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Sputnik_Sweetheart
06/09/09

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You know how Tracy Anderson gets so thin and small? It is not her fitness regimen. It is because she is petite to begin with. Same goes for Madonna and Gwenyth. Being a size 0 or 2 is just not attainable for most women. I'm pretty thin myself, but there is no way I could be a size 0, unless I removed some ribs and vital organs. All she is doing is setting people up for failure.
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Alohamaid
06/09/09

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and you know I call bullshit on her training methods too. From what I can tell her training involves a very restrictive diet, lots of cardio and minimal weight training. So really through cardio and starving she whittles people down to very small sizes THEN with very small weights build tiny muscles that are only visible when you get super thin. 2 hours a day of cardio and not eating is NOT healthy.
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lisas
06/10/09

@Alohamaid: Tiny muscles?

[www.entertainmentwise.com]

Even with a lot of extra fat, those would not be tiny invisible biceps.
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lisas
06/09/09

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Got totally distracted by the name Donna Freydkin. Thought it was Fedaykin for a second there. "Muad'Dib's Death Commandos are now writing fitness columns?"
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
06/09/09

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*blushes*

I thought Jez already knew about this.

*is embarrassed she didn't send in tip when she first heard about this months ago*
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MakeFetch
06/09/09

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Any "trainer" who thinks women shouldn't lift more than 3 lbs is an idiot.
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HuckleberryFriend
06/09/09

@MakeFetch: Seriously. My bag I carry around all the time ways more than that.
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whynotshesaid
06/09/09

@MakeFetch: And also doesn't know any women. Has she seen some of the purses women lug around? I know that mine, which has a laptop, a book and a notebook in it, weighs more than three pounds.

Good thing I do bicep curls with free weights.
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Cafezinha
06/09/09

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And my wonderful personal trainer friend struggles with her business as this assclam succeeds.

I loathe this bitch. LOATHE. Take your sick, twisted ideas of "fitness" and shove them up your ass with your 3 lb. dumbbells.
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PaisleyPajamas
06/09/09

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*ahem*
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la.donna.pietra
06/09/09

@PaisleyPajamas: The enormous rant from Glynn Barber 1/3 of the way down is something else again. Lawdy.
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PaisleyPajamas
06/09/09

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*cough-cough*
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DexterHaven
06/09/09

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I think the fraud allegations can be easily cleared up: when Anderson was quoted in various magazines as saying she can guarantee clients a 'tiny dancer's body',what she REALLY saying was that she could get them Tony Danza's body. A simple misunderstanding, though Gwyneth was furious.
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WashingMyHair
06/09/09

@DexterHaven: Hold me closer Tony Danza!
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Voigt-Kampff
06/09/09

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People are so desperate to be thin.

I'm going to market cholera to celebrities.
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WashingMyHair
06/09/09

@Voigt-Kampff: I've started a mail order tapeworm business.
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18thCFox
06/09/09

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Looking at the photo with the knock-kneed giraffe and the neckless dwarf, I have to say I don't want to look like either one of them.
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ragincajun67
06/09/09

@18thCFox: Tell your vowels to turn the lights off when they leave.
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18thCFox
06/09/09

@ragincajun67:

@lonewolfer:

Wow, Gawker's gone soft.....both of these women get considerable attention, not to mention income, because of how they look, and they sure enjoy crowing about it in various magazines, blogs, etc. Since she's lost interest in winning Oscars, Gwyneth has made "health" (read: looking good) her stock-and-trade. And the Indianapolis article said that Anderson is as concerned with looking thin as she is with looking healthy. So yeah, I think these ladies have made their appearance fair game. If they had cured a disease or won a Pulitzer, I wouldn't comment on how they look because it would be irrelevant. I feel that indignation over what I said is comparable to the indignation one feels when the judges at a beauty pageant judge the contestants on their looks. How dare they!
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A Small Turnip
06/09/09

@18thCFox: Nah, no indignation here. That's just not how we roll on Jezebel, man. It's not easy, but it's worth the effort not to give in to body-snarking. Endeavouring to be more humane isn't "soft", it's about trying to concentrate on the things that actually matter. You know?
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whynotshesaid
06/09/09

@18thCFox: Not cool.
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ragincajun67
06/09/09

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Her back story is not news. I've known about this for about a year and I'm hardly part of the inner circle.

It reminds me of those long expose stories Vanity Fair printed in the 80's: cut-throat tycoon has a great product and absolutely no scruples about how to expand the brand. Capitalism--it was ever thus.

