Am I the only one that can't stand Jillian Michaels?

Marig0ld
Marig0ld Posts: 671 Member
edited October 2 in Chit-Chat
Just thought I'd throw that out there. I know a lot of people around here worship her and swear by 30 DS, which is cool with me. To each his/her own, right? I tried to do 30 DS when I found it on Exercise TV, but I just couldn't finish. The workout itself was nice and challenging, but her personality grates on my nerves. LOL. I tend to like to Beach Body people more...especially
Chalene Johnson.

I feel like I'm going to get publicly flogged now, but I just wanted to know if anyone else felt the same way.
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  • Faery7
    Faery7 Posts: 317 Member
    LOL yeah her personality is kinda weird, but I'm doing the 30DS now, and I like it a lot. It's working well for me. I'll have to check out the Beach Body one, haven't seen that one yet :)
  • krystonite
    krystonite Posts: 553 Member
    She's even more annoying in Ripped in 30 and her overt flirtations with her "girls" borders on sexual harassment. However, my drive to punch her in the face transcends in my drive to workout hard during her videos.
  • foremant86
    foremant86 Posts: 1,115 Member
    i actually find her very motivating. sure she's a little strange but whatever, she gets results and motivates you through the whole workout
  • dawnw30
    dawnw30 Posts: 270
    She irritates the crap outta me...not to mention the fact that I find her a little too manly, lol! Oh well...all this and I still do her workouts - I just have to turn the sound down because she preaches a bit too much! LOL!
  • RachelH25
    RachelH25 Posts: 108
    I agree! I never liked her! However I did ripped in 30 and stuck it out because I loved the results.
  • notebooksecrets
    notebooksecrets Posts: 36 Member
    I would probably find her incredibly annoying if I wasn't so damn attracted to her :-)
  • nicole00lynn
    nicole00lynn Posts: 110
    NO, im totally with you, as horrible is this is I cant stand her. If i do the workout i put her on mute, but i loooovee Chalene
  • krystonite
    krystonite Posts: 553 Member
    I would probably find her incredibly annoying if I wasn't so damn attracted to her :-)

    lol I asked my friend this question the other day when I found myself strangely attracted to her while simultaneously wanting to smack her.
  • Shayyy01
    Shayyy01 Posts: 290 Member
    She annoys me, her work outs are great but she is annoying.

    "Come now! Dont you DARE phone this in!"

    Really?! lol
  • AmyEm3
    AmyEm3 Posts: 784 Member
    I agree that she is kind of strange and annoying but her DVDs do work well for me so I just deal with her anyway.
  • Mairgheal
    Mairgheal Posts: 385 Member
    She's even more annoying in Ripped in 30 and her overt flirtations with her "girls" borders on sexual harassment. However, my drive to punch her in the face transcends in my drive to workout hard during her videos.

    Agreed. I could easily bear her with the Shred but she's just plain weird in Ripped. She even talks differently. And how about the annoying things like her statements in between like, "most people don't show up in their own life..." blah blah....! :yawn:

    But, the workouts are great, so I'll stick with it
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
    I hate her with a passion I didn't know I had in me.... Having said that, her 30 DS workouts are pretty dang good. I just can't get past her stupid face and her stupid voice and her totally UNmotivating comments. "You won't see modified jumping jacks. if a 400 lb man can do them, so can you" Stupid-head.

    When I do occasionally pull out that DVD, I just mute her and play some music! :D
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
    NO, im totally with you, as horrible is this is I cant stand her. If i do the workout i put her on mute, but i loooovee Chalene

    ^^^ Oh totally with you on this one. I have such a girl crush on Chalene!
  • coatsie79
    coatsie79 Posts: 187 Member
    I would probably find her incredibly annoying if I wasn't so damn attracted to her :-)

    Same here. Although worryingly it's a computer generated image of her that I work out to everyday. :noway:
  • LoveleeB
    LoveleeB Posts: 560 Member
    Why yes, yes you are. :tongue:
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    *raises hand*
    I can't stand that chick
  • dirtyblue
    dirtyblue Posts: 90
    NO, im totally with you, as horrible is this is I cant stand her. If i do the workout i put her on mute, but i loooovee Chalene

    ^^^ Oh totally with you on this one. I have such a girl crush on Chalene!

