Afterburn - Has anyone done this program?

Hi all,

I'm getting close enough to completing my current workout program, New Rules of Lifting for Women, that I need to start making plans for what comes next. I've been giving a lot of thought to Alwyn Cosgrove's Afterburn to burn off some body fat. However, I'm having a difficult time learning too much about it because it's an e-book. Have you tried this? Know anyone who has? What are the pros and cons?

 It's probably an extended version of the Real Fast Fat Loss workout judging by some of the reviews I've seen - some heavy compounds and metabolic circuits in combination to create a very tough and anaerobically demanding workout.

I'm vaciliating between recommending that you buy Alwyn's stuff, just try RFFL to see if you like his workouts in that style, and pointing you at the Warp Speed fat loss that I'm thinking of getting myself.

 I have a good idea what's in the program just from the authors and I like their style in general. And it's nice to not have to think so hard to come up with balanced workouts on your own, but since I haven't actually read the books I can only go by having liked what he's done in the past.

 The basic templates' somethign akin to what Gajda was doing in the sixties, and Steve Javonek did for Olympic lifters' metabolic conditioning workouts. If you know what that means, you can put together your own no problem, but sometimes it's nice to have it done for you by someone who knows what they're doing, know what I mean?

Melkor,

Thanks for your input. Cosgrove wrote the workouts for NROLFW (I think you already knew that, but just in case), and I've really liked what I've learned and accomplished through those. NROLFW has been my introduction to lifting so I certainly feel more comfortable with a program that has already been designed, and that it is four months of programs is another bonus.

Without being able to read the material, here's what I see as the pros and the unknowns:

Pro:

• Pre-designed workouts by a pro with a strong reputation.
• Nutrition program included
• I'll probably be familiar with several exercises as this author wrote the program I am about to complete.

Unknown:

• Does the material include pictures to help me learn the moves that will be new to me?
• Are the workouts realistic? Here I mean both in the amount of time they will take per session and the strenuousness of each program. NRoLFW workouts generally take an hour and a half from warm up to HIIT. That's about my maximum time available in the gym - would Afterburn take much longer?
• Can I do most of the workouts in my pretty basic gym? I don't have access to kettleballs, for example, which I know he's a huge advocate of lately.
• Is the nutrition element to the book a day-to-day diet plan, which I'm less likely to follow; or a guide with meal suggestions, recipes, and grocery lists - which I am very likely to utilize?

I'll certainly check out RFFL and Warp Speed in the mean time, but if anyone has information about Afterburn I'd appreciate some insight.

*bump* Love it? Hate it? Know someone else who tried it? Thanks

I haven't done Afterburn I or II.  After finishing NROLFW a couple weeks ago, I started the workouts in New Rule of Lifting.  Cosgrove also designed the workouts in NROL, which explains why I like them as much as the one in NROLFW.    Below is a forum entry from Lou Shuler on the two books that I found on the JP Fitness forum for NROLFW: 

"The goal of NROL was to simplify workout methodology for guys who were getting confused by all the complications being introduced by people like me and the trainers I worked with on books and magazine projects.

I thought it would be useful to start as simply as possible -- six simple and functional human movements, the most basic form of progressive resistance -- and then show how to use those building blocks to create a long-term workout program.

The idea to write NROL for Women (the original title was Lift Like a Man) came from readers like you, who took me to task for making the information too male-centric.

I didn't want to repeat all the building-block information in the book for women. Mostly, I think repetition would be cheating readers. But as Rixatrix said, the information is still in there; a lot of it is just implied rather than explained in detail.

Ideally, the two books should be complementary, even though the decision to make the women's book part of the "New Rules" brand was made after it was written, edited, photographed, and designed."

You can find opinions of other women NROL and Afterburn on that JP Fitness forum by going to www.thenewrulesoflifting.com and clicking on the link entitled "NROL Women's Forum."

Below is the review for Afterburn that convinced me to try it after I finish NROL.

http://www.skwigg.com/id101.html 

Thanks, pmsato, I appreciate the feedback and the suggestion. 

I bought the book a few days ago online (it was on sale and paperback!) and it's arrived. A few friends in the NROLFW group have suggested it also. I've been reading it today and I would agree that it is complimentary to the book for women. I notice new exercises and I like the menu of options for workouts. We've started a new forum in the group for, "Life after NROLFW." You're welcome to join!