I just wanted to give everyone a quick update to explain the lack of posts lately (especially after I vowed to post more in 2011 than I did last year). A few weeks ago Jen and I were out in Southern California visiting friends and looking for spots to live. It’s been a move we’ve been contemplating for a while now and decided it was finally the time to make it a reality. Luckily we were able to find an awesome spot right on the beach in Santa Monica (the [...]
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My Trip to Renegade Gym by Grant Douglas
Guest post by Grant Douglas from Australia, taken from the Renegade Inner Circle
My girlfriend and myself had been planning a holiday in the US for the end of 2010 to spend Christmas/New Years in New York and then move on to Washington D.C., Colorado and Vegas.
I have been following Jason’s writing/programs now for about 3 years and once we had decided we were going to be in New York for 10 days, there was no way I was going to miss the chance to make the pilgrimage and train at [...]
The Transformation of Kyle Matthews
Kyle Matthews knows a thing or two about hard work and dedication. He won the first ever Muscle Gaining Secrets transformation contest a few years back, then repeated his performance when we had another transformation contest for members of the Renegade Inner Circle last year.
To do that twice is pretty impressive. Especially considering the fact that between the two contests he suffered three freak injuries that set him back considerably (all of which we didn’t have the time to cover in this interview). Today Kyle’s going to share some of [...]
Sean Hyson Interview- Part 2
JF: So, what about staying motivated, getting up and walking on an empty stomach, running sprints when you might not have felt like it, training on low carbs…
Do you have any tricks you use to keep you motivated or anything you can share that can help those who lack motivation? Or is that concept foreign to you because it’s never a problem you could imagine having?
SH: I started the transformation in late February, so I was sprinting outdoors (sometimes while it was snowing), and usually at night after work. [...]
Sean Hyson Interview- Part 1
Today I have an interview I recently conducted with my brother-from-another-mother, fellow music lover and Seinfeld quoting, old school physical culture obsessed, first class gem of a human being, the lovely and talented… Sean Hyson.
You may know Sean as the fitness editor of Men’s Fitness Magazine and may have seen his incredible before and after transformation pics. Today we’re going to get to know a little bit more about the man himself. I was going to have him conduct the entire interview in his dead on, Christopher Walken impression but [...]
Minimalism: Part 1
Sometimes it’s tough to let things go. I, for one, used to always have a problem with this. For years I was a collector, a pack rat. I loved to keep stuff. Boxes and boxes of stuff. Most of the stuff had some kind of meaning or memory associated with it. But a lot of it was just… stuff.
Over the last few years I have gotten a lot better at this and have adopted more of a minimalist/ zen-like approach to living. This weekend I decided to step it up [...]
Injury Update, New Goals & Why You Must Always Resist Average
For those who haven’t been following along, I destroyed my right shoulder in September of 2007. My rotator cuff and labrum were both torn and surgery was required. Of course, being the meathead I am I plowed through for another 12 months, during which time I trained with the likes of Dave Tate, Matt Rhodes, Smitty from the Diesel Crew, Craig Ballantyne, John Alvino and some other strong dudes, whose names you may recognize and some others you wouldn’t.
As a man, I am required to go balls to the wall [...]
Getting Ripped at 48
I’m not quite sure why but three of the most ripped guys in my private training center are over 45 years old. A lot of times over the last 16 years I’ve noticed that the kids in their 20’s and even those in their 30’s don’t always have the same dedication as the guys who are closer to the half century mark. And one thing guys in their 20’s can rarely ever figure out is diet. It’s like rocket science to a lot of them.
“Wait, so cereal’s a carb?”
Maybe chasing [...]
Super Bowl, UFC & More Cheat Meals
First of all, congratulations are due to the new Super Bowl Champs, the New Orleans Saints. It was definitely deserved and it’s obviously a great thing for that city.
Although I am incredibly happy for the city of New Orleans I am also a big Brett Favre fan. I thought it would have been a cool story to see Brett come back and lead his team to the Super Bowl after having the greatest season of his long career.
I particularly liked the post game press conference when Brett said that no [...]
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