Social Media: What's Up With Her?

[cherenkov]

11 minutes ago, ClareWalks said:

Are you actually fucking kidding me with those alleged burpees? Holy shit, you guys. She is literally just laying down and getting back up. A burpee requires a controlled lowering with a pushup at the bottom, springing back up onto the feet and jumping into the air in a fluid motion.

Like this:

[Dot]

35 minutes ago, LivinLovinLife said:

Check out the latest IG workout clips. This is all I will say and will wait for comments

OMG! Twit doing exercises in fast motion is even more amusing than in real time! But what was the purpose -- to keep us from realizing she wasn't actually doing burpees? (Didn't work.)

[3girlsforus]

WTF!! That is so not burbees. That’s standing up from the ground. Got to love her caption:

Burpees & sit-ups (and burpees & sit-ups). When you try a physical exercise and it doesn’t look anything like what it’s “supposed” to, remember that all bodies are different—not only in size, but in capabilities. Do it how YOU can; you’re getting the same benefits even if it doesn’t look as “good.” #MyBigFatFabLife #NoBodyShame

Uh no - that’s not how it works. If laying down and standing up had the same benefit as doing burpees then no one would bust their ass doing burpees. Delusion thy name is Whitney. 

[ClareWalks]

6 minutes ago, 3girlsforus said:

WTF!! That is so not burbees. That’s standing up from the ground. Got to love her caption:

Burpees & sit-ups (and burpees & sit-ups). When you try a physical exercise and it doesn’t look anything like what it’s “supposed” to, remember that all bodies are different—not only in size, but in capabilities. Do it how YOU can; you’re getting the same benefits even if it doesn’t look as “good.” #MyBigFatFabLife #NoBodyShame

Uh no - that’s not how it works. If laying down and standing up had the same benefit as doing burpees then no one would bust their ass doing burpees. Delusion thy name is Whitney. 

LOL. Hey, I'm not saying she should be doing proper burpees, or even proper modified burpees. But if you (in this case Whitney) call something a burpee and it's clearly NOT a burpee, I'mma fuckin' say something. It's like the people that call 5Ks "marathons." I actually occasionally have clients do that not-a-burpee move, because it does serve a purpose (mostly with older clients who have limited mobility), but I call them "up/downs."

@cherenkov that burpee dude is a fuckin' beast. Holy crap. For my Spartan races I need to get better at burpees, mine have a little less spring and a little more plop LOL.

[3girlsforus]

1 minute ago, ClareWalks said:

LOL. Hey, I'm not saying she should be doing proper burpees, or even proper modified burpees. But if you (in this case Whitney) call something a burpee and it's clearly NOT a burpee, I'mma fuckin' say something. It's like the people that call 5Ks "marathons." I actually occasionally have clients do that not-a-burpee move, because it does serve a purpose (mostly with older clients who have limited mobility), but I call them "up/downs."

@cherenkov that burpee dude is a fuckin' beast. Holy crap. For my Spartan races I need to get better at burpees, mine have a little less spring and a little more plop LOL.

I totally agree with you. She absolutely should not be doing burpees. Can you imagine her trying to jump?? Her knees would snap in two. But she also shouldn’t be calling what she did a burpee. It’s just another way to exaggerate what she does. 

If you really want to try a beast burpee you could try what my daughter’s team did. Instead of just the big jump when you come up they did a standing back tuck. She wasn’t a fan of burpees LOL

[cherenkov]

3 minutes ago, ClareWalks said:

 

@cherenkov that burpee dude is a fuckin' beast. Holy crap. For my Spartan races I need to get better at burpees, mine have a little less spring and a little more plop LOL.

Scott Herman is definitely a beast.

I also love Jeff Cavaliere's lifting videos too. Another beast, and he explains what the exercises are supposed to do, and what's good for your body and what can hurt you:

 

Those ball bounce burpees.

[ClareWalks]

2 minutes ago, 3girlsforus said:

If you really want to try a beast burpee you could try what my daughter’s team did. Instead of just the big jump when you come up they did a standing back tuck. She wasn’t a fan of burpees LOL

I would lit-rully DIE ;)

[3girlsforus]

5 minutes ago, ClareWalks said:

I would lit-rully DIE ;)

That’s what most of us moms thought as we watched.

