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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems gimmicky to me.  I think ultimately free weights (doing similar moves) are better than some of the stuff done with that machine.

Some of the ab work done on that machine can be done with a ball.

My feeling with a lot of those workouts is that people lose a lot of water weight.  Because you have a lot of people crammed into a space and moving, you sweat a lot.  That can often give the feeling of really having worked out.

I think with machines, you also run a greater risk of pulling and straining muscles.  Again, I think compound movements with free weights can get the same results but are much safer and actually are better at building functional strength.  The thing is that you don't necessarily drip with sweat if you aren't in a room full of sweaty people moving around, and so you may not *feel* as if you are getting a good workout.

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You can think and feel all you want about this workout, but you clearly haven't tried it, i.e., you don't know what you're talking about.  I rowed competitively for 10 years, which involved quite a bit of weight lifting (Olympic and power-) as part of that.  I know how to lift well, and I know how to get to muscle failure.  To hit the same level of muscle failure as I do regularly in solidcore, I'd need either a personal trainer designing and keeping track of my workouts, and spotting me during them, or a crap ton of free time to design and monitor my own training (plus a spotter).  With solidcore, I get 50 hard minutes, and I'm out.  I don't have to think about it outside of class, or pay a trainer, or worry about stress to my joints or pelvic floor, which can happen with compound lifts, especially if you're maxing out.

But, hey, why don't you try some classes, and then come back and opine.[/quote]

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