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Not bad; not great

Revisado: 09-15-20

I grabbed this title because i was going COVID stir crazy and more sedentary that i wanted to be. I’m in my mid 50s and not in great shape, but I felt myself declining even further due to COVID closures, etc. This looked like a good way for me to get things back in gear and start moving again...and as it is said to take 21 iterations to form a habit, the number of lessons was almost perfect.

POSITIVES: (1) I like the muscle confusion approach with allowed for a balanced approach to things and kept me from over-indexing on just one part of the workout. (2) The iterations were reasonable and allowed me to advance without killing myself. When things began to ramp beyond my immediate ability, I repeated lessons and iterations until my capability caught up. (3). The program is mostly equipment-less. Only a treadmill is needed (and if you don’t have one [like i don’t] you can convert the treadmill workout to outdoor ones relatively easily). (4) Just because it was mentioned in other reviews I wanna comment that I had no issues re: the soundtrack and the narration with the exception of a few specific (and short) instances. Volumes were fine throughout. Note that I used both AirPods Pro’s and Trekz Titanium Aftershocks through my iPhone for sound.

NEGATIVES: (1) The narrator was often not clear when exercises were to start as transitions occurred. Was she describing the event and encouraging or telling me to get moving? Hard to tell. (2) There were places where her descriptions assumed certain knowledge. I’ve never done yoga, so telling me to get into a child’s pose wasn’t very helpful. (3) The stretching chapters felt rushed and ineffective. The narrator did not describe the stretches well or where we should feel the stretches...and by the time understanding was achieved, we were moving to the next stretch. This, by far, is my biggest negative; given my age, good stretching is key to me staying active. In the end I had to go to another program to ensure that my stretching days were effective.

RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: I did, indeed run a mile and am back in the habit of working out daily so in that respect I got out of the program what I wanted. if you understand the limitations above and compensate for them accordingly, it’s a great way to get moving again and (re)start health habits

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