Add Comment If you enjoyed this video blog, sign up for the Slacker Nation e-newsletter below...There's Something Happenin' Here - What it is Ain't Exactly Clear - 6 Things I Want You to Know04/20/2012 THE 30X30 FORMULA is coming... Attention SLACKERS! Don’t think for one second that just because I haven’t been blogging my face off that nothing is going on. In fact, I am gearing up for big things. Let’s talk about it: THING 1: STAGECOACH If you know me at all, then you already know what this is. Stagecoach is a country music festival in the middle of the desert in Indio, CA. I will proudly be making my 5th journey into the desert next week to spend a few days with MY BEST FRIENDS IN THE WORLD listening to good music and drinking some cold ones. No, not protein shakes. We SLACKERS work a little hard some of the time, so that we can spend some quality time tossing all the nutrition rules out the window every once in a while! Can’t wait. THING 2: VACATIONS GALORE To make a gross understatement, I’ve got a little traveling to do. I am going to Nags Head, NC for my sister Kelly’s wedding. 14-hour car ride with two children anyone? Besides those two days, committed solely to driving, it will be a blast. I’m also supposed to go to another wedding in Bermuda. Need I say more? THING 3: CARS AND FREEDOM The US is gearing up for World Cup qualification, starting in June. In fact, the first game of qualification is right here in Tampa, FL. Holler at me Cars and Freedom because we have no business representing that name if some of us don’t show up to this game. Enough personal BS. Let’s get back on task. THING 4: THE 30X30 FORMULA I’ve been hinting at this for months, but this is truly my most ambitious project and product yet. “The Slacker’s Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss” taught me this: Why write a book when you can develop a step-by-step course for anyone who wants to lose weight quickly without having to read a thing? The 30X30 Formula is based on this simple idea: If I had to start over from scratch in this fitness and weight-loss game, knowing everything that I know now, how would I do it? What powerful techniques would I teach someone if they wanted to cut right through all the red tape and BS and get right to the fastest and most effective fat-loss techniques on the planet? I even went a step further. I narrowed my focus to what I know best. The 30X30 Formula’s focus is weight-loss for men over 30. Does that mean that it will not work on women or men under 30? No. It absolutely would work. But men over 30 are fighting many battles when they approach weight–loss, including hormonal decline, time constraints, joint problems, and other age-related inconveniences that can make results seem impossible. I focused on this angle because I fight these battles personally every day. I’m in your foxhole and I know what’s going down… “There’s something happening here, What it is ain't exactly clear, There’s a man with a gun over there, a-tellin’ me I got to beware…Think it’s time we stopped – hey – what’s that sound? Everybody look what’s goin’ down…” Not only are results possible, they are inevitable. If you follow the exact step-by-step advice in The 30X30 Formula. The program consists of 10 TRAINING MODULES, over 20 hours of material that you can download as video, listen to on you iPod or iPhone (mp3), or even print out the notes from each presentation to read on the shitter (Where I do most of my blogging!) There’s a couple more i’s to cross and t’s to dot… But I’m going to drop this sucker in a week or two. For those already on my list or who are Facebook friends I will cut a deal – something like 50% off, but I haven’t decided yet. In the meantime, go here and check out the webinar: My Top 5 Tips for Rapid-Fire Weight-loss in Men Over 30 Yes, I am an amateur at video production. But isn’t more fun if it keeps me from running for president? THING 5: VIDEO BLOGGING Thinking about joining the new revolution and video blogging so that you can see my smiling face (and rapidly progressing male pattern baldness) every few days!!! THING 6: YOU STAY CLASSY, EARTH!!! If you enjoyed this blog post, get on my list and I will email you constantly with pictures of me posing down in front of the mirror. JK...just a fat-burning newsletter:) Fat-Burning & Muscle-Building Workouts: Don't Reinvent the Wheel, These Guys Already Did!04/03/2012 Join the Slacker Nation
