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Advantages: Great insights, highly motivating
Disadvantages: Some elements were staged

...All things considered, Arnold Schwarzenegger has had an interesting life. He arrived in America with almost no money and barely able to speak a word of English, then through sheer hard work and determination went on to win bodybuilding's biggest title a record-breaking seven times, became arguably the greatest action movie star of all time and got elected as the governor of California. Clearly you don't achieve all that without having something a little special, and Pumping Iron gives us an insight into this. It's 1975 and Arnold Schwarzenegger is preparing to defend his Mr Olympia title for the sixth time in a row. He's been king of the hill for the last five years, but now there's new competition in the shape of Lou Ferrigno - a massive 6'5" bodybuilder who is younger, bigger and hungry for success. The documentary charts their...

Dr-Jones 14.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pumping Iron (DVD)

easy to use breast pump

Advantages: Easy to use
Disadvantages: Not cheap

...I made sure that when I had my first baby I got a good breast pump so that I could not only enjoy breastfeeding my litle one, I could also ahv some time off while someone else fed my son but he still had breastmilk. This pump is a nice size and doesnt feel uncomfortable and you can adjust the strength. I found in the morning I was able to express more and I didnt use the strength of the pump to get some milk The importance of pumping while feeding is that it tricks your body into believing you are feeding baby and you therefore produce more milk. I kept this pump and used it again recently for my second child. the pump is durable and if you do need any assistance the customer service at medela is very good. Kim http://www.kiddycat.co.uk...

kiddycat 08.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Medela Mini Electric Breast Pump

Pump, pump, pump - but no milk!

Advantages: Small and easy to handle
Disadvantages: Breast cup not big enough, noisy and the suction was very weak, expensive

...I'm sure if you have a smaller breast then this might be a good pump for you, but having my breasts swell to a 42J cup this did nothing for me at all. I found the breast cup piece did not sit well at all and the suction was terrible. It didn't hug the breast as well as a hand held version nor did it pump quick enough to really get a good flow of milk going. It also makes quiet a loud noise when pumping so you have to do it in a room where your baby isn't! It is small and compact, so ideal for travelling but it means that you cannot get much milk in the bottle as it's so small so you have to empty it on a regular basis (that's if you get that far!) It is quiet expensive too, I paid over £50 for this even though a £10 hand held from tescos did the job much better!!! Overall it was easy to handle but it just didn't have enough...

clare0702 10.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Medela Mini Electric Breast Pump

Pump It Up, Daisy

Advantages: Easy to assemble and use and very efficient
Disadvantages: A little bit noisy

...When my baby was born 5 months ago, we quickly found out that he wasn't taking enough breast milk from me - bless him, he was falling asleep before he had a chance to fill his tummy. So, my midwife suggested that I use a breast pump to express some milk off, and that I give him 20 ml in a small cup towards the end of every feed. Now I had bought a manual breast pump when my daughter was a baby, but to be honest with you, I'd never really got on with it. I found it quite uncomfortable on my breast, and it really made my hand ache trying to work the thing! So, I decided to look into the various options available for an electric breast pump. I eventually settled on the Medela Mini 'Electric breast pump, which I bought for £50 from Boots. When I got the pump home, I unpacked it (nicely packaged) and popped the non-motorised bits...

Valliann 21.10.2004 · Read review
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Review of Medela Mini Electric Breast Pump

Pumping, pumping, pumping

Advantages: Loads of milk, easy to use and clean
Disadvantages: ouch, my handies hurt!!!!

...As a breast feeding mother I find this item essential! But first let me tell you a little about how I came about buying it and how I find it to use. Firstly, as with the Tommee Tippee bottles I bought (review written and just need a few tweaks) I was browsing through the pregnancy and baby mags when several times I found this pump mentioned. My Mam had told me I would find a breast pump useful as I was planning on feeding my child exclusively from the breast. I spent hours researching breast feeding and realised that if I was ever to go anywhere without my child (even to the corner shop) there was always a chance that he or she would be left hungry and no one could do a thing about it. Also the other half was quite keen on the idea of feeding his son or daughter. He was adamant bump was a girl, I was adamant bump was a boy. I won...

kamallan 28.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Tommee Tippee Closer To Nature Freedom Breast Pump

Gulf Air

Advantages: clean, comfortable, good service
Disadvantages: No direct flights out to Asia

