Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Feb 3, 2012, 6:11 pm
In this final part of the series on ‘how to pull a monstrous amount of weight off the floor while giving gravity the middle finger’, we will explore the following: Some alternate exercises that you’ve probably never tried, but will have a nice carry-over to your deadlifts.Variations of the dea...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Jan 26, 2012, 2:18 pm
In the first part of this series, we went over frequency and all the little ways you could manipulate the shit out of it to your advantage. But not in the same way you would manipulate the opposite sex, of course. In this next instalment, I’m going to take you through the most effective technique ...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Jan 24, 2012, 2:08 pm
This is a question I’ve been getting a lot lately, and I’m going to start this off by stating that although I’m quite beastly, I am not the best deadlifter ever. Nor do I claim to be. However it wouldn’t shock me if I am, pound for pound, one of the strongest within my general vicinity. And ...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Jan 11, 2012, 6:22 am
/start rant Some say they are a myth. Others have claimed they exist, but only in small numbers. But the truth is, there is probably one in the very gym you call your second home. In fact in every gym around the world, they exist. The bad ass walking, imaginative lat syndrome strutting, bosu ball s...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Jan 7, 2012, 7:44 am
Product Name: Knockout Abs MSRP: $60 Availability: High If there’s one thing that “As Seen On TV” products do well, its overhype and under-deliver. I mean it’s become a running joke in our generation that late night infomercials can be death to your wallet, and that’s what gets me. People...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Dec 1, 2011, 2:21 pm
So I started out asking myself a very specific question, “What makes one trainer, more successful than another?” Because see, in my head I have a list of guys and gals whom I consider to be legit. As in, I wouldn’t think twice about recommending them to my own mother – and she’s one intens...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Nov 25, 2011, 2:23 am
Product Name: Mass Suit Company: Juke Performance Inc. MSRP: $299.95 Availability: Low (From company only as far as I can tell) In the pursuit to become strong, fast and athletic, we humans have come up with some pretty radical solutions to add resistance and make training increasingly challenging....
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Nov 16, 2011, 12:39 pm
What I have below is a little collaboration post between me and an obnoxiously nice lady named Carol. You all know the deal with guest posts… I rarely do them. But her title grabbed my behind and wouldn’t let go, so I figured, “ why not work with this one?” And since I’m not a HUGE biker, ...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Oct 13, 2011, 3:00 am
Do you get bored of tracking your workouts on the regular? Well good news, now there’s Fitocracy! It’s a fitness game that rewards your ungrateful ass for doing a proper, sweat-busting workout. You can level up, get points, unlock achievements, conquer challenges and all the nerdy things you can...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Oct 11, 2011, 1:03 pm
Machines have a well deserved, shitty reputation from many top strength coaches and personal trainers who generally know what it is they are doing. Personally, I haven’t bothered to touch 80% of the mechanical equipment in my gym. When friends ask me to show them how X, Y, Z machine works, my gene...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Oct 7, 2011, 5:16 am
There is a well known quote that reads, “add life to your years, not years to your life” – and it always bugs the hell outta me. Why wouldn’t you want to do both? You want to know the consequence of just adding life to your years? An unfortunate death at 56, but worth hundreds of billions of...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Oct 6, 2011, 4:59 am
Product Name: Core Trainer Company: Dynamax Pro MSRP: $299.99 Availability: Medium (Website & Some retailers) Fitness gadgets will come and go, but their insanity will only increase as time passes (and as people get fatter). The ShakeWeight™ currently holds the crown for the most absurdly popular...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Oct 5, 2011, 5:43 am
Since my last doodle got some attention, I figured it was time to create one that was truly epic. I wanted to give homage to some of the trainers in this niche that have in some way shape or form, influenced what I do. You see, I pump out awesome content not because of me alone. In fact, no trainer ...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Oct 5, 2011, 3:49 am
You know what pisses me off? Short term thinking. You know what excites me in my pants? Short term gain. Now there are two types of people in the world; those that understand exactly what I mean, and those that are so confused, they want to rid themselves of such confusion with a jelly donut. For th...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Oct 3, 2011, 5:06 pm
Product Name: Body Rush Company: Force Factor MSRP: $64.99 Availability: High (Most supplement stores & Online retailers) Servings: 15 ($4.3/serving) It seems that pre-workout supplements are slowly getting divided into two categories (other than bullshit and legit ones). The first category is fill...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Sep 26, 2011, 7:07 pm
I’d like to say that most people are relatively self aware when it comes to their physical appearance. As in, they know whether they’re out of shape and need some work. What lies below is a little visual help for those that aren’t in tune with reality. Or for those that just want a laugh bec...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Sep 20, 2011, 2:01 pm
There are people out there, who take a lifetime to accomplish something meaningful and relevant. They hone their art, spend time in the trenches and eventually achieve mastery in their respective fields. The problem is, by the time they do, they’re old and gray and approaching their dying days. N...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Sep 3, 2011, 1:00 pm
