The RISE and FALL of Blogilates.
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- I've looked at Blogilates (Cassey Ho) in a few videos previously and each time I have done so, I am often told that her older Pilates content used to be of much higher quality than the content she uploads today. In this video, we have a look at Cassey's UA-cam and compare some of her older content with the content she's uploading today...
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7:17 6 Min to Sexy Arms!
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The RISE and FALL of Blogilates.
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Should one prioritize recovery or the amount of workouts done per week. IE: Most weeks I'm so busy I can only get 2 maybe 3 really good workouts in and then 2 more lower quality workouts. Should I just cut out the last 2 and swap them for rest days? Would that possibly be more effective?
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This was actually eye-opening because Blogilates is the one who got me into working out about 10 years ago, and my reaction whenever I see her recent content is “she used to be better, her workouts used to be EXCELLENT”. But revisiting them now with way more information I’m realizing her old information wasn’t really that great? I just remember them being great because I knew less I guess. I’m still grateful for her old videos because she was super cheerful and encouraging and that’s important for a total beginner who finds fitness and working out intimidating, but I also wonder how much stronger/healthier I’d be now if I started with good information and didn’t waste years following that kind of content.
yes, absolutely the same with me!!
Even if you like pilates there are better pilates instructors on youtube. I like Move with Nicole workouts when I want something more like yoga/pilates/barre over heavy weighted work.
Though when I mentioned older content I meant around 10 years ago before she moved to LA. I stopped working out with her around 2014 because she was getting way too fake and there was a dramatic change in difficulty between 2012ish and 2014. I liked her early stuff because there wasn't much pilates content on youtube in 2010. It's way better now.
> I see her recent content is “she used to be better, her workouts used to be EXCELLENT”. But revisiting them now with way more information I’m realizing her old information wasn’t really that great?
I'm so glad somebody else is saying this so I don't have to...because I definitely have reverse recency bias when it comes to her. I do feel like she was less disingenuine earlier on, but objectively, her content was not as amazing as I remember. It's like revisiting songs you loved in your early teens just to realize the music was not that good at best and objectively bad at worst (lol somebody tell me I'm not the only one pls).
Same with me with Athlean X
I think this has happened with many people. When you don't know any better, you think it's fine and this sticks with you, but when you become a little bit more educated you would recognise the bullshit but do not necessarily remember the bullshit already watched! At least this has happened with me.
I think she’s always put out the same type of content, her audience has just gotten more educated so it seems like she used to be better.
THIS. I always see people saying “she used to be so great it’s a shame she’s changed!” And I would just think…she’s always been like this. All those little weird arm circle movements were the core of her workouts since the beginning. Pop Pilates was so gimmicky to me. Yeah it hurt, but as a workout it just wasn’t that great. That’s why I was glad to learn Harry was going to dig into her earlier content. I had a feeling he wouldn’t be impressed by that either lol.
When you say “educated”, does that mean the truth? Or just a different mindset? Just because times have changed now doesn’t mean blogilates has to change her content
Phoenix TV I think “educated” means learning about science based fitness information. I’m not saying she needs to change I’m saying it seems like that’s why this perception of her changed.
Cassey is always a hard topic for me because she introduced me to exercising. I loved her energy. I bought her activewear and Piit 28 program (which was very hard!). Her titles always bothered me though. "get rid of your saddlebags, lose your muffintop" But I also LOVED her vulnerable videos about how you're worth more than the number on the scale or the size of your jeans. I feel like she's kind of lost herself recently, especially with her weird tiktoks.
Her vulnerable videos are all pandering for likes, it's very popular with influencers. In that way they look more relatable and more people will reblog and like
Oh my God as soon as she started making tiktoks that's when I noticed her vibe become so different. It's super cringey and comes off as a very defensive, know it all
@@TheYazmanian cassy is scam. She Whole sale bull orders cheap most basic yoga outfit n wetter bottle (I can find any kf her product within 2 min of searching on Chinese sites ) . Re sells for 10-20x Price --- claim she Design them . It makes ppl feel sick 🤕. It’s marketing scam . The stuff she order r kinda mid-low end too ! Not even like the top styles ! Especially the water bottle . She gets the lowest cheapest ones from Chinese site ! Now ppl pay $35-40 USD for water bottle would be “ah made in China cheap shit” . The fancy very high end ones in China r like $15-20 !!! She won’t get u guys . She order the $2-3/ bottle .
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@@birdtj82 my god, for real? i was always under the impression that she did design the clothes..
@@birdtj82 Seriously!!!??? Now I’m curious. What website?
Cassey in my opinion is a product of her environment. She isn't a malicious person, she's lost and at this point, I don't think will be returning to her old form.
Cassey was at her best when fitness youtube wasn't so saturated. Pop Pilates (Pre 2014) was simply amazing for young girls. Including myself. It was upbeat, not boring, and got me moving. The issue is she felt this need to reinvent herself and that meant trying to sound smarter and look more appealing when the youtube fitness spear was becoming very dudebro. (around 2014-2018) She didn't like being the 'girly' fitness girl. Each year Cassey keeps trying to be things she's not. It breaks my heart because I remember the girl from 2013 who would blast Little mix in the background, tell me to get some soup cans, and start moving. I remember the 3 min song challenges that inspired me to do more. I remember Cassey before the consumerism, and tik tok, and attempts at constant dieting etc...
I will say one thing to her defense, Cassey faced such hard ridicule during her time of vulnerability that it changed her to live these unhealthy patterns. She is an example of when criticism becomes hate. Now the right kind of criticism is coming her way and she doesn't know how to differentiate the two. Content creators who wish to call out these influencers tend to go wildly out of line. I'm happy to see those tides are shifting. Your channel, for example, carries much respect and empathy and I think if that was applied to Cassey 6 years ago then she may still be on the right path.
