Pay It Forward

Jedd Johnson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:07:13 +0000

I was thinking the other night about how really lucky I am.

I know, I know, I’m getting soft in my old age. Well, I’ve got a little secret for you. I’ve always been just a big softy. Despite how dynamic, agile and cool I might seem (that is sarcasm ).

Something you might not know about me is that I grew up on a farm and never really had anything. I worked hard everyday and got up early to feed horses, cows, chickens and a host of other animals before school. During the summer I had three jobs and always wanted what the other kids had.

But I always seemed not to be able to get it. It wasn’t really the material things, it was really the feeling of fitting in.

As I look back at that skinny kid always working real hard at school and trying to fit in, I just smile. Because I know why, even today, I work my ass off for everything I have.

In fact, you guys might not know this but it is pretty common for me to be up to midnight or even 1am working on video editing, blog posts, articles and everything else.

At this point in my life I wanted to reflect on how really, truly lucky I am. I have an amazing wife, beautiful kids and awesome friends.

“Good things come to those who wait!” – NO! Good things come to those who work their ass off everyday and relentlessly drive toward their goals with a purpose and desire that no one can deter. That is how I feel. I would not have gotten to where I am without this work ethic.

I hope that if there is something you want or a goal you have, you are working hard to achieve it because I know it is possible. I am living proof of it because I literally started with nothing.

What brought about this reflection? Well this month (I didn’t realize it until yesterday) I am in 3 major fitness publications.

Men’s Fitness
Muscle and Fitness
Inside Fitness Magazine

Has this ever happened before? A fitness author being published in 3 separate publications in the same month? The perfect storm!

I am so excited about the features and am humbled beyond words.

So, now you benefit! But there is a price to pay!

I am giving away 10 copies of my new DVD, not even on the market yet!

Why? Because I want to give back to you for all of your great support over the years.

But what is the price to pay, what do you have to do?

You Have To Pay It Forward.

I want you to go to your email right now and send 10 of your friends, family or anyone else you haven’t spoken to in a while or someone who has influenced your life, a note.

I want you to tell them:

How much they mean to you
How much they’ve helped you
Or tell them about that one time they influenced you to be better
Tell them why they are important to you.

At the bottom of this email, ask them to tell 10 of their friends, family or influences.

The first 10 people who do this and post a comment to this blog post will get a copy of my new DVD.

This is the honor system, so no cheating. If you post 5 minutes after the post is created I know you cheated. This will take some time and be honest. Don’t lie to get a free DVD. Be a man, do it for real and do it the right way.

Also, if you DON’T make the TOP 10, please send the 10 emails anyway. You know how good it feels when you get an email from someone thanking you, selflessly, for something you did for them. Give someone else that feeling!

Thank you all for all of your years of support.

Smitty

PS. If you want to know what I wrote about in the magazines, it was all built on the principles of AMD, the only complete muscle building system.

PPS. Here’s another cool training DVD I’ve sold to hundreds of coaches, athletes and strength enthusiasts all over the world – Combat Core DVD

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Zercher Squats and Huge Feedback!

Jedd Johnson — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:09:41 +0000

Heavy Zercher Squats

She must do zerchers!

In this video you see a glimpse of one of our lower body training days.

These are zercher squats; great for building insane overall strength. They can replace your primary movement for lower body day.

Potential Primary Lower Body Day Exercises:
Full Squats
Box Squats
Zercher Squat
Conventional Deadlifts
Sumo Deadlifts

We are using an Elite Fitness Giant EZ curl bar to ease the pressure on the biceps. If you don’t have this bar use a regular barbell with elbow sleeves.

Other Zercher options:
Sandbag Zercher Squats
Sandbag Zercher Step-ups
Barbell Zercher Lunges

Robert Dos Remedios

Talks about AMD

Dos is a renowned strength coach and is highly respected in the fitness community. As I always say, your work MUST stand up to scrutiny and your peers.

Here is some more AMD feedback I got in my inbox tonight.

“Smitty,
the AMD program is sick as are all Diesel products I own.

The Accelerated Corrective Strategies manual is worth the price alone.

This package is worth double or triple the price.

There is no one else in the performance industry that puts as much value as you guys do in your products…nobody.

…for that…Thanks!”

Jorge Carvajal