[Mel]

BODYPUMP™ fans are already describing the shoulder track on this release as the toughest ever and who would argue?

The opening track – Fever – serves as a preview of the carnage to come, as you find the perfect SET position over the punchy big beats. Game on!

Track 2 engages the legs with heavy squats and sets the tone for the rest of the workout, with a barrage on the upper body and a chest section that lays down a challenge – press-ups off an elevated platform.

The first new element arrives in Track 4 – a wider lift grip for rows that has you feeling the intensity build-up behind the shoulders – then go slightly heavier than usual to target the triceps, culminating with one-arm kickbacks for best isolation.

In Track 6, strap on your spurs and holsters, and have some fun riding the range, while working the "guns" to Cowboy Casanova, the real showpiece of this release.

But the levity doesn’t last long. Track 8 gives the shoulders a hammering with the new rotator pec dec move... BECAUSE WE NEED MORE HARDCORE!

Then it's time for yet another innovation – wider feet set in the hover position to stabilize and challenge the core as you walk the hands, one by one, to press-up width and back.

By the time you warm down, your body will be confirming what those fans already knew.

[Placebo]

Am trying so hard to get inspired by the music in this release, but I HATE it! The Squats have no definable beat (plus I am not a fan of "namby-pamby-blah-blah" songs), I fell asleep in the Chest track several times whilst attempting to learn it, and the Bicep and lunge tracks are woeful.

Please send me some "Procrastination Stop" mouthwash, and a can of "Inspiration" bodyspray so I can learn this for Sunday

[Special]

I cannot find anyway to convince you about he bicep track, but I am quite enjoying the chest track. I don't mind squats. Can't remember lunges.

The shoulder track makes me dance around like a dork.

[Placebo]

I think the worst thing is Spesh, that I viewed half of the Pump DVD on friday and the "man-boobs" in track 3 made me feel quite inadequate in that area So now my mind is refusing to learn the track!

And then, as you know, I almost spat my coffee with the widescreen close-up of Susan Flemings arms in Triceps. Oh dear God, there are some things you should NEVER see, and that was right up there!

As for Biceps, not even wearing a Stetson would save that baby. Heck, at least "Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy" had some redeeming features - like pure cheese - but this one is just a sad sack

[Tiger75Paris]

Placebo, on 16 September 2010 - 10:52 AM, said:

And then, as you know, I almost spat my coffee with the widescreen close-up of Susan Flemings arms in Triceps. Oh dear God, there are some things you should NEVER see, and that was right up there!

No one mentionned that in the official LM forum, but I was about to say the exact same thing.. OMG!! She scares me with all these veins on her arms...
Much prefer the body of the other girl : I don't recall her name, she presented the back track and the abs track.

[Special]

What surprised me was although SF's arms look like that, she lifts pretty normal weights.
I did think maybe she was injured though - it looks as though she has 5kgs a side for chest.

I am not a fan of the veiny look for boys or girls, but hey maybe she likes it. I am sure there are people that don't love the look of my pale, flabby arms. LOL!

[gepl]

I first saw her (SF) on 54 and my first thought was "wow, this is a really weird looking guy, with long hair, two braids on the sides, quite skinny, but muscular".

[Tiger75Paris]

Special, on 17 September 2010 - 05:13 AM, said:

I am not a fan of the veiny look for boys or girls, but hey maybe she likes it. I am sure there are people that don't love the look of my pale, flabby arms. LOL!

I'm quite sure I prefer yours than SF's veiny ones.. Urghh.. Now I visualize the focus on her arms.. lol

[Mel]

I've participated in this release 3 times now and I have to say I absolutely love it! This is the most fun I've had in pump ever since I last taught in Australia when I was still fit!

I just love the squats, I love the single bottom half pulse in time with the music. The chest track is a little bit more plain, but I love the back track and how it starts off slow and then it kicks off with the faster music. Makes me buzz!

Triceps I can't really remember, I only remember pain and laying on my back. Biceps is just fun! The slightly difficult timing with the cover music (and seeing instructors struggle with it) keeps me mentally occupied.

Lunges, forget lunges........I'm totally writing off lunges until I can complete a track. At least my ankle problem is getting stronger now and I put the back of my heel against the step to support my ankle which helps heaps.

