<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Fit Jerk&#039;s Flawless Fitness Blog &#187; Train</title> <atom:link href="http://flawlessfitnessbook.com/blog/tag/train/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://flawlessfitnessbook.com/blog</link> <description>&#34;Probably the most useful blog you had the intelligence to find&#34; - Fit Jerk</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:22:40 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Training Your Speed And Quickness&#8230;</title><link>http://flawlessfitnessbook.com/blog/training-your-speed-and-quickness/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=training-your-speed-and-quickness</link> <comments>http://flawlessfitnessbook.com/blog/training-your-speed-and-quickness/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:15:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Fit Jerk</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[All Workouts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Become Strong]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Good Shape]]></category> <category><![CDATA[High Quality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lame Ass]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Martial Artists]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pfft]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quality Standards]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reflexes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scratch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sloth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Speed And Quickness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Speed Training]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Train]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Truth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Useless Junk]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://flawlessfitnessbook.com/blog/?p=812</guid> <description><![CDATA[So here&#8217;s something *cough* surprising&#8230; I&#8217;ve noticed that there some seriously SLOW mofos roaming around out there, wondering, if they&#8217;ll ever be able to move as fast as moi! Now I&#8217;m not referring to the obese balls of lard that have trouble wiping their own ass. No. I&#8217;m talking about people who are generally in [...]<br /><div><img src="http://flawlessfitnessbook.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0.0" /></div><div>Rating: 0.0/<strong>5</strong> (0 votes cast)</div><br />]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So here&#8217;s something *cough* surprising&#8230; I&#8217;ve noticed that there some seriously SLOW mofos roaming around out there, wondering, if they&#8217;ll ever be able to move as fast as moi! Now I&#8217;m not referring to the obese balls of lard that have trouble wiping their own ass. No. I&#8217;m talking about people who are generally in good shape but lack any sort of explosive power and  have reflexes that could be bested by a sloth. But the good news is this&#8230; believe it or not you CAN train to improve your reaction times, overall quickness and muscle dexterity. All it takes is the proper know-how and the right type of training.</p><p>If you&#8217;ve been following this blog, you probably read about the under-dog supplement that I stumbled upon called <a href="http://flawlessfitnessbook.com/blog/musclespeed-supplement-reivew-from-accelerative-nutraceuticals/" target="_blank">MuscleSpeed</a>. It was meant to address the very need I mentioned, but it can only take you so far. A supplement is just that&#8230; It&#8217;s mean to SUPPLEMENT a proper training routine or system. So to fill this void, I have created a SPEED TRAINING report that contains 8 techniques, or exercises if you will, that if practiced&#8230; Will improve your overall quickness in ANY sport. Now I&#8217;ve targeted it more for Martial Artists and MMA fighters, but truth be told, every technique is scalable for your sport.</p><p>Also, true to FJ style, this isn&#8217;t some lame ass PLR report. It&#8217;s written from scratch by yours truly and you can be sure it lives up to my ridiculously high quality standards. I tested a BUNCH of different techniques by putting them to the test for a minimum of 5 days&#8230; And only the ones that noticeably improved performance made it into the final report. The useless junk was filtered out. During the research process, I&#8217;m actually embarrassed at some of the exercises I tried in the name of becoming speedy. Pfft&#8230; Oh well.</p><p>&#8220;So where is this report?&#8221; You ask? Well it hasn&#8217;t been released it. But it will&#8230; Real soon (hence why I&#8217;ve been too busy to post articles). If you want this report when I publish it, make sure you&#8217;re a Bronze member so you can download it as soon as it goes up (Remember, sign up is FREE). In the mean time, I&#8217;ve extracted one of the 8 techniques from the report so you can start your training. I call it:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Dodgeball&#8230;</strong></p><p>If you can dodge a ball, you can dodge a punch. For those that watched the movie Dodgeball, the first line might have made you chuckle, but the fact of the matter is&#8230; unlike the movie, my statement is actually true. You&#8217;ll need two things to practice this technique: A friend and a set of tennis balls. Optionally you might want to wear a face shield or mask (but that&#8217;s for pussies), and also&#8230; a friend who can actually AIM is a big plus here.