The couch thread

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Tue Dec 25, 2012 11:59 pm

On the surface, if you don't have any background at all in S&C, it sounds so very reasonable.

kreator · Post by **kreator** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 12:04 am

Amazon certified reviews coming out before the book was available on Amazon?
I wouldn't be surprised if BMack went the way of Tim Ferris and the Beachbody guys by paying people to write reviews all over the Internet.

Protobuilder · Post by **Protobuilder** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 12:06 am

Turdacious wrote:
Power, Speed, ENDURANCE is a highly effective training system that has catapulted thousands of endurance athletes to the next level. Developed by CrossFit Endurance founder Brian MacKenzie and featuring instruction from some of the world's top endurance and CrossFit coaches, Power, Speed, ENDURANCE unveils techniques, drills, and training strategies that will optimize your performance and overall work capacity while decreasing your susceptibility to injury.

16 of 43 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Really?, November 14, 2012
By
John W. Avery III (Atlanta, Georgia United States) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Power Speed ENDURANCE: A Skill-Based Approach to Endurance Training (Paperback)
I pre-odered this book in October and greatly anticipated its release. After some publishing SNAFUs it was released November 12th. Amazon will not have it in stock until November 17th, however, at least 13 reviews have appeared (all 5 stars) with several from supposed "Verified Amazon Purchases," reviews from customers who have been verified to have purchased the book through Amazon. I find this quite spurious considering these reviews were posted the very day the book was released and 5 days prior to Amazon's stated possession. Amazon, you need to do a better job of providing objective reviews. When the book finally gets here I will update my post with a proper review.
http://www.amazon.com/Power-Speed-ENDUR ... ewpoints=0

Heh.

People here should provide Wolf Shirt quality reviews.

It has 25+ five star reviews before it was even released.

Tim Ferris would have had 500 though at least he was honest about paying folks to do so.

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 12:28 am

That book needs a Shapetastic review or three.

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 12:53 am

He contradicts himself in one paragraph...it's hilarious. And I'm still in the intro

Yojimbo1 · Post by **Yojimbo1** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 2:53 am

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http://www.amazon.com/Power-Speed-ENDUR ... ewpoints=0

Heh.

People here should provide Wolf Shirt quality reviews.[/quote]

NOOO! I live not far from the place that makes the Wolf Shirts. Those reviews were THE BEST THING that ever happened to that ridiculous outfit. The potential for a similar backfire is huge here.

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 3:05 am

Yojimbo1 wrote:[quote=

http://www.amazon.com/Power-Speed-ENDUR ... ewpoints=0

Heh.

People here should provide Wolf Shirt quality reviews.

NOOO! I live not far from the place that makes the Wolf Shirts. Those reviews were THE BEST THING that ever happened to that ridiculous outfit. The potential for a similar backfire is huge here.[/quote]

You underestimate the power of teh IGx snark. The product could be described similar to this one:

Danny John · Post by **Danny John** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 12:17 am

I got bored doing it, but if you read the reviewer's total reviews, there is usually only one and, if two, it is a Paleo Cookbook. Amazon reviewers, the real ones, are pretty harsh overall, but their comments are worth noting, if you are a writer. So, it does have the look of the thing some of the people in the fitness industry are doing: you write a book, smack its numbers up high on Amazon for a day, then note that you are a "Best Selling Author."

Frankly, it troubles me, but then I have to remind myself that no one cares truly...

KingSchmaltzBagelHour · Thu Dec 27, 2012 12:23 am

Danny John wrote:no one cares...

baffled · Post by **baffled** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 12:24 am

For ebooks, you can give it away free, I think on prerelease, and get people to give a review to push it higher in the given category.

I did it for someone a while back. Even had the "verified buyer", or whatever it's called, tag on there.