When he pulled out the 2014 videos I was like “nooo that’s when she started going downhill”. He should’ve looked even further back like to 2010 because thats when she blew up from her call me maybe squat challenge.
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@@Memequeen89 Cassey changed the game! She brought a new idea of fitness to something you could do at home. So much of what she did was a foundation to what is so popular now. It's a shame she's going to be tagged with this new persona of hers.
i feel so so so so sad for her.
exactly! i also think that in order to keep her business going she started the "glow up" journey to lose weight because a lot of people said that her workouts didn't work since she didn't look conventionally fit and skinny, and that might have led her to change so much. it's just a guess though, and i feel very bad for her, you can tell she's a really nice and kind person
OH THIS IS EPIC.
Also, seems like you've forsaken progressive overload, Harry... we've been at this 1,100 likes goal for QUITE A WHILE, NO? Let's slap a 2.5 on either side of that bar!
I love this comment😂
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Heheh I know right !! Congratulations to him 👏
I grew up watching blogilates on UA-cam and doing her workouts, following her diet tips. She made me believe I still had to "tone" and "slim" my body despite my already small body size back then (90-100lbs, 5"2). Her content gave me the impression that I needed lean arms, a slim stomach, a thigh gap and small calves....looking back at pictures of myself back then I was already really small, but she made me think having any sort of "flab" was wrong. Following her content over the years, I would listen to her food swaps and diet habits, like eating rice cakes, bell peppers and egg "bread"; eating a banana if I'm hungry, and if it doesn't satisfy me I shouldn't be eating etc. It really gave me an unhealthy mindset. Having grown up now, went to university and graduated as a nutritionist, I'm doing all I can to unpack what unqualified influencers like her teach the general public (when it comes to food and nutrition). Yes, she has gotten people to work out and increase their NEAT, but overall I think her nutrition tips over the decade have been really harmful whether people recognize it or not.
People mentioning that they watched her as a teenager and the emphasis she put on being slim brings back memories I didn’t even know I had. 😳 Honestly, I think she struggled with her own body (which I know she’s mentioned recently, but I almost want to go back and watch her past videos to see if she kind of talked about it then). I think ingesting her content at that age was super harmful in the long run.
Oh man
A lot of her content was image based. I remember she’d even put the words “thigh gap” in titles on her blog, like “If You Want a Thigh Gap, Do This.” She comes from a long history of disordered eating and body image and has unfortunately carried all that with her into her content.
That first clip of her doing the prayer-hands workout really took me back to being a 15 year old doing leg lifts in my bedroom at night so I could get a thigh gap. I think her type of content just gets more and more toxic now that she can make reels and tiktok videos that don't require any amount of context. She doesn't have to provide the "why", she just uses her dubious credibility to push misinformation on the next generation of vulnerable teenage girls.
I like her workout videos but I hateeee her food tips and recipes. They’re so bland and diet-y, cutting out so many food groups. Other than that I think she is very body positive and frequently mentions in her videos new and old that despite the attention grabbing titles it’s all about feeling strong and feeling better about yourself confidence-wise regardless of your size/weight etc. and that everyone’s bodies look different
When I first got into fitness a coworker recommended Blogilates but I couldn't get into it/Cassey for 2 reasons:
1. Her workouts were too hard. For example, if trying a video focusing just on "toning arms" (like the example at 8:10) I could make it maybe 5 minutes before fully fatigued and then I felt like, "Gosh I'm so out of shape I'll never get there." But now I know a lot of her exercises don't even assist with actually building muscle, so I had those negative feelings over not being able to do an exercise that didn't even offer the benefits I thought. I think she could do better at explaining that pilates is more for getting the heartrate up not so much adding strength.
2. When she went on her journey she didn't do her own workouts. When Cassey went on her health/weightloss journey a couple years ago, she started dance cardio, lifting, etc. I could be wrong but I don't remember seeing her talk about doing Blogilates as part of the process. So, if you don't turn to your own workouts when you want to make a lifestyle change why should I? As a new trainer/nutritionist now, I don't ask/recommend clients do things I wouldn't do myself.
Yeah I also reacted to the fact that she didn't seem to focus on pilates but rather dancing and weights when she went on her wellness journey, and that feels like a massive red flag towards her entire brand
Completely agree with your 2nd point! I never understood that either. After I saw how her body transformed from lifting weights, I always wondered why she never lifted weights in her videos. I guess she was targeting people who didn't have dumbbells but I just outgrew the bodyweight exercises and needed some resistance. I wish she would focus more on lifting because I did enjoy her positivity.
I have this complain (1) for a lot of the "good for beginners" YT workouts like chloe ting, blogilates, etc. They aren't. Not for someone who has always been sedentary or obese. Like I can't do even a knee pushup. I have been working on that for years! So a lot of these movements they usually have in the bids are inaccessible for me.
YES!! thank you i thought i was crazy and that no one else remember that!!!! she lifts weights thats why she is "toned"
that's not the purpose of pilates at all though
I wish TFNL and this video existed when I was doing blogilates with no results back in the day! It was spot on! I felt the burn (pain) so thought for sure I was doing something. Thanks for the work you put into these videos. I look forward to listening to the podcast!
i must admit this has been an eye opener. i´ve always held a special zone of tolerance and value for Casey, because she was the one who´s workouts and programs i actually enjoyed and it´s thanks to her i´m now doing CG workouts. i must be critical here though. thank you for this video. much needed.
Oof! Cassie is a controversial figure for me: my lil sis got her incredible fitness journey kick started with blogilates, but I used to argue with her a lot about the effectiveness of blogilates workouts. Nowadays my sister indeed lifts and doesn't follow Cassie's workouts, which has been the very reason why she was able to level up her fitness game. I appreciate Cassie for getting people moving, but her workouts and claims are questionable.
