The Official JCDFitness Recomp Manual – Coming Soon
December 7, 2011 By 49 Comments

The Official JCDFitness Recomp Manual – Coming Soon

Wow, I’ve actually made some headway with this recomposition guide!

That’s right, I’ve been working on the JCDFitness Recomp manual I referenced in my last series of articles.  Segment taken from the last article:

In the last few posts, I mentioned the idea of me going to work on a manual for body recomposition.  I’ve been working on the content, training programs, diet calculators and am almost to a point of a pre-release of sorts.  I will give some more information on that next week after I wrap some stuff up and get a few things ironed out.

And we are finally to the point of pre-release.  Aside from having most of the content outlined and written, I’ve been at work putting together a handful of training programs, diet guidelines and I’m ready to put them to the test.

The plan for the full release is sometime after the first of the year.  I say sometime because I want to spend as much time required making it the best it can be.

And how do we do that?

I need you to test out my training methods, the diet calculators, and in turn provide me feedback in case I need to add, remove, or improve anything for the final release.

As a result, I’m creating a closed beta version of the guide and will open it for a short time (will most likely close on Monday afternoon or when I reach maximum capacity).

JCDFitness Recomposition Manual Beta Test

To ensure everyone gets the most out of the training and diet methods presented in this guide, I need to get some more feedback.  So far, I’ve used similar methods on current and past clients with much success, but I want to expand my reach.

And that’s where you come in.

In the previous articles about our fitness struggles, many stated their problems with consistency, coaching ourselves, having too many choices, and the simple issue of getting it all together to make our efforts work for us.

I understand these are real problems and my goal is to help alleviate these – but more on that in a second. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Goals, Training
July 14, 2011 By 18 Comments

From Fluffy to Ripped, Sans the Obsession: Chris Brown’s Transformation

Back in February, I recall getting an email from a guy by the name of Chris Brown who was interested in some fitness consulting.  He found my work through my friend Google, and claimed to have devoured many of my articles since his discovery.

“Ever since I read your No-BS Approach to Looking Great Naked, I’ve been hooked”

is what he said in the opening email.

He went on to explain his experience in athletics growing up, which ultimately led to playing some professional baseball for a short time, before going back to graduate school to further his studies at Salve Regina University.

I knew from the beginning that I’d be able to work with Chris due to his experience in athletics, but his passionate desire to learn and grow he expressed in our email exchange.  I’ll never forget the last line of his first email that read “my work ethic is ridiculous and I love the gym, so I’m ready for the challenge.”

At first, I thought “okay, we’ll see how determined he is” and we continued our conversation which resulted in him starting the official JCDFItness training and diet protocol on Monday, March 7.

I was extremely pleased with his familiarity of the major compound lifts and willingness to let go of the reigns.

While I won’t go into his exact training protocol, I want to highlight a bit of what we did to get the results presented below.  To start off, Chris had been doing the popular Stronglifts 5×5 program.  I was already a fan of this guy – no bro-training to speak of.

Chris’ starting weight was 205lbs and ending weight was 186lbs.  He is right at 6 foot tall.  The time frame in between photos is about 16 weeks.  So on average, he dropped just over 1lb per week.  I think you’ll agree the difference in appearance is fairly drastic.  He transformed from a soft look into a very lean, athletic appearance.  [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clients, Goals, Popular
March 2, 2011 By 30 Comments

Fitness Addictions and the Importance of Other Goals

Within the last few months, as JCDFitness grows in readership, and as more and more download my No-BS Approach to Looking Great Naked, I seem to be getting a similar question multiple times over.

And while the question is usually varies in form, often accompanied with a small novel of background information, it usually goes something like this:

How did you go from the obsessive, neurotic fitness enthusiast you wrote about in your ebook to developing the relaxed approach you now practice?

While I don’t have a clear-cut answer as to exactly what happened, I am going to break it down as best I can and then answer any questions that arise in the comments.

The Beginning

The way I became involved with this fitness stuff dates back to about late 2005 when I graduated high school. After a very short thought of continuing my athletic career at a small college, I enrolled at the University of Arkansas for classes that I’d attend in the fall – I had no intentions of pursuing sports any further as I’d frankly had all I wanted. [Read more...]

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January 24, 2011 By 24 Comments

The First Rule of Looking Great Naked

This is a guest post by a former client and great friend of mine, Joe Stuchinsky.  We both love the movie Fight Club, as you might notice with the lovely writing style.  Read on and enjoy.

The First Rule…

THE FIRST RULE OF LOOKING GOOD NAKED IS…

Never go more than 3 hours without protein.

THE SECOND RULE OF LOOKING GOOD NAKED IS…

You NEVER go more than 3 hours without protein.

Well, at least that’s what the protein manufacturers and mainstream fitness media would have you believe. I believed it. We all know about these ‘rules’ of fitness, sent down by the big-shots at corporate wherever.  You hear them spoken in the gym and see them plastered all over the net. It’s hard to avoid. At least it was for me.

My meals; perfectly portioned and interspersed every 3 hours. Every day, in and out, cooking, eating and prepping all the damn food to lug into work the next day. Calories and macronutrient values constantly floating around in my head, occupying my thoughts, taking away time that should be devoted to other areas of life. I was engrossed in this stuff and it began to consume my life, but I kept forging onward. I was polishing brass on the titanic. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clients, Goals, Motivation
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