Comments on: Poor Tracy Anderson…

By: Andrew Webber

Andrew Webber — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:37:11 +0000

Pilates was not created as a system for people not wanting to bulk up!

Joseph Pilates created it to help himself out as he was a train wreck.

* I do not endorse Pilates, Shut up and squat!

By: truet

truet — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:48:28 +0000

I wondered if that partner she hosed wld pop up here, but that rumor is absolutely false. alot of the bashing on her is coming from that guy. hes the stalking,jealous type that wont leave her alone. search the net. hes plastered his “do you realize” note all over sites. he even did a story with the national enquirer trying to say she screwed him, and you know how real that mag is. im still waiting for elvis to return from the aliens. that guy has a past before he joined up with her. hes the one responsible for fishers and LA places cause he owned it all, cars,house and bank accounts. only thing with her name was on was the window. he had several lawsuits placed on him before tas for not paying companies he hired to do work on a park he was building(which ideas were taken from several people) One was for 1 million alone and others added up to near 500k. he took what money was left to build that place and used for tas during those suits. 10 jobs were lost cause he realized he cld meet mado and gwn and make money off of rich housewives or women desperate for a change. that dude spent money like he was donald trump. then the dude files bankruptcy to get out of those lawsuits and a month later hes driving around a brand new escalade. WOW. i think anderson is doing something right for people to get results but its probably not for everyone.(like most diets or workouts)

By: Will Wayland

Will Wayland — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:43:44 +0000

This is either some impressive trolling or Dogma is alive and will in fitness

By: Sent

Sent — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:28:11 +0000

@Victoria

“YES, your body can bulk up more from certain exercises than others (that is why Pilates was created after all). You don’t even need a degree in nutrition or physiology to know that.”

…Sigh, do you even listen to this podcast or read about nutrition? Oh wait I already know the answer to that one.

By: lisa

lisa — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:51:30 +0000

I agree that the gym membership is just too expensive for the majority of the population, unfortunately including myself. However, I must say that I use Tracey Anderson’s DVD workouts and my body is responding very quickly. I don’t think it’s fair to judge her when so many people are getting results from her workouts. I know five other people who have dieted and exercised for years, I told them about Tracey’s DVD workouts and I see remarkable results from them in what is now just four weeks. Her method is solid and different. I personally scream during her 3pound arm series yet I can lay on a bench and press higher weight and not feel the same burn after a twenty minute arm series. I think it is important to find what works for you and stick with it. Guess based on the blog Tracey is not for everyone but I can sure say I appreciate her.

By: Victoria Leonova

Victoria Leonova — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:19:48 +0000

Tracy Anderson is amazing. Her workouts are the best for my body, and I have tried many different methods before. YES, your body can bulk up more from certain exercises than others (that is why Pilates was created after all). You don’t even need a degree in nutrition or physiology to know that. I recommend Tracy Anderson to everyone who wants longer, leaner, smaller muscles. I don’t care where she got her ideas from. All I know is that she is presenting something that I have not seen from anyone else. If you don’t like it, then don’t try it. Stop criticising an amazing plan you most likely have not tried.

By: Don't Knock It Till you Try It

Don't Knock It Till you Try It — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:39:12 +0000

Obviously, different things will work for different people. What I think is unfair and misguided is that people can’t seem to separate this woman’s personal life from the services she offers to her clients. I have worked with Tracy on two separate occasions (for 6 months in 2006 and presently)–and BOTH times I have seen significant results, despite a massive evolution her method over the last few years. In 2006, I worked with her Hybrid Body Reformer machine, did NO cardio with her at all and did NOT follow her diets. And I still lost 29 inches overall in 6 months. It’s fun, it’s motivating, it’s tangible, it changes every 5-10 sessions depending on your program, it’s a nice environment to work out in (clean, bright, friendly, where a woman doesn’t have to feel uncomfortable). And I have been waiting with baited breath for the last 2 and half years for her to make it to NY. So naturally, I am excited to be back in training with her method again. And this time around I’ve lost 8.5 pounds and come down a dress size in a month–mind you after being in the WORST shape of my life.

Let me make a few things clear: she does NOT require you to work out 12 hours a week–I don’t–(in fact if you watch her cardio DVD she recommends FOUR times per week and routine is 45 MINS), she does NOT require you to starve yourself (the menus are OPTIONAL–and they are closer to 1500 calories per day than 1000), she does NOT require you to pay for a full year up front, she will NOT force you to do the same routines or eat the same menus as the person standing next to you because she WILL customize your workouts to be most suitable to you and the results you would like to achieve.

Say what you will about her allegedly messy personal life…I never had a single problem at the LA studio and I have no problems no. And regardless–it works. I have never been skinny, but I always been active (was a dancer for 14 years, played soccer, etc.) and have tried a ton of different things (up to and including boxing) and NOTHING has ever had the results that Tracy’s method does–especially on my super problem areas.

People are always entitled to their opinions, but like I said–don’t knock it until you try it…you might be very pleasantly surprised.

By: Pete Lopeno

Pete Lopeno — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:58:09 +0000

Wow Bunnie! Way to over react! Kevin is judging a trainer and her training methods… Not some random person in the gym… Good Lord!

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:42:58 +0000

Hahahaha
My g/f had told me about this earlier in the week after she had heard me griping about how much this woman is a hack. I looked her up online and apparently she also rips of her clients by taking their money, not just by giving awful workout advice. Enjoy:

“But in her home state of Indiana, her financial affairs are mired in years of bad business decisions, lawsuits, and unpaid bills. Just eight months ago, when she abruptly closed her Fishers fitness studio, she left behind a string of jilted clients—many of whom had prepaid hundreds or even thousands of dollars for training sessions. The business partner–turned-boyfriend who built her unique exercise machines says she took him for hundreds of thousands of dollars.”
http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/article.aspx?id=18612

I read elsewhere (but couldn’t find it again) that she stole that machine from the guy who helped her created it and made him foot the bill with a few companies to the point where he went bankrupt.

The machine is also unpatented according to him. Kevin, I think you should step up and work on making it your own. hahaha

By: Irene

Irene — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:00:18 +0000

I am going to be so tempted to use “If you want “long lean muscles”, cut the tendon from the bone, stretch out the entire muscle strucutre, and have it re-attached further down the lever” from now on