Hi Ron!
Well, I'm not a partner! lol. My post really had to
do with some of the things I've seen and read in
general, not legitimate complaints. There are several
issues I have with the EF machines myself. Most of
them are minor, but they do exist.
There is a real need for better exercise performance
guidelines. I feel there is a little too much
"protection" of information in both the EF and Sisco
camp. I understand that some protection is required,
because someone is always waiting to steal whatever
they can, but protecting it too much will back-fire.
Seems there are too many people wanting to make money
on every tidbit they release. I have no problem with
people making as much money as they are able, but it
is possible to go to extremes.

Anthony


--- rEs <ron@...> wrote:

> Anthony:
>
> Anthony, no offense but you sound like you are a
> partner with EF:::)))
>
> I agree with most of what you say and thank you for
> taking the time to go
> into detail.
>
> And maybe we do tend to complain because if
> everything is working great, we
> tend to go about life. but we need/want facts based
> on results.
>
> And I do tend to agree with some of the previous
> comments about never seeing
> a before and after pictures as you do in many other
> programs.. Even in the
> instructions, the specimens certainly are not very
> representative of what
> most of the members want to achieve. Myself, I just
> want to gain strength,
> reduce bodyfat and feel flexible.. I am almost 64
> years old and don't intend
> to look like Arnie as I see him on the Nightly News
> almost every night::))
>
> My biggest complaint is, both Tony and Pete are
> sending all of these e-mails
> telling us how great the equipment is, marketing,
> giving discounts to future
> purchasers for less than the original buyers had to
> pay who made them
> successful.. Having said all that, there are never
> any pictures included
> with all of their advertising AND STILL NO VIDEO
> after promising it 3 or 4
> months ago TO PROVE TO US THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY USING
> THE EQUIPMENT
> CORRECTLY.
>
> RON
>
> PS: Also, I think if Tony and Pete are going to
> promote in unison, I would
> think after 2 years of promoting and selling the
> equipment that we should
> have one consistent way of beginning exercises.. I
> know Pete says there is
> more than one way to exercise but we purchased the
> equipment based on Pete's
> research and I just think there should be enough
> results by now to give us
> the ideal way to begin and to advance..
>
> PPS: I strongly suggest you go to eBAY and purchase
> this book as it will
> answer many questions even though I think the first
> line of gaining "Gain Up
> To 25 Pounds in 10 Weeks" is purely hype but then if
> you gain 1 pound, it
> falls within the parameters of UP TO 25.:::))
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2228&item=4519753440&
> rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V
>
> `````````````````````````````````````````````
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony Bowyer [mailto:adb1x1@...]
> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 9:32 AM
> To: Explosive_Fitness@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Explosive_Fitness] Looking for SCT
> info
>
> Mike,
>
> There are several things you might consider:
>
> 1. One unfortunate tendency of human beings is to
> expend a great deal of energy complaining, and very
> little lauding. There's quite a bit of whining among
> us. So, for the most part what you will see and hear
> is negative rather than positive because we enjoy
> spreading the negative rather than the positive.
>
> 2. Keep in mind that just because someone says he
> did
> static contraction training doesn't mean he actually
> performed it correctly. What he practiced is what
> he
> thought was static contraction. He was practicing
> his
> "concept" of static contraction training and not
> necessarily the correct procedures. I've seen this
> time and time again when someone at the gym asked me
> what I do; what my routine is; and I would give him
> the details and mention to him that books are
> available that would give them more detail and
> explain
> the overall program. Without fail, no matter how
> much
> detail I gave them, what they were performing was
> nothing like what I had explained. They had a
> concept
> of static contraction training that was not
> accurate,
> even though I had spent a great deal of time
> explaining it to them. So you have to take into
> account that quite a few people will glance over the
> first parts of the static contraction book and skip
> to
> the sections with the routines. They'll write the
> routines on small scrap of paper and then run into
> the
> gym and perform what they think is static
> contraction
> training. It really isn't, because the only part
> they
> paid attention to was the routines. As a matter fact
> I
> saw one very negative comment about SCT from a
> person
> who was complaining because Monday he went into the
> gym and did the routine. Then on Tuesday he said he
> wasn't able to do very much! You can be pretty sure
> he
> hadn't considered any of the details. If he had, he
> would not have been at the gym Tuesday, at least not
> for a weight workout.
>
> 3. There's also the predilection issue. Some people
> are "built" for some things. That is, they have
> talents and abilities in some areas that others do
> not. The fact that they have certain talents and
> abilities makes it more probable that they will
> venture into an area where they can make the
> greatest
> use of those "genetically" enhanced abilities. For
> instance, professional athletes are not professional
> athletes merely because somebody explained to them
> how
> to become a professional athlete. It's not simply
> because they understood the mechanics of a
> particular
> sport they were involved in, but they had certain
> innate talents and abilities that were dictated by
> their genetics. Because they had those talents and
> abilities, they gravitated toward this activity and
> with a bit of refinement in their knowledge of the
> mechanics of the game, they became superior at
> playing
> it. For example, I can't play basketball for the
> life
> of me. I do not have the ability or the interest. I
> could garner the help of every professional
> basketball
> player that exists on the surface of the earth. Have
> them teach me what they know (or believe), to be the
> manner in which they became professional athletes. I
> might improve, but without their genetic "talents" I
> would only get "better" at best... Competitive
> bodybuilders are not competitive bodybuilders simply
> because one day they were setting in front of the TV
> with their beer belly hanging down over their knees
> and suddenly decided "Hey I think I'll go to the gym
> and begin to exercise and I will keep doing this
> until
> I become a competitive bodybuilder". It is extremely
> important to remember that for the most part
> competitive bodybuilders are genetically superior
> for
> that activity. They are the way they are because of
> their genetic programming, many times in 'SPITE" of
> their workout routines. Add to this the fact that
> many
> amateur and All professional bodybuilders take
> handfuls of drugs, you have a considerably different
> perception of how they became what they are. To a
> very
> great extent they don't have a clue how they got
> there, because they started out genetically superior
> (for putting on muscle). They just followed the herd
> of other genetically superior and chemically
> enhanced bodybuilders, as far
> as routines and such. The genetically typical person
> doesn't have these
> advantages, and must strive to understand the
> "science" of building muscle.
> He must apply these principles in a way that takes
> into account his own
> circumstances; for example, his ability to truly
> stress his musculature in a
> high intensity way; his ability to concentrate every
> time; setting definite
> goals (rather than "wishes") and pushing himself to
> meet or exceed them; his
> attention to detail (recording workouts so goals can
> be set from previous
> sessions).
> I have also read messages from people who say
> they
> have done static contraction training: they spent
> four
>
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