Attention Slackers! While the overall focus of Slacker Nation is fat-loss, we would be remiss if we did not frequently journey into the realm of resistance-training, being that it is such a key component to overall weight-loss success. Even if you do not care at all about building new muscle, there is something of value in understanding training principles. As I have said many times before, the right resistance training program not only accelerates your fat-loss goals, but also prevents diseases, promotes anti-aging, and allows you to eat more DELICIOUS FOOD EVERY SINGLE DAY! We all have our heroes. A few of mine are people I consider to be/have been on the cutting edge of resistance training theory. One of them is the late Mike Mentzer, who was always pushing the limits of our understanding of exercise science. In one sense he was the ultimate SLACKER TRAINEE, however, no one would accuse him of “slacking” in the gym. Mike propagated the idea that LESS IS MORE in training. His ideas were controversial and perhaps did not “WORK” for everyone, but they certainly worked for him. It is likely that this was in part due to his superior genetics. He had a natural propensity for moving heavy weights and building muscle mass, which paired with some “anabolic helpers”, gave him an outstanding physique. During his prime his workouts often centered on ONE OR TWO heavy sets per exercise. Remember that this was at a time when Arnold was training for hours at a time 6 to 7 days a week. They went toe-to-toe in the 1980 (coincidentally the year I was born) Mr. Olympia and many thought Mike should have won! Two of my other heroes are Jonathan Lawson and Steve Holman of “X-rep” lure. If you have never done so, you would benefit from a trip to their website: http://www.x-rep.com. Jonathan was the guinea pig for a program detailed in the book “Size Surge”, as well as “Size Surge 2.” It detailed Jonathan’s massive surge where he gained 20lbs of muscle in only ten weeks. I purchased these books in college and followed them to the letter, gaining between 15 and 20 pounds in 10 weeks myself, comparable to Jonathan’s original result in the book. Since that original Amazon.com (a small Internet upstart at the time!) purchase, I have followed Steve and Jonathan as they rose through the ranks at Ironman Magazine, where they both worked. The most impressive thing about these guys is that they have made a habit out of getting extraordinary results with NO STEROIDS, and without insane time commitments in regards to training. What makes them relevant to my audience is that they are, for the most part, normal guys who work out hard and get great results. But they are not professional fitness models or competing bodybuilders. They have real jobs and time constraints like all of us. In the gym, their time is precious, much like the average dad who has to work to pay the bills. Their e-books are required reading for anyone who wants to get great results without having to make training and diet a second career. The advanced training techniques you will find in these books are unmatched. You will not get better information anywhere. Your personal trainer doesn’t know this stuff. Your doctors and nutritionists (if you had one) would also be puzzled. I consider their $20-ish books to be some of the best possible investments you can make. Buy them all and you will not spend more than you would on a personal trainer for 6 months; we are talking THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS worth of value for almost nothing. As you may or may not know, I am releasing a TRAINING SYSTEM called THE 30X30 FORMULA, which teaches men over 30 the step-by-step process for getting outstanding weight-loss results. In particular, Steve Holman is an inspiration to my program. Despite being in his fifties, he continues to get outstanding training results. He emphasizes training with quality rather than MASSIVE QUANTITIES OF WEIGHT. This sage advice comes from having experienced the accumulating joint pain and diminishing returns that unfortunately come with aging. His recent blog discussed Mike Mentzer’s training philosophies and speculated on the relevance of this information today. Check out “Steve Holmans Built for Life” - http://www.ironmanmagazine.com/blogs/steve/heavy-hit-how-often-for-fastest-muscle-growth/ Steve stresses controlling the weight with slow negatives (downward lowering stroke), stressing proper recovery, and balancing training POWER with DENSITY. By combining both the power and endurance stimuli for muscle growth, you can achieve incredible fat-loss and muscle-building success. As I get closer to launching The 30X30 Formula, my dream interview would be to get Mr. Steve Holman to grace us with a Skype interview to share his sage insights with all of us. The bigger picture of training and diet has increasingly become my focus in the last few years, especially since turning 30 years old. The reality is that our bodies change as we age; and if we do not adjust for this in all things (diet, training, supplementation, etc…) our results will suffer and we may even be more prone to injury. Steve’s emphasis on gaining muscle with lower poundage saves your joints from accumulated trauma that you may regret in 10 or 20 years. It’s great if you can free squat 500 lbs in your 20’s and 30’s, but will you be standing upright when you’re 60? It’s food for thought. Here’s what I want you to do now: 1. Go to X-rep.com – there are literally dozens of books with ground-breaking workout programs and training techniques. Really something for everyone, examples include – “Quick-Start Muscle Building Guide” for beginners, “The Ultimate Mass Workout”, “X-traordinary Muscle-Building Workouts” (excellent), “X-treme Lean” (once a year for me!) , “The Ultimate Fat-to-Muscle Workout”, “X-traordinary Arms” and one of the newest offerings “The X-traordinary 4X Mass Workout” (my favorite). 