Has anyone tried the The Wave which is made by the Firm?

Just wondering. It looks like fun.

Sue

Hi Sue, I too had posted soemthing about THE WAVE on another thread in here somewhere a while back. I defiantely am ordering one this week when I get my income tax money back. I cannot wait! I watch the info mercial all the time, lol!! Let me know if you get one too, together we can WAVE goodbye to this weight! lol!

Take Care,
Jewell

Jewell,
I've ordered it and now am just trying to get Fed Ex to deliver. Unfortunately, The Firm makes it so that you have to be home to sign for the package. You can't leave the signature. I've missed them and once stayed home all day because they agreed to deliver, and they didn't deliver that day. Sure enough, next day, they came, I was at work! So, I've called the Firm and they are going to have this reshipped to my work.

I can't wait. I've heard it is a great workout and a lot of fun. You might get yours before me though. So, let me know!

Sue, did you get it yet? Have you tried it? Is it as fun as it looks? I am ordering mine tomorrow!!!

Let me know what you think of it...I got the Biggest Loser Bootcamp dvd last weekend and an exercise ball with a dvd, so I started those. I really like both!

Good Luck!
Jewell

Jewell,
Can you believe I still don't have it? FedEx delivered 4 times to my house (of course, NOT on the day I stayed home from work when they said they'd deliver). Ugh! It requires you to be home to sign, can't leave your signature. So, now I'm trying to get it sent to work. I'm getting frustrated because I want it.

You'll probably get yours before I get mine! Let me know how you like it when you get it. When (if????) I get mine, I'll post!

Jewell,
Did you get The Wave yet? I think mine is getting returned from Fed Ex and then will get reshipped to me. Ugh. I'd pick it up but the Fed Ex office is an hour away.

Hi Sue, no I haven't even ordered it yet. I haven't seen it on tv the past couple weeks and I thought you got a better deal when ordering while the infomericial was on...So I have been waiting ot see it. I know I can go to their site but I was waiting for the infomercial to come back on.

But I did get my personal fitness coach for the wii..I am doing my first workout tomorrow...took about 40 minutes to do my profile last night...I think this is gonna be intense, lol!! I have been doing my biggest loser bootcamp dvd with Bob the past couple weeks..

I was so upset after my weigh in yesterday, I kinda didn't follow program today and I am really mad at myself now..Oh well, I will start fresh tomorrow, my first lapse in 6 weeks so I guess that isn't to hasty.

I noticed our stats are almost identical, within a couple pounds starting weight. I think you may have started on the program a week or so before me, but our losses etc and weight loss has been almost the same. Great job on meeting your goal for Valentines Day and even earlier, YOU SHOULD BE SO PROUD!!!! I don't know if I have hit a small plateau or what...but I missed my valentines goal of 15 lbs by .8, so I was pretty bummed yesterday. I am starting week 6 tomorrow.

I do still want to order the wave...Maybe I should have mine sent to work when I order it since you have had so many issues wiht fedx.

Take care,
Jewell

hello to all! i just want to share with you my experience using the firm products...I LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!! i have lost over 40 lbs with jenny craig and the firm and i could not be happier. the firm dvds are so easy and fun and the best part is...THE RESULTS!!!! you will see results so quickly and it is so motivating to watch your body change. i have 20 lbs to go and i CANNOT wait to get my wave. i love the firm and jenny craig so much, i would trust both with whatever weight loss and fitness goals i have. good luck to all!!!!!!! we can do this!

Add me to the list of being a FIRM believer. Have been since the late 80s. It's NOT a fad and they have improved every year. I am currently loving the Cardioweights(they come with pink weights) videos. It is not marketing hype when they say you will get results in 10 workouts and especially for us being on Jenny Craig.

I haven't ordered the wave but I have over 50 FIRM videos and counting!


Hope

JC and Firm believer as well. Have the Wave, only used it once and it was so-so. Will give it another try but have set myself a rotation that I am following with the Firm DVDs (pretty much have them all)
Huge variety so you should never get bored. You can buy some of the older ones on Amazon - which are still some of my favorites.

For those that don't know what the Firm is, aerobics with light free weights. Get a good balance of cardio and sculpting.

I started using the Firm back in the early 90s but kind of dropped out after a year or two. Started with JC in Jan '07 at 240+ and have been using the Firm and walking for the past 1.5 years.

Best wishes to all

Connie,
I can't open your links but wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS on your success. What is your normal FIRM rotation of AWT(aerobic weight training), SC(sculpt), and cardio? How many days a week? Also did you lift heavy as you were losing your weight?

thanks for sharing your progress.

