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    Default Jillian Michaels at 14.59 of her 15 minutes

    This vid really shows the depths this women will go to prevent her 14.59 minutes of fame from from hitting 15 minutes. I'm a big proponent of the importance of psychology in weight loss (1) - and the women may need therapy to be sure to help her with her own issues - but Michaels sure as sh*$ is not the person qualified to give that therapy. Never watched an episode her show, and a member sent me the URL with a "you gotta see this horrible crap" comment.

    I think the page the vid is posted at hits the nail:

    "At best, Losing It With Jillian is torture porn. Last night's episode had the expected scream-and-berate routine, but Michaels's victim broke down. Michaels then softened, much like a wide-eyed cult leader drunk on love and power.It's a nauseating study in behavioral psychology."

    See:

    http://jezebel.com/5562458/woman-sob...yline=true&s=i

    The vid make a very attractive women look ugly...I used to think of Michaels as a hot, harmless enough, not very interesting fitness type who was lucky enough to get on a reality TV show, now I think she's a possibly psychotic monster with a pretty face ...Warning, any trainer ever treats you like that during a training session, fire them on the spot and walk out.

    (1) http://www.stripperweb.com/forum/sho...ght=psychology
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    Default Re: Jillian Michaels at 14.59 of her 15 minutes

    Wow. She is such a freakin bitch. Call me crazy, but psychological torture isn't a necessary component of my workout routine. Just some cardio and weights and a lot of sweat.

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    Default Re: Jillian Michaels at 14.59 of her 15 minutes

    Quote Originally Posted by Arianna419 View Post
    Wow. She is such a freakin bitch. Call me crazy, but psychological torture isn't a necessary component of my workout routine. Just some cardio and weights and a lot of sweat.
    The person in that vid with the deep need for psychological help is the trainer. Ratings are all that matters to her.
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    Ugh. This reminds me of when I used to go work out with my ex boyfriend. I would be on the treadmill while he screamed at me "GO GO GO!!!" as he increased the speed, like I was in military boot camp or something. Inevitably, I would cause a huge scene at the gym and tell him go fuck himself and end up storming out leaving him there. My trainer now is amazing! She has a good attitude and is always smiling, she constantly compliments me, and she pushes me but in a way so that I feel confident, strong, and powerful when I leave, not pissed off and hating the gym, and feeling like I'm hopeless.

    I don't like Jillian here, and honestly, she seems kind of bitchy like that in her 30 day shred DVD. I don't NOT respond well to this technique, berating and screaming. I mean, that lady in the video is kind of pathetic, breaking down like that, but it's not that hard to change. Make a plan, and do it everyday, little by little, diet and exercise, instead of sitting there bitching about how or why you can't.
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    Default Re: Jillian Michaels at 14.59 of her 15 minutes

    Quote Originally Posted by Will View Post
    The person in that vid with the deep need for psychological help is the trainer. Ratings are all that matters to her.
    Yeah dude. That was so obviously staged for ratings. I felt like I was watching a soap opera.
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    Quote Originally Posted by J.D. View Post
    she pushes me but in a way so that I feel confident, strong, and powerful when I leave, not pissed off and hating the gym, and feeling like I'm hopeless.
    Different people require, and respond to, different approaches, but what Jillian is doing is not an approach, it's just being a controlling bully with a bad nose job. I can assure you, any trainer treated people like that in any normal gym, they would get booted out of there quickly.
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    Meh it's for ratings. That's the way they want her to be. I <3 her.

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    Quote Originally Posted by *Iris* View Post
    Meh it's for ratings. That's the way they want her to be. I <3 her.
    Humiliating and objectifying overweight people for cheap entertainment. Worth a read:

    http://www.bodylovewellness.com/2010...t-part-1-of-3/

    http://www.bodylovewellness.com/2010...t-part-2-of-3/

    TV or otherwise, humiliation and objectification is still bad right?
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    Default Re: Jillian Michaels at 14.59 of her 15 minutes

    I gotta disagree. All of the people on the show know how she works and have signed up for her style of confrontation. She didn't kick their doors in and strap them to a treadmill. It reminds me of dealing with addicts. You work gradually to cut through their line of crap and get them to reconnect with their emotions. As they gain more control through understanding what's really derailing their efforts they commit to the diet and excercise plan in the long term long after their trainer has to go. I love trainers like this because they get a great performance out of me.
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    Default Re: Jillian Michaels at 14.59 of her 15 minutes

    Sorry, just read some of the comments under the video, and this one I thought was awesome:

    "Is it weird that I don't think she is being all that mean? I was never an athlete or anything, I just grew up with intense west indian parents."

    Haha!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Optimist View Post
    I gotta disagree. All of the people on the show know how she works and have signed up for her style of confrontation.

    Ratings rule all! People with poor self esteem getting abused on TV and probably thinking they deserve it due to that low self esteem. People so desensitized to it all, it's all fine. Of well, I tried. Carry on!
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    Idk she scares me as in I wouldnt want her to be my trainer but she was way overweight as a teen and went crazy trying to get in shape she has some good advice on her radio show but I would never let her train me Id rather die fat and HAPPY lol I love my food.

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    Default Re: Jillian Michaels at 14.59 of her 15 minutes

    To be honest. I don't see the problem with how she was acting. She was pushing the woman the go harder and finally just break the woman down so she could actually face her problem. While psychologically she is far from qualified, I have been through this. And it worked for me. I used to compete nationally in figure skating, there is no time to not push. And this woman just wanted and really needed to be healthier for her home life. Jillian knows this and pushed her past her breaking point, so she can start from scratch. I am actually a fan of the technique.





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    Quote Originally Posted by Nikki_lace_7 View Post
    Not everyone's best friend is a certified psychologist, but somehow we don't mind their tough love much.
    No "friend" of mine would ever treat me like that. Those are not friends. Tough love does not = abuse, control, degrading people, although some might mistake it as such.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Optimist View Post
    I love trainers like this because they get a great performance out of me.
    Same. I'm a real slacka. I gotta have someone to ignore me throwing a tempertantrum and sniffling and protesting.
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    i am losing my fucking mind and i really just want this chloroform dream because i think that would just get me right with jesus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DesuvsDeath View Post
    Same. I'm a real slacka. I gotta have someone to ignore me throwing a tempertantrum and sniffling and protesting.
    I ran a private training biz for 5 years out of World Gym in Dedham MA, as well as trained people at home in their private gyms, and had to give some tough love to many a tempetantrum throwing gal. Some of the fitness/figure models were the worst!
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    i guess i see the point is making but is that what a trainer is supposed to do? maybe not to that extent. i wouldnt pay to be berated...basically paying for some1 to tell me what to do and b my cheerleader for an hour. yes a trainer should push but not to that extent, some1 could easily get hurt especially if they have not worked that hard in awhile. like u said will, tough love. that is just plain mean what i saw on that video tho. my friend had a trainer for awhile and he pushed hard but he did not call her an out of shape blubber monster lol that would just make me want to walk out n throw her the bird.

    whatever michaels does tho, i guess it works b/c ppl eat her merch up!

    i lol-ed at this comment:
    "That lady is not "buried in fat." WTF. Is she overweight? Yes. Is she a disgusting blubbermonster who deserves therapy from an unlicensed psychologist? No."

    michaels does make it seem like this woman is 400lbs, and just flubber. wtf.

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