I also began with Cassie at a young age (14) and even though it did kickstart my fitness journey, I think it also kick-started my eating disorder 😭 which I didn't full even realize until 3 years later, when I was at 13% body fat and spiraled into binge eating every night for almost a year
@@tracysu7635 Oh, no, you poor human. I'm so sorry for you experiencing that... I struggle with eating a lot too, especially binge eating and it hurts my heart every time I hear someone say that they suffer from similar stuff because of some fitness influencer who doesn't take their responsibility seriously. I hope you'll get better and figure out a healthy and positive lifestyle for you. Concerning the issue of eating and fitness both. For good home workouts I can recommend Caroline Girvan. And if you are not hardcore enough for that try Pamela Reif, she's nice too, I think. But not as focused on weights and more on having fun with your body, haha. And maybe also try therapy ? That helped me, although I still struggle with my eating habits. But that's normal, I think. Good luck. :)
I thought that there are peer-reviewed studies that show and explain that pilates can help improve flexibility, mobility, core strength, muscle strength (this is different than building the size of muscles), as well as several other benefits (i.e. injury prevention, improvement of posture, etc,.) Moreover, the resistance in a lot of Cassey's videos is the individual's own body weight
Omg Harry, almost 40’!! That’s crazy! I’ve been here since TFNL were three. I have been lifting for almost 6 years now and I think I know what I’m doing but after every one of your videos that i watch I learn something new. Thank you
I give Cassey credit because she is one of the first people who got me into working out when I was in my late teens and early 20's. A lot of her workouts were actually too hard for me when I first started, but I loved her positivity and her encouragement. She was fun to workout with. I think the problem is that she didn't stick to the things that worked. She tried to evolve with social media/Tik Tok culture (which I hate anyway) and do more "5 things that will help you get a thigh gap (number 5 will SHOCK you)" type of posts, which are not only untrue but extremely dangerous for younger people.
She also got a lot of unwarranted hate over losing weight or something, which was absolutely not her fault, but instead of ignoring it or just issuing one statement about it, she got constantly defensive and I think a lot of her insecurities started to come out. Not that people should feel the need to hide what they're really experiencing - it's perfectly fine to be honest - but when I would watch her videos, I would start to feel that negativity through her, and that wasn't what I wanted. I think she's a great person, I think she has a good brand and has done some great stuff for getting people into exercise, but I've personally outgrown her, and I think she's forgotten some of the elements that really made her content pop.
Very well written. I hope Cassey herself sees this comment so she'll better understand our sentiments. I do feel she can still salvage herself and make better, more challenging workouts
I completely agree with you. She also got me into working out in my late teens and I do genuinely love her enthusiasm and still find working out with her fun. But I absolutely hate all of her Tik Tok/UA-cam shorts, they're awful! So toxic and unhelpful, and she's putting minimal effort into these small videos while essentially neglecting her UA-cam channel and the people who got her to where she is today.
And yes she's definitely the kind of person who focuses way too much on how others feel about her. And I get it, I think being in the public eye like that would be so tough (I certainly couldn't do it) but surely by now she would have grown a thick enough skin to be able to brush it off and discern the hate from the constructive. For ages it seemed like every post was about how people were having a go at her but she was doing it for herself and here's a picture of her in a bikini. It was exhausting to see on every channel every day and I was very close to unfollowing her.
@@sims2lovealot I like them that just rude and not nice you may not like then I Thant ok ofc but no need to call them awful
40k creeping in! Rooting for you. As always great content. ❤️
thank you for this video. i was big into blogilates and felt like i reached a plateau and didn’t see results anymore. since ur videos i’ve recently began heather robertson, caroline girvan and jacqui kingswell TPC for pilates fix. definitely have seen huge results w/ strength training and improvement with endurance. cheers!
Been waiting for this one too!
Same!
I confess that I still hang on to a few of her old videos for nostalgia, but this video has made me realise I need to move on. You’ve given me a lot of new at home trainers to follow and I’m only doing myself a disservice by going back to her videos.
I used to follow Blogilates as I can't afford a gym. The latest vids where she's a stick figure started to put me off plus I stopped seeing any results. Then I watched one of your vids where you explained what she was doing wrong and so I stopped and I found that the constant shoulder pain and headaches that I had been suffering from disappeared. Im now doing other workouts that really are helpful and working so thank you for pointing me in a better direction.
hi harry, i've been watching your videos for a long time now and i think it's time you start progressively overloading your confidence - we're not tolerating you; we're watching your videos because we love your content and what you have to say. and quite frankly, you seem like one of the better dudes in this circle, and you've got huge fans.
Not a fan of blogilates but I also feel like every lifting gym bro hates on Pilates and yoga (asana). I like using weights but I also don’t think weights are the only way or that those movements are “not as good”
No hate here :)
Haven’t watched your channel in a while (just took a break from fitness content) and I’m so excited to see you smashing the likes and reaching more people ! You always have a non-judgemental, kind and fair outlook on content, even if it’s ultimately misinformed and sometimes dangerous, which is what stands out about your channel, in a world of forceful and aggressive attitudes regarding health and fitness. Awesome video again keep it up!!!
Just hearing Blogilates makes me shudder, I had anorexia in 2011-2014 and watched Cassey religiously. All of the thigh gap/love handle/etc videos, the time she trained to do a bikini comp, the food videos, and the way the workouts were sometimes made for questionable reasons e.g. there was a HIIT video to do after going to a buffet... it felt really toxic imo and it took a long time to learn that fitness doesn't have to be whatever she was pushing.
Oh I remember seeing her story on her bikini comp, I’m extremely mad at the coach that put her on that low of calorie intake, but I’m also mad that she took that as an opportunity to bash bodybuilding
Long time watcher, thankyou for being so educating and de-bunking a lot of myths which I had doubts on. Its quite scary how much misinformation is being spread by people who genuinely like exercising but not necessarily educated (no bad intentions on their part).