[cdp73]

Those aren't sit-ups, either.  She's using the fat cushion on her ass to rock herself up.  There's no ab action involved.

[polandspring]

Considering the amount of time Whitney spends in sports bras, you would think she would know how to pick a good one.  I've noticed while watching the show that she only wears the stretchy, structureless, $10 at Walmart variety.  You can see how badly they perform in the videos where she's jumping in and out of the rope ladder.

 

TLDR I want to help Whitney find a good bra.

[tdanaher]

Let's slow that action down a bit, shall we?

Edited to add: Ah yes, the strict-form situps, that involve feet flying up in to the air when most fat-shamers would show off by keeping the soles of their feet flat on the floor.

Edited March 19, 2018 by tdanaher
Commentary

[AZChristian]

3 minutes ago, tdanaher said:

Let's slow that action down a bit, shall we?

If it was in real time, it would probably have taken at least an hour.  

[Dot]

4 minutes ago, tdanaher said:

Let's slow that action down a bit, shall we?

 

VERY cool, @tdanaher!

You can really see that she's not doing anything near what could be called a burpee. And it clearly show @ClareWalks' point that her so-called sit-up is just her rolling up & down on her fat butt.

[AZChristian]

Just now, Dot said:

VERY cool, @tdanaher!

You can really see that she's not doing anything near what could be called a burpee. And it clearly show @ClareWalks' point that her so-called sit-up is just her rolling up & down on her fat butt.

And you'll notice that her feet are slightly up in the air when she starts her "sit-up."  She's just rolling back and forth.  One thing she's built to do.  Roll.

[ClareWalks]

Yeah her legs come completely off the ground making her a Big Fat Fabulous See-Saw, so I am unimpressed with those so-called situps. There are several ways to modify situps and this is by far the easiest situp modification because it requires extremely minimal abdominal strength. 

[tdanaher]

14 minutes ago, ClareWalks said:

Yeah her legs come completely off the ground making her a Big Fat Fabulous See-Saw, so I am unimpressed with those so-called situps. There are several ways to modify situps and this is by far the easiest situp modification because it requires extremely minimal abdominal strength. 

I'd take bets that she couldn't even lift her torso off the ground a little if Jessica were holding on to her feet to keep them flat on the floor.

[MegD]

3 hours ago, ClareWalks said:

Are you actually fucking kidding me with those alleged burpees? Holy shit, you guys. She is literally just laying down and getting back up. A burpee requires a controlled lowering with a pushup at the bottom, springing back up onto the feet and jumping into the air in a fluid motion. There is nothing "fluid" about Whitney except those fuckin' frappuccinos she pounds. I love that they sped the video up so we wouldn't notice how long it probably takes her to lay face-down and get back up (if each of those "reps" took less than 15 seconds, I would be SHOCKED). Really, calling those burpees is like saying she "ran the 8K." They're not even modified burpees (aka squat thrusts). They are not burpees in any way, shape, or form.

Now I freely can tell you that there's no way in hell that I would ever manage a burpee because of my total lack of coordination, but I wouldn't try selling laying down and standing back up as something it's not. I'd kill to watch her ankles held in place while she's doing "sit-ups." It would stop the human seesaw thing she has going on.

During her "kickboxing" video, I found myself humming "Eye of the Tiger" because I'm going to hell...

[3girlsforus]

I can't find the post but someone (or maybe multiple someones) mentioned that she is now in toddler skill level. That is exactly what that video shows. That's how toddlers stand up. Get up on all fours. Walk your hands toward you until you are starting to go more upright. Stand up. 

There was one post response on FB that I agree with. Some kiss ass said 'Moving is what matters'. And yes - I will agree that for a woman her size any kind of activity is an improvement. I haven't seen many episodes of 600lb life but I did see one where Dr. No was cheering a woman who took 3 steps with a walk. She'd been bedridden for years. But again she forfeits any kind of legitimate kudos by claiming she's doing actual exercises. Those are not burpees, push-ups, sit-ups, or anything other than standing up, sitting down, and rocking back and forth. If she would just admit that is what she's currently capable of and then as she improves show videos of her improving, then I would be much less apt to snark. That would deserve support.  

