I needed a kick in the rear from being inactive from Covid and joined farrells and am going through the 10 week challenge. I think when the 10 week is done, I’ll continue but only do the kickboxing classes MWF and then try and lift on my own the other days. I’m not going for huge gains but I’m pretty sure I can work myself harder lifting weights instead of farrells band day.
Good for you! Congrats on taking a huge step. That program completely changed my approach to fitness and nutrition. I went through the 10 week program in Spring/Summer 2019 in the MSP area. That location was really good about engaging 10-weekers. In fact, the owner would personally go through each weekly food log and give detailed notes on things to adjust or alternatives to consider. Another of the biggest factors to success for me was making friends in my class that we could hold each other accountable. We started to push each other in class and also to do extra classes. I made a friend that did many of those double classes with me. I ended up going crazy with it to win the $1000 prize. I did back-to-back KB classes pretty much every day toward the end of the program. I did something like 77 classes in the 10 weeks. I lost 21 lbs (9.6% body fat lost) and won the $1000 prize. I started at 221 lbs and 26% body fat. As I kept going with the program, I got all the way down to like 174 lbs and 8% body fat at my lowest. My cardio performance was off the charts. I went from struggling to run a 9 minute mile to easily running a 7 minute mile.
I will say, I loved Farrell's, but I found it almost impossible to gain muscle in that program. I think if you end up making that a focus, you have to dial back the KB classes and really focus on strength. The MSP location I went to switched from bands to dumbbells for strength days which was a huge improvement. I hated those damn bands. However, I always kept doing the KB workouts. During one of the fit-member challenges, I was eating over 3,000 calories a day with 200g of protein and I barely gained any muscle. It's just way too much cardio to try and build muscle. I plan to focus on lifting to gain muscle and might consider a Farrell's for a cutting phase.
Today, I'm around 185 lbs and probably 12-14% body fat. I'm staying away from the gym right now due to the holidays and high cases. However, I have recently gotten more into weight lifting. I'd like to get to around 185 lbs at 10% body fat and maintain there.
The biggest thing I took away from Farrell's was realizing that being fit was actually possible for me. Getting up at 4am for a workout doesn't seem crazy anymore because I've done it so many times. I look forward to hitting the gym at the hotel when I'm traveling for work.
PM me if I can help you in anyway. Good luck!