I am still on the email list because they are humorous, so I get the notices too.

I think Mehdi opens the circle doors at least once a month, so if you don't catch it this time it will come back around soon.:) I am not sure how much useful information there would be for women on the program (for some reason, I feel like all of the anecdotes he posts seem to be from men who double their squat/deadlift weights). I've always been curious as to how valuable membership is myself.

I got tired of all the emails. Mehdi seems a little full of himself IMHO.

Eh.. that is the price of my gym membership lol.. I wouldn't.

He did mention there are females at the Inner Circle, but he's definitely not going out of his way to appeal to us ladies.

I think that this group is probably the best place for any female-targeted SL support or information.:flowerforyou: Also, we are nice to the males that stop too!

Not only is he full of himself, but he's definitely a wordy little guy. He could say the same thing, using about 1/3 of the words. He says the same things over and over. Plus, for someone who thinks they're pretty smart, he could probably make more money if he'd quit turning off half of his audience. He did mention there are females at the Inner Circle, but he's definitely not going out of his way to appeal to us ladies.

^^^ all of this

I used to read his emails for amusement, then I got bored and blocked them. I found it weird that he pretty much refused to mention women at all in any of his marketing. I'm not phased by all male environments, I've trained and played on all male and almost all male ice hockey teams before, but even then there was never this complete refusal to even mention women playing ice hockey ever. With Mehdi's inner circle, as far as I'm concerned, you can get the information for free elsewhere (Mark Rippetoe's Starting Strength forums are free and Rippetoe is more knowledgable than Mehdi anyway) so it's his loss.

Plus there's this forum. For the most part, there's no special information for women. the main difference is a lot of women start with lighter weights. But it's nice to be in an environment where people don't act like women who lift are aliens from another planet or don't even exist at all.

Not only is he full of himself, but he's definitely a wordy little guy. He could say the same thing, using about 1/3 of the words. He says the same things over and over. Plus, for someone who thinks they're pretty smart, he could probably make more money if he'd quit turning off half of his audience. He did mention there are females at the Inner Circle, but he's definitely not going out of his way to appeal to us ladies.

Ah a long talker, I live with one of those.

I wouldn't pay 19$ for emails etc. I can get 2x10lb plates for that.