The Fitness DVD Controversy – Are Celebrities Deceiving The Public?

The Big Workout DVD Controversy

There has been a lot of controversy about workout DVDs in the UK in recent weeks because insiders have reported that many of these celebrities are deceiving the public by claiming that they lost weight as a result of the workouts featured on their DVDs.

According to newspaper reports, stars such as Scarlett Moffatt, Lauren Goodger and Vicky Pattison were made to attend gruelling boot camps to help them lose a lot of weight, and create the all-important before and after photo that is used on the front cover to generate a lot of media interest and drum up sales.

The Sun newspaper reports that Scarlett attended an ultra-tough boot camp in Switzerland and ate just 700 calories per day, and in an article posted on The Mirror online, the personal trainer to the stars David Souter claims that Lauren Goodger and Vicky Pattison also went to Switzerland boot camps to help them achieve dramatic results.

The Subsequent Fallout

As a result of this, other stars such as Lorraine Kelly have commented on the story and been forced to defend themselves, whilst also criticising others who have deceived the general public.

This is understandable because I’m sure that not all of the celebrities have gone through boot camp themselves, and the ones who achieved their results honestly and legitimately with a structured diet and exercise plan obviously want to protect their reputations.

Who Is At Fault?

I don’t think it is wise for people to take aim at the likes of Scarlett Moffatt, Lauren Goodger and Vicky Pattison because it may well have been the DVD companies themselves that made them go through boot camps.

However the celebrities themselves have to take some of the criticism that is inevitably going to be aimed at them because none of them mentioned these boot camps when they were promoting their workout DVDs in the media and across all of their social media channels.

It would appear that they all used the results of the boot camps to promote their fitness DVDs, and claimed that it was the results of these workouts, along with a sensible diet that helped them lose weight, and this was clearly not true in some cases (assuming that these reports turn out to be true).

My Own Thoughts

Obviously I am very disappointed to hear this news because I have featured some of these DVDs on this website.

I have to admit that I have long been suspicious about the motives of some of the celebrities who decide to create workout DVDs because it does seem to be an easy way to make money.

Furthermore, you do wonder if these celebrities actually do these workouts themselves and follow their own advice because they are often pictured in newspapers and magazines looking overweight and out of shape several months or a year or two later, by which time they have already cashed in on the success of their DVD.

Nevertheless, I still wanted to believe that they did indeed team up with a personal trainer and achieved their weight loss results by performing their own workout routines several times a week, as they so often claim.

Who Can You Trust?

The question now is;

Which of these celebrities can you actually trust, and are these fitness DVDs a complete waste of time?

My answer to this is that I still believe that these workout DVDs are worth buying. You should remember that all of the workouts featured on these DVDs have been devised by a personal trainer, and are designed to get results if you actually stick with them. So they all have some merit.

With regards to who you can trust, it might be a good idea to stay away from those DVDs that are released by various different reality TV stars after hearing these revelations, and instead focus on those celebrities who actually talk the talk and walk the walk, such as Davina McCall, for example, because she is always in peak physical condition and never seems to balloon in weight.

Joe Wicks is another well-respected person who has released some really effective workout DVDs in recent years, and seems to genuinely want to help people achieve their fitness and weight loss goals.

Your Thoughts

What are your thoughts on this latest fitness DVD controversy? Has this put you off the idea of buying workout DVDs, or will you continue to buy some of these DVDs in the future?

Please leave your comments below. I would love to hear your thoughts.