Whether you want to admit it or not, achieving goals is an art. It takes practice, repetition and constant effort to get good at aiming for a target, then hitting it with ridiculous precision. Those that are good at achieving goals probably have their own system which they’ve developed over the ye...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Aug 30, 2011, 5:03 am
Product Name: CreMagnaVol Company: Allmax Nutrition MSRP: $59.99 Servings: 60 ($1 per serving) It doesn’t matter how many forms of creatine come and go, the original kid on the block (monohydrate) has been proven, time and time again, to be the best performing while also being the most cost effec...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Aug 17, 2011, 5:37 am
Whether you’re male or female (I assume mostly male), the fact that you’re reading this means you’re having a hard time putting on weight. And the only reason you’re having trouble with that, is because you’re not eating enough, plain and simple. No, don’t tell me you’ve tried eating ...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Aug 12, 2011, 8:17 am
Here’s a little blast form the past – when people used to ask me why I’m such a Jerk, my standard response was “because I can be.” It’s not that I didn’t have a more elaborate answer, it’s just that I didn’t feel like answering. See I’m a doer, which means I’d rather buckle dow...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Aug 11, 2011, 2:53 am
Let me ask you something, have you ever visited PubMed or an equally nerdy site in an effort to look up promising research only to find that the language used flew way past over your head? Well, you’re not alone. Just reading some of the abstracts on fitness studies will leave you clueless, helple...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Aug 9, 2011, 2:07 am
It was a sunny summer day in 2003 when I left work and walked to my local Planet Fitness. I was an aspiring muscle builder with big hopes and big dreams, and this gym was cheap. What more could you ask for? It was chest day and I was quite anxious to get back in the gym because they had done some re...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Aug 8, 2011, 9:54 pm
So, you’re a fitness professional/trainer (or self proclaimed “guru”) and are tired of whoring yourself to the current king and queen of social media – Facebook and Twitter. What to do? Switch to LinkedIn? Don’t be stupid, that’s just a MySpace for resumes. Not to mention that you’ll g...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Jul 20, 2011, 3:28 am
One thing that sucks about the fitness industry is that most trainers, or “preachers” lack a sense of humour and literally bore me to tears. If you read their stupid blogs and websites, you almost get this sense that if you asked them to have fun… they’d give you a confused look. “Hmm… �...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Jul 15, 2011, 6:43 pm
Product Name: Razor 8 Blast Powder Company: Allmax Nutrition MSRP: $44.99 Servings: 40 ($1.12 per serving) I’ve got in my hands a new pre-workout supplement that I put to the test. By now, you know the deal with these products – they are stuffed full of stimulants to give you a kick in the ass ...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Jul 15, 2011, 3:34 am
Dear Out Of Shape Loser, You should be ashamed of yourself. Why? Because you’re a disgrace to the unlimited potential of the human body, that’s why! Anyone who repeatedly struggles to get in great, head-snapping shape should be completely ashamed of themselves. These are the people who take ...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Jul 13, 2011, 2:51 pm
“You must spend a lot of time in the gym” “How Many Hours a Day Should I Workout?” These are just SOME of the comments/questions that “grind my gears” when I hear them. This is simply due to the fact that people are being misinformed with all the bullshit that all of these so called �...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Jul 9, 2011, 3:11 pm
Let’s face it, everyone wants great arms; men want them jacked and women want them lean and defined… or “toned” as they call it. While having sexy arms is a common goal, the way most go about achieving this goal is completely retarded. Great biceps aren’t just built off of thousands of con...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Jul 2, 2011, 4:33 pm
I’ve always known that using super-sets in a workout is the most efficient way to get extremely lean in the shortest amount of time possible – It’s why I give away the 3 week workout plan in the HeadStart fitness report (Hint: I don’t do shit without a reason.) If there was ever a “magic p...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Jul 1, 2011, 2:30 pm
Last week I decided to write a fun little article on how guys can use fitness to get laid, and unleashed it upon the world. It was an instant shit-stirrer and got plenty of responses from readers! There was much email love and hate flowing my way, but one particular type of email really caught my ey...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Jun 27, 2011, 12:18 pm
Tech industry experts and nerds with high pitched voices are saying that we are going through the “internet tech bubble 2.0” – and to some extent, I agree with  them. Just look at the recent insane valuation of $4 Billion as LinkedIn went public. Then there was the ability for Keas (a weak st...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Jun 21, 2011, 12:52 pm
Let me be brutally honest for a second… a single guy, who hits up the gym regularly and is in decent shape doesn’t do it for personal satisfaction and all that other feel good bullshit. Maybe slightly, but 90% of his motivation comes from the idea of attracting the opposite sex with his well def...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Jun 15, 2011, 1:57 am
