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Old Jun 27th 2011, 8:31 am
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Have any of you guys done this? What were your results?
I'm starting tomorrow... Gulp.
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Oh gawd another one of those 'a $600 value for 3 monthly payments
of $39.95'. Yeah right...they just love to give stuff away.
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This thing was invented by Tim Horton? I'd rather have the donuts anyday.
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Does it come with a free penis enlargement program? Not that I'm interested, of course.
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Does it come with a free penis enlargement program? Not that I'm interested, of course.
You're obviously asking on behalf of a 'friend'.
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Oh gawd another one of those 'a $600 value for 3 monthly payments
of $39.95'. Yeah right...they just love to give stuff away.
Yeah, I know, I know. I didn't get mine from the infomercial.

This actually isn't anything miraculous - it's bloody hard work, that's all.
It's not some magical gadget that's going to melt away fat. It's a yoga mat, pull up bar, and some dumb bells. So I already have the equipment.

No, it's 90 days of not eating processed foods, refined sugar, soda, alcohol (gasp!) - junk, basically. There are twelve workout DVDs, and things get mixed up all time (chest and back, yoga, plyometrics etc.) It uses muscle confusion, similar to what happens when you do wind sprints/High intensity interval training.

I think the biggest challenge for me is going to be the nutrition plan.
Learning how to cook healthy and tasty meals, and in what proportions.
You can do all the exercises at home.

I'm not trying to sell anyone on this. Just wondered if anyone here has any experience with it. There's no secrets. You can find all the material online.
The reason I'm doing it is because I'll be 40 in two years, and I want to stop being a blobber.

I was motivated to give this a go because a guy who used to work in our office used to look like Jabba the Hutt. He left 9 months ago, and he came back in to our office last month for a contract thing. Anyway, he looks amazing. He lost 50lbs. I asked him what he did and so here I am, preparing to go down this journey.
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The only exercise program that works is the one you do.

I have a room full of unused bits and bobs the wife keeps buying and uses once before never using again. Trampolines, treadmills, dumb bells, rubber bands, dvds, mats, ballet bars...
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I know a few folks who used to do it....one got really fit, lost weight and it knackered his knee and after recovering went and put the weight back on.

Some bird had lost quite a bit of weight, but didn't tone up, some FB photo's you wish you could basically unsee as she looks like a wrinkly old sock.

And the third person just gave up after a couple of months, not so much with the work out, but the diet.
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Originally Posted by Octang Frye
Have any of you guys done this? What were your results?
I'm starting tomorrow... Gulp.
My wife used it after being inspired by her sister in law. Both have achieved great results! From what I can tell it's great all around work out that can be done from home. If you stick to it I'm positive you'll reach your goal!
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My mate has done it. She's amazing though, the kinda girl that comes home from work and goes for a 7 mile run for fun. She'd get up to do it at 5am everyday before work. You've gotta be dedicated. I believe there's also a diet plan involved which I'm certain she stuck to, to the letter. She did before and after shots and you can certainly see the difference, especially in her midsection. Everything just looks tighter and pulled in. I think if you're going to do it, go for it!
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Originally Posted by sir_eccles
The only exercise program that works is the one you do.

I have a room full of unused bits and bobs the wife keeps buying and uses once before never using again. Trampolines, treadmills, dumb bells, rubber bands, dvds, mats, ballet bars...
He's talking about an exercise regime, not sex toys!
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He's talking about an exercise regime, not sex toys!
They get used more than once though
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Done it, twice. You need to stick to the eating plan to get the full results, but you'll still see results even if you "cheat" a little with the food.

If you haven't done or currently do much exercise before starting this, you're going to struggle. The yoga alone is an hour and a half of intense strength work.

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Originally Posted by sir_eccles
The only exercise program that works is the one you do.

I have a room full of unused bits and bobs the wife keeps buying and uses once before never using again. Trampolines, treadmills, dumb bells, rubber bands, dvds, mats, ballet bars...
And I presume getting rid of them is out of the question ...
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Originally Posted by Octang Frye
Have any of you guys done this? What were your results?
I'm starting tomorrow... Gulp.
If you're quite heavy already, or not fit, you might want to start out on the Power 90 program (if they still sell it, or just download it) or the Body-for-life (buy the book second hand from Amazon and join a gym.)

I've done P90x - it's as good as any other program. If you stick to the program you will lose weight. Mind you - diet + exercise will make 90% of people lose weight; you could do Flirty Girl Fitness if you wanted.

IMO Body-for-Life is still the best unless you're already fit and you eat right. After reading that book you will wake at 5am to workout; I went from being pretty sedentary to running 10k 3-4 times per week through that program.

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