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Alallen327
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Posted: 31 January 2006 09:16 pm |
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I didn't see this product mentioned so I thought I would share. Bob Harper from NBC's "Biggest Loser" series is listed as a personal trainer on the Push! website (.net NOT .com) The premise is that you as a customer fill out an updateable questionaire about your fitness level and goals, any recurring injuries and your tastes in fitness videos and you get a somewhat customized DVD with two 40 minute floor exercise routines and an aerobic workout. They mail it straight to your home.
The reason I say "somewhat" is the floor exercises are a compilation of clips recorded with your favorite personal trainer doing exercises that strenghten your "core" and the target area you chose.
In the background of the workouts is the genre of music you selected during the questionaire phase and your name is written in the profile section of the dvd along with all of your questionaire answers. If you want to change what you are working on in your next dvd just go back to the PUSH! website and update your questionaire and the changes will be reflected on your next DVD.
You can order one month at a time or sign up for a year (best deal) and you get one personalized DVD per month for as long as you want to keep it going. The one year membership cost is around $20 per month and you get to keep the DVDs forever. Seriously, where else are you going to buy a fitness DVD that has your specific target area in mind and the music and type of aerobic routine you really like? I've never found one I liked 100% -- there was always something about a video I didn't like and I would have to go out and buy another DVD to get the target area I wanted.
I've been using the Push! DVDs for three months now and I am very pleased with the results. The "core" exercises kick my butt and I am usually worn out by the end of a floor routine and the aerobic exercise (about 1.5 hours of workout). I chose classic rock to be my background music, Bob Harper is my personal trainer and Kickboxing is my aerobic exercise.
Before PUSH! my favorite workout was the Bodies In Motion series I taped on VCR back in the 80s. All the more recent ones had too high an impact for my chronically injured knee or only focused on butts or abs or had a totally stupid instructor or dorky music.
I really like this system and love the idea that I can intensify my workouts or back off on them if they're getting too hard. I get a natural progression of exercise each month that doesn't have me gasping for air halfway through.
I have been dieting and exercising since August 1, 2005 and weighed 200 lbs when I began (I'm 5'4" and a pear shape). As of January 15th I weigh 169 and I've lost two jeans sizes! I lost the bulk before starting PUSH!, but I was not exercising at all during that time. Since starting PUSH! in November I have lost 8 pounds and 1 jeans size and I took a break from the DVDs over the Christmas and New Year's holidays.
If you like variety and you want your choice of personal trainers and music and a natural progression of exercise difficulty --- I think Push! is a fantastic product!
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NevD
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Posted: 31 January 2006 09:24 pm |
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Sounds great if you like perspiring a lot...
My own workouts take less than 10 minutes a day and I rarely break sweat.
It's worth remembering that the food element of your program is more important for weight loss, while the exercise bit is to ensure you don't lose muscle tissue while you reduce.
Worked for me.
NevD 
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Alallen327
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Posted: 31 January 2006 10:05 pm |
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The PUSH! workouts are focused on creating lean muscle tissue which aids in increasing metabolism and accomplishes exactly what you describe -- no loss of muscle mass. And they *do* mention the fact that consistency is best whether your exercise routine is for 10 minutes or 30 minutes or an hour. Their recommendations are simply a guideline because its what has worked for the majority of their customers -- I control my workouts.
I don't have to do all of it if I don't want to. I *choose* to do the floor routine and the aerobic routine in one sitting, but they recommend doing the floor routines and the aerobic workout on different days.
The best part of this system is if the workouts are too hard I can log into my account on Push! and change the setting to make the workouts easier. The easier the workout, the less sweat! ;) Right now my goal is to be able to wear a bathing suit (during vacation in April) in public without absolutely grossing everyone out, so I have my Push! settings set to help me with that.
On Push! (.net) they also have a Nutrition section that says the same thing Bob always said on the Biggest Loser episodes. You must eat to lose weight and there are certain balances in calories you need to make in order to diet and exercise to lose weight. Diet alone will cause your body to go into "starvation" mode -- I'm a true believer in that because I tried for 10 years to lose weight by cutting calories and just ended up gaining 10 each year. Eating to lose weight is definately proving to be the most effective in my case. Other folks may have a different result.
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Peter
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Posted: 1 February 2006 01:34 am |
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Nevd, you are right that food is a much more important element in weight loss than exercise. In fact I emphasize that greatly here:
http://www.eatwellandexercise.com/
However, some people do like to sweat! Actually, I don't, but a couple hours at the gym (I read between sets) and 30 min on the treadmill are an important and pleasurable part of my life. My downtime... away from this PC!
Of all the thousands of words I have written for my website, these words, from my FAQ on exercise, are my favorite:
People who exercise on a regular basis not only lose weight more effectively, but are more successful at keeping it off. The significance of regular exercise goes beyond the physical benefits. It produces a mental attitude of self-care and self-esteem that bolsters confidence and the desire to continue to improve.
For me, less than 10 minutes a day just wouldn't be good enough.
Peter
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wm
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Posted: 1 February 2006 03:14 am |
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Congratulations on your weight loss Alallen327.  I've never watched Biggest Loser nor heard of the Push! website, but I know that finding a workout you like and can sustain is one of the harder parts of establishing an exercise regimen.
NevD, I would be curious to know more about your workout. I gather it must be more of a maintenance routine than a strength-building one? Hey, I'm lazy. Ten minutes a day without sweating sounds like my cuppa.
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NevD
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Posted: 1 February 2006 11:58 am |
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People who exercise on a regular basis not only lose weight more effectively, but are more successful at keeping it off.
Absolutely: that's why I haven't had a car for 2 years and cycle almost everywhere.
The 10 minutes I mentioned is my 'focused' exercise... what I do to maintain muscle.
I don't believe though that combining an essentially couch potato lifestyle with 30 (or whatever) minutes a day cardio will lead to long-term, lasting lean body.
I don't mean to proselytise - it's just an opinion, but one formed of long observation (and many failures)...
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