Shoulders is awesome but the rotator lifts totally cain! Love the music, it's awesome.

Abs and cooldown? Can't really remember by that point, and I've worked too hard to care.

Total thumbs up for this release!

[Tiger75Paris]

Mel, on 29 September 2010 - 02:38 AM, said:

I've participated in this release 3 times now and I have to say I absolutely love it! This is the most fun I've had in pump ever since I last taught in Australia when I was still fit!

I just love the squats, I love the single bottom half pulse in time with the music. The chest track is a little bit more plain, but I love the back track and how it starts off slow and then it kicks off with the faster music. Makes me buzz!

Triceps I can't really remember, I only remember pain and laying on my back. Biceps is just fun! The slightly difficult timing with the cover music (and seeing instructors struggle with it) keeps me mentally occupied.

Lunges, forget lunges........I'm totally writing off lunges until I can complete a track. At least my ankle problem is getting stronger now and I put the back of my heel against the step to support my ankle which helps heaps.

Shoulders is awesome but the rotator lifts totally cain! Love the music, it's awesome.

Abs and cooldown? Can't really remember by that point, and I've worked too hard to care.

Total thumbs up for this release!

Totally in love with this release too.
The back track is my favourite in this release.
Standout tracks for me are : squats, chest, back, shoulders and abs.
Triceps track is simple. Go heavier for this one.

[Placebo]

Tracks that I like are:

Warm-up
Chest
Back
Triceps
Shoulders
Abs
Cooldown

Tracks that I'll never be convinced about:
Squats
Biceps
Lunges

Looking at that list, that's not too bad really. Sometimes I've had whole releases I hated

[Tiger75Paris]

Placebo, on 07 October 2010 - 05:55 AM, said:

. Sometimes I've had whole releases I hated

Like 72, for example?

[Mel]

I've missed a bit in the last 10 releases, but my example of most hated pump goes back to BP55......shocking!

[gepl]

Mel, on 07 October 2010 - 12:09 PM, said:

I've missed a bit in the last 10 releases, but my example of most hated pump goes back to BP55......shocking!

Mel, totally wrong opinion! 55 is one of the better with some truly awesome tracks! Let's see:

warmup - uplifting piece of music, choreo works really well, bottom half squats are unique
squats - yeah, cheesy song, but with a great beat and choreo is ok (51 is quite similar)
chest - PHENOMENAL!
back - ok, this one sucks, but at least you have a song that goes with the Olympic spirit...
triceps - AWESOME!!!
biceps - kind of boring, despite the positive lyrics; works well for a change (zero singles, zero b/halves)
lunges - nothing special, not bad at all
shouders - great!
abs - fantastic
cooldown - classic

You really should give it a second chance!

P.S. I prefer 55 over 75 anytime!

This post has been edited by gepl: 08 October 2010 - 09:58 PM

[Mel]

lol no way!!!!

warmup makes me want to pull my fingernails out
squats - this one did later grow on me when I got bored of all my favs, more for the cheesyness factor
chest - I do agree with you, always like this one

The rest, except lunges which is an average track, gets very VERY bad from here!

Olympia, galvanize...........ugh.......torment, don't do it to me!

[gepl]

Mel, on 09 October 2010 - 01:44 PM, said:

The rest, except lunges which is an average track, gets very VERY bad from here!

Triceps (California) is the toughest one yet, music is great, choreo works. What else do you want?

See, you're looking it from the wrong perspective. I assume you don't like the music for most of the tracks, but you get an awesome workout to a great choreo!

[TennisElbow]

My gym is already mixing out some tracks from this (although with only non-PPCA stuff there's not too many options available at the moment). Most of 75 is only adequate in comparison to recent releases although that's not as big a criticism as it seems since the Seventies have been very good so far.

Biceps is a disaster and even after finally working out the chorey to the beat I still don't like it as it seems far too jerky. The lunge track gets a big tick - mainly because I hate lunges and this one is a lot easier than the brutality of 74. However, the shoulders track is awesome - non-stop complaining from the muscles

[Tiger75Paris]

gepl, on 09 October 2010 - 06:10 PM, said:

Triceps (California) is the toughest one yet, music is great, choreo works. What else do you want?

Oh I like this track!! Ouch.. the endless dips at the end..