Hi All:

I've just finished reading the BFL book and have a few questions.

First, I didn't read anything about stretching. Does he assume everyone has their own stretching routine already? Or does he believe that the first set of exercises adequately stretch the muscle? Sounds to me like the latter. Any thoughts/advice? I've personally had conflicting advise about stretching. One PT told me never to stretch (I'm hypermobile) and another said to ALWAYS stretch before, between and after.

The high intensity concept seems so incredibly efficient, but I'm concerned about injury from overdoing the intensity, especially the way he describes it in the book. Is there a high injury rate for people starting out? It seems like such a fine line to me. It would be frustrating to start out with such a big goal to be sidelined by injury within the first couple of weeks.

What about core strength training? Do people substitute some of the ab exercises or add core strength onto the list of exercises. I've had the importance of core strength pounded into me ad nauseum so I'm not sure what to do with these exercises. It just seems that when I do everything right, my routines get so incredibly long, which is why I like the efficiency of BFL. Not sure what to do with this.

For someone doing Schwarzbein, the food list for carbs seems pretty limited. Why just strawberries, oranges, melons (does that include watermelon????), and apples for fruit? I know you don't want to have too much fruit, but what about other berries? Is this list just a generalization for unrefined, good quality carbs?

Any help appreciated,
Wanda