I was hoping we (society) would leave behind in 2021 thinking that critiquing ideas and work means you are attacking the person. Disagreeing with something someone says or does is not threatening this person's entire existance and value as a human. This is a core issue in society and social media where people are "brands", its no longer a marketing department behind a logo and stock ticker.
Harry you've not said anything against Cassie or any of the influencers as people that I've seen. If anything you really do split the human and the content up, even on the natty or not lists. Props to you, it's very hard to do and you navigate that well as you grow your channel
just discovered this guy and I'm surprised he is so nice and well mannered. i absolutely love the way he explains his points
His critique is actually constructive criticism. A lot of other youtubers just shit on whoever theyre criticizing and assume its okay😂
I shouldn't ever be surprised by how well thought out and kind your message is. I have never heard hate come out of your mouth, just information...and you let your audience digest it the way that they will. I always enjoy hearing your perspective.
I do have a fitness question for you that is leaving me puzzled in my own workouts. I have had workouts that I will push really hard and go to failure but then afterward I feel like I still have more in me. Do you think it's perhaps not enough rest between sets?
like many said, cassey also inspired me to workout regularly and i've been working out about 6 days a week ever since 2015. again, it's hard to believe that the first fitness influencer that inspired me to be healthy had this sort of content but again, i didn't know better. despite this, i am grateful that she made exercising a fun routine for me that i was willing to continue, and i used to watch all of her new fitness videos. she also used to say that weight does not equal to how strong i am, and ever since,, i've never checked my weight (only except when i had to, for blood tests and such).
i have to mention that cassey entered a bikini (or similar) competition where she exercised 4+ hours a day and ate less than 1000 calories in my memory, which then spiralled her into an eating disorder which i think she revealed around 2016-17. so some of the older content of her diets and cleanses do reflect the hardship she was going through. however, because those videos are vulnerable to being exposed to new viewers like you, many may believe that is really what she''s promoting, so i do believe that while that should be considered, it's not appropriate for her to leave the content on a worldwide platform promoting unhealthy diets or mindsets.
that being said, i loved her hiit workouts because it was very difficult and challenging and not like other hiit workouts i've seen at the time, and watched her vids from time to time until around 2-3 years ago when i completely fell out once she got into tiktok and talked non-stop about her diet/transformation for her body. although i do sympathise that she may still be going through some sort of body image issues (which stemmed from comments on how she doesn't look 'fit' like fitness youtubers) and has a large obsession with how her body looks, it became too triggering to me as someone who experienced a very close relative who suffered from an ED.
I saw Cassey’s recent upload and I was shocked at the quality as she was my catalyst to fitness but her quality was so much more challenging and effective. I mean I had to look at her calendar and I saw barely any of her much harder workout videos on there. I remember her 1000 squat video and her core exercises along with 100 burpees were demanding. I just feel like she is kinda cheating her new audience
The 1000 squat video and 100 burpees are not very good for a healthy way to exercise. Yeah, is hard, but bad overall for the body. The articulations, tendons can suffer from stress fatigue and one might not suffer right at the moment, but certainly will pay later on. Like in food, the poison is in the portion.
She seems like the type to market her squat challenge as a way to get a bigger butt. When usually squats just build thigh muscles.
This brings back memories of a young me, drinking my lemon water and doing the squate challenge, hoping my body will change. She did get me to do some workouts so at least I was doing something. Great video!
I realized that with time I still love some of her workouts but I really take everything with a pinch of salt. I unintentionally started to ignore her clickbait-y titles so it wasn’t a problem for me (because I know that an inner thigh fat burning workout is not gonna burn all my inner thigh fat but I just think the workouts fun) but I realise so many people must be misinformed.
I loved her much older body weight workouts especially those for the core, but I was always discouraged by the weightless arm ones. They were painful and I couldn’t see myself doing them regularly to even see results.
Thank you, I've been thinking the same for quite a while after seeing all the comments praising Blogilates' old content. I think she didn't get any worse, her original audience (or some of It) just outgrew her. There are also way more fitness content creators now, and way better imo, so we know better.
If you ever come out with merch it should have "Just because you're hurting it, doesn't mean you're working it" on it. :)
I personally have no experience with Blogilates' content apart from what I saw on this channel but I started working out after a few years of not going to the gym with Pamela Reif's workouts in early 2019 and I think her content is somewhat similar to Blogilates'. I felt really out of shape then and it was a good (re)start into fitness for me, so I am thankful to her for that, but it only took me a few weeks to realize that her workouts weren't really getting me anywhere in terms of building muscle and getting stronger. I'm sure a video like this one would have helped me to discover that sooner, and it will hopefully help others who are just starting out on their fitness journey, so thank you Harry! Thankfully I found Caroline Girvan in the early summer of 2019, her workouts are amazing, I still do 2 or 3 of them every week at home even though I also really enjoy going to the gym and lifting heavy (again) now.
I would love it if you could look at her abs and lower body workouts! Cassey's workouts were actually how I really got into fitness, and her arm workouts were what made me start looking elsewhere for upper body days. But I still go back and do her abs and lower body workouts from time to time.
Been excitedly waiting on this video.
I remember specifically watching that video of her doing the 3 day cleanse of just juice and wanting to try it!! You are absolutely right. I’m pretty sure in that video she said she didn’t gain back any of the weight she lost from the cleanse, so I was sold at that point 🥴
Great points in this video. I definitely view her connect with a different, more knowledgeable lense now.
That said, I really did enjoy her core focused videos. I find them challenging and they really helped to tighten my core.