[kar328]

4 hours ago, ClareWalks said:

Are you actually fucking kidding me with those alleged burpees? Holy shit, you guys. She is literally just laying down and getting back up. A burpee requires a controlled lowering with a pushup at the bottom, springing back up onto the feet and jumping into the air in a fluid motion. There is nothing "fluid" about Whitney except those fuckin' frappuccinos she pounds. I love that they sped the video up so we wouldn't notice how long it probably takes her to lay face-down and get back up (if each of those "reps" took less than 15 seconds, I would be SHOCKED). Really, calling those burpees is like saying she "ran the 8K." They're not even modified burpees (aka squat thrusts). They are not burpees in any way, shape, or form.

Missed opportunity: she could have put "Yakety Sax" as the background music. What a joke.

 

Wow, if not for the  text, I'd never guess that was supposed to be a burpee. I'd love to see it slower. For the record when I was starting this weight loss journey at 248 lbs (same height as Whit), there was too much of me in the way to do a proper burpee, hence my hatred of them. It bothered me so much that I couldn't do them simply because my fat belly was in the way. Now, with most of that extra me gone, I can do them, even with the pushup. Also do them one-legged in the TRX straps. Still hate them, but I can do them. 

And the box squats one from the other day annoyed me because the box is there for you to lightly touch so you know where you're aiming, she sat on it, rocked back with feet off the floor and rocked back up. 

Edited because I missed this whole page, thanks for the slow down tdanaher - not sure what in the heck bringing the bottom part of the legs is for. 

And even more thanks to Cherenkov for the eye candy burpee lesson. 

Edited March 19, 2018 by kar328

[LookABird]

7 hours ago, 3girlsforus said:

This is so true. It reminds me of what I thought when one of the gang said Whitney is so competitive when she was trying to finish the walk. No - no she’s not competitive. If she was competitive she would have worked hard BEFORE the race. That is what competitive people do. They want to succeed and put in the effort to make sure it happens. Entitled people assume if they believe they “deserve” to succeed, they will. So when they don’t, they blame everyone but themselves. My daughter was a competitive gymnast (a brutal sport that does not reward everyone) and there was a sign on the wall of the gym with the Lombardi quote “perfect practice makes perfect”. Competitive people put in that perfect practice. There is no glory during that hard work but that is what is required. If Whitney wanted to cross that finish line without being held up on both sides 2 hours after everyone else, she had to put in the effort before she got there. But she feels that even though she can’t fully care for herself and considers walking up 5 stairs an accomplishment, she deserved to finish that race because she’s entitled to be fat without any negative repercussions. Anyone who worked hard to finish the race in a more reasonable manner is just bowing to “body shame” and should be looked down on. 

I think what she is displaying in an event like the "8K" and in her videos of gym exercising is not competitive behavior.  She has an addiction to checking items off her list.  She pushes and pushes to get the exercise done so she can put a checkmark next to it. 

Watch her lift weights.  It's not done with attention to form or improvement; it's just a "get it done," add it to my list of "achievements" and move on.   

Edited March 19, 2018 by LookABird
I like quotation marks! :)

[tdanaher]

I'm not a person who infuriates easily, but I edge towards infuriation when I just noticed that in a real burpee, you conclude the individual rep by doing a sort of modified jumping jack which, you know, involves jumping off the ground while throwing hands up in the air. All Whit does is raise her arms in a Rocky pose. So what was the purpose of that video she did where she was "learning" to jump into the air even a couple of inches with the help of a pullup bar? You're supposed to build on your increasing strength and ability, not just say, "Well, did a few pullups, mission accomplished."

[Ketzel]

Will Powell, what the hell is going on in your gym? Are you even watching what your daughter is doing with Whitney? Leaving aside the appropriateness of the workouts (and believe me, that took a mighty shove!) it seems as if Jessica hasn't even noticed that Whitney cheats in every way she can, her form is almost always poor and, at least judging from the videos Whitney posts, Jessica doesn't properly spot her, doesn't check her and doesn't say anything to her other than "great job!"

Back in the olden times, when I was dancing competitively and working out with a trainer so often and so hard that I eventually said, 'what the heck" and got an ACE certification to be a personal trainer myself, there would always be some people in the gym pretending to work out like Whitney does. They were never working out very hard; they were just working hard to convince other people they were working out very hard.  We used to call what they were doing "face training."

