Hi Dan

You sound kinda frustrated! Hey, have you kept a complete record of
your workout results since you started? If so, contact Gerard at
Explosive Fitness. He is their in-house workout results "analyst".
Pretty good too from what I have been told. Worth a shot anyways.
Email him at: rapid(dot)response(at)explosivefitness(dot)com.

--- In Explosive_Fitness@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel Tourigny"
<danthescorpio@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> It's good to see you're getting good results through XF. I wish I
> could say the same for myself, but it's been a big struggle. Seems to
> be, two steps forward & two steps back.
>
> I assume my problems have to do with the timing between days. I am not
> on MSC so I calculate it based on how many "skips" per week. Often
> times though, I won't get to the workout till two or three days after
> the "correct" day.
>
> I emailed Tony Reno a while back and he was nice enough to try and
> help. He pointed out that whenever I went too long between A & B, for
> example, I would then go "short" between B & A to make up for it,
> which he said resulted in a cycle of overtraining/undertraining. He
> advised I reset my workouts to 9 days between A&B.
>
> I tell you it's frustrating to rarely if ever beat my previous numbers
> and *very rarely* setting records. That's in over two years I've been
> doing (or struggling with) XF. Biceps have been the worst , but most
> consistent, performers by far (they always stay between ~85-95 lbs).
> But a lot of my other muscles, I sometimes take six months or more
> before I even approach my last record. It's insane how much they can
> vary from one workout to the next. Oh, and I have a Omron Bodyfat
> reader and it hasn't given me much faith in XF's muscle-gaining
abilities.
>
> If you or anyone cares to offer advice, I'll give a little more
> details about my regimen:
> - I eat lots of fruits & veggies, & chicken & salmon every day. ~110g
> of protein, sometimes up to 150g (I'd say that's more than enough
> considering XF is the primary muscle-exerting workout I do.) My
> caloric intake *was* ~2700 cal/d, but lately I've reduced it closer to
> ~2200 cal/d (to help with losing a bit of fat!) Note though, that my
> XF problems have persisted regardless of what diet regimen I was on.
>
> - I do yoga daily ~20 minutes, cardio daily on an eliptical ~20
> minutes at moderate intensity.
>
> - I often do NOT warm up very much before an XF workout. (e.g., I get
> out of bed, drive to my buddy's who has the machines, and start.) I
> wonder *how much* that affects the results (or am I just risking
> injury). What is a good warm-up, anyways?
>
> - My buddy, who's been doing XF & working out for much less time than
> I have, has gotten somewhat better results with some muscles, but is
> similar in terms of a *major* variation in his results from
> workout-to-workout. His diet is not nearly as *clean* as mine.
>
> - I don't have weights or belong to a gym, so I can't say how much my
> full-range strength has changed, but I suspect not much.
>
> Arrgghh! I would love to hear anyone's thoughts.
>
> Thanks, Dan
>
> --- In Explosive_Fitness@yahoogroups.com, "erikdavid43"
> <erikdavid43@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Happy New Year
> > Is this the year that people using this type of training will
> > see it for what it is. After almost a year using the XF7000 machine
> > these are the results I have achieved. Starting weight 160lbs 17%
body
> > fat. After 11 months 165lbs and 13% bodyfat. This to me equates to
> > ruffly 10lb loss of fat and 15lbs of muscle gained. I am 49 years
old
> > and am a part time personal trainer. I have been training
religiously
> > for 30 yrs. This is the best yearly gain I have had in a long
time. I
> > hope this will continue to increase. I have gain 3/4 of an inch
on my
> > arms to 15.5 inches flexed. 2 inch on my chest to 43 and inch on my
> > thighs to 23inches and 1/2 inch on my calfs to 14and 3/4. I am at 20
> > days rest between work outs no help from my strength coach I might
add.
> > It does not change days when pounds go down. My clients have had
> > results all over the board. None have decreased in full range
strength
> > and 3/4 have giained in full rep lbs. I big part of this training is
> > proper nutrition and the correct amount of cardio. Good luck to
all in
> > the New year and keep training.
> > Dave k
> >
>