I do feel like she's attracting an extra helping of hate because she's a woman. Or is it because "health" professionals are supposed to be purer than real estate moguls and newspaper magnates? It's all just business and frequently disgusting.
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kungfutoday
06/09/09

@ragincajun67: Actually, no. The news is filled nowadays with men who are crooks. Are you saying this because this woman caters to the entertainment industry?
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ragincajun67
06/09/09

@kungfutoday: What I'm saying is that I heard all about Tracy Anderson's shady dealings back when I first heard about her, possibly a year ago, probably on the FitSugar web site. Given the amount of coverage that she, Gwyneth, & Madonna get here, I'm surprised that this is new info to Jezebels.
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WashingMyHair
06/09/09

@ragincajun67: I've known about her for some time as well, but I thought her shady dealings were mentioned on Jezebel before. Maybe it was Gawker.
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kungfutoday
06/09/09

@ragincajun67: My comment was in response to your statement: "I do feel like she's attracting an extra helping of hate because she's a woman."

And I disagree. I think some of it could look like a pile-on because maybe you're reading different blogs and news outlets that are covering the same story. But I certainly don't see any evidence (so far) of a tremendous overkill, esp. one that's gender-based.
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Juliekins
06/09/09

@kungfutoday: She gets discussed a lot on another site I spend time on that's devoted to video/DVD workouts. She's a lightningrod there; the people love her LOVE her because her workouts don't make them "bulk." The people that can't stand her feel that way because the "science" of how her "method" work is 99% bullshit and 1% moves they did in workout videos in the 1980s.

I think she's full of shit, and I really dislike her for pushing the "teeny tiny" ideal as the one and only way women are allowed to look. I take up space, I'm strong, and I like to MOVE. Deal, Ms. Anderson.
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whynotshesaid
06/09/09

@ragincajun67: I've mentioned her shady dealings on this site before. I have major issues with Tracy Anderson, and it has nothing to do with her being a woman and everything to do with her promotion of a womanly ideal that is ornamental and powerless.

We have enough people and institutions in this world telling us the only sexy woman is a stupid, weak woman. I go after all of them, be it Hugh Hefner and his "bunnies," or Tracy Anderson and her three pound weights.

That said, not everyone cares about fitness. You read about her on FitSugar, and I read about her on Fit Bottomed Girls. Those are niche sites that most people never visit. I don't think it's fair to be critical of people for failing to miss this story.
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heykoukla
06/09/09

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I hate, hate, hate the emphasis this woman puts on exercise simply as a way of getting the body you want. I feel like I'm stating the obvious here, but it's far healthier to focus on exercise as a means of making you feel good about yourself. Try running a mile for the first time and you'll feel so proud of yourself for accomplishing it. Or, jump on your bike, set yourself a goal and work towards it.

I am hardly some super athlete, but I find that when I can push my body to achieve something I was doubtful at first of accomplishing, I am so excited and proud of myself that all my little body "flaws" suddenly don't seem so important anymore.
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Ms. Nickels
06/09/09

@heykoukla: Studies also show that people stick to working out more when they do it to feel good or to be healthier in general than when they do it to lose weight. Many factors influence weight, and it's easy to get discouraged when you're just looking at numbers on a scale and they don't seem to match up to how hard you're working.

I love to work out, but I eat a lot and I never weigh myself.
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heykoukla
06/09/09

@Ms. Nickels:

I love to work out, but I eat a lot and I never weigh myself.

That's pretty much me, too. Tracy Anderson would go bust (again!) if more people felt that way.
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braak
06/09/09

@heykoukla: Well, I gave up trying to run a mile several times because of how shitty it made me feel.

Although, I did feel extra good when I finally succeeded.
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Plum-Pie
06/09/09

@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Hortense ran an article from a British paper on the weekend ages ago.
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Plum-Pie
06/09/09

@heykoukla: The above comment is lost.

I agree with yours completely though.
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Cerridwen
06/09/09

@heykoukla: I couldn't have given less of a crap whether I had a tiny "dancer body" when I completed my first 10 kilometer race this spring. I was just proud that I had run farther and faster than I ever had before. More toned quadriceps were just icing on the cake that under Tracy Anderson's regimen I would never get to eat.
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sympathyforthebasementcat
06/09/09

In reply to Gwyneth Paltrow's Celeb Trainer: Financial Charlatan
You can manipulate finances and you can manipulate bodies, but the natural order will eventually restore itself and your real body/finances will eventually win out.
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LucilleMcGillicuddy
06/09/09

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They should put this one and that scammer girl making the rounds lately - that girl from Utah, Carrie something? - and those blond twats from that fake MTV show on a deserted island and, like, leave 'em there.
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LucilleMcGillicuddy
06/09/09

@LucilleMcGillicuddy: uh-oh, I broke the margin again.
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morninggloria
06/09/09

@LucilleMcGillicuddy: Now look what you did. It's going to take hours for us to be able to format properly again. For shame!
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WashingMyHair
06/09/09

@LucilleMcGillicuddy: I believe you're referring to the "hipster grifter".
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