No, the force was always olive drab. And correct about the labels, just like mine which is over 2 years old, and I have never suffered slippinf buckles.

"The first thing would be the straps being a glossy type of material......shoot for a cotton type webbing where you would be sure to have less, if any, slippage." That gives away how it is fake, the TRX strap is hardly gloss at all, only part of the door anchor is glossy. The straps actually are a cotton type webbing.

Justin is right, definately a fake, the stiching is very poor.

 It's difficult to make a schedule without knowing you, so i can give you a guideline, but not really a day by day plan. Start off with the flexibility DVD. This is far from taxing, more relaxing. It will get you used to using the TRX, which can be quite a challenge at first. So just use that for the first couple of weeks, when you ...

 It could, but you really don't need to use one until you master exercises at their hardest progressions with the proper use you can do most exercises at 100% of bodyweight. So if you're say 200lb the deep chest press with elevated feet would be like doing a bench press with two 100lb dumbells (because of the lack of instability ...

 It's safe to wear a vest, but i meant harder progressions. Like the incline press, or moving away from the anchor point for suspended pushups.

 It's the same as with weights. It depends how you use it. Use heavy resistance, bulk up; low resistance high reps and get lean.

 The DVDs are regionless. My players are region 2 and the DVDs from here all work on them.

Ok, so i still need to work out how to use my camera, but lunges 40 each leg, 50 hip presses. I could have gone on for a few, but  I'll wait till i can get my video camera to work.

 Kinda both. It has an exercise library with detailed progressions for all the exercises. They have 2 work along work outs. Day A and Day B of weeks 5&6.