I've been reading this thread for a while and not really replying.
I've got to say I'm fairly active in the facebook group and have followed Courtney's workouts since June but I'm going back to the gym and letting my membership of her app lapse in January.
The way people speak on the group actually gets me down; a lot of girls think that this crazy leaned toned look is achievable by most people. I saw someone be called jealous and a hater for saying it's not the other day! A lot of fitness people are on PEDs (performance enhancing drugs) especially gymshark athletes (yes, even the girls) and nobody looks like a fucking body builder, even body builders. They look like that for 30mins on stage and then usually gain 30lbs after show.
They see this image online and it's totally unachievable. I saw someone saying they have a lower belly pouch the other day and I just wanted to shake her and scream; THAT'S YOUR DAMN UTERUS.
CB has improved my fitness and done wonders for making me lean and keeping me going through lockdown but I come from a place of extensive knowledge of training and fitness. As in a competitive lifter type knowledge and the amount of misinformation out there is so depressing as it brings women (and men) down to the point they hate themselves over 5 fucking lbs.
I genuinely think, whilst CB obviously is cashing in, her attitude is right; I think she genuinely wants to spread the message of eating enough and not being able to spot reduce fat blah blah BUT she's not that smart and then posts things on the contrary (like the bra bulge workout). To someone who understands nutrition and training and who doesn't have deep issues with body image (anymore!!!!) I can see this workout and think; 'cool, a chest circuit' but the majority of her followers don't see that because they're still in this horrible diet culture place. It is a bit blind leading the blind and what not and I cba funding it anymore. I've screen recorded some of my favourite HIIT workouts from the app and I'm gonna do them once or twice a week with some real life heavy lifting mixed in. Because, let's be real, her workouts don't build muscle. She built muscle over years of gym training and now she's leaning out from HIIT.
Rant over. Thank you for coming to my tedtalk.