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01-08-16, 12:08 PM | ||
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It is tough if what you need in a DVD, happens to be that same DVD that posits that everyone has the same goals, i.e., they want (even if "subconsciously" ... kind of like that manipulative "therapist" I'd once seen while "plump" in his eyes) to lose weight ... whether or not fitting in the bikini, figures in ... Many belly dance DVDs (rag on its mildness if you must, but personally I do need low impact) may go the "sexy talk" route, but they don't talk about bikinis ...
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01-08-16, 12:13 PM | ||
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Personally, I find the "sexy" talk and super-skimpy outfits annoying. If being annoyed can cause psychological damage. Then, I'm damaged!
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01-08-16, 12:14 PM | |
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Spare me. A study with sweeping generalizations based on 10 DVDs. Ten.
Many of the instructors had little or no qualifications - well, were they picking up "Kim Kardashian Shows You How to Get an Hourglass Shape Like Hers" or Cathe Friedrich? Did they have exercisers start a program and see if they stuck with it? Did they TALK to any exercisers who'd actually done the DVDs and see how they felt about them? I tried to view the full study but don't want to register; but from their synopsis, it looks like they read the DVD blurbs, viewed the workouts and drew conclusions.
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01-08-16, 12:27 PM | |||
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01-08-16, 12:35 PM | |
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Well, yes, as a 'study' it is ridiculous, but one of the things I enjoy about taking living classes is all the different bodies in the room! Videos typically are taught by very thin people with well-defined muscles, and the backgrounders are usually the same. In a live class, you see people of all shapes, sizes and fitness levels. I bet a number of people do videos because they fear they'd feel self-conscious in a class. But if you think a class looks like a video, in my experience, you'd be wrong!
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01-08-16, 12:39 PM | |
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This "study" seems like they are really reaching for a story - just grasping at straws - and for what? I can honestly say that I am a pretty damaged person, and fitness videos would rank at "0" on the scale of things that have damaged me psychologically. In fact, I can attribute them to healing me psychologically, not the other way around. I have never felt remotely injured or psychologically harmed by watching pretty people work out, or receiving tough-love instruction. Sexy outfits also don't bother me in the least.
(I suppose I can see it being damaging for somebody with a very unhealthy body image, or one who is easily triggered by that sort of thing. That has just never been my personal way of being triggered) |
01-08-16, 12:50 PM | |
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: New York City
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Videos are something you do for yourself ...
You learn, on repetition, to desensitize yourself to the hackneyed culturally mandated exhortations of some teachers, if the DVD is good or effective ...
In a live class, the moment they bring up "bikinis", I give a shout-out while in class to the teacher: "for me it's about my health!" ... and she will tend to agree, noddingly. Of course, in this particular scenario, I am measurably older than the other members of class, but hardly much older than the teacher; and the class takes place in an intergenerationally friendly neighborhood (such intergenerational-fairness besmirched by its economic upscaleness - but that's another story for another day) ... soooo ... then .... eventually it leads to a better choice of teachers ...
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body acceptance, body image, research, stupid studies, stupider headlines |
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