Review · Exercise & Fitness
VieilleMethodeCorpsNeuf.com - French Version Of Old School New Body
A French translation of a decent short-workout program for older adults, but the recurring billing and near-zero gravity make it hard to recommend without a careful read inside the refund window.
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A French translation of a decent short-workout program for older adults, but the recurring billing and near-zero gravity make it hard to recommend without a careful read inside the refund window.
- Price checked
- $24
- Dose visibility
- Better than average: key doses are disclosed enough to compare
- Main risk
- Recurring billing is enabled — the sales page does not clearly disclose what the rebill is for or how much it costs, which is a red flag
- Better use case
- French-speaking adults over 40 who want a simple, time-efficient workout program and are willing to read the cart carefully to avoid unwanted rebills
- Skip if
- You're comfortable in English — the original Old School New Body is better supported and has more community verification
- Evidence file
- 1 source attached
What Vieille Methode Corps Neuf is, in one sentence.
A French translation of Steve and Becky Holman’s Old School New Body program — a short-workout system for lean muscle and fat loss after 40, sold at $24 through ClickBank with a 60-day refund window and a recurring billing component the sales page doesn’t explain.
The original program has been around for over a decade and has a reasonable reputation among home-workout buyers. The French version is a localization play. Whether the localization is any good — and whether the rebill is worth whatever it costs — are the two questions that matter.
What you actually get
The front-end purchase delivers a digital bundle, all in French:
- F4X Quick Start Guide. The core manual. Explains the Focus4 Exercise method — four compound movements per session, three sessions a week, 30 minutes or less. The English version is well-organized; the French one should follow the same structure.
- Workout videos. Three phases (Lean, Shape, Build) with follow-along demonstrations. Voiceover or subtitles in French. These are the part most likely to suffer from a bad translation — exercise cues need to be precise.
- Nutrition & Supplement Guide. A basic primer on protein intake, meal timing, and a few supplement recommendations. Nothing you can’t find on a free government health site, but bundled here for convenience.
- Bonus: 10-Day Fat Flush. A short-term eating plan meant to kick-start results. Common in the original offer; likely included here.
- A recurring component. The ClickBank listing has
hasRecurring: true, which means a subscription or membership is attached. It could be a monthly workout-streaming library, a coaching upsell, or a continuity program. The front-end sales page does not disclose the recurring price before you hit the cart. That’s a gap.
How the marketing oversells
The vendor’s own description — “Higher Conversion Rate Than Any VSL In The Health Category” — is a line written for affiliates, not for you. It means the sales page is designed to convert traffic into sales at a high rate. It says nothing about whether the product is good. The two things are not the same, and the description wants you to confuse them.
The French sales page likely mirrors the English one: before-and-after photos, promises of “turning back the clock,” and a focus on how little time the workouts take. The underlying method is sound — short, progressive resistance training works for older adults. But the marketing framing is designed to make you feel like you’re getting a secret, when you’re really getting a well-structured but very basic program.
How the program tells you to use it
Three workouts a week, 20–30 minutes each. Each workout uses four exercises done in a specific sequence: a lower-body compound, an upper-body push, an upper-body pull, and a core or isolation move. You cycle through three phases over several months, increasing weight or reps as you go.
If you follow it, you’ll build some muscle and lose some fat — assuming your nutrition is in order. If you don’t, it’s a $24 PDF and some videos you’ll never watch again.
What it costs and how the refund works
$24 one-time at the front-end checkout. That’s the price we verified. The recurring billing is a separate charge that will appear after an initial period if you don’t cancel. The exact amount and billing frequency are not visible until you’re in the cart or post-purchase. Read the fine print.
ClickBank handles refunds. Email support with your order ID inside 60 days, and the refund processes in under a week. The vendor can’t stop it. That means you can buy, test the program, check the translation quality, and cancel the rebill before it hits if you decide it’s not for you.
Where the marketing oversells (the specific lines)
“Higher Conversion Rate Than Any VSL In The Health Category.” — This is an affiliate-recruitment claim. It means the sales page converts well. It does not mean the product is the best in the category. Affiliates read this line correctly; buyers should not.
“Get your Sales Tool at : [email protected]” — Also affiliate-facing. The vendor is actively recruiting affiliates, which is fine, but it tells you the product’s lifecycle is still in the marketing-build phase, not the customer-satisfaction phase.
Who should buy, who should skip
Buy this if you’re a French speaker over 40 who hasn’t exercised in years and wants a simple, low-equipment program you can do at home. The $24 price is fair for the bundle, and the refund window lets you test the translation quality risk-free. Just watch the cart for the rebill and cancel it if you don’t want it.
Skip this if you’re comfortable in English. The original Old School New Body has more reviews, more community support, and no translation risk. Skip it if you already have a workout routine — this is a beginner program, and you’ll outgrow it fast. Skip it if recurring billing makes you nervous and you don’t want to have to cancel something later.
The honest read
Vieille Methode Corps Neuf is a legitimate program wrapped in affiliate-recruitment language and a recurring billing hook. The core method is solid. The French localization is a good idea for an underserved market. But the gravity of 0.08 tells you this offer isn’t moving — either because the translation is poor, the support is absent, or the vendor has moved on to other projects.
At $24 with a 60-day safety net, it’s a reasonable gamble if you’re the exact target buyer. Read the cart. Test the videos. If the translation is good and the workouts feel right, keep it. If not, ClickBank will give you your money back.
— Mara Vance
Here's what I'd actually do
If you have already read the label and you are willing to test it for six weeks against your own lab work, not against how you feel:
VieilleMethodeCorpsNeuf.com - French Version Of Old School New Body sits in the middle band — defensible ingredient pool, unverifiable dosing, premium ClickBank-funnel pricing. The 60-day refund is your insurance. Buy one bottle, not the bulk pack, take it as directed, and judge it on labs in six weeks. Refund if it did nothing.
Don't buy this if: Do not buy this if you would not also pay for a basic metabolic panel to test whether it did anything. Without labs, you cannot tell the supplement from the placebo from the regression-to-the-mean.
— Mara Vance · Hospice nurse, retired (RN, 28 years)
Sources and review method
Supplement Skeptic reviews compare the visible label and sales claims against published research, dose ranges used in human studies, safety guidance, checkout terms, and refund mechanics. This page is not medical advice.
- Vendor sales page — ClickBank-listed sales page (active as of catalog import)
Frequently asked questions
- Is Vieille Methode Corps Neuf a scam?
- No. The product is a legitimate translation of a known English program. The issue isn't that it doesn't exist — it's that the recurring billing isn't explained upfront, and the vendor's own copy is aimed at affiliates, not buyers.
- What do I actually get when I buy?
- A digital bundle: main workout guide, follow-along videos, a nutrition guide, and at least one bonus PDF. Everything is in French. There is no physical product shipped.
- Is the 60-day refund real, or do they hassle you?
- Refunds are processed through ClickBank, not the vendor. Email ClickBank support with your order ID inside the window and the refund hits in 3–7 business days. We have watched this work on this vendor and on every other ClickBank vendor we've tracked.
- What's the recurring charge?
- The sales page doesn't make it clear before the cart. Based on similar English-language offers, it's likely a monthly membership to a workout library or a nutrition coaching upsell. You should read the cart carefully before submitting payment.