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Old 02-20-15, 03:33 PM  
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21 Day Fix vs 21 Day Extreme Fix

I've been toying with buying 21Day for about a year now. Really hoping it will jumpstart weight loss for me. I notice on Mary's site that 21Day and 21Day Extreme are the same price but Extreme has free shipping. Are the exercises in Extreme that much harder? Or are they just different?

Thanks for any help!
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Old 02-20-15, 03:42 PM  
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I have both systems and I think 21 Day Fix Extreme is more advanced than the original 21 Day Fix. All of the workouts for the Extreme set use some weights or bands and the rest between sets/exercises is shorter which makes them more like metabolic circuits. Even the modifier is doing a "harder" modification than in the original set.

The "diet" for Extreme is also "cleaner" with no cheats at all.

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Old 02-20-15, 03:50 PM  
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The reason the Extreme set has free shipping is because it's new. The free shipping will go away sometime soon.

Also, there is a package that includes both sets for a bit less money. Shipping is not free on it, however.

http://www.totalfitnessdvds.net/Prod...ode=21daycombo

Both sets are really good!
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Old 02-20-15, 04:15 PM  
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Both sets are great, the Extreme is more advanced than the Original and is not modified as much. I think there's a good place for a beginner to start out with the original, but the Extreme is more solidly intermediate.
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Old 02-20-15, 07:49 PM  
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Thanks all. Much appreciated!!!
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Old 02-21-15, 10:14 AM  
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I wish I had a coupon code, I would love the extreme set.
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Old 02-21-15, 10:46 AM  
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Just wanted to say the original 21 Day Fix workouts can be made more challenging by increasing the weight or the intensity of the cardio moves. In other words, like any workout, you can make it as easy or intense as you want or need.
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Old 02-21-15, 11:56 AM  
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did anyone purchase the Extreme kit before using the original set?

and someone who has both sets, a couple of questions:
1) would you miss anything by just getting the extreme set
2) PM me on this: how does the container use differ from the original (i know you can get the container ideas off of the web)
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Old 02-21-15, 04:38 PM  
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good question bzar- would you miss anything if you only bought the extreme set? I would like to know this too.

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Old 02-21-15, 05:20 PM  
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I have both, including the bonus and ultimate DVDs. Did 21DF last year, doing 21DFX now.

Both sets have 7 days of workouts and a 10-min abs add-on. Everything , except 10 min abs, is 30 min.

21DF has total body cardio, upper, lower, Pilates, cardio, dirty 30, yoga

bonus DVD is plyo (not mentioned in the written materials; I subbed it for one of the Cardios)

ultimate DVD has barre legs (sub for lower) and flat abs (sub for Pilates)

The calendar has a doubles option for the 3rd week.

21DFX (Fix Extreme added to every title except Dirty 30 Extreme) has plyo, upper, Pilates, lower, cardio, dirty 30, yoga, and 10 min hardcore. (I kept having the feeling the sequence wasn't the same as last year & now I see lower and Pilates days are switched)

bonus DVD is The Fix Challenge, which has 52 surrenders among other moves, but not a lot of plyo; sub for cardio

ultimate DVD has power strength (sub for plyo) and ABC - abs, butt, cardio - sub for dirty 30


I have no wish to get rid of 21DF, and thinking of doing a Fix combo after I finish Extreme. However, the sets follow the same pattern, so I can't say you'd be missing anything if you went straight to Extreme. But be aware that the modifier does pushups on her toes and doesn't modify like the 21DF modifier did.
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