I also had a period over months to a year where I kept getting injured. Blogilates and Yoga with Adrianne's videos got me through that period of time when I had to lay off the gym by keeping me active in a way that kept me from reinjuring myself.
"thank you for not hating me yet" we could never hate you!!
Nice video, you cannot deny what is fact. Personally I will always appreciate her for opening the door for my overall health. She always pumped me up and working out was a joy.. still is. Although i dont watch her videos today, i will always ALWAYS appreciate her for getting me into working out.
Not sure if anyone will see this, but I’m one of those people that started with Cassie. About a year and a half ago I’d just had my 3rd kid and for the first time ever the weight wasn’t falling off. I had ZERO prior fitness knowledge. I literally just typed in “weightless workout” and started Blogilates. And boy did it whip off that extra fat. I felt great. But then I started to want to progress from there. So I started adding weights and she started adding routines with weights so I mainly did those. Last week I had a realization that it’s time to try something else. I want to build my muscles up. From what I’ve done so far I enjoy the hell out of it. Here’s my questions/issues: I’m kind of warped on fitness in general. My only reference in my head for what’s “correct” is Blogilates. So who’s safe to turn to? I cannot stand “influencer” culture (tbh some of her gimmicky stuff had started to bother me, as a person who avoids tik tok and Instagram like they’re the plague.. just not my thing) I just want someone informative and trustworthy. I realize it’s probably more complex than I’m making it out to be. But I just don’t know where to start. I don’t know if I’m doing enough now, or too much. Because that hour of Pilates was “enough” everyday because my calendar said it was. I feel lost without someone saying “do this, this, and this video today and that’s enough.” And that’s a habit I want to break. I want to use my time wisely. And most of all I want to continue what I’ve begun: to watch and feel my body get stronger. I see myself having a lifelong relationship with fitness and Blogilates was a wonderful jumping point for me. But here I am, literally not even a week after making the decision that it’s time to move on, and I’m pretty damned lost.
Hey Peggy, have a look and check out Fitnessblender here on YT. Their workouts are great and they have a wonderfully balanced and healthy approach to working out. Been following them for years and they also have a supportive community on their website. Hope it helps xx
@@user-jh5vu5gd3g hey!! I’ll do that! Thank you so much!! ❤️
Caroline Girvan is great and she's got a ton of programs to pick and choose from. She does a good mix of weights, cardio, bodyweight & resistance training. Her workouts can be done at home with or without equipment (depending on which video you pick of course).
@@AlcideIzMine thank you!! So far for the last two weeks I’ve been doing Caroline Girvan and Sydney Cummings. I’ve learned more since I’ve made the original comment than I learned in the last year and a half put together. Also, yay for not doing cardio everyday. My knees have COMPLETELY stopped hurting. Which is crazy since I’m using heavier weights than I ever was with Blogilates!
I would recommend Sydney houdyshells workouts online. She's amazing. And really not your typical UA-cam fitness chick. She works u hard and she understands the body !
Today I cleaned up my "workouts to do later" playlist 😂 and removed all Blogilates videos I saved 2 years ago when I did not know any better and was obsessively searching for a good trainer... what a coincidence!
Thanks for your honest & kind review of Blogilates, Harry. I really hope she gets better in her content and rediscovers her true self. It feels that she is trying to keep herself relevant in this ever changing click baitey fitness world, but in doing that she does a disservice to herself and her followers.
Anyway... I love your niece's painting 🎀! It is so pretty and joyful ❤️
I’d like to know what you think about her more recent videos using weights/resistance bands. You included a screenshot of one of these videos in the thumbnail for this video but didn’t actually talk about it
Omg I just got a flashback... I used to love blogilates when I was around 14 to 16 years old. I'm now 22 (f). And when you showed us the "didn't eat for 3 days juice cleanse" video, I remembered myself being young and thinking that's the right way to go. I had periods of not eating enough and I liked it. And those videos were so dangerous for me. I'm now in a much better place. My training shifted to weight training, some calisthenics and sports I enjoy, like rock climbing and kayaking and even trail running. I couldn't run before, because my body didn't have enough energy to run. I'm heavier than ever (due to muscle mass increase) and also happier with my body, cause I'm so much stronger now. It's not just about weight, guys. Go on your own journey and listen to your body.
If you got this far - sorry, English isn't my first language.
I needed that message and dude your English is great
Almost at 40k!!!! So exciting for you Harry!
I just found out about this channel yesterday and loved it! Thank you for openning our eyes! Greetings from Brazil :)
I love Cassie, and I still do her exercises because change scares me, but watching your videos has made me realize somethings:
1.) I think Cassie's target audience is beginners through and through. She wants to encourage new people to fitness
2.) She miiiiight maaaayybbeeee have an exercise addiction?
3.) She might want to find a happy medium between following toxic fitness trends in order to stay relevant and actually arming people with information and mindsets that DON'T support that culture, but there is no happy medium for those two because they are inherently opposite in value.
I think it's pretty clear that once you learn more about fitness Blogilates is only a stepping stone to other types of fitness content. At it's core, pilates *isn't* for muscle building. It's for muscle retention and being lean. It was originally created for injured soldiers to stay on top of their fitness while bedridden. Once you get used to the actual act of working out and realize you don't hate it (like many people who come to her channel) you need to move on to other sources that fit your fitness needs. Pilates is not going to build muscle like weight-lifting will. It never will. Cassie's own body goals are not the same as that of her viewer's either. And she knows that. She's an instructor. She wants to bring new people in. But if her goals are to gain muscle, she's not going to do her own workouts. And she doesn't expect other people to stay for that reason either. I think that's why she's starting to release weight sets and teaching people how to use them. I think she wants to move into more advanced types of fitness content for her brand. But it's going to be very very slow, because she doesn't want her target audience [newbies] to be left behind.