2. If it’s right for you, buy one of his SUPER LOW-PRICED e-books (literally work hundreds or thousands of dollars) 3. Become a regular at Steve’s blog here: I promise that you will learn something every time he posts. 4. If you have the time, post on Steve’s Facebook and let him know how much you want to see him interviewed by yours truly! Slack on, Andy Bennett http://slackernation.com http://menover30easyweightloss.com If you enjoyed this post, join the Slacker Nation now!Join us! “Get up, (get on up) Get up, (get on up) Stay on the scene, (get on up), like a sex machine, (get on up)” Slack attack! No seriously. Get up. Recently I had an epiphany, which is a word that only proves I went to college; just like that semicolon does (RIP Kurt Vonnegut Jr.) For those of you who didn’t throw tens of THOUSANDS of dollars at an education (to net 30% less a year than an electrician), it means a BREAKTHROUGH. [Side note – read my silver investing blog to learn the truth about the ailing US economy] I thought to myself: “Were I to start a get-in-shape-diet TODAY, what would I do differently now, knowing what I know now?” This is why 40-year-olds, during midlife crises, ditch their wives and go after 20-year-olds. Knowing what they know now, they can SLAY it effortlessly. The 30X30 Formula was the result of this realization. After years of trial and error, studying research, and drawing meaningful conclusions, I can almost effortlessly achieve incredible fat-loss in a very short amount of time. It’s not that I do one or two things differently; I do about 100 little things every day that add up to big results. These techniques, tricks, tactics, and ninja shortcuts involve nutrition, supplements, training, and small nearly effortless changes that echo BIG in terms of fat-burning results. The 30X30 Formula is for men over thirty who want to get into the best shape of their lives in no time. Unlike the “Slacker’s Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss”, 30X30 is not a book. It’s a training series of modules where I teach the step-by-step process for losing weight, getting “ripped”, and staying healthy for the long haul. Each module is devoted to a different aspect of the total fat-loss strategy. The modules can be consumed in video, audio, or PDF handout form. No matter how you learn or how busy you are, you can easily. Here are the modules in THE 30X30 FORMULA training series: Module 1 – Nutrition 101 – the basics for eating for weight-loss and health Module 2 – Age-Related Obstacles – overcoming age-related weight-loss problems Module 3 – Training 101 – the basics for easy fat-loss workouts Module 4 – Cheaters Win Big – how to frequently eat anything you want and lose more weight Module 5 – Nutrition Masters Course – in-depth, laser-focused “how to” for setting up your nutrition Module 6 – Training Masters Course – in-depth workout demos and walk-throughs Module 7 – Lifestyle and Motivation – how to “have a life” and stay motivated during your weight-loss Module 8 – Supplements – what you need, what you don’t, and how to save money Module 9 – Developing Your Toolbox for Success – all the miscellaneous components you need to ensure results BONUS: Module 10 – Protein Deprivation – go on steroids without taking steroids for faster muscle-building and fat-loss You can check out the webpage for the program here… http://menover30easyweightloss.com/ The program is, in a word, a little pricey, but if your my FB friend or on my Slacker Nation mailing list, I will be offering a special discounted price soon. Keep an eye out because I am only going to offer it once. For a hint about the kind of tips that the program includes check out “Quickest Way to Lose Weight”, my e-book for Amazon Kindle. [If you want to learn how I got the book into the Top 5 on Amazon with my super snazzy ninja SEO tactics, then check out my new company website here…] Work smarter than you do HARD, AB http://menover30easyweightloss.com/ http://slackernation.com http://thesilvertongue.org http://seodominoes.com If you liked this post, sign up for the newsletter...Become a Member of the Slacker Nation I have been holding this in for a while now. I want to share something that really PISSED ME OFF! It has to do with Quick Weight-Loss Centers, which have popped up all over the place. They seem like they are doing really well, and this is probably due to their business model (more on that coming). Now, I don’t know what you have heard about them, but read on because I am going to share the EXACT WORDS of one of their