...I have flown repeatedly with Gulf Air out to various places in Asia from India to South East Asia and the far east. These have always required a stop-off in the gulf area of the Middle East, almost always Bahrain which is the airlines hub. The airline has connections from London, Paris and Frankfurt out to Bahrain and from there there are plenty of connections out to Asia and to various places around the Middle East and Islamic countries such as Sudan and Iran. Thus it isn't the best connected airline for those trying to connect from Western Europe as it will almost always require a change over unless Bahrain is the final destination. The main reason I have flown with Gulf Air is that they have consistently been the cheapest option on offer for flights out to Asia-perhaps because of the required change over. I have flown with them for 3...

flyingllamas 02.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Gulf Air - GFA

Air Southwest

Advantages: Customer Service, Regional Destinations
Disadvantages: Can be expensive for late bookings

...I had to travel recently to meet up with some friends in London and this airline provided the easiest way to ge there! I work in travel and thought I'd offer a professional opinion on their services. THE COMPANY and THE PLANE Air Southwest is a small airline based in Plymouth and Newquay and operates between 12 destinations all over the UK and Ireland. During the winter they have also been flying to Grenoble for the skiers in the region. They fly Bombardier dash 8 Q300 aircraft - this translates as a prop plane with 50 seats on board with the same seat layout as you would find on most coaches - two on the left and two on the right. For your convenience there is a lavatory and washroom at the front of the cabin. THE JOURNEY I flew from Plymouth to London Gatwick, travelling out on Saturday morning and returning the Same...

Vixterbelle 01.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Air Southwest

TINY PUMP, BIG RESULTS!

Advantages: very easy to clean, extremely portable, convenient, quiet, discreet, attractive bag
Disadvantages: Your hands will get sore, stimulator falls off easily breaking seal, Takes practice, can be hard to put together at first.

...As my son was born 7 weeks premature he spent the first few weeks of his life being tube fed therefore when the time came for me to breast feed - he refused. I had been expressing my milk, every 2-3 hours and storing it in the fridge so he could be given my milk as and when needed. I had been given the use of a hospital electric pump during his time in the Neo Natal unit but it soon came time for him to go home and I was pump less. First, I tried a Medela Electric Pump, which the hospital district nurse brought over on a home visit. This is the type they use in the hospitals. I thought, "This thing is great, I have to have one." I pictured my freezer filled with bags upon bags of frozen milk and imagined how great it would be for him. That was until the price and practicality came into it. Over £90 and how much would I really use...

mysteryshopper2 13.03.2004 (22.06.2005) · Read review
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Review of Avent Isis Breast Pump

Pump up the Jam

Advantages: More difficult dance moves which is good, more sections
Disadvantages: Steps could be too complicated for anyone just looking for a simple workout

...Already taken in by the first two releases in the Ministry of Sound's Pump It Up exercise DVD range there was no question in my mind that I HAD to have this as soon it came out! I guess MoS want to target people wanting to shift the post Christmas bulge (no bulge for me, I just like dancing as exercise!!) which is why for some odd reason they release their DVDs on 26th December. Shame, because it's a perfect Christmas present! Anyway...on to the action... PUMP IT UP HI-ENERGY Being the third in their series I guess they wanted to offer a little variation to what the other two DVDs had offered. The first one 'The Ultimate Dance Workout' was purely aerobics with some dance steps - simple but hard to keep pace with if you're unfit, the second one 'Beach Body' was more focused on toning, so with the third one they decided to make...

carly_pussycat 22.12.2006 (27.12.2006) · Read review
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Review of Pump It Up - High Energy (DVD)

Pump It Up - A hard but fun workout

Advantages: Hard workout, good music
Disadvantages: Tiring!

...section. This section starts out with some aerobic moves, moving up from the previous section. It also goes in to some salsa moves which are quite fun. The third section is the pump it up section. This is the real tough one. It is very high energy and for the first half of the section you are constantly moving. This section also includes the Call On Me song complete with the aerobic moves from the video. This is one of my favourite bits. Although make sure you are on your own as you do look a bit silly thrusting away. This section towards the end slows down to some of the easier moves earlier on in the DVD. The fourth section is the bums and tums toning section. This consists of sets of press ups, sit ups, planks and bum toning exercises. I find this section the hardest, probably because it involves muscles and I don't have much...

wendz86 17.10.2009 · Read review
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