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Top 5 Celebrity Workouts – Celebs Building Muscle

Jedd Johnson — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:17:10 +0000

I’ve been noticing a bunch of celebrity pics around the internet showing them training, building muscle and killing pink weights and wearing ipod arm bands.

Here are my top 5 Fittest Celebrities.

HELP! I need your opinion, leave your top choices for fittest celebs and I will profile them in the next installment.

Matthew Mcconaughey

Matt is pretty ripped up and I always see him doing tons of bodyweight stuff. It is a testament to bodyweight training and good nutrition.

Now for some reason my wife loves Matthew, but I don’t see it? I mean, after EdTV I just couldn’t watch him again. Well, maybe that one movie with him and Goldie Hawn’s daughter, she’s hot. Plus, I’ve always thought his arms were a little too short and he reminded me of a velociraptor.

Lance Armstrong

What else can you say about Lance? Elite athlete, cancer survivor and just a type A personality. He does not do anything half way. He either wants to be the best at whatever he does or just be relentless trying to be the best.

Here is Lance killing some kettlebells. I wonder if he has the Diesel KB ebooks? I’m sure he does, remember I said he wants to be the best

Plus, he dated Goldie Hawn’s daughter!

Jessica Biel

Ah…do I need to say anything about Jessica. Dat chick is smoking with probably the best body in Hollywood. If there is a better body, leave a comment with your favorite. Lots of medicine ball work and full range bodyweight movements and light dumbbell work. I’ve also seen her hitting intervals and basic agility movements at the track.

Mike Tyson

Now when I say Mike Tyson, I’m talking about old Mike Tyson. The ferocious, “my defense is impregnable” Mike Tyson. You remember those old workouts of him in the thermal tops and bottoms, hitting the heavy bag so freaking hard and moving so explosively? I had never seen power like that before.

Ryan Reynolds

That dude was jacked in Blade 3, plus he’s married to Scarlett Johansson. Got’s to give him props. Now, he’s not as dreamy as Joe Jonas but I guess Scarlett settled anyway. From what I’ve read he did 100′s of crunches each workout. Now we all know that the abdominals are like any other muscle group and require progressive overload. 1000 crunches does not a six pack make – training plus good nutrition does. He also did body part training, ie. chest day, back day, arm day, etc. A more efficient use of his time would have been an upper / lower split as described in AMD. He even admitted by the time the movie was over he was sick of working out. That is what working out almost every day of the week does to you. With a high intensity upper / lower split you will have a better workout and not have to spend hours in the gym.

AMD Muscle Building Week Continues

Jedd Johnson — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:10:59 +0000

This just in from Pedro A. Morales

“Hey, Smitty, AMD Blew me away, I can’t believe how Massive it is! This is exactly what I needed to Study to take my game to the next Level, Thank you, Thank you bro! Totally blew away all expectations I had, awesome Program!!!”

From Jeff Moyer

“Jim,

I haven’t finished reading through all of the manuals but I must say that so far I love it! I really enjoy reading the science behind everything. I too am tired of programs that don’t explain anything and just give you exercises and there sets and reps. I love the fact that you have separate manuals for restoration and nutrition because I see too many strength programs and people who know nothing about these key things to helping there athletes. I tell my athletes all the time that you can lift all the weights you want but if you don’t take care of your body with proper nutrition and rest, you won’t tap your potential.

You did your homework!!! Great job! ”

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Jedd Johnson — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:52:34 +0000

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Iron Cross Banded Good Mornings

Jedd Johnson — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:01:50 +0000

Hey check this out. I was lucky enough to attend the Secrets of Strength Seminar down in NJ a few months ago. While I was there, I was talking with my boy Joe Defranco and was telling him about a modification for the banded goodmornings his athletes were doing.

I told Joe the goal of banded good mornings was not only to activate the posterior chain (glutes, hamstrings, erectors (isometrically)) while grooving a neutral position hip flexion/extension movement. I told Joe if we hope to engage the posterior we need to engage the upper back, including the lats, rhomboids and traps. Joe is a smart dude and he exactly what I was talking about as soon as I said it.

Band pull aparts are a great way to target this upper back musculature. So why not combine the two movements.

Here is Joe’s video giving me props and again providing his athlete’s with some innovative training means.

Thanks Joe!

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Foam Training – Innovative Training Solutions – Article and Video

Jedd Johnson — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:11:45 +0000

You’ve probably heard of using foam in the weightroom. Previously, you might have only thought of using it for resting your knee on, while your stretching your hip flexors.

Well, a recent talk with Mike Hanley of HanleyStrength.com changed that.

He told me that he had his clients marching on thick foam to help with their knee and hip problems. He said Louie Simmons had told him about it. How he has been using it for activation and rehab purposes.

It is also well recognized in the powerlifting community that foam can also be used on the box squat, and we will talk about this too, later in this article.

Now, this of course got me thinking about other uses of foam. I ordered a few blocks and started incorporating it into my program and the program of my clients.

Let’s look at a few different ways that you can incorporate foam into the weightroom.

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Quick Studies:

As you learned in the Chaos Manual:

Unstable foam surface = good rehab

Unstable foam surface = not good for power development

Studies from the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) confirm my publication:

“Instability resistance exercises induce high muscle activation of postural limb and trunk muscles. The increased activation has been attributed to the increased stabilization functions. Instability resistance training with its high muscle activation and lower external stress on joints could also be beneficial for general musculoskeletal health and certain types of rehabilitation.”

“Unstable conditions can lead to decreased force and power output, decreased range of motion and velocity. Furthermore ground based weight training exercises such as squats and dead lifts can provide equal or greater trunk activation than using instability devices. Another study has also reported that highly trained individuals do not experience greater trunk activation when performing exercises under light or moderately unstable conditions.”

“Since many of the benefits of instability devices can be achieved with high resistance involving ground based free weights, advanced resistance trained individuals may not need to emphasize this type of training in their strength and power training programs.”

“The benefits of instability resistance training may be more pronounced for those individuals pursuing primarily general health and rehabilitation benefits and not participating in training with free weights involving high loads.”

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1. Hand Walking

Taking the concept of activating the lower body with the foam, we can also activate the upper body.

Benefits of Hand Walking on Foam:

Activate the traps, rhomboids, serratus anterior, pectorals, shoulders
Vibrational training – reflexive/reactive motor unit activation, contraction and recruitment
Stability of the shoulder
Wrist, finger mobility

2. Marching

By marching on the foam, you will be activating and rehabbing the musculature of the lower body.

Benefits of Marching on Foam:

Activate the quads, gastrocs, soleus
Vibrational training – reflexive/reactive motor unit activation, contraction and recruitment
Stability of the knee
Mobility of the ankles and toes

3. Box Squat

Foam can be inserted on top of a conventional box squat box or platform.

Benefits of Foam on a Box Squat:

Breaks the eccentric / concentric chain
Enforces the need to contract harder and dynamically accelerate off the box and out of the hole
Helps novice lifters progress as they learn how to utilize box appropriately and not collapse onto the box

4. Ab Rolling on Foam

Foam can be placed under the support base for ab rolling.

Benefits of Ab Rolling on Foam:

Activate the rectus abdominus, hip flexors, internal / external obliques
Vibrational training – reflexive/reactive motor unit activation, contraction and recruitment

5. Bulgarian Split Squats on Foam

Foam can be placed under the lead leg while performing Bulgarian split squats.

Benefits of Bulgarian Split Squats on Foam:

Activate the quads, glutes, hamstrings
Stability of the knee
Mobility of the hips, ankles and toes
Vibrational training – reflexive/reactive motor unit activation, contraction and recruitment

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