managers. First off, I’m not some disgruntled employee or jaded customer. I just philosophically disagree with everything this company represents. As you should know by now, I am all about helping people lose weight and get healthy; that’s the great part about this industry – HELPING PEOPLE. However, there is a DARK SIDE to the fitness and weight-loss industry. And when sharks smell blood in the water, well…you know the rest. The blood in the water is the fact that AMERICA IS FAT and people are desperate to change their situation. The sharks are supplement companies, weight-loss consultants, and everyone else trying to get a piece of the FLOATING CARCASS. Some of them might be out to help you, but the majority seem like they are all about BLEEDING YOU DRY, whether you get a result or not. So, I had just moved to Florida and was looking for a new job. You may have noticed that the American economy is dying a slow death. Or maybe you didn’t because the mainstream media refuses to report the truth, which is that we are in the middle of another GREAT DEPRESSION. That’s a whole other issue though. Given my past history with the Vitamin Shoppe, Livestrong.com, and my own personal obsession with nutrition and training, I was happy to take an interview with my local Quick Weight-Loss Center. They were advertising a “MANAGEMENT POSITION”, which is about where I am in life. Okay, time to iron my shoes and shine my pants! It had been a while since I went to a job interview. I figured it out. Man, were they busy! My first interview, it took them over an hour to see me. Not to interview me, mind you, I waited an hour. In retrospect, I’m not sure why I waited. I’m a pretty patient dude most of the time, so I grinded it out and had a good first interview with a very friendly lady. On to the next interview… This time, the manager with whom I was supposed to meet never showed up. I was told I would have a surrogate interviewer. Okay, rolling with the punches. WHAT A RAY OF SUNSHINE this broad was. I will present what followed in the form of a CHECKLIST. These are things that every hiring profession should do to make sure to completely alienate, frustrate, and scare off every prospective candidate. HOW TO SCARE OFF A POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE 1. She told me that the position was not in fact a Management role, but an $8 per hour “Consultant” position. I should have left then, but I had to stay because I had a feeling this was gonna get good. I played along with the farce. (BONUS – if I worked REALLY HARD – see #2-3 - I could make 3% commission and someday be a manager. Some day. Maybe) 2. Employees were discouraged from ever taking vacations. In fact, she had not been on vacation, taken off, or had a sick day in 2-3 years. 3. The hours were something like 7AM to 7PM and sometimes employees wouldn’t knock off till 8 or 9. 4. I was asked if I would be comfortable trying to persuade potential customers to pay $3,000 dollars upfront for weight-loss counseling services. (There’s more) 5. She went on to explain that the PRICE they charge really doesn’t matter. The high barrier to entry only ensured they would have BIG SPENDER clients who are committed to dropping huge sums of money. And when they have already paid you their mortgage, they would truly be committed to anything you gave them. 6. This she told me right after I had explained how I wrote a fitness e-book that I thought was very helpful to people trying to lose weight on a budget. She continued by asking if MORALLY I would be okay with selling a clearly overpriced product. Lying through my teeth, I agreed just to see how much further the rabbit hole would go. 7. Oh yeah and MANDATORY SATURDAYS for all non-management employees. I left that interview feeling like I had wandered into an episode of the TWILIGHT ZONE. Of course I would never speak to them again, but I was left wondering something… Who would take that job? The economy must be much worse than I thought. Moreover, anyone passionate about helping people lose weight could not be a part of that…whatever that is. The best word I can think of is EXPLOITATION. You smell blood in the water, so you round up your buddies and attack. Is it worth the $3,000 to finally lose the excess weight and get healthy? Probably in the long-term it would be. But who has that kind of money just sitting around right now in this terrible economy? Most likely not you; so they don’t care about you. They’re not interested in helping POOR PEOPLE (aka the new "middle class"), who arguably need the most help of all. Not to mention that you have to buy HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS worth of their supplements to go through the program. Upsells at every corner and lab coats – the $8 an hour “CONSULTANTS” are forced to wear lab coats! Can you think of a more humiliating experience? Those lab coats might as well be full-body condoms because if you try to sell me a $3,000 product – with your desperate $8/hr bloodshot eyes – I’m going to call you a DICK! I only hope they treat their customers better than their employees. I’ll say it again. Weight-loss is not EXPENSIVE. Weight-loss is not HARD. Weight-loss is about INFORMATION. If you have it, you can get results. If you don’t have it you may never see any progress no matter what you do. That’s reality. And sharks like QWLC know that you’re desperate, so they’re happy to bleed one more sucker of his or her hard-earned money. I’m not “just sayin’” it. I said it. It’s exploitation and fraud. Period. Slack on, AB If you enjoyed this post, sign up to get Slacker Nation updates!!!Become an honorary MEMBER of the Slacker Nation!!!