I admire and support people who are facing powerful challenges, like morbid obesity and/or addiction and who have decided to fight the good fight.. It's easy to tell when someone is sincere in their efforts, and is putting in the work with their ultimate goal in mind.  What is Whitney doing screwing around at the gym? Refusing to make weight loss a goal? Refusing to make significant changes in her eating habits? Her "official" goal is diabetes prevention, but her actions make it clear that she is only going to do it on "her" terms, which means she isn't going to do a damn thing that's actually necessary, only what she chooses to do for only as much and as long as she chooses to do it.  And only so long as she is amply rewarded by her cheering section, whether it's her Facebook fans or her doting parents, or her young and inexperienced trainer who has no idea how to manage this incredibly difficult client. Is Whitney doing any consistent cardio at all? Is she monitoring her heart rate?

Sorry for the rant. Watching Whitney go from "dancer" to "gym rat" literally makes me nauseated. I've been both and I know what it takes and she is a poseur of the most obnoxious type, to me.

Edited March 20, 2018 by Ketzel

[auntjess]

Is it time for feeder porn yet?
(Something I learned about here, on the 600 Lb forum.)

[LordOfLotion]

She's at the gym to mess around and make videos. I don't think there's anything deeper going on here like her making herself believe that she's actually doing something about her physical condition or anything like that. There's nothing going on upstairs-- she can't climb that far. 

2 minutes ago, auntjess said:

Is it time for feeder porn yet?
(Something I learned about here, on the 600 Lb forum.)

You didn't know about feeder porn? I feel so worldly.

[Dot]

All her several videos of faux exercises just serve to  further convince me that someone her size should be in a pool, doing aqua aerobics, and on a stationary bike. There will be little to no stress on her joints & she will actually be able to perform rather than pretend. After she loses a couple hundred pounds, she can go back to Will's gym.

Of course, she also needs to manage her intake of food & to memorialize each day's food & exercise. But she's not going to do that -- or quit pretending she's doing burpees & sit-ups. What a fraud Twit is.

And I agree with @Ketzel about Jessica. She is really coming off bad in these videos. But like father, like daughter. As I've said before, Will Powell has shown himself willing to do anything for money in his relationship with Twit & MBFFL.

4 minutes ago, LordOfLotion said:

She's at the gym to mess around and make videos. I don't think there's anything deeper going on here like her making herself believe that she's actually doing something about her physical condition or anything like that. There's nothing going on upstairs-- she can't climb that far. 

I think a lot of this is for TPTB at TLC: showing them how healthy she will be for a S-6.

[Pachengala]

I'm late to the subject, but wanted to weigh in on that WaPo article. I think the author really bit off more than she can chew here, conflating issues that really aren't correlates: diversity of race, age, etc. and making workouts "accessible." Offering scholarships, pay-as-you-can nights, etc. are admirable and *could* increase your audience in a diverse and inclusive way, and that's admirable. It should absolutely be a goal. I'd love to read an article about these gyms' attempts to achieve this. HOWEVER. wanting to attract a more diverse crowd does not, and for these types of businesses, should not, mean necessarily making the class *physically* accessible to all. One of the major appeals of these classes should be that they challenge people, and make them stronger and fitter. I don't go to them because A) I can't afford it, but also because B) I'm not in that kind of shape and don't want that kind of challenge at this point. So I go to my gym, work out with weights and some cardio, and try to get stronger in a way that I'm comfortable with. I don't need them to dumb down a class just to suit my fitness level. I self-select out. No one's feelings are hurt, the end. 

I hope I'm being clear. It's one thing I'm very, very sensitive to: the actual struggle for diversity and inclusiveness, versus just lowering the bar so that everyone feels like they can "win." It's offensive to people who have to actually deal with discrimination on the basis of things they cannot change--race, age, gender--to pretend like being out of shape is in any way analogous to that struggle. They are DIFFERENT ISSUES ENTIRELY, and it's irresponsible of the author to pretend they are the same. 

On a totally different note, congratulations @SevenCostanza on fighting your way back to reclaim your life. You're inspiring! 

