05-14-11, 03:39 PM | |
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Illinois
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I love systems because they provide the structure that I need. Once started, I have this compulsive desire to finish. When I'm putting together my own rotations, I often wake up and just do nothing. I also consider them reasonably priced if you figure the cost per DVD. Of course, you would actually have to use all/ most of them for this logic to work.... My main problem is getting back to them once I'm done with a rotation because there is always something new coming out......
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05-14-11, 05:20 PM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Monterey County, California
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I have tried many of the Firm's systems, from Tri-Trainers through Firm Express. Didn't work for me. I tried P90X and couldn't do them. Slim in 6 made me sick all 3 times that I tried it. Slim Series wore me out but didn't shape me up. Slim Series Express was fun but didn't have enough glute work. I love Leslie, but I just couldn't walk off any weight.
Enter Supreme 90 Day, with all its tackiness, awful background exercisers, uneven speed and everything else its critics have pointed out. 64 days in, I've lost about 2" from every place I measure, 10 lbs, and I'm the strongest I've ever been.
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05-14-11, 06:08 PM | |
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: A helluva town
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Here's a cost-saving idea: we could organize a system co-op, not trading but a Netflix-like section where members can share their used systems in 90-day rotations. That way you'd buy one system that you would contribute after using, but you'd get to use other systems on a rotating basis. Everyone who participates could eventually get their original systems returned but would have to be tolerant of use scratches etc. So maybe don't include your most precious system.
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05-14-11, 06:10 PM | ||
Join Date: Jan 2009
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05-14-11, 06:58 PM | |
Join Date: May 2005
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I buy 'em, but then...
... most of the time I end up feeling they are inadequate in some area and I have to supplement them or mess with them in some way-- and then I'm not really doing the system, am I??
Like P90X. I hated the limited lower body workouts. I wanted more so I'd add Cathe's Lower Body Pyramid. Then I hated the 1.5 hour of yoga, so I'd sub with doing half of YogaX one day and half on another. And like I couldn't do half of the exercises in Core Synergistics so I stopped doing it completely. After a while I realized I wasn't really "doing" P90X so I just quit. I do use some of the videos, though, in isolated workouts. Right now I like using Chest and back, but I never felt the love for it until after I completed the 100 pushups program. The ONLY system I've ever done completely and totally as designed was Cathe's STS, I totally love that series. I think it's Cathe's best work. The online workout log is an additional plus for me. |
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