I have gotten into Natacha Oceanes workouts and I really see changes, my arms are getting toned, I feel muscles getting harder I never felt before. Her programms aren't free but WAY more effective and actually very fun to do.
I've really liked Sydney houdyshells videos, she knows how it's done ... Healthy motivafing and really good music 🎉
Blogilates got me into fitness so I do have a sentimental pull to her workouts. I gave up looking at her workouts for my goals to be stronger, and now I use it for Pilates and stretching. Are there better instructors out there for Pilates? Yes. But there’s just a sense of loyalty to her because I wouldn’t even be into fitness if I never found Blogilates.
Congratulations Harry getting to 40,000 subscribers, woo hoo. You are the best😍👍
Back once again for the renegade master. Congrats on the 39k!
Video Notes:
Going for brevity again. From everything we’ve seen on Blogilates in the past, I’m not expecting great things from her, even if some of her content in the past was actually of higher quality. Disappointing to see the potential promotion of disordered eating from her, and I literally laughed out loud at how cringe the arm circles were.
“Don’t spend too much time on your phone beforehand” so don’t lie in bed talking with people over Discord voice chat and then immediately go scroll TikTok afterwards? :) Noted!
Another great video, you were still very respectful towards Blogilates and it was nice to see you highlight some of the more positive mental health stuff she has pushed!
I find Cassey"s workouts good for toning. Her pilates workouts are good, but for overall fitness I think there are lot of better options out there.
I liked Cassey's older videos because they were great for someone like me who didnt really have too much of an idea of what I was doing. It was a great way to ease into working out and learning what moves worked for me. Now that I know what I'm looking for and have more kowledge on fitness, I see that her stuff just doesnt work for me anymore. When she went on her 90day journey for gaining muscle, I thought she going to start doing strength training videos (which I was kind of excitedd about) but that has NOT been the case. Honestly I've been kind of disappointed that she is pushing more and more of her clothing and equipment line instead of actual fitness.
How did I not know till now that you have a podcast?!
I appreciate this outlook on Blogilates. I used to try so hard to follow her workouts in my younger teen years, when she was much earlier in her career, and I had such a hard time sticking to it. I liked the videos but I wasn't seeing results. Nowadays, I'm consistently working out to Caroline Girvan videos, and I'm SO pumped to work out most days! It's been over a year and I love what I'm doing and the results I'm getting motivate me even more! I'm stronger than I've ever been!
I have nothing against Cassey's workouts, but I agree that they make some big promises, but don't involve enough quality work to deliver those results for most people.
Hello Harry, thank you so much for providing us such quality information! :) I was wondering if you could maybe have a look at Chloe Ting's newest videos, where she's wearing ponytails? I think ponytail Chloe is doing much better with her video titles :) Also could you maybe dedicate a separate video to MadFit?
Congratulations, 2022 bigger and better year for you!
Great video! Always appreciate how you're fair in your assessments without being self-righteous.
I think when some commenters said Cassey's videos "used to be better", they may have been thinking about her attitude. She used to be very positive, but recently her content has become quite defensive. She will devote entire videos to deriding "gym bros" which is something she didn't used to do. She certainly would talk openly about hurtful comments (she used to get a lot of body shaming comments accusing her of being too big to be a Pilates instructor, and now gets them about being too thin), but she comes off as so aggressive now.
true! i watched one of her recent videos out of curiosity and felt negative vibes
I mean I’d be defensive too after years of people attacking you for just being yourself
@@Monika-mb6jh I understand that she has gotten many, many body shaming comments throughout the year, which are NEVER okay. However, some comments are valid criticisms, like how she uses clickbait for her videos (titling them things like "Waist Whittler" or "Muffin top shredder") and promotes unhealthy things like juice cleanses. She also claims that her exercises will build muscles, when some of them simply just don't. Strength, sure. Muscle, not.
I understand she's frustrated but she should address some these very valid criticisms.
@@BratWithACamera true for some of the criticisms. However I think she also gets a lot of unfair hate just for her body type and bubbly personality. I was a bit disappointed by her juice cleanse as well, but she’s always been bad with her food advice. Part of me thinks it’s not her actively trying to promote people being unhealthy but sharing her trying new things without thinking about how it might impact those with eating disorders. And I think her videos are meant to tone, not like grow muscle necessarily.
@@BratWithACamera also I don’t think she’s negative in her recent videos like some people mention. I think after she initially got attacked for losing weight she got defensive for a while. But that was like two years ago. She seems back to her bubbly motivating self again.
And nos she’s selling kettlebells and weights at target when she literally never uses them on her videos and claim you can get “toned” arms doing 100 air circles
She has actually be using weights in her recent videos for about a year now
Like many here in the comments, I found Cassey back in her early days ~2010. I mostly did her abs/core videos, and because I was already at a low body fat % w/ fast metabolism, saw some results and figured she must know what she's doing. Fast forward 10 years (w/ no recent exercise routines and a much slower metabolism), I picked her videos back up and quickly became discouraged when I wasn't seeing results as quickly. And don't get me started on her disdain for carbs... I'm Asian and cut out white rice and noodles for so long because Cassey did.. and absolutely hated it. Thank gahd I was able to find more solid information on how to reach my fitness goals because pilates/low carb was NOT it. Still appreciate her for getting me started back in the day, but I view her more for entertainment purposes rather than workout advice.
You watch CASSIE for entertainment, when there's UA-camrs like ME? (my vldeos about Cassie back in 2015 are some of the funniest. I also went after Dr Oz, Ketards, and even my own diet community)
6:58 ❤️ as someone who struggled with eating disorders for years, I can't agree more with you. Thanks
Hmmmmm this is interesting, I just recently started watching her through her app. I thought she had just started. She’s doing some good PR. Thank you for this.