As most of my avid readers are aware, I’m a huge fan of trainers who practice what they preach. Chubby dorks that mumble about fat loss is something I just cannot stand. So when I saw a 122lbs woman deadlift 300lbs (a national record) I just knew I had to get in touch with her and pick her brain f...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Jun 8, 2011, 2:43 pm
When it comes to entertainment, I want you to think really hard for a second and guess which medium has made the biggest leap in terms technology, value, fun, stick ratio, growth and profitability. If you guessed music, you’re a tool. If you guessed movies, you’re an idiot. However, if you guess...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - May 20, 2011, 3:59 pm
There will inevitably come a time where you are reading one of my posts, which was randomly carefully thrown together and will be confused by a certain acronym or word. This will make you scratch your head and head off to Google, interrupting your ever important reading experience on my site. I cann...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - May 19, 2011, 4:17 pm
Let’s face it, most people are weak as shit. They couldn’t manage their own body weight if their life (literally) depended on it, and that’s rather sad. The young generation has become so weak these days, that strength trainers (and trainees) have started to adopt a term known as OMS (Old Man ...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - May 13, 2011, 2:12 pm
Product Name: Mind Boost Company: Mastermind Supplements MSRP: $39.95 Availability: Med (Online & Some Stores) Servings: 30 ($1.3 per serving) Are you the type of person that parties hard, then wakes up the next morning beside a warpig and wonders, “how the hell did I end up with that!” Or do y...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Apr 30, 2011, 10:07 am
When it comes to training your core, there are usually two schools of thought; one group says direct ab work is un-necessary because big compound lifts demand enough from your core muscles while the other insists it’s totally necessary to boost performance. Both have valid points and arguments and...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Apr 24, 2011, 3:43 pm
Everyone knows that the right tool for the right job makes all the difference. It could mean the difference between a 10 minute task versus a half-hour project, or a quality piece of work versus a shoddy piece of garbage. And just like physical tools, the right mental state for the right task will m...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Apr 3, 2011, 9:34 am
There are not many people on this planet that manage to “catch my eye” and intrigue me to the point where I go out of my way to pick their brains – mainly because I’m the one that’s causing all the eyes to go gaga. However, Lily happens to be one of those people that not only managed to gr...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Apr 2, 2011, 3:36 am
While my main goal has always been to kick people’s ass into shape and sexify this lard infested world, I do have an optional goal which I’m pursuing. A side quest, if you will. Something that branches off on a tangent but is still very related to what I want to accomplish – and that is to cha...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Mar 16, 2011, 6:34 am
The fitness industry gives me a conflicting feeling; on one hand, I’m constantly amazed at how much knowledge we’ve accumulated as a species over the years when it comes to strength, weight loss, hypertrophy etc. But then at other times I see how much we have left to learn and all I can think is...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Mar 9, 2011, 4:06 am
Let me be honest, about a year ago I would’ve never imagined in my wildest dreams that I would write an article rocking such an absurd title. While people use supplements and flock to their nearest GNC for the latest greatest magic in a bottle, deep down they know the supplement industry is comple...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Feb 28, 2011, 12:00 pm
Having done countless product reviews, my email is always bombarded by offers from company reps saying “Hey, try our shit and write something awesome about it. Pretty please!” And while it’s fun to see what they are offering, half the time I turn ‘em down because the product just isn’t exc...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Feb 24, 2011, 2:34 pm
In the fitness world, the term “bro” is bestowed upon a dude who usually has no idea what the fuck he’s talking about. Whether you’re a man or a woman, if you’ve hunted around for fitness advice, chances are you’ve come across a “bro”. I used to meddle in broness… but then I took u...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Feb 17, 2011, 1:50 am
Alright, so if you’re a wire frame nerd boy that is looking to put on some pounds, let me just say that almost anything will work. As long as you’re lifting something heavy that isn’t attached to some retarded machine and are eating a decent amount or protein, you’ll grow. This is why I neve...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Feb 15, 2011, 7:24 pm
Product Name: EatSmart Bathroom Scale Company: Health Tools LLC MSRP: $28.95 Warranty: 2 Years I’ve often said that if you aren’t tracking your progress, you’re aiming in the dark. When people aim in the dark, they end up shooting themselves in the foot. Constantly. Repeatedly. It’s actuall...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Feb 1, 2011, 6:44 pm
Yes I know, this is a sensitive topic… so I figured it would be fitting for my harsh words to tackle it. My fellow men, I know exactly where you’re coming from. I feel you. When you see your woman lose her goddess like figure right in front of your eyes, you feel helpless. You feel like you need...
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Fit J. posted an article on Fit Jerk's Flawless Fitness Blog - Jan 31, 2011, 4:15 am
If you’re reading this then I’m going to assume you know what Polyphasic Sleeping is, and just need to figure out how to implement it into your life while minimizing the zombie-like feeling that you have to suffer through. This sleeping method (along with it’s many permutations) has been aroun...
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