Can't Order RevAbs Without Cheese, But I Love It Anyway

[Terry]

Thanks to Half Price Books, I've had a dirt-cheap RevAbs set in my exercise room for a few years. Thanks to online reviews, the set has been collecting dust since the day I pulled the $6 out of my wallet to pay for it.

I recently decided to do a few of the RevAbs workouts to see if they were give-away-able, or if they needed to go into the trash. Confession Time: The answer was, "None of the above." It turns out that I love RevAbs despite the negatives.

From reviews commenting on the anthem and the badge, I thought Brett was going to be a 100% goofball instructor. He is actually a good instructor with some goofball quirks that can be ignored if desired. The anthem talk-test is pretty easy to ignore because Brett is sincere about it. The badge is harder to ignore and is done a lot by Brett and class members. Brett's "Hey I'm Cool" thing at the beginning of the title stuff can be forgiven, but I do wonder how doing a move that looks like a 3-year-old trying to copy her older sister's cartwheels is supposed to be some kind of art form.

If you do BBOD and have avoided these workouts, or if you come across a $6 used set of DVDs like I did, try them and see if you actually like them. You might find a gem for your fitness, and you will have an opportunity to practice avoiding negative judgement, especially thanks to "the badge". (Not really. RevAbs would be way better without having to ignore the cheese.)

[tytbody]

whats the cheese?

[Vantreesta]

I am a huge Brett and RevAbs fan! He makes me happy to do jumping jacks and I just really enjoy the workouts. So glad you gave it a try!

[Terry]

Originally Posted by tytbody

whats the cheese?

The cheese includes The Anthem, The Badge, and at least one cheesy word: drinkie poo.

The Anthem is a saying with hand gestures. It is used as a talk test after anaerobic work and at the end of a workout. Rev It High, Rev It Low, . . . (I don't know the rest.)

The Badge is used multiple times by Brett and the class members. My guess is that they do it when they think the move they just completed was very hard and that they did well on it. They slap themselves on the shoulder with two fingers in a V shape.

[Terry]

Originally Posted by Vantreesta

I am a huge Brett and RevAbs fan! He makes me happy to do jumping jacks and I just really enjoy the workouts. So glad you gave it a try!

I'm glad too.

[tytbody]

Oh oh oh oh lol. You see I don’t know this and now I do. Never did tone of these instructors.

No cheese. 🤷🏽*♀️

[Garrie A.]

The Rev Anthem: "Rev it high, rev it low; I'm strong, committed, and ready to go."

[katmom]

Also a fan of RevAbs despite the “cheese”. I found it to be a solid program.

[Terry]

Originally Posted by Garrie A.

The Rev Anthem: "Rev it high, rev it low; I'm strong, committed, and ready to go."

I like the Anthem better with your Avatar than in the workout. It seems to fit somehow.

[Terry]

Originally Posted by katmom

Also a fan of RevAbs despite the “cheese”. I found it to be a solid program.

I'm hoping to stay a fan for 90 days. I've decided that I will "finally" do a rotation planned by somebody else all the way through - - the same way I "finally" decided to stick with a long rotation until the prescribed end about 42 times previously.