    I am so with you...I did ChaLean Extreme first before getting Ripped in 30, I was sooo spoiled by Chalene! She has some spunk, Jillian is just so dry
  • ChitownFoodie
    ChitownFoodie Posts: 1,562 Member
    I did ONE day of the 30 day shred and found it less challenging and pretty boring. So I went back to my men...Tony and Shaun. They are much more fun and motivating. Plus, I never watched the Biggest Loser so I really don't understand her appeal.
  • rbryntes
    rbryntes Posts: 710 Member
    I find her hypocritical, when they went through her fridge and all the food was "bad" food, but she lambastes people for eating "bad" food...ugh. I'm not sure I coul.d take 30DS, but I might try it.
  • megz4987
    megz4987 Posts: 1,008 Member
    Most people (aside from these boards, maybe) don't like her, actually haha.
    I like her, I need to be yelled at to finish a workout sometimes so... she's what I need.
  • knittnponder
    knittnponder Posts: 1,953 Member
    I always try to rent or borrow dvd's from the library before I buy them and I am so glad because when I got one of hers I didn't last two minutes before I had to shut her off! It wasn't the workout, it was her! I wanted to do a jumping side kick at the television. This might give me some extra exercise but it's not good for the TV and my hubby might get a little mad if I kill his big fancy plasma. ;)

    I do love the Beachbody people! I've done P90X twice and now I'm doing a P90X/TurboFire hybrid. I want to be just like Chalean (sp?)when I grow up!
  • charityateet
    charityateet Posts: 574 Member
    I am actually motivated by her......but then again I had a trainer at the gym (female) that used to get in my face, and smack my *kitten* and yell to motivate us......some hated her - I loved her, too!

    I think her body is perfect and so I'm following her - hoping that I'll get there someday.

    I do mute it though, I love to workout to music - like really awesome kick butt music!
  • RKORTON
    RKORTON Posts: 23
    I tried a few of her workouts but I personally felt that she was trying to kill me so I had to walk away.
  • KKullberg
    KKullberg Posts: 3
    I did not care for her on the Biggest Looser nor the Dr's. I thought I would give one of her workouts a try and totally agree with you that she sounds like nails on a chalk board. For some not for others:)
  • coatsie79
    coatsie79 Posts: 187 Member
    I find her hypocritical, when they went through her fridge and all the food was "bad" food, but she lambastes people for eating "bad" food...ugh. I'm not sure I coul.d take 30DS, but I might try it.

    She lambastes fat people for eating bad food. Get fit, keep fit and you can enjoy some bad stuff. I don't think that's hypocritical at all.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I don't particularly like her, but her workouts are killer, so I put up with her.

    One thing I REFUSE to do is her yoga DVDs. I like to relax while doing yoga, not have some horse-voiced crazy woman yelling at me.
  • LilMissFoodie
    LilMissFoodie Posts: 612 Member
    I can't stand her either but I do use the 30 day shred, I try to do it mostly from memory after the first go and leave the sound off haha! I personally think the program could be done better, some of the dynamic stretches she uses aren't even approved from a safety perspective (according to the physiotherapists I work with).
  • megamoo04
    megamoo04 Posts: 269
    OMG I HATE HER LOL
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    She sure likes talking. Like, a lot.
  • MzBug
    MzBug Posts: 2,173 Member
    I can't stand her either. Don't know why exactly, she just gives off this fake vibe that grates on my nerves. She doesn't even have to say anything. Didn't like the woman from the first time I saw her in a picture.:ohwell:
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