FitDeck Bodyweight & Instructional DVD Review

These cards are for everyone, from the least fit to the most fit. You can do exercises for just particular parts of the body (as the cards are color-coded - e.g. blue for upper body, red for full body, green for middle body, and so on). Or you can do them all. Or some number in between. You can do the number of reps specified for basic, intermediate or advanced, or a combination of them for different exercises. Since you don't require any equipment at all to do them, you can take this deck with you anywhere and work out. Or, like me, you can use it at home, in between days at the gym. You can take it with you when traveling and never pay hotel gym fees again.

I first read about Fitdeck in BICYCLING magazine. Its review said something to the effect that even if you are very fit, doing all the exercises contained in this deck of cards at the advanced level would ensure that you could not even lift a pencil the next day.

I bought this deck and the DVD ten days ago and have since used the cards thrice, in different ways and at different levels. The third time around, I did all the 50-odd cards at an advanced level, and I definitely felt it the next day! I just shuffle the cards at the end of my workout, so that I have a fresh new workout for next time.

I agree with another reviewer Stephen Tobey here: these cards are addictive and fun, and because you can mix them up you will never get bored. Your muscles will not get used to the exercises and will therefore continue to grow stronger as you use the cards over long periods of time.

A word of advice - buy the instructional DVD (it's only $6 extra), even if you exercise regularly. It will show you the safe, correct way to do each exercise, as well as all the stretches.

Product Description
FitDeck is a deck of custom playing cards that contains "bodyweight-only" exercises (so no fitness equipment is needed). Each card has three fitness levels to accommodate different abilities (beginner, intermediate, advanced). Cards are held in a convenient plastic cardholder making it easy to carry and draw cards while on the go. Shuffle the cards before every workout to get a random sampling of upper-body, middle-body, lower-body and full-body exercises. In addition to the exercise cards, FitDeck comes with several "Wild" cards, "Warm Up/Cool Down" cards and "Upper/Lower Body Stretching" cards. The 50-minute DVD features inventor and former Navy SEAL Instructor Phil Black demonstrating over 60 exercises and stretches. Never spend another minute trying to decide what kind of exercises or stretches to do  FitDeck does the thinking for you. Just shuffle, draw, and do it. Spice up your workout with exercises such as chase the rabbits, bear crawl, superman, and the tripod. Use FitDeck to workout at home, on the road, at the gym, in your hotel room, on vacation  anytime, anywhere. Improve your strength, muscle tone, flexibility, coordination and aerobic endurance.

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