Thursday, 24 April 2008 - 5:37 AM CDT

Hey Skwigg, if there's no carpet in my gym could I still try this program?  I mean, how would you do the sliding things without carpet?  I don't have any equipment at home, you said you need a stability ball and a step plus 12 lb db's is that all?

Thursday, 24 April 2008 - 6:46 AM CDT

Thanks for sharing  the Red Carpet Ready program. I purchased the program, and splurged on the valslides with band. I have to admit,  I LOVE the valslides!!!  I tried the side walkers with band and all I can say is burn, baby, burn!!! 

I just finished a round of P90x and plan to use RCR to get ready for a beach vacation in 6 weeks. Perfect timing!!!

Thanks for sharing your fur kids too. They always put a smile on my face

Thursday, 24 April 2008 - 8:17 AM CDT

It's really an at-home program. It requires a stability ball, a loop of resistance band, a tall step and 3-4 sets of dumbbells (5, 8, 10, 12). You also need a Valslide (or paper plates, or furniture movers). You could use a paper plate or a towel under your foot to slide on hard floors, but for liability reasons, they're probably not going to like you doing that in a gym.

Thursday, 24 April 2008 - 2:05 PM CDT

I get color thru 50 and 60 spf too..color without burn. which is nice.

Red carpet ready sounds very "muscular endurance" based...which can be SUCH a nice change from slow and heavy stuff. I do so much of that these days with 'pump' workouts and yoga. It does get you smaller and has the nice effect of maintaining your strength. I find though the burn comes DURING the workout and rarely results in next day or DOMS soreness...unlike slow and heavy type lifting workouts.

Friday, 25 April 2008 - 10:22 AM CDT

Awe Skwigg...you're just part of the cutting edge trend.  Look what it's done for Madonna.  Can still see her dents quite nicely  ~~ sans tan. 

http://www.people.com/people/madonna/photos/0,,20007955_20432167,00.html

Friday, 25 April 2008 - 1:45 PM CDT

"What's weird is that I seem to be getting some color even through SPF 70."

 You're too funny! And I thought I was fare skinned!

Friday, 25 April 2008 - 1:54 PM CDT

You're making Red Carpet Ready sound really interesting...  I'm starting to get the irresistible urge to buy it.

I'm so white that I told my friend the other day that if he heard of any aviation disasters in Ohio, it would be my fault.  I headed out to run the bleachers at the stadium wearing shorts for the first time outside this year.  The glare coming of my glowing white skin was sure to blind the entire cockpit crew of any passing airline. 

Friday, 25 April 2008 - 4:10 PM CDT

I bought RCR and, three workouts in, I think it's great. I am just using paper plates instead of valslides --- anyone out there think the valslides are much better ($30 better?)? I also am just using a stretchy band that I already had that I tied in a knot to do the band walks (instead of a valband) and that seems to work fine. 

Friday, 25 April 2008 - 4:41 PM CDT

I'm with Glynis...you're making Red Carpet Ready sound really interesting. I'm looking to mix up my at-home workouts because I'm sick of driving to the gym and this could be just the thing!

Friday, 25 April 2008 - 9:15 PM CDT

Renee, you are a pain.  I had to go buy the RCR as well as the slides because of your blog.  I was kinda leery of the teeny weights also, but I felt that if it kicks Renee's butt, it'll def kick mine!  

I want to look like the woman who demos the exercises on the Waters website, as well as photo'd in the ebook.  To me, she has pretty much a perfect body.   In truth, I've thought most of the bodies that everyone seems to admire on BFL Yahoo group & other similar groups are too bulky for my taste, so RCR seems to really be what I've been looking for.  Having said that; however, I don't see doing RCR "all" the time.  I think I'd mix it up every now and then in between my current TT workouts.  I think RCR would be good to do after every two TT 4-week workouts....

I wonder if the Valslide works on a linoleum type of flooring?  I think that's what's at my gym...it's some kind of cushioned flooring.  There are carpeted areas, but they're not by the free-weights, which is pretty much where I work out.   I like going to the gym as it keeps me more committed & I work harder knowing there are ppl around who can see me, LOL.

Thank-you for your great blogs & the time & effort that you put into the BFL Yahoo group!  I get a TON of information from you, as well as encouragement to continue. 

Saturday, 26 April 2008 - 9:23 AM CDT

For those wondering about the Valslides: I bought mine at Target ($25) and they're worth every penny. They come with covers you can use on a wood or linoleum floor, which is what I do b/c I do the RCR workouts at my gym in one of the empty class studios. Not enough room to workout in my small city apartment!

As for RCR, it completely kicks my butt. Just completed Week 2. I was sore the day after the first workout, but not since, which has bothered me (is it working? should I switch back to TT????) until I read the other posts about the non-soreness being normal for this kind of workout. Thanks for the info!

Saturday, 26 April 2008 - 8:57 PM CDT

Karen, do you think you could update w/ how RCR is going for you as you do the prog?  I'm curious to see some real world results.

That's a great idea about using one of the empty class studios!  I never thought of that, duh.... 

Sunday, 27 April 2008 - 11:41 PM CDT

I just ordered Red Carpet Ready and plan on doing it in June. Already have May's plan mapped out.  Sounds like a great program

Monday, 28 April 2008 - 9:51 AM CDT

Yes hopefully you toughen up soon, like a hollywood celebrity right? ;)

Monday, 28 April 2008 - 2:55 PM CDT

You sold me on the Red Carpet Ready program!  I read about it on Muscle With Attitude and then again on your blog and got seduced into buying it!  My goal for now is to get smaller i.e. burn off a lot of fat and then train with kettlebells to add some muscle and I find I have a lot of trouble training heavy when I'm trying to eat for fat loss (I end up eating too much because I need the food for recovery, but then I maintain or gain fat from eating too much).  I think this program will work beautifully for me right now. 

I started the program this morning.  I'm using paper plates instead of the Valslide and I bought a generic set of the bands from Sports Authority.  I'm using the empty group exercise room at the gym which has nice wood floors for the sliding exercises.  All I can say after the first workout is I thought I was going to vomit!!! I ended up stealing rest and I"m sure I wasn't going as fast as is intended in the program but it still kicked my butt!  It's different from the heavy lifting though; my muscles were burning and my entire body was shaking with this workout instead of specific muscles just being too fatigued to move anymore and feeling "dead" after the workout like with heavy lifting.  I could only do each circuit 1x but then I added in an extra circuit of 3 leg exercises and each of the upper body ones so it's nearly as if I did the circuits 2x.  My upper body is fine with this but my legs and abs were having trouble with all the direct hits they were taking.  The programs I usually use don't hit the legs and abs as much as this girly program is.  Oh, also my left knee is still a bit outta whack from an injury 1 1/2 years ago and I think this program will really help me recover more range of motion in it.  I'm noticing major differences between my left knee and right on the single leg movements so hopefully after these 6 weeks my left knee will have caught up to the right one.

 One more note before I end this monster of a reply.  I'm following the diet too and from glancing at it I know it will work well for me if I can get over the hungries.  Ive been creeping up from a size 6 to an 8 so hopefully I will be a size 4 at the end of this challenge, which I have been before and still had plenty of lower body fat and bony upper body (I'm a pear with broad shoulders!) so I'm eager to see where I end up when this program ends.  I will for sure need to add a bit of muscle (especially upper body to offset the bony look) but first I'd like to see what's under this fluff!

Thursday, 15 May 2008 - 10:02 PM CDT

So I'm just now getting caught up with my reading. I've all but abandoned any hope of getting into any shape that's not round.

But I found you something.

http://www.noisebot.com/pale_is_the_new_tan_t-shirt