Something I'll NEVER understand about certain niches (help me out here - mindset)...

I agree! The proof is in the pudding -- you can't argue with success.

That's why I say, it's my own blind spot.

Cheers.

-- TW

Hi TimothyW,

No mate, I totally disagree.

Can I ask you - are you into personal fitness at all?

There's every reason in the world to solve it 112 different ways, and the gazillions of expensive magazines, study courses, personal trainers, DVDs, training aids (not a conclusive list) appear to prove it, along with the growing number of people (it appears that way to me in the UK) who are taking control of their personal fitness and gradually becoming more educated, due to the growing amount of information available and the easy, instant access to it.

What are people getting physically fit for?

a) they have one of many specific health issues, with a fitness regime prescribed as part of the cure - each one needs a different regime - heart problems, muscle-injury rehabilitation, weight loss, mental-health issues, post-pregnancy (just to mention five) all require very different regimes.

b) vanity reasons

c) upcoming exertions (such as military or sporting events)

These are just off the top of my head and it's not even close to a conclusive list.

Each week, new discoveries are made.

Example - a decade ago, I didn't know what a swiss ball/gym ball was.

Now you can build a career around one cheap piece of equipment. The amount of ways to use this has gone ballistic (pun intended) as more and more people experiment with it, to try and get ripped abs/strong core. You can get almost totally toned all over using that one piece of kit. I know about 30 different exercises for it and I've barely spent any time looking.

I've seen people who've learnt to transfer many of the typical free weight and aerobic activities onto the ball, whether it's using the ground in combination, or kneeling or even standing on it - the latter takes months to achieve (just to stand on it, without doing anything else) and you'll develop the skills, balance and the core strength of a tight-rope walker.

If you didn't know, a gym ball is simply a pumped up ball, around 55-75cm - like a space-hopper without ears.

With the utmost respect, the above is just closed-minded nonsense. You're just spouting off an opinion without doing one minute's research and without knowing what you are talking about.

Sorry to be so blunt, but it's clearly true.

Yes, but he (fitness guru) IS essentially redoing the same show over + over -- and I don't see how there is a need for that (but, of course the evidence shows there IS a need -- a 25 year long need, apparently). I can see building a rep over the years, etc. But that does not require constantly producing the same thing, NEWLY each time.

Let's say I write a book -- and it's a great book + it helps a lot of people -- it becomes a classic of that niche. Does that mean I must rewrite the book + publish a slightly different version every WEEK?!?! THAT is basically what this guru has been doing (on TV), for 1x/week for 25 years1 And I DARE anyone to tell the difference between episode 6, and episode 606. I am sure they are not total duplicates -- but in terms of actual benefit(s) to viewer, no, there is no difference.