Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Bayview Films
• DVD Release Date: April 25, 2006
• Run Time: 140 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000EHQU44
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,158 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Get maximum muscle fiber recruitment from four to six sets per bodypart. Discover how to build power and size with big midrange movements, the myotatic reflex and peak contraction. This DVD explains Positions of Flexion, a breakthrough mass-building method that has bodybuilders worldwide growing faster than ever and achieving skin-splitting pumps at every workout. See this exciting size-boosting approach in action, apply it to your own workouts and watch mass surge to dramatic new levels in record time. Positions of Flexion is the revolutionary full-range muscle-training method that can get you bigger faster than ever before. On this brilliant high-resolution DVD you get a POF analysis of every bodypart, complete with exercise performance tips and tricks and muscle-fiber activation techniques. You’ll learn about muscle synergy, the myotatic reflex, continuous tension and target-muscle supercompensation - and it’s all demonstrated by contest-ready bodybuilders. ! It’s motivating as well as instructional. Here’s what you get: Critical Arms; Critical Chest & Delts; Critical Legs & Back; Bonus: 10 Minutes to Granite Abs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Explanation of and Demonstration of Positions Of Flexion Approach, October 27, 2006

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CPTScott - See all my reviews

This review is from: Iron Man Magazine: Critical Mass Bodybuilding Beginner and Intermediate (DVD)

I purchased this DVD recently and I'm really impressed with it. Even though I'm not a bodybuilder or aspiring to be one, I am seriously into staying in shape (I'm just past my mid forties and have been continuously training for over 20 years.) Weight training is a significant part of my fitness program and I figure that if I'm going to do it I want to use the best and most efficient resources available. This POF approach is an interesting and apparently scientific approach. I also use X-reps (extended reps) in my training as well which is advocated by Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson, the creators of POF training.

I believe they started using the X-reps later on, probably after this DVD was filmed so it's not part of this particular DVD. Still, it's not hard to incorporate X-reps into one's training. My understanding of X-reps is to use partials at the end of a full range of motion set to extend the exercise by working in a strong range. I like these better than forced reps because you have to totally control the weight which also seems less likely to cause injury.

Anyway, this DVD explains the primary priciples of POF (Positions of flexion)training. These involves using midrange, stretch and contracted positions (in that order). The stretch position is supposed to stimulate something called the myotatic reflex which is supposed to shock the muscle by putting it into an emergency mode which stimulates a stronger contraction.The DVD then goes through all the primary bodyparts showing how to train them using the POF technique.

I've originally found out about POF training by reading quite a few articles and interviews w/ Holman and Lawson. I was really intrigued by what they had to say, so when I saw this DVD I immediately ordered it.

It is well filmed and demonstrated. It is also very well organized. It first shows the various approaches of POF to the specific body part (midrange, stretch and contracted), then it goes on to show various routines you can use to hit that bodypart.

I like the fact that it lays out the material, shows a couple of variations of exercises, then summarizes each chapter for each bodypart.

There's one technical observation I wanted to point out regarding the audio of the program. Sometimes the voiceover is a bit distorted. I'm not sure if there is too much bass mixed into the speaking voice or if it was recorded at too hot a signal, but it breaks up slightly from time to time. This doesn't effect the efficacy of the program, it's certainly more than clear enough, it's just an observation I wanted to pass along so that if someone orders it they know to expect it rather than being suprised by it. The whole program doesn't seem this way, mostly it seems to be in the beginning segments.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat useful, February 6, 2007

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Brian Malley (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iron Man Magazine: Critical Mass Bodybuilding Beginner and Intermediate (DVD)

I didn't know what PoF was, and I purchased this video to find out. It does a good job of explaining the rather simple concept, and lays out the appropriate exercises reasonably well. I'm not actually persuaded that PoF is better than other methods, but this video is a decent introduction. Overpriced, though.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very good, March 23, 2007

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D. Acosta - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iron Man Magazine: Critical Mass Bodybuilding Beginner and Intermediate (DVD)

The video is very clear, the explanations are very well done. I am learning very much how to do my exercises, without paying a persnal trainer.
The information of the video is perfect for me.