08-31-17, 08:08 AM | |
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I'm not a long time poster so I'm not an expert on this place, but I think in general people have shifted to FB groups versus forums. I "met" a bunch of women on a forum 15 years ago, and when we all had kids we found each other on FB. Now none of us visits the original forum where we all met and it's much slower.
As for VF, I was plodding along happily doing my pink Firms for years until I had a body composition analysis done and discovered that despite regular exercise and a normal BMI, I was low on muscle and high on fat. So that inspired me to dust off my Fanny Lifter and my old Body Sculpting System workouts, which led me to discover FitPrime/KickButt, classic Firms, KCM, Cathe, and Tracey Long. Now I have reached maximum capacity on workouts so all I need is the time to do them, sigh. I'm sure if this had been 15 years ago and this was the only place to get workout inspiration, I'd have been sucked right in too. Plus back then there wasn't streaming so the options were different. I also had an issue trying to join. IIRC it took about six months to get approved. So new blood might be forgetting about VF before they get the chance to post. I was really anxious to learn what else might be out there for me so I kept checking back. But I've been a solitary exerciser for years and I know I have the ability to keep plodding along (I have to exercise regularly or my fatigue is worse). And really, I've amassed quite an embarrassing lode in the last year + so any enabling of that is probably to be avoided. But I've gained a lot of muscle too!
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08-31-17, 10:27 AM | ||
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08-31-17, 08:29 PM | |
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Hi Alta! So quiet around here I know there are not many DVDs on the marked, but there are other workouts to talk about; app, paper programs, live classes, streaming and many more.
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09-02-17, 07:36 AM | |
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I don't come to VF so much as I used to as I feel, like some others have posted, to be a thread killer. Not to say that I don't have anything but fond feelings for VF - still learn a lot from knowledgeable posters.....I just wish I had more to contribute!
My last year has been spent doing long distance commuting for work, so have focused on streaming workouts (PBL) and it is nice to partipate in a forum where your comments are acknowledged and appreciated....maybe that's why the checkins here are popular? Again, not dissing VF, just an observation from experience.....I've often thought that, like f2f relationships there are online personalities that are naturally more charismatic than others....and Alta, you are at the top for charisma! Thanks for starting this interesting thread! Happy Labor Day to US VFers! Anne Y |
11-22-17, 10:31 AM | |
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hi! Interesting- I thought the same thing. I stopped coming to VF in general because I stopped working out - for no reason other than being busy and getting into bad habits. I pop in every now and then and have noticed that people are quieter. I wondered if it had anything to do with streaming becoming more popular than DVDs now. I miss the good old days when VF was popping all the time!
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11-22-17, 10:35 AM | ||
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