I’m in the crowd of starting my fitness journey with Blogilates earlier posts a long time ago now, but honestly, I was clearly uneducated and had quite unhealthy body ideals back then. Today I saw her latest upload titled “abdominal destruction” and honestly that just sounds 😣😣
I think I missed this channel, to be fair. Guess I was never really their target audience. Congrats on the 30K!!
I've never seen Blogilates before I saw you talk a about her on your channel. I'm thankful I didnt. On the other hand, I have encountered others like her that made me believe that just bodyweight would give me the result I wanted. Boy, was I wrong.
Thanks for another great video! :)
Cannot believe I used to do those type of arm workouts, all they got me was an expensive trip to the chiropractor
No way….
@@lynninfinite yeah, I know it sounds weird but I remember holding my arms up for that length of time started to make my neck ache and I thought well that's fine I'll get stronger. Anyway I started having really bad headaches, went to the doctor and he said you've messed your neck up you'll need to see a chiropractor. Obviously it's mostly on me because I must've had bad posture towards the end of the workouts, but I definitely learnt there is no benefit to holding your arms up for long periods of time like that.
@@Montana677 😱 Blogilates is lucky no one has sued her.
I’m a new subscriber and I’ve been watching a lot of your videos recently. Your content is amazing. I really appreciate your perspective and sincerity.
The part about tolerating you and your videos seems to be a charming and slightly self-deprecating bit that you do to express your appreciation, but it always strikes me as wrong somehow. I can’t image a situation in which your company would be only tolerated. I don’t know. Who am I to tell you to change your little outro?! You do you. It just feel uncomfortable because it doesn’t match my perception of you at all! You are an absolute joy to watch. 🤗
I watched that juice cleanse video and it influenced me to try it myself. It was miserable and any weight I lost came right back. Glad I’ve since found better nutrition and fitness content.
Yep as many others have said before she got me into fitness as a late teen over 10 yrs ago now, but not in a healthy way as I followed her fitness journey it just made me feel I need to be smaller with abs...I even fell into the low carb diet fad diet based on her diet tips, but honestly I was already an 8-10 and did not need to get any smaller!
I think she has changed over time, if only her attitude towards potential criticism from her audience.
This is so interesting. Just because something burns or feels hard doesn't mean it's doing anything for your goals. Kind of min-blowing. There is so much content on UA-cam that seems legitimate, and so it's crucial to research.
I used to do blogilates workout religiously 8 years ago for 4 months. That halfass cobra is what she is been teaching on channel since forever lols. She doesn’t get worse or better. She is just now exposed to a larger audience with real knowledge. She actually did inspired me to exercise and grow my love with fitness however her content doesn’t serve my purpose anymore.
I’m glad you made this video. I feel the exact same way about her. 💯
During cancer treatments I used her weightless arm workouts. I could not lift anything due to surgeries etc. My arms looked great. I would assume that it is because of the years and years of resistance training. I do not know if this is a myth.
Hey omg 😳 how are u doing now ???? I wen Thru bad chemo radiation ☢️ n surgery too. I immediately understand the Weak , helpless feeling . Ugh 😩 I needed help for I get out of bath , or stairway some point .
Dont use her weightless arm
Workout tho. I did occupational therapy ,,, the therapist n avertly Address do not make certain moves .So when Cassie was teaching the moves AGAINST body science. That d moves r clearly Wrong.
This dude is calling her out , he’s onto something .
For example the weightless arm move . When we r sick in couch/ bed . Our body cave in seize in. Our arms n neck shoulders would cave into a ball . We need to reset , to ope chest n balance better .
When we raise arms , it will raise shoulders not dropping . It will make neck shrink more . Ur stomach will pop forward , yr breath will become small . U r not going have the proper dynamic stretch. Then the elbows together , when move , it will REALLY hurt ur Shoukder soft joints . It will have them shaved off fast 💨 permenantly.
She is scam . All fake snake oil
My take away from your video is I’ve been misinformed about exercising for quite some time. I ascribed to the “ no pain no gain, and thought” if it ain’t aint hurting’ you ain’t workin’ but this isn’t always the case as you’ve stated. As for “ Blogilates” my draw to her is her positive attitude and the ease of the work outs and how as someone who was beginning to work out , just getting use to the “ pain” of exercising and making a routine she really helped me feel motivated to get moving. And I think just beginning blogilate is a safe starting point.
Sorry for the random comment, but you would be a perfect member of the Peaky Blinders' team, the gentleman way of speaking, the big blue eyes, and your calm and professional attitude make me think of that. Anyway, you've won an international fan from Hungary :)
I postponed my yoga for this. Worth it!
I love the calender, it's cute. Thanks for the video. 🤗
Can you do a video on Brianakfitness?
She sells a bunch of guides and recently started selling custom workout plans, macro calculations, and meal plans when she has no certifications. A lot of people have also commented her form is very bad and shes selling guides to her large audience
Catching up from last week....you smashed past 2600 likes!! and 29,0000 subs! Whooo hoooo!!! 🎉🎊🥳 I get to see another today. A two-fer!
this guy bringing all my wishes to life
i hadn’t heard of her before - or know anything about working out. but i’ve been doing her workouts & just recently did the 14 day challenge. i personally have noticed that i have more toned abs & legs. my stamina is so much better. i don’t know if i could keep going with her videos forever but i think it can help. i’m not disagreeing, just saying it definitely has gotten me into fitness & has given me some benefits
Interesting video - i enjoyed this one
Thank you for your positive and constructive criticism. I happen to like Cassey. Her videos helped me during the pandemic 😷
I enjoy working out. I frequent the gym at least 3 times a week if not 4x, so when everything was closed down, Cassey kept me fit. And till this day I do my workout at the gym and finish up my routine with a few of her videos ☺️🫶🏼.
Nonetheless, I see your point and will keep it in mind.