[alabetser]

34 minutes ago, Ketzel said:

Will Powell, what the hell is going on in your gym? Are you even watching what your daughter is doing with Whitney? Leaving aside the appropriateness of the workouts (and believe me, that took a might shove!) it seems as if Jessica hasn't even noticed that Whitney cheats in every way she can, her form is almost always poor and, at least judging from the videos Whitney posts, Jessica doesn't properly spot her, doesn't check her and doesn't say anything to her other than "great job!"

 

I don't know why they'd be cool with her posting these videos. As a trainer, it looks poorly on you if your client has terrible form and is going moves unsafe for their body. Anyone who wants a real workout isn't going to want a bad trainer, and there aren't nearly enough people like Whitney who don't care and just want to pay to say they have a trainer.

57 minutes ago, 3girlsforus said:

I can't find the post but someone (or maybe multiple someones) mentioned that she is now in toddler skill level. That is exactly what that video shows. That's how toddlers stand up. Get up on all fours. Walk your hands toward you until you are starting to go more upright. Stand up. 

There was one post response on FB that I agree with. Some kiss ass said 'Moving is what matters'. And yes - I will agree that for a woman her size any kind of activity is an improvement. I haven't seen many episodes of 600lb life but I did see one where Dr. No was cheering a woman who took 3 steps with a walk. She'd been bedridden for years. But again she forfeits any kind of legitimate kudos by claiming she's doing actual exercises. Those are not burpees, push-ups, sit-ups, or anything other than standing up, sitting down, and rocking back and forth. If she would just admit that is what she's currently capable of and then as she improves show videos of her improving, then I would be much less apt to snark. That would deserve support.  

Someone else said it earlier, but I think the issue is that Whitney wants both to be celebrated for doing any activity at her size, while still touting herself as a "professional dancer". She can't have it both ways. Either she's a dancer and her weight is not a major issue, or she's majorly disabled and we should celebrate any motor success. 

[cherenkov]

2 hours ago, 3girlsforus said:

And yes - I will agree that for a woman her size any kind of activity is an improvement. I haven't seen many episodes of 600lb life but I did see one where Dr. No was cheering a woman who took 3 steps with a walk. She'd been bedridden for years. But again she forfeits any kind of legitimate kudos by claiming she's doing actual exercises. Those are not burpees, push-ups, sit-ups, or anything other than standing up, sitting down, and rocking back and forth. If she would just admit that is what she's currently capable of and then as she improves show videos of her improving, then I would be much less apt to snark. That would deserve support.  

But that's the rub. Shitney wants everyone to believe she is a strong, capable, athlete. Not "good for someone her size", but just good in general. Her attachment to the "there's nothing wrong with being super morbidly obese and it doesn't limit me or negatively affect me in any way and I can compete with fit people who really are doing sports" belief is exactly why she gets the flak she does.

I don't pretend I can do burpees like Scott Herman or Jeff Cavaliere. I don't hold myself out as an upper echelon runner or cyclist or weight lifter. I'm working my ass off to hopefully some day be better than aveage. If Shitney wants the praise for doing the exercises right and doing them well, then she needs to do them right and do them well. Or admit that she's super morbidly obese and that it means she can't do much, she's not athletic or active, she's definitely not a professional dancer, and there's nothing fabulous about it.

[SevenCostanza]

2 hours ago, Dot said:

All her several videos of faux exercises just serve to  further convince me that someone her size should be in a pool, doing aqua aerobics, and on a stationary bike. There will be little to no stress on her joints & she will actually be able to perform rather than pretend. After she loses a couple hundred pounds, she can go back to Will's gym.

Of course, she also needs to manage her intake of food & to memorialize each day's food & exercise. But she's not going to do that -- or quit pretending she's doing burpees & sit-ups. What a fraud Twit is.

And I agree with @Ketzel about Jessica. She is really coming off bad in these videos. But like father, like daughter. As I've said before, Will Powell has shown himself willing to do anything for money in his relationship with Twit & MBFFL.

I think a lot of this is for TPTB at TLC: showing them how healthy she will be for a S-6.

Yes! Thank you.  Swimming would be perfect for her, as would the stationary bike and plain old ordinary walking.   Why is she stressing that she's not exercising for weight loss?  That should be her number one goal.    Those sit ups are horrible she looks like she'll do more damage to herself doing the exercises this way, she's probably better off not doing them at all.

