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10-01-13, 12:23 PM | ||
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I do like his flow chart and I bought his book Strong Curves because I find his approach to glute training interesting. However, I must say the picture examples--I think the women he used as "bad" examples have very nice figures too just in a different way than his "good" examples. They are just going for a different look. I think some his second examples have been Tracy Anderson clients or other variations of barre and yoga. His aesthetic talk, I really don't see it as that different than Tracy Anderson--they are using different methods because they are going for different goals and different looks. He has a thing about a certain type of booty that involves heavy resistance if one isn't genetically blessed with that look. I don't see how that is better or worse than any other aesthetic goal an individual might choose to pursue. My body does seem to respond well to heavyish lifting especially in circuits but it also responds well to barre and bodyweight training. I find it annoying that S&C gurus at the moment are usually very down on yoga, barre, pilates, bodyweight training, TA (though I kind of understand in this case), etc. A lot of people do get good results with these types of programs. I personally prefer a mix of heavy lifting and body weigh/lighter resistance. I know when I go to a gym or read materials from the popular s&c folks I often see comments how the other type of training I like is a "waste of time". At least he does to some extent acknowledge different people may have different aesthetic goals so there are a few good things about this article. I still disagree with some of his comments about pilates, bodyweight work, yoga and even TA. |
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10-01-13, 12:35 PM | ||
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With TA, I've noticed on VF.... Some of the VF'ers who post about great results from TA have a background in heavier lifting and already had a fair amount of muscle before they started TA. Some of them even do a bit of heavier lifting or kettle bells, etc while doing TA workouts. I had a theory that her method might work best for people who are already fairly muscular going into it, except that doesn't explain the VF'ers who only do that type of training or similar and have great results. Same with yoga, barre, eccentrics, bodyweight circuits, etc. I think there are different ways to accomplish the same thing and different people's bodies may respond differently. I think there are ways to explain the aesthetic benefits of one approach without criticizing other approaches. |
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10-01-13, 12:46 PM | |
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Jessica Biel is into Crossfit. She doesn't look any different, to me.
http://www.shape.com/celebrities/cel...ossfit/slide/6
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