Hope

Hi Hope - I belong to the Firm Believer club which gives you access to their club website. When you are a member there, they do have monthly rotations but I have made my own based on a generic one the Firm instructors put out in December. Pretty much did this as I had some tapes/DVDs that I had never used or hadn't used in a very long time. A sample of the rotation I use -
Day 1 - Sculpt
Day 2 - Cardio
Day 3 - Cardio/Sculpt
Day 4 - Rest
Day 5 - Cardio/Sculpt
Day 6 - Cardio
Day 7 - Cardio/Sculpt

On days that are cardio - I use 3-8 lb wts.
On days that are cardio sculpt - I use 5-10 lb wts.
On sculpt days, I use 8-12 lb wts. (I have 15 lb wts but only use them occasionally)

The weight levels I am at have just gradually built up. From doing lots of reading and the diclaimer at the beginning of each of the routines, I know that I should use the heaviest weights I can but still keep proper form in the exercises. Since as you know, when you are using the Firm, you're not just using weights, they are incorporated into an entire routine, I don't go too heavy except on the sculpting tapes where I try to push myself a little further. There are times though that I am just not as "strong", so I will go with lighter weights but pretty much always use at least the 3 lb ones.

Besides the Firm routines, I also take a Pilates class on Saturday mornings and walk on a treadmill a few days a week.

If anyone knows how to post pictures, I would be glad to share before picture but am definitely not too good at this technology stuff.

Thanks so much for posting that Connie. It's a good sanity check that I CAN continue lifting as I'm losing. My JCC asked me to cut down on my workouts this week and it just didn't sit well with me. I enjoy my workouts and I just need to find the balance with the food so I'm not hungry. I was actually in a FIRM infomercial back about 8 years ago now with the TransFIRMer system. I was doing WW back then.

I just can't thank you enough for posting because I don't read about a lot of people who came to this program with an intense workout program of 5-6 days a week already. I needed this today!

Wish I could help you with the pictures. I know some people go to www.freewebs.com and post their pictures and then just put the link on here. another site is extrapounds.com where you can just put pictures up.

Either way GREAT JOB! I used to be very active on the FIRM belivers club but they weren't very 'kind' about being on jenny craig. Some on there felt so strongly about WW and clean eating that I didn't feel like I could get the support I needed so it's good to know that there are JC members on the FIRM board now! Maybe I'll come back at some point.

Hope

Hi Sue! Just checking in to see if your WAVE ever arrived and how you like it? I finally got mine ordered and anxiously waiting it's arrival. The past 3 weeks have been tough, i have been really down, so I am hoping this will get me back on track.

I have been riding my bike, roller skating, doing my dvd's and my weight has really done nothing! I am about ready to quit... I am hoping this will rejuvinate me. I have lost the spark I started with and can't seem to regain it. This is what happened in the past.

Well I have been away from the boards for a couple weeks and I am trying to get focused again anf back on the boards!

Take care,
Melissa

Hi Melissa,
First off, don't quit. Work through the boredom and remotivate yourself. Spring is here and summer is right behind it. You've been doing good girl!

I actually never did get The Wave. Fed Ex wouldn't leave it and every time I stayed home for my delivery, FedEx didn't deliver that day. I told the Firm that I really wanted it and asked if they'd just authorize it to be sent to my work. But they wouldn't.

At first they'd only give me back the $90 and not the $20 shipping but I ragged at them and got all my money back. Kinda bummed, it looked fun. You'll have to let me know how it is!

And GET BACK ON THE BOARDS!!!!!!!

Sue

Hi Sue! I got my WAVE Friday, did my first work out this morning, 40 minutes. The 10 minute dvd that teaches you the moved then I did the slim and sculpt 30 minutes....IT IS AWESOME! It gives you a weekly schedule of what dvd's to do in order and when to rest. This is just so up my alley..Challenging and fun! You can really feel it working your whole body. I was so motivated today and had so much energy!! I worked out, then went and washed my car myself, ( didn't drive through the wishy wash, lol) Then I came home and cleaned all my patio furniture and did about 3 hrs of yard work, raking and sweeping!

I think the WAVE is gonna be a great investment. I think I am going to sneak in another workout tonight and do the 10 min workout it is so much fun!

The past few weeks I have done so well but its just not showing on the scale. I was hovering with the same 1 lb for about 3 weeks, then I finally lost I think 2.8, then I gained 2 back, then this week I lost 1.8...

I see alot of us that started the same time that are way past me, already lost 20-25 lbs and I am I think still at 17..(gotta update my ticker tonight) so it is frustrating, but I am hanging in there.

We are starting a fitness challenge at work tomorrow for 3 months so I AM READY! I am hoping this WAVE will really help me get over this hump I am on, break this plateau...just seems like my body is happy at the moment at this weight, but I am not, lol!! Thanks for all your motivation and it looks like you are doing AWESOME!

Hope you get to get the WAVE...I had called their customer service line and had my address changed to my work address after all the trouble you had...guess what, mine was at my home address sitting outside my door Friday evening when I came home...not happy, but I got it...just not sure why it came there after I talked to a man and he changed everything...weird.

Take care and keep doing the great job your doing!,
Melissa

I was wondering why your JCC asked you to cut down on your workouts??? Isn't that strange??? I'm thinking about getting the firm, but I haven't yet. Lisa