[SevenCostanza]

2 hours ago, Pachengala said:

I'm late to the subject, but wanted to weigh in on that WaPo article. I think the author really bit off more than she can chew here, conflating issues that really aren't correlates: diversity of race, age, etc. and making workouts "accessible." Offering scholarships, pay-as-you-can nights, etc. are admirable and *could* increase your audience in a diverse and inclusive way, and that's admirable. It should absolutely be a goal. I'd love to read an article about these gyms' attempts to achieve this. HOWEVER. wanting to attract a more diverse crowd does not, and for these types of businesses, should not, mean necessarily making the class *physically* accessible to all. One of the major appeals of these classes should be that they challenge people, and make them stronger and fitter. I don't go to them because A) I can't afford it, but also because B) I'm not in that kind of shape and don't want that kind of challenge at this point. So I go to my gym, work out with weights and some cardio, and try to get stronger in a way that I'm comfortable with. I don't need them to dumb down a class just to suit my fitness level. I self-select out. No one's feelings are hurt, the end. 

I hope I'm being clear. It's one thing I'm very, very sensitive to: the actual struggle for diversity and inclusiveness, versus just lowering the bar so that everyone feels like they can "win." It's offensive to people who have to actually deal with discrimination on the basis of things they cannot change--race, age, gender--to pretend like being out of shape is in any way analogous to that struggle. They are DIFFERENT ISSUES ENTIRELY, and it's irresponsible of the author to pretend they are the same. 

On a totally different note, congratulations @SevenCostanza on fighting your way back to reclaim your life. You're inspiring! 

Thank you Pachengala, it hasn't been easy but watching Whitney has helped me to not be a wimp and work through the pain.  

[TurtlePower]

4 hours ago, tdanaher said:

Let's slow that action down a bit, shall we?

Edited to add: Ah yes, the strict-form situps, that involve feet flying up in to the air when most fat-shamers would show off by keeping the soles of their feet flat on the floor.

Give her a hamburger and it would remind me of the video of drunk David Hasselhoff on the bathroom floor. Ok not that bad but, it does remind me of a drunk person lumbering and swaying around. 

[Dot]

25 minutes ago, SevenCostanza said:

Yes! Thank you.  Swimming would be perfect for her, as would the stationary bike and plain old ordinary walking.   Why is she stressing that she's not exercising for weight loss?  That should be her number one goal.    Those sit ups are horrible she looks like she'll do more damage to herself doing the exercises this way, she's probably better off not doing them at all.

Swimming would be good cardio & gives one a great feeling, but it's not so effective for wgt loss.

I used to swim several laps -- mainly becuz I loved moving thru the water -- then perform some aqua exercises. Rinse  & repeat until I went thru my whole program. It was wonderful. I really miss it.

And Twit could walk miles in the water & not feel pain in her feet & legs.

[SevenCostanza]

7 minutes ago, TurtlePower said:

Give her a hamburger and it would remind me of the video of drunk David Hasselhoff on the bathroom floor. Ok not that bad but, it does remind me of a drunk person lumbering and swaying around. 

I feel bad because I find this video so funny.  That guy doing the Burpee does a push up, Whit just lays flat on her stomach and then kind of lumbers to a standing position.; Does she really think this is an achievement and something to be proud of?

[BOOgen3]

I am mesmerized with Whitney’s “workout.” It is a real-life version of “weebles wobble but they don’t fall down.” 

[Tabbygirl521]

On 3/17/2018 at 1:33 PM, mamapajama said:

The banana and mayo sammiches are better if one slice of the bread has peanut butter, and the other has mayo.  Pineapple and mayo sammiches are good, too.  Or at least they were when I was a girl.

PBJ and crispy bacon. 

[lightninggirl]

8 hours ago, 3girlsforus said:

WTF!! That is so not burbees. That’s standing up from the ground. Got to love her caption:

My favorite part is the "jump" at the beginning of the alleged burpee. OMG that is so ridiculous. And I love how she finishes the alleged burpees and then has to scoot her mass back past the line to get back into starting position.

Someone commented that she really needed the Benny Hill theme song as the soundtrack - I agree.
(although I might pull something laughing at that!)

[Ketzel]

2 hours ago, SevenCostanza said:

I feel bad because I find this video so funny.  That guy doing the Burpee does a push up, Whit just lays flat on her stomach and then kind of lumbers to a standing position.; Does she really think this is an achievement and something to be proud of?