</p><p>The set up here is again, very simple. Give your friend 4-5 tennis balls and tell him/her to stand about 2 meters (6 feet) from you. You might want them to stand at 3 meters (9 feet) if you want to start at a &#8220;beginner&#8221; stage. Whatever, it&#8217;s all good. One day you&#8217;ll be awesome, I believe in you.</p><p>Now stand with your back against a wall in your fighting position. I think you can see where I&#8217;m going with this&#8230;</p><p>Tell your friend to do an over-hand toss and with the intention of hitting you square in the face. Your job is to dodge/weave the tennis balls. You can also use your hands to perry/block them as they come near your face. The beauty of this technique is that is VERY scalable.</p><p>You can practice with hands by your side, forcing you to dodge without blocking. You can tell your friend to start throwing them faster and whipping them at you. You can tell your friend to speed up the timing between each ball&#8230; since rapid fire punches have a high chance of occurring in a tournament or even in a street fight.</p><p>You can tell your friend to come closer to make things challenging, or you can even try and punch the tennis balls as they come flying towards you. Mix and match the different elements to fit your style.</p><p>When I teach Karate, I tend to use bean bags because they don&#8217;t go bouncing off everywhere and come in funky rainbow colors. This makes it easier for the students since they can see em&#8217; clearly. And after about a month of training, there is no mercy.</p><p>I full out whip it at them, and fully expect them to dodge it. Most of the time they do. There are always those odd, yet hilarious moments where some of them catch a bean bag in the face&#8230; all in a day&#8217;s training I guess. As my Sensei used to say: &#8220;Cry in the dojo, but laugh on the battlefield&#8221;. I&#8217;m pretty sure he got that from somewhere else.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Release Date</strong></p><p>Here&#8217;s how this Speed Training Report will be released: My book holders will get priority access to it first. If you own my book check your inbox real soon. There will be a surprise waiting for you. After this, I will be making a post on here for the Bronze members that points to the download link. This release date is slated for Tuesday July 14th.</p><p>Here&#8217;s To Being Quick &amp; Speedy For Life!</p><p>-Fit Jerk</p><p style='text-align:left'>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</br><i>&copy; 2009 &#8211; 2012, By <i><b>FitJerk</b></i>. <i>FitJerk.com is a division of <a href="http://www.flawlessfitnessmedia.com" target="_blank">Flawless Fitness Media</a> &#8211; All Rights Reserved &#8211; No part of this post is to be republished without author consent under any forms of media (including print, internet, video or audio transcription). Doing so is a violation against copyright law and should be punishable by a punch to the face. All images are copyright of their respective owners.</i></p><p><i> Only <b>LOSERS</b> have nothing to say or discuss. Put your thoughts, comments or general rants in the comment section below. <b>FJ does not use censorship</b> but obvious racial slurs and over-the-top stupidity will be deleted.</i></i></p> <br /><div><img src="http://flawlessfitnessbook.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0.0" /></div><div>Rating: 0.0/<strong>5</strong> (0 votes cast)</div><br />]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://flawlessfitnessbook.com/blog/training-your-speed-and-quickness/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Build Self Confidence In Mere Weeks! The Newbie Self Conscious Drill</title><link>http://flawlessfitnessbook.com/blog/build-self-confidence-in-mere-weeks-the-newbie-self-conscious-drill/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=build-self-confidence-in-mere-weeks-the-newbie-self-conscious-drill</link> <comments>http://flawlessfitnessbook.com/blog/build-self-confidence-in-mere-weeks-the-newbie-self-conscious-drill/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 20:41:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Fit Jerk</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Motivation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Good Friend]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gym Buddy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Half The Time]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harsh Words]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lack Of Confidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Many People]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mirror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Muscle Group]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ok Shape]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Self Confidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sweat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tangent]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Traffic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Train]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Workout]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://flawlessfitnessbook.com/blog/?p=656</guid> <description><![CDATA[So this article spawned as a tangent from reading a post on my good friend Jody&#8217;s blog. Here&#8217;s that post: http://truth2beingfit.com/2009/05/27/more-selfworth&#8211;other-stuff.aspx It is quite clear to me that many people are lacking some serious self confidence while working out. Now the obvious argument is that they are in the gym to improve how they look [...]<br /><div><img src="http://flawlessfitnessbook.