Fitness Made Simple Review

What You Should Know

Fitness Made Simple featuring John Basedow is a collection of workout/nutrition dvds and diet and workout supplements. The official website focuses more on John Basedow and his accomplishments than on the products. This is not a dial-up-friendly website as it is heavily loaded with large graphics and not a whole lot of information. The supplements sold on this site were not created by Mr. Basedow, and the website states only that he uses “many of these products” without specifying which ones he actually does use.

John Basedow claims a “rags to riches” story brought to life by his relentless persistence and a fairly generic personal motto : “believe in yourself and you can accomplish anything”. Basedow has made numerous TV, print and radio appearances, and has been a model appearing in “just about every major exercise magazine.”

If the official website is any indication, when a fitness personality focuses more on themselves and their self-made empire, there may be little in the way of value inside the rather costly videos and dvds.

Ingredients

Not Applicable

Product Features

The Fitness Made Simple website offers the FMS Continuity Program which merely gives a $5 discount on each DVD, which will be automatically sent to you each month until you have the entire collection. The retail price on the official site is $29.95 for VHS and $31.95 for DVD. However, if you really want to try these DVDs, you can find them for as low as $2 on some used video sites.

The Breaking Barriers: Personalized Fitness & Nutrition Plan is really just a 30 minute phone call with Mr. Basedow for the price of $99.99. Fitness and nutrition planning, when done correctly, takes well over 30 minutes, so it would seem that you will simply be paying for the privilege of getting to speak to someone on the phone, with no guarantee that it will actually be Mr. Basedow. All sales are final, meaning if you are dissatisfied with the products you won’t be able to return them or get a refund.

Advantages

• This program may work for those who have had prior success with workout DVDs.

Disadvantages

• This program may be hard to implement if you are mobility impaired.
• Similar programs cost a lot less.
• The $99.99 phone call doesn’t guarantee you will talk to the program’s creator.

Conclusion

Fitness Made Simple will probably help you lose weight if you combine the supplements with the DVDs and eat a balanced diet. The problem most people will have is sticking to this diet. It’s hard for people to self motivate while at home and this could just end up being another DVD in your collection.