Maybe she thinks she's doing burpees because she burps every time she falls on  her stomach?

[cherenkov]

8 hours ago, SevenCostanza said:

I feel bad because I find this video so funny.  That guy doing the Burpee does a push up, Whit just lays flat on her stomach and then kind of lumbers to a standing position.; Does she really think this is an achievement and something to be proud of?

Absolutely does. And is getting praise for it in the comments.

[mybuddyspence]

On 3/18/2018 at 7:58 AM, TurtlePower said:

"There are others, but weight loss isn't one of them."   You f**king idiot. Your knees would work better if they weren't carrying so much extra weight. 

Wow, that's how we teach people to do steps immediately after hip and knee replacements. I guess the 2 years of practice will make the eventual joint replacement surgery go much smoother. 

On 3/18/2018 at 11:38 AM, Irate Panda said:

In honor of Whiney’s massive achievement of walking up 5 steps, I am proud to announce, I drank a glass of juice and returned the glass all the way back to the dishwasher, which was AT LEAST 3 feet away.  I don’t like to brag, but it would be nice if you all could email TLC on my behalf, so I too can receive a free cruise (I’d do it myself, but I don’t celebrate my walking around the kitchen counter, but don’t mind if others do)

Yeah, but did you do it without having to use the counter for support? :)

[SevenCostanza]

I've been reading some comments from earlier episodes, and I see that Whitney is also a pack a day smoker?  Why was this never addressed on the show? No wonder she's always so winded just doing basic things, like walking.  At her size that's like playing Russian roulette.  I noticed in Season 1 when her mother is picking up her dirty plates from her room there were alot of wine bottles in there too.  She needs some good therapy to deal with all her addictions.  

Also I don't believe everything is as loving with her family as they make it seem.  She's got alot of issues and I'm sure a good portion of them come from her parents.  Her father in particular comes off as a nag, she's always talking about what a perfectionist he is and how she hates to disappoint him.  Her overeating could be her way of giving Dad the finger. 

Edited March 20, 2018 by SevenCostanza

[yogi2014L]

23 hours ago, 3girlsforus said:

I would also say that the author of that editorial didn’t do his homework. I don’t know about every “boutique” gym but since he mentioned CrossFit, I do know the rules for the majority of them in this area (DC - where WashPost is). They have an intro program that everyone, regardless of fitness, is required to take. At the end of the class you are required to show proficiency or you can’t join the main program.  You are welcome to continue in the intro course for as long as you want. I haven’t done it myself but I know a few who have and they all say the need to show proficiency was taken very seriously. So while ‘newbies’ are welcome, welcome doesn’t mean come in and do whatever you want. I don’t see any problem with that. They shouldn’t change the program so anyone can do it all from the start. What would be the point of that? Why would anyone join a gym that isn’t going to challenge and improve you? Heck, if you aren’t in shape enough to pass the proficiency, then the intro class is probably challenging to you. If you don’t like feeling like low fitness man on the totem pole then as Clarewalks says - there are a LOT of other options. 

I teach Yoga and bootcamps and also loovvee crossfit ( do it 5X a week) 

Crossfit is actually one of the most variable exercise programs out there. You can literally modify ANYTHING for ANY level of fitness ( I mean, Whitney has been posting crossfit workouts, and she can barely walk!) Sounds like that author is just massively insecure and entitled...bad combo lol!

 

As an instructor- I teach what is on the schedule., If I am supposed to teach  a level 2 Yoga class , that is what my students are getting regardless of who comes to the class. Just last week I had a student who had never done any yoga come to my level 2. I told her " this is a level 2, it will be taught as a level 2. do what you can! and put your mat in the middle of the room so you can look around and see what is going on. " I will not slow down my class for just one person ( my regular students are fairly advanced)  I did help her a lot, but it was still a level 2 class. 

And you know what, she survived and even said she liked it. 

[mybuddyspence]

17 hours ago, ClareWalks said:

Yeah her legs come completely off the ground making her a Big Fat Fabulous See-Saw, so I am unimpressed with those so-called situps. There are several ways to modify situps and this is by far the easiest situp modification because it requires extremely minimal abdominal strength. 

I noticed the feet too. That's gotta be hard on her back. And the so-called burpees? I've done burpees, I don't like burpees, but as many of you have already pointed out, those aren't burpees. 

