Programmes that have not worked for you.

Smuterella

Yeah, this site is full of success stories - P90X transformations, massively whittled 30 day shred waists. We hear little about people not finishing the programme, or finishing and - heaven forbid - being unhappy with the results. I'm interested to hear about your wasted efforts - as I have a few of my own ;-)

number 1 all time fail: 30 day shred. I got 28 days in. I stopped because I'd lost no weight, no inches and, and, hurt both knees so bad that they still flare up three months later. I suspect the fail was that it just wasn't enough exercise for me alone, as a fairly fit person.

Fail part deux: P90 - this time the failure was entirely mine. I managed a month - got bored - gave up.

Anyone else have any negative feedback on any of the programmes we hear about every day?

meerkat70

I didn't like the shread *at all*. It hurt my knees and I found her kind of shrill in a way I couldn't get past. But then I generally don't like bouncing about in my lounge in the name of exercise. It feels so silly!

I've tried and failed twice at the 100 pushups / 200 situps thing. I hate both exercises, although I recognise they're a necessary evil. I just find them very hard to do. Not physically - mentally.

I continue to struggle horribly with squats, and my knees truly hate them.


But on the plus side, I can now run a long way, cycle increasingly fast, can lift some impressively heavy weights, and can swim a couple of miles slowly. So I think I'm probably surviving ok without the abovementioneds....