04-11-20, 11:40 PM | |
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Fitness Fix Intermediate with Denise Beatty -- I've been using it at least once a week over the last year as a part of my "self-administered physical therapy" for my slightly wonky right knee. The section with bridge variations on the stability ball still leave me whimpering each time despite the perseverance and frequency of practice... Ouchie!
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04-20-20, 03:09 PM | |
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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I found this workout on Youtube that uses the "booty band". It is from Arena Strength, I use a different band I bought off Amazon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0XHdBpQ9Qk This one is a burner! I love the format of no talking / good music and a countdown timer. I will be doing this again for sure. I have tried to follow Bret C but I just can not stomach his focus on physique. It gets to be a bit much. Strong glutes are so important for functional reasons, which at my age (50) is my goal. |
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04-21-20, 10:48 AM | ||
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04-27-20, 06:51 AM | |
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: New Hampshire
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I was a HUGE BC fan and have followed his work for years. It was cery hard to follow him for my own personal issues. I worked hard to set those aside and, got amazing results from BC's work.
Fast forward to a few months ago when some personal info hit the mainstream and real, hardworking, invested fitness leaders whom I admire, spoke honestly about the situation. As one of the people who defended BC for years, I have not been able to bring myself back to his workouts. I do know the value of his research and he has broken ground and advanced glute science in a short number of years however, his behavior has been exactly the behavior I forced myself to believe he wasn't capable of and, I can't financially support it. I understand many will choose to support or not support based on the workouts themselves but, for me, it took a lot to trust him as he appeared and I regret investing that in him. |
04-27-20, 09:51 AM | ||
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I also take everything on the Internet with a giant grain of salt as I don’t feel people’s personal lives should impact my business choices, generally. I mean, I have no real idea about the personal lives of most fitness instructors or most of the people I buy things from. However, the sleaziness of some of the photos and posts that are promoted are part of this person’s business, and that together with the other things turned me off. I don’t know that he has advanced glute science. He has promoted certain exercises that can give physique benefits, but I don’t know to what degree he is respected for this in the fitness research world. |
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04-27-20, 10:07 AM | ||
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: New Hampshire
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To the OP, I do think glutes are something you can really change the more you educate yourself. Learning glute activation and incorporating that EVERY time I walked, hiked and worked legs made a huge difference in my late 30s and after 6 children. The more I learned online & for free, the more I could evaluate glute exercises I found in videos. 2lazy4gym did a PHENOMENAL amount of work for her own glute / sts rotation and I followed that one round completely then modified it and have continued for 2?? Years now incorporating Butt Bible, Cathe, EBE2 and a number of glute winners. Each portion taught me a lot about working my glutes and what work & didn't. |
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04-27-20, 12:02 PM | |
Join Date: Jun 2009
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One person I became aware of through BC is Sohee Lee, who has online plans for purchase and a FB group called Lift with Sohee.
Supposedly she uses a lot of similar techniques, but I have not tried her plans myself. When I did a search, there was someone from this forum who used the plan from her book. Hedgehog, I’m sure you came across her name also; do you know anything about her program? |
04-27-20, 01:06 PM | ||
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Maryland
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I'm not at all surprised by what her ex did to her - he always creeped me out - and I hope she can recover. I'd noticed she went missing from her group for months, but now she's back and posting. I'm done with that whole fitness guru cult, anyway. I have enough books and programs to last several lifetimes.
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