Comments on: Secrets, Secrets Read All About ‘Em http://jcdfitness.com/2009/02/shortcuts-do-not-exist-stop-looking-for-secrets/ A No BS Approach To Looking Great Naked Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:56:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: JC http://jcdfitness.com/2009/02/shortcuts-do-not-exist-stop-looking-for-secrets/comment-page-1/#comment-9668 JC Sat, 01 May 2010 21:09:15 +0000 http://jcdfitness.com/?p=868#comment-9668 Thanks for chiming in, Derek. Good call on getting back into the swing of things. I know it seems like it's going to take some time to get back to where you were but the time spent will be well worth the effort. Thanks for chiming in, Derek.

Good call on getting back into the swing of things. I know it seems like it’s going to take some time to get back to where you were but the time spent will be well worth the effort.

]]> By: Derek http://jcdfitness.com/2009/02/shortcuts-do-not-exist-stop-looking-for-secrets/comment-page-1/#comment-9667 Derek Sat, 01 May 2010 20:58:05 +0000 http://jcdfitness.com/?p=868#comment-9667 JC, Love the site, and wish I knew of it back when I was training. I've been spending the day reading and came across this, which hit some notes with my prior gains as a "newbie." Over the course of 6 months I gained 35 lbs of lean muscle (215 from 180), and went from benching a measly 135 (remember I was a Newbie) when I first picked up the bar, to 265, just 6 months later, and running half-marathons. Unfortunately I was also a teacher, so while the workouts fit in well with my work schedule, they didnt fit in so well when summer hit and I became a full functioning alcoholic, but chose not to function in the gym. 3 years later I have since changed jobs to sales, have a difficult schedule for working out, but I'm also equally disgusted that I'm back to a flabby 185. I pulled the trigger yesterday on a membership and will be devoting time (since I finally realized I could MAKE time). I love the site as I'm remembering "old-tricks of the trade" and will be looking forward to utilizing your awesome site to not just getting back to where I was, but instead blowing past prior results. Thanks and looking forward to following your advice! Derek JC,

Love the site, and wish I knew of it back when I was training. I’ve been spending the day reading and came across this, which hit some notes with my prior gains as a “newbie.”

Over the course of 6 months I gained 35 lbs of lean muscle (215 from 180), and went from benching a measly 135 (remember I was a Newbie) when I first picked up the bar, to 265, just 6 months later, and running half-marathons. Unfortunately I was also a teacher, so while the workouts fit in well with my work schedule, they didnt fit in so well when summer hit and I became a full functioning alcoholic, but chose not to function in the gym.

3 years later I have since changed jobs to sales, have a difficult schedule for working out, but I’m also equally disgusted that I’m back to a flabby 185. I pulled the trigger yesterday on a membership and will be devoting time (since I finally realized I could MAKE time).

I love the site as I’m remembering “old-tricks of the trade” and will be looking forward to utilizing your awesome site to not just getting back to where I was, but instead blowing past prior results.

Thanks and looking forward to following your advice!

Derek

]]> By: Look Great Naked http://jcdfitness.com/2009/02/shortcuts-do-not-exist-stop-looking-for-secrets/comment-page-1/#comment-1526 Look Great Naked Sun, 03 May 2009 15:56:18 +0000 http://jcdfitness.com/?p=868#comment-1526 [...] Living in America, I am very familiar with wanting everything yesterday. We are so accustomed to everything we could ever want being at fingertips length. If we want a doughnut, we go to the nearest shop. If we want a coffee, there is always a Starbucks just around the corner. Heck, to get a pizza all we have to do is pick up the phone. We live in a society that is so full of luxury we have forgotten the value and promise of hard work. This is where we fall into the trap of believing we can undo all the years of getting fat and out of shape with 6 weeks of (insert your favorite late night program here). It’s just not going to happen. [...] [...] Living in America, I am very familiar with wanting everything yesterday. We are so accustomed to everything we could ever want being at fingertips length. If we want a doughnut, we go to the nearest shop. If we want a coffee, there is always a Starbucks just around the corner. Heck, to get a pizza all we have to do is pick up the phone. We live in a society that is so full of luxury we have forgotten the value and promise of hard work. This is where we fall into the trap of believing we can undo all the years of getting fat and out of shape with 6 weeks of (insert your favorite late night program here). It’s just not going to happen. [...]

]]> By: JC http://jcdfitness.com/2009/02/shortcuts-do-not-exist-stop-looking-for-secrets/comment-page-1/#comment-474 JC Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:27:46 +0000 http://jcdfitness.com/?p=868#comment-474 Yea, I remember a cookie diet being all the rage a year or so ago. People were like "I am eating cookies and losing weight!" If you follow the rules and eat one for breakfast and dinner, its' just another trick to get you to eat less. However in America, all we want is magic and secrets Yea, I remember a cookie diet being all the rage a year or so ago. People were like “I am eating cookies and losing weight!” If you follow the rules and eat one for breakfast and dinner, its’ just another trick to get you to eat less. However in America, all we want is magic and secrets

]]> By: dawn http://jcdfitness.com/2009/02/shortcuts-do-not-exist-stop-looking-for-secrets/comment-page-1/#comment-467 dawn Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:59:38 +0000 http://jcdfitness.com/?p=868#comment-467 My current favorite are these new diet cookies that I keep seeing ads for on TV. Eat a cookie for breakfast a cookie for lunch.... voila, you're Madonna. Who the heck wants to eat a cookie for lunch? (unless it's one of those Greek diner cookies that's bigger than your head.) My current favorite are these new diet cookies that I keep seeing ads for on TV. Eat a cookie for breakfast a cookie for lunch…. voila, you’re Madonna. Who the heck wants to eat a cookie for lunch? (unless it’s one of those Greek diner cookies that’s bigger than your head.)

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