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=5.0" /></div><div>Rating: 5.0/<strong>5</strong> (1 vote cast)</div><br />]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So this article spawned as a tangent from reading a post on my good friend Jody&#8217;s blog. Here&#8217;s that post: <a href="http://truth2beingfit.com/2009/05/27/more-selfworth--other-stuff.aspx" target="_blank">http://truth2beingfit.com/2009/05/27/more-selfworth&#8211;other-stuff.aspx</a><br /> It is quite clear to me that many people are lacking some serious self confidence while working out. Now the obvious argument is that they are in the gym to improve how they look &#8211; which will result in a more confident person. Ok, that only works half the time. MOST of the time the lack of confidence is mental. I&#8217;ve seen guys who are absolutely RIPPED and yet they still see flaws with themselves when they look in the mirror.</p><p>On the contrary, I see guys that are in OK shape who believe that they are the shit! This is no accident people, it is very clear that true confidence comes from the inside. I don&#8217;t give a rat&#8217;s ass what you look like right now&#8230; If you can&#8217;t love your body at this very moment, not only will you give up and/or quit, but you will be intimidated in the gym and become stressed from the harsh words that people might say. You will not enjoy the process of transforming your body.</p><p>So to combat this I have something I like to call the newbie self-conscious drill. If you train with me personally I&#8217;ll make you do it, but it&#8217;s better to do it on your own or along side a gym buddy.</p><p>For the next 30 days, after you finish every workout, find a mirror that is located in a spot where there is a lot of traffic. This could be in the change room or in the gym itself, it doesn&#8217;t matter WHERE it is, as long as it&#8217;s somewhere important. Then for 30 seconds to a minute you just stand there and admire yourself. Flex the muscle group you just worked, pose at an angle that makes you look hot, do a dance, stare at the shiny glaze of sweat over your body. Do what ever it takes&#8230; The point is to find things to love about yourself while dis-regarding what others around you think.</p><p>&#8220;&#8230;But FJ, what if someone says something mean or comments on what I&#8217;m doing? I&#8217;ll feel like such a dork!&#8221;</p><p>.. STFU! That&#8217;s the whole point numnuts! If someone gives you crap, throw it back in their face. NOBODY is perfect. If they say something stupid about how your arms are too big, tell them their ass needs more work. Or better yet, just laugh and IGNORE them.</p><p>At 6% body fat, it is no secret that the veins in my arms POP when I work my biceps. After this I look in the mirror and do a little flex. A chubster once said to me: &#8220;Dude&#8230; Holy shit, are you on juice? There&#8217;s like no way you can get that ripped naturally!&#8221;</p><p>What did FJ do? I simply said: &#8220;Don&#8217;t be jealous homie, I&#8217;m all natural!&#8221;</p><p>Eventually, not only will you learn to love who you are, you will get excited as the body that you&#8217;re trapped in starts to change and take better shape. You will grow a thicker psychological skin, and people will start to show you some respect. If you can deal with douchebags that poke fun at you before you started your body transforming journey, imagine what you can put up with once you reach your goals?! You can deal with ANYTHING.</p><p>This type of training goes wayyy beyond helping you become more confident in the gym, it spills over into every area of your friggin&#8217; life, so do with it what you will. Cheers!</p><p>To Being Fit &amp; Sexy 4 Life</p><p>- Fit Jerk</p><p>P.S- Oh and I&#8217;m not gona sit here and say I haven&#8217;t poked fun at anyone. Are you kidding me? Of course I have, but I&#8217;ve noticed that some people just truly don&#8217;t give a sh*t, and their confidence just BARRELS through. When this happens I&#8217;m always taken back, and frankly quite impressed. How many girls/guys do you know (that are in less than ideal shape) who are so in love with themselves that you wonder, or sometimes WISH you could have an ounce of their confidence? Trust me, this is where YOU want to be. It&#8217;s not being delusional, it&#8217;s being real!</p><p>&#8211;</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flawlessfitnessbook.com" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" src="http://flawlessfitnessbook.com/images/banner_longadd.jpg" alt="fitness book banner" width="379" height="49" /></a></p><p style='text-align:left'>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</br><i>&copy; 2009, By <i><b>FitJerk</b></i>. <i>FitJerk.com is a division of <a href="http://www.flawlessfitnessmedia.com" target="_blank">Flawless Fitness Media</a> &#8211; All Rights Reserved &#8211; No part of this post is to be republished without author consent under any forms of media (including print, internet, video or audio transcription). Doing so is a violation against copyright law and should be punishable by a punch to the face. All images are copyright of their respective owners.</i></p><p><i> Only <b>LOSERS</b> have nothing to say or discuss. Put your thoughts, comments or general rants in the comment section below. <b>FJ does not use censorship</b> but obvious racial slurs and over-the-top stupidity will be deleted.</i></i></p> <br /><div><img src="http://flawlessfitnessbook.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=5.0" /></div><div>Rating: 5.0/<strong>5</strong> (1 vote cast)</div><br />]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://flawlessfitnessbook.com/blog/build-self-confidence-in-mere-weeks-the-newbie-self-conscious-drill/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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