Dear Slackers: Really quick post today. Just wanted to mention a SUPER COOL and convenient gift I received from a friend (you know who you are). It's a shaker bottle that stores vitamins and/or powder and allows you to take your protein shakes on-the-go. I recommend that anyone who is serious about weight-loss keep a few shaker bottles around. If you're running out the door or late for work, you can always throw a scoop of whey protein into it. Take it with when you go and you can easily find some water at a gas station, water fountain or mud puddle, as a last resort. Just shake and sip for a convenient snack to stay on track. This particular shaker makes the perfect workout companion. If you're like me you have specific supplements you want to take before, during, and after your workout. I will get to those in a moment. However, you do not necessarily want them all mixed together. This shaker allows you to keep some powder in a compartment in the bottom, store your pills in another compartment, and drink from the bottle as you go. For me it means carrying one less thing to the gym and not having to worry about looking like a lunatic with all my little pill bags, which I frequently lose or forget about. For protein shakes, you could even keep a couple of extra scoops in the bottom compartment just in case. Here's exactly how I use my new shaker and what goes into it: Pre-workout: 1 Emergen'C Acai packet, 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar, 1 tbsp honey, 2 scoops USP Labs Jack3d, 1 tbsp BCAA (branched chain amino acids), and 1/2 tsp taurine. (If you want to keep it simple, just go with the Jack3d and the Emergen'C) *I sip this 30 minutes before the workout and continue drinking and adding water throughout my training session. *Once I finish, I can twist open the bottom compartment to mix in the post-workout concoction. I dump it in with the rest of the pre/intra-workout mix, add some water, shake, and drink on the treadmill. *I have been craving candy, so I cut some carbs out of my post shake and replaced them with SUGARY fruit snacks. You can do this too, just make sure to avoid anything with "high-fructose corn syrup" or "corn sugar" (as they have now fraudulently taken to calling it) YES, YOU CAN HAVE CANDY EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE IF YOU WANT AND STILL LOSE TONS OF WEIGHT!!! IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TIMING!!! Post-workout: 1 scoop Pure Bulk 90% whey protein (30g), 1 tbsp Gatorade powder mix (4 if you skip the candy), 1 tsp creatine gluconate (5 grams), and 1/2 tsp beta-alanine. Pills: As soon as I finish training, I pull out the two pills stored in the vitamin compartment, on top of the shaker, and swallow them. These are not required; they are just what I am taking right now. They are: 1. USP Labs Anabolic Pump - helps drive carbs into muscle cells without storing body fat. 2. Beta glucan - excellent immune supplement (training can weaken your immune system) *Pure Bulk.com - I order the creatine, BCAA, beta-alanine, taurine, and unflavored whey protein from this site. It's super cheap. Spend $50 once and it will last you for months and months! *Gatorade - I just pick up the huge can of powder at the grocery store for like $10 and it lasts forever. Post-workout your body is a lot like the Delorean at the end of "Back to the Future" - you can fuel it with any garbage you want. Sugar is best; but stay away from the artificial franken-sugars like HFCS! *If you want to keep your post-workout formula simple-stupid, yet super effective, without becoming a mad scientist like me...just buy the MHP product Dark Matter and use that instead. It's expensive, but it works and tastes great! So, pick up one of these ingenious shakers and use my exact pre and post-workout formulas to get faster results than ever with minimal effort. Remember to work smarter than you do hard! Slack on, AB PS: In case you are wondering, women should absolutely use the exact same formula after they finish their resistance-training workout. If you enjoyed this post, sign up for free Slacker Nation updates below!!! |  AuthorSlacker King. Follow me and achieve easy weight-loss. ArchivesMay 2012 CategoriesAll |
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