home.