What I'm Reading This Week #22
Howdy do and welcome to the last Friday of May. 😑 Even though it was a short week, it always seems just a tinge longer than the previous week. I'm getting antsy because I want to see blooms. When you're growing from seed, it requires a patience I don't naturally have and trying to keep things from getting to everything before it has a chance to. Then reading about some God awful hornworm that can just come in and decimate your tomato plants overnight. It makes me wonder at what point do I put up the insect netting over the bucket veggies. Other than that, not much else going on this week. Let's hop straight into: Does Walking Build Muscle, Burn Fat, or Both ? (The part about e-scooters is often a discussion as kids on them and e bikes rocket past us in the park or on a sidewalk going 20 mph. These kids are going to have ZERO muscle.) Eat This, Not That: 12 Powerful Foods That May Help Lower High Cholesterol After 50 (I need...
I don't know what's overused too much, but I will say I don't care for the sound of the violent ones. Rip. Shred. Waterboard. Oh, wait, maybe not the last one.
ReplyDeleteI do have Jilian Michaels 30 Day Shred though and I do think it's a pretty good workout despite the title. And despite that I have to mute it because after the 3rd or 4th viewing I found that I just wanted to shred her face.
Ripped has got to be the most over-used at this point in my opinion. Nobody who is actually ripped would use any single one of those videos because the people who are actually ripped are doing workouts like 3 times a day and eating perfectly planned meals, etc. But we all still like to hear that word attached to a product don't we?
ReplyDeleteYep, "another layer", I have to mute Jillian too--she'd have a thoroughly shredded face otherwise!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that workouts like Tae Bo are easy now for you!! Woohoo!!!
I hate all the gimmicky words, just give me the workout!
Seems like I see the word "shred" a lot. I think I would like to see words like "exhausting," "sacrificial,"
ReplyDeleteand "impossible." That would be more honest, don't you think?
Per a few blogs back I purchased the supreme 90 days workout series that you mentioned. For full disclosure, I have no intentions to do the entire program in 90 days Thanks for the recommendation, I enjoy the new addition to the home workout library.
ReplyDeleteAs far as overused term, I could say "90 days"
AL- ROFL!! I hear ya. I've only done Jillian's workout once and she annoyed the hell outta me. Should be interesting!
ReplyDeleteMr- Yes, ripped is so overused right now its kind of annoying. You're right, truly ripped people aren't buying these DVD's But for us mortals, I just want something that will kick my booty but not injure us! :)
Kim- I hear ya. I think the 2 new workouts I got only had one gimmicky word in it, which was breathless and given the woman couldn't breathe halfway through, I felt it was accurate! HA!
Dupster- I agree! I looked at the P90X2 commercial and I would put that under the "impossible" category for me until my focus switches from weight loss to muscle building to help fill in loose spots.
Fizz- I'm glad you like it. We're doing Tabata Inferno tonight. We did one week of it and there was NO WAY I could do it for 2 week straight much less 90 days in a row. I agree though, workouts with time limits of how long it'll take you to look like the Hulk are annoying!
Haha, you've got to love some of these video names. I'm embarrassed to say out loud the names of half of the ones I own. :)
ReplyDeleteI used to do The Firm and it drove me nuts that they would try to sell their product WHILE I was doing the workout. ("This is why the Firm is awesome...," "This is how the Firm works you...," etc.) Hello, I already bought the dang thing! Now quit marketing and just give me a proper workout.
Too, too funny! @AL, yep, I've always said that if I had Jillian in my face I'd slap her. My favorite phrase to hate? Six-pack. As far as I'm concerned, that's the way to buy beer. But then, what would a grandmother want with a six-pack of the other variety anyway?
ReplyDeleteJaimie: I'm with you on hating the continued selling once you own the dvd.
ReplyDeleteSupreme 90 is pretty bad for the continued selling of the "recovery drink". Shut it, Tom. I don't need your calorie bomb recovery drink and for the love of all that's holy, stop pushing your "eating plan".
Come to think of it, I kind of LIKE that annoying banter. It gives me a reason to curse out the t.v. while I'm busting my ass.
I think you've hit the major ones--ripped, shred, turbo, extreme. If it helps me reach my goals, I don't care what the title is, but I DO NOT want to get sucked into actually believing all the hype that goes along with these DVDs!
ReplyDeleteHaha, I am loving these comments! I don't know any overused words because I'm not a part of your market, ripped stands out though :D And I laugh at anything that is EXTREME! :D
ReplyDeleteBrilliant post! "Fast" and "easy" are two that are a tad over-used.
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