Amazon marketing is interesting

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 12:34 am

Not a great book. The most useful part is Starrett's mobility stuff, but that can be found free. I don't have the background to decipher the swimming instruction, but the running instruction is straight out of the Revolution Running video/Chi running/POSE...the biking stuff...I don't know

Meh, just not useful in general, and on every page there's an example of just what kind of shit BMacncheez doesn't know. His inked out arms are creepy, I keep thinking he's wearing arm warmers...it looks like the ex-skinhead buddy of mine who got all his skinhead ink blacked out on his arms...no artist merit, it's just covering something worse.

If he is actually getting results with this, it's accidental, not because he knows what he's doing.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 1:53 am

Bmack needs to disappear...

I want to know who actually thinks he is a legit coach besides people in @fit

syaigh · Post by **syaigh** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 2:00 am

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Not a great book. The most useful part is Starrett's mobility stuff, but that can be found free. I don't have the background to decipher the swimming instruction, but the running instruction is straight out of the Revolution Running video/Chi running/POSE...the biking stuff...I don't know

Meh, just not useful in general, and on every page there's an example of just what kind of shit BMacncheez doesn't know. His inked out arms are creepy, I keep thinking he's wearing arm warmers...it looks like the ex-skinhead buddy of mine who got all his skinhead ink blacked out on his arms...no artist merit, it's just covering something worse.

If he is actually getting results with this, it's accidental, not because he knows what he's doing.

Getting pure endurance junkies to do intervals makes them feel like superheros, for a very short time. And then they watch the base they spent years building, erode away, and wonder what happned. By the time they realize, they've already spent too much time praising the guy and their criticism seems like sour grapes. No one really knows that Bmacncheese hasn't completed any races in a long time. Seems that should be in a review, asap.

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:46 am

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:If he is actually getting results with this, it's accidental, not because he knows what he's doing.

Somebody really needs to tell him that he can get the same results (DNF) whether he follows this program or doesn't train at all.

I'd Hit It · Post by **I'd Hit It** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:34 am

Turdacious wrote:
Shafpocalypse Now wrote:If he is actually getting results with this, it's accidental, not because he knows what he's doing.
Somebody really needs to tell him that he can get the same results (DNF) whether he follows this program or doesn't train at all.

Kazuya Mishima · Post by **Kazuya Mishima** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 7:17 pm

His youtube lectures and interviews seem to indicate a guy who has figured out how to mesmerize mediocre people with bullshit and razzle dazzle.

In other words, he's just another Glassman.

tzg · Post by **tzg** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:56 pm

No, the tattoos mean he's legit.

Protobuilder · Post by **Protobuilder** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:22 am

I would buy a book by Starrett if he ever puts one out.

Cave Canem · Post by **Cave Canem** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:11 am

Sweet baby gorilla jeebus ! I haven't checked the affiliate map in quite some time. There are now close to 100 @fits within 40 miles of me.

sanchezero · Post by **sanchezero** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:33 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY2paIdfSK4[/youtube]

rebranded couchfit is hotter than couchfit.

Kazuya Mishima · Post by **Kazuya Mishima** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:55 pm

I'd like to take Dana there for a test drive.

The Ginger Beard Man · Sat Dec 29, 2012 6:39 pm

sanchezero wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY2paIdfSK4[/youtube]

rebranded couchfit is hotter than couchfit.

Glad to see they left the stupidity in the programming.

I'm gonna watch that again and whack off.

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:26 am

Kazuya Mishima wrote:I'd like to take Dana there for a test drive.

is this a double entendre?

Cave Canem · Post by **Cave Canem** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:59 am

sanchezero wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY2paIdfSK4[/youtube]

rebranded couchfit is hotter than couchfit.

If I'm not mistaken, young Dan Tyminski who was in the intro to that video, took a lot of shit from the home office for being sponsored by X-fit supplements.

Tirofijo · Post by **Tirofijo** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 10:58 pm

Terry B. wrote:I would buy a book by Starrett if he ever puts one out.

You are in luck, but it's a few months until published.

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