November 27, 2009 By 5 Comments

How To Cope With Your Thanksgiving Binge

Photo Credit: Cameron Nordholm

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year.  There’s nothing like sitting down with the people you love and participating in pure gluttony for an entire afternoon.  Yesterday, around 2:30, we had a Ronnie Coleman-sized turkey, cornbread dressing, green bean casserole, broccoli salad, about 5 different kinds of bread, mashed potatoes and of course the best pumpkin pie I’ve ever eaten.  I was going to purchase some liquid bread (beer) to go with dinner but I forgot, so I drank some leftover eggnog and rum instead. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Diet Tagged With:
November 19, 2009 By 37 Comments

A No-BS Approach to Looking Great Naked

Last month was the one-year mark for JCDFitness. Time really seems to fly by doesn’t it?

Over the last year I have become somewhat acquainted with a few in the fitness field who have been a big influence on my philosophy. Thanks to this website I have been able to connect with them on a more personal level than if I’d have just remained another lurker on their forums and/or website.

On that note I want to say thanks to all my readers, to those who’ve supported me and encouraged me to keep writing. It means the world to me to know that you think enough of my rambling that you come back daily, participate in article comments and email me with your ideas about future topics and suggestions. Thanks to all of you who copy/paste my links on the most random forums. Thanks for the Stumble’s, Tweets, Facebook updates and all the other social network evangelism I’m still behind on.

In lieu of my appreciation, I sat down about a month ago to write an article called My Philosophy. I thought the title sucked (and it did) but I didn’t care, I just kept writing. As usual, I can get pretty wordy, so 500 words turned into 1500 words; 1500 turned into 3500 words. Then I began approaching 5000 words just before I stopped. I took a break and thought to myself “no one in their right mind is going to read a 5000 word article of mine.”

I put it away for 2 weeks and practically forgot about it. However, one Sunday when I was thinking of an article topic, I pulled it out again and reviewed the content I forged out that early Thursday morning. Then I got the idea that I would just write a small guide that gives an overview of my approach to training, diet and looking great naked. So, I spent another day or two writing until I had about 9000 words and called it a day.

Without boring you any further, I present you with A No-BS Approach to Looking Great Naked. It’s completely free; I hope you enjoy it and please let me know what you think.

The cover art was done by Buddy of CoversCorp and the picture of me on the cover was taken by Emily C. McArthur.

All you need to do is fill out the form below the post and click “Send My Free Guide!” Immediately after that, you’ll have it… all for free.

Filed Under: Popular
November 9, 2009 By 17 Comments

Get Jacked – The Muscle Building Guide for Skinny Guys Part II

Last week I discussed the way you need to eat in order to turn yourself into the un-skinny guy.  Now knowing how to eat is all fine and dandy but without some sort of training involved, the extra kcals are not going to be partitioned in your favor; that is unless you want to look like the Michelin Man.

Train Unlike You Were Likely Advised

Yes, I said it.  Don’t do what everyone is telling you to do because it’s likely not suitable for the skinny guy.  Chances are if you are skinny, you are weak.  If you are weak, you are still classified as a newbie.  If you are a newbie you have no business doing Ronnie Coleman’s routine that he used during his contest prep for Mr. Olympia.  He has many years on you, not to mention the plethora of extra help he is receiving.  This is his full time job.

Now there is nothing wrong with being a beginner.  You must accept where you are and start building your foundation from the ground up.  Read my story. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Newbies Tagged With: ,
November 2, 2009 By 26 Comments

Eat More Sammiches – The Muscle Building Guide for Skinny Guys Part I

Alright, I did some searching online, trying to find a really good guide for the skinny guys interested in building muscle.  While I found some decent stuff, most of it was pseudo-intellectual bs, making things more complicated than they needed to be.  I even found a few articles on getting abs for a skinny guy.  Since when has a skinny dude ever had trouble getting abs?  They sport a six-pack all the time, hence the adjective skinny.

Throughout the next week or so, I want to leave all of you skinny guys with no questions whatsoever when it comes to building a sizeable frame, gaining strength and adding some quality weight to that skeleton of yours. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Diet, Newbies Tagged With: ,