13 hours ago, TurtlePower said:

Give her a hamburger and it would remind me of the video of drunk David Hasselhoff on the bathroom floor. Ok not that bad but, it does remind me of a drunk person lumbering and swaying around. 

LOL! I think she would benefit much more with slowing down and concentrating on her form. Does she get beyond 5 reps. with any of those?

[yogi2014L]

5 minutes ago, mybuddyspence said:

I noticed the feet too. That's gotta be hard on her back. And the so-called burpees? I've done burpees, I don't like burpees, but as many of you have already pointed out, those aren't burpees. 

LOL! I think she would benefit much more with slowing down and concentrating on her form. Does she get beyond 5 reps. with any of those?

I'd like to see the video with out the speed up. How long does it take her to do 2 burpees??

[mybuddyspence]

3 minutes ago, yogi2014L said:

I'd like to see the video with out the speed up. How long does it take her to do 2 burpees??

I think it was originally posted on pg. 69. I'll head back to see if I can find it. She really punishes her body trying to do that type of work out.

[tdanaher]

1 hour ago, yogi2014L said:

I'd like to see the video with out the speed up. How long does it take her to do 2 burpees??

I don't know how fast the original video was when sped up, but when I slowed it down, I specified it should be at I think 25% of the original, maybe 10%. I'll check. What I can do is, we all have a pretty good sense of what Whit's general, oh, how can it be put, "cruising speed" is. You know, how fast she tends to move generally. I'll see if I can figure out a percentage that comes near to her general speed, and see what the video yields then.

Edited to add: Okay, original video was what it was, my revised original was 25% of that, I'm about to post a version at 12% of her original IG posted speed, seems to be close to what you would have seen live in the gym. For comparison, the video posted previously by cherenkov of the guy from Scott Herman Fitness has him, at full speed, doing a burpee in about two seconds. In this revised Whit video, it takes her about fifteen seconds.

Edited March 20, 2018 by tdanaher

[cherenkov]

1 hour ago, tdanaher said:

I don't know how fast the original video was when sped up, but when I slowed it down, I specified it should be at I think 25% of the original, maybe 10%. I'll check. What I can do is, we all have a pretty good sense of what Whit's general, oh, how can it be put, "cruising speed" is. You know, how fast she tends to move generally. I'll see if I can figure out a percentage that comes near to her general speed, and see what the video yields then.

Edited to add: Okay, original video was what it was, my revised original was 25% of that, I'm about to post a version at 12% of her original IG posted speed, seems to be close to what you would have seen live in the gym. For comparison, the video posted previously by cherenkov of the guy from Scott Herman Fitness has him, at full speed, doing a burpee in about two seconds. In this revised Whit video, it takes her about fifteen seconds.

You are the hero we need.

This shows why her IG did not have a real-time video of her doing "burpees" and "sit ups". Because she's not doing burpees and sit ups.

And is it just me or does she take a bit of a break about 3:45 in this video and just kind of sit there and roll around for a while?

[ClareWalks]

She does maybe 2 or 3 "burpees" at a time. This is such a joke. She really does want it both ways: she wants to be seen as a super fit dancer, but she wants standing ovations for having the basic mobility of a typical 80-year-old.

[tdanaher]

25 minutes ago, cherenkov said:

And is it just me or does she take a bit of a break about 3:45 in this video and just kind of sit there and roll around for a while?

There's that part where she lays there on her back doing nothing but breathing. I also observed three times when she was in danger of popping out of her bra on the left side and she took a moment to adjust accordingly.

Edited to add: At 1:21 she takes a break to be sort of on her side and stomach, not positioning herself, then shortly after at 1:48 she has a few seconds of rest because, apparently, the 20 or so seconds of activity in between those breaks was just too much for her.

Edited March 20, 2018 by tdanaher
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[cherenkov]

5 minutes ago, tdanaher said:

There's that part where she lays there on her back doing nothing but breathing. I also observed three times when she was in danger of popping out of her bra on the left side and she took a moment to adjust accordingly.

I'm sorry you had to watch that closely.

[tdanaher]

2 minutes ago, cherenkov said:

I'm sorry you had to watch that closely.

(sings) Everything I do...I do it all for you.