Thank you
My biggest issue with her more recent stuff is that I feel like she takes so many of the valid criticism that people have, lumps them in with the group of people that hate on her, and then says that people just don't want to see a woman or color succeed.
Everytime I see trainers and other fitness people critique her and explain why her information isn't good, there are always a ton of people defending her saying that the moves really work because they could definitely feel the pain afterwards. I think more credible people in the fitness industry need to shout it from the rooftops that pain does not mean that you are training effectively. It's such a dangerous misconception and people can seriously injure themselves. I really respect and appreciate that you're explaining that as you critique her content!
I feel like people need to differentiate soreness pain from joint pain. soreness is good i think! But if there is bone/joint pain there is an issue. Or any pain that prevents you from doing things u used to enjoy
You remind me of one of the characters on love actually 😁thoroughly enjoy your videos
I think when people say they used to like Cassie’s videos, it’s not that the video content was necessarily better.. but maybe that they were in a different stage of their wellness journey than they are now. I was one of those people that said that.. then when you showed her older videos it made me think about where I was knowledge wise back then when I did follow her (7ish years ago); me personally, I was lacking a lot of the knowledge I have now to spot fitness BS when I see it. That may be true for others remembering her old content being helpful or “good”. Just a thought I had.
Hey! Hope your day is going well! I was wondering what your education is? Are you licensed as a personal trainer or have a bachelors in exercise physiology? Just curious where you are getting your information from :)
I know you didn’t ask me, but if you go to the “about” section of his channel the information is there :)
Interesting to see how many people are saying they started their workout journey with Blogilates. I started my fitness journey some time in the late eighties with a Jane Fonda video 🤣 (yes I’m your middle aged subscriber). If you can find one of her workouts uploaded to UA-cam it would be interesting to get your take on it.
Ditto! Remember the song “Can you feel it…? It reminds me of her.
I watched two intermediate ones of hers on YT and holy shit were they hard lol The only thing I didn't like was all the weird wrist flip flopping she did as a warmup. I'd think that's asking for an overuse injury. But her cardio one was very challenging!
This is my opinion on Cassey. I followed her back in 2016 and stopped around 2018. I came back after her juice cleanse and thought something was wrong, but it was just for bloating and weight loss. Then when she did her 90 Day Journey (I'm proud of what she accomplished) and after completing it, she turned into someone who relied so much on numbers and exercise for vanity purposes rather than feeling good for working out.
Her old content is a mixed bag with some good and working with dumbbells not so good due to going way too fast with them. But definitely not focused on numbers and how you look after working out.
Today, I saw her post about when she was in a bikini competition and wanting to get muscles back from when she was in the competition after trying on a bikini she had during that time.
I think she is a great person, but to me she seems to act like how when someone loses weight they shove it in your face and look down upon others that disagree with her opinion.
the most impressive thing on this video is harry´s ability to keep a straight face while watching her arm workout
She (and so many others) promote fairly useless workouts that appear to make you looked “toned” but in reality are from them having a low body fat percentage. I am included in this camp- the pump from body weight burning movements appears dramatic because there’s very little body fat covering up the muscles generally. I can see the appeal if you’re brand new.. because these moves I suppose are progressive overload initially.
I do believe that there are many body weight exercise forms that are effective and I’d love to see you showcase/analyze high quality creators in this area.
I thought that Pilates workouts help tone the body. am I wrong? maybe its just using body weight and not actual weights. peer-reviewed studies explain that pilates can help improve flexibility, mobility, core strength, muscle strength (this is different than building the size of muscles), as well as several other benefits (i.e. injury prevention, improvement of posture, etc,.)
So who do y’all recommend following for some effective, safe at-home workouts?
My current go-to favorites are HASfit, Sydney Cummings, and Emkfit. They each have a variety of free workouts on UA-cam. I recommend checking them out to see if one of their styles suits you.. they are all good, knowledgeable trainers. I trust their content.
Hey I actually wanted to ask what good workouts channel's are there suitable for teens (under 30 mins,no equipment and beginners friendly) ?
Lots of cardio workouts are good. I do belly dance workouts.
Check out the channel growwithjo, really good for beginners, no equipment needed, long and short workouts and really fun
Lucy Wyndham-Read has short videos, no equipment, very beginner friendly. She is a certified trainer. Burpee Girl has a ton of videos, look at her LISS videos and maybe her weekend 15-20 minutes videos to start.
Cassey now promotes weight lifting on Instagram but as much as pilates .. she herself doesn't seek results from pilates. I remember doing her workouts and getting SO tired to do anything else.. I also remember crying on the mat while she went on ..but that was in a plank so maybe I was out of shape..
Your content is really great! I enjoy watching it and I think my cat does too. While I was watching it she came and rub her cheek on my computer screen. This is a good sign or my cat just like Harry xD. Keep up the good work Harry!
Oh gosh, I remember me 4 years ago doing Blogilate’s workouts and waiting for my bigger biceps , butt and shredded abs🥴
Finally someone pointing it out, thank you ❤️
Btw, no cap/hat today😅?
No caps and hats in 2022 :(
He's gonna start doing something else at some point :)
(Like glasses or ties or something else fun)
I can't go three hours without eating let alone 3 days. If my body is hungry I feed it. Normally it's healthy choices but sometimes I stray. Be proud and be confident in yourself.
She just posted that she’s doing a 90 day journey to build muscle. So I’m curious to see if she actually does weight training or starts featuring workouts that actually do build muscle.
I need to learn something from you lol .. such a nice uncle you are .. my nephew drew a sketch of me and I died laughing .. I am bad 🙃🙃🙃
I've been doing her 5- 5-minute leg workout for a few weeks now and it feels like it has benefited me. She gives good beginner-friendly workouts but could be more cautious about the health advice she gives out.