Although I created the Global Fast Fit routine,  I don’t have the best form when doing it. Far from it. (People from 26 countries around the world have performed the routine; generally speaking the best form has come from Indonesia and China.)  In fact, a routine I performed in Bangkok earlier this year was disqualified due to poor form on my leg lifts.  Everyone who does Global Fast Fit has to meet our standards for form for the routine to be certified.

But does that mean that those who don’t use perfect form are wasting their time or, worse, potentially going to get injured? No.  About 30% of the routines are not certified, generally due to poor form, although its also possible to be disqualified if the measurement of the running can’t be verified, or you don’t do the full number of reps required by any given routine. But we’ve never had someone who has done the routine encounter any muscular or skeletal problems as a result of doing global fast fit, even when the form has been poor.  This is important, to distinguish GFF from other exercises I discussed on this post, such as deadlifting and squats, where poor form can very easily lead to serious injury.

The 4 exercises that comprise Global Fast Fit; plank leg lifts, pushups, squats, and running were chosen in part because they’re simple and, in combination, they work the entire body.  But also because they’re safe, even if not done perfectly.  Assuming that you’re fit enough to do any sort of intense exercise, and that you’ve followed the normal exercise protocol for warming up, not eating right before exercising, etc, you’re unlikely to injure yourself doing this routine. Sometimes I don’t keep my legs straight when doing the leg lifts; other people don’t go low enough on the squats or pushups. But even in those cases, you’re likely to get a good workout doing global fast fit.  But even better if you follow our guidelines for proper form.