Why is the Workout ‘Perfect’?

There are a number of reasons why our special exercise method is ‘Perfect’:

The Perfect Workout is incredibly time efficient – in and out in 20 minutes.
Our clients get better results than they would with regular weight training.
Slow-motion strength training exposes your body to less risk of injury.
In addition to delivering better results in less time, we cost significantly less than hiring a regular personal trainer.
We’re the only major fitness company in California that backs our services with a full-satisfaction, money-back guarantee.

Time Efficient

With slow-motion strength training, you stimulate optimum fitness improvements in your body from just two 20-minute training sessions per week. How is this possible?

Once you learn how to really challenge your muscles, you can’t work at a peak effort level for more than about 20 minutes. By necessity, workouts that take longer than that require people to pace themselves with a sub-peak level of effort. And each exercise requires your highest level of effort to stimulate the most change. A slow-motion strength training workout is very effective for improving your body, and it has to be relatively brief to be both intense and effective. As far as how often to exercise, for best results your body has to be given a chance to fully recover and get stronger between workouts. And the processes of recovering, adapting, and improving from a workout take time. We find that most of our clients progress fastest when working out twice per week (once every three or four days).

So that’s the path to optimum fitness improvement. Learn how to really challenge your muscles for a total of approximately 20 minutes. Allow your body time between workouts to recover and improve itself. Apply these ideas, and your body will produce fantastic changes from just two 20-minute workouts per week.

Better Results

A slower weightlifting speed reduces momentum on each repetition, and loads the muscles more effectively. This makes the exercise both harder and more productive. Wayne Westcott, Ph.D., has supervised two independent research studies which demonstrate that subjects who use slow-motion strength training gain strength 50% faster than subjects using more traditional weightlifting methods. Comparisons of research groups supervised by Ellington Darden, Ph.D., show an even greater advantage, revealing that the slow-speed trainees progress 59% faster than those using regular weightlifting.

Slower lifting speed means faster results in all the ways strength training can benefit you, including:

» Improved muscle tone and body shape 3
» Increased metabolism – burn more calories even while you’re sleeping 4
» Less fat (enhanced by effective nutrition) 5
» Greater strength 1,2
» More endurance, stamina and energy
» Improved cardiovascular fitness and health 6,7,8,9
» Stronger bones 10

Less Injury Risk

Another important aspect of slow-motion strength training is that it’s safer on your joints and connective tissues than just about any other exercise activity. Slow-motion repetitions involve moving the resistance as slowly as possible without stopping. Moving so slowly minimizes the amount of force imposed on the body, thereby making the exercise safer. In fact, slow-speed weight training repetitions were originally developed during a study at the University of Florida which looked at the effects of weight training on older women with osteoporosis. An important reason the researchers developed slow-motion repetitions for the women of that study is because it’s a safer method of exercise. People of all ages can benefit with less worry about damaging their joints.

Cost Effective

In general, our service costs about half as much money per month as a typical personal trainer in California. Our price per personal training session is less than other trainers, and our clients workout at most twice a week with us. Since most other personal trainers recommend their clients work with them three days a week or more, with our program you’re not only spending less money per personal training session, you’re also spending your money less often. So in addition to offering superior value (our clients average 50% better results and we save them over 2 hours every week compared to a regular trainer), we wind up costing about half as much per month as other trainers.

(Please call the studio nearest you to get current rates and more information.)

100% Full-Satisfaction, Money-Back Guarantee

We’re confident that once you’ve tried our service, you’ll agree with the thousands of clients we’ve successfully trained that slow-motion strength training is a more effective way to exercise. Since opening for business in 1999, we continue to be the only major fitness company in California that backs our services with a 100% full-satisfaction, money-back guarantee.

Wayne L. Westcott, Ph.D. (and others) Effects of Regular and Slow Speed Resistance Training on Muscle Strength, Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 2001, Vol 41, Iss 2. Pp 154-158
The Nautilus Book, Ellington Darden, Ph.D., Copyright 1990 Contemporary Books, Chicago, IL, P. 85
Body Defining, Ellington Darden, Ph.D., Copyright 1996 Contemporary Books, Chicago, IL, Pp 19,34,35
Campbell, W.,Crim, M., Young,V. and Evans,W. (1994). Increased energy requirements and changes in body composition with resistance training in older adults. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 60: 167-175
Campbell, W.,Crim, M., Young,V. and Evans,W. (1994). Increased energy requirements and changes in body composition with resistance training in older adults. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 60: 167-175
Peterson JA. Total Conditioning: A Case Study. Athletic Journal. Vol. 56: 40-55, 1975
Stone, M., Blessing, D., Byrd, R., et al. (1982). Physiological effects of a short term resistive training program on middle-aged untrained men. National Strength and Conditioning Association Journal, 4: 16-20
Hurley, B., Hagberg, J., Goldberg, A., et al. (1988). Resistance training can reduce coronary risk factors without altering VO2 max or percent body fat. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 20: 150-154
Hurley, B. (1994). Does strength training improve health status? Strength and Conditioning Journal, 16: 7-13
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I noticed big results in only a month. I knew it would be helpful, but I didn't think I'd be this excited about it! I joined The Perfect Workout to be toned and get stronger, not to lose weight. But in the process, I've lost 10 pounds and I'm at my goal weight now. I feel great!

The Perfect Workout is efficient. It’s also a great stress reducer, and when you see results, your self-esteem goes up.

I’ve got more muscle, my body is firmer, and yet I’m at the lightest weight I’ve been for several years!

Lifting weights in slow motion gives dramatic results. Better still, you spend less time in the gym.

I was amazed when I saw results after the second session! My legs, hips and abdomen had already decreased, plus I was getting stronger. In less than three months I lost 12 pounds, back into all the clothes in my closet and stronger than I’ve ever been.

Why is the Workout ‘Perfect’?

There are a number of reasons why our special exercise method is ‘Perfect’: