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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.

Guest Blog Post – Eric Cressey – SWS – Real Activation

Jedd Johnson — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:01:06 +0000

Here is a guest blog post I did for Eric Cressey.

It dealt with modifying a conventional activation exercise and you know, here at Diesel, that is what we are famous for.

What I do with my athletes is introduce an elastic band into their rehab / activation protocols for scapular wall slides (SWS).

Here was a question from one of Eric’s readers:

“On the surface, the sounds extremely innovative and effective, but it got me wondering…..I thought the purpose of low(er) level activation work was merely to get the muscle firing and then to integrate it in other training (rows, pull-ups, etc) to derive further benefits in MU recruitment, strength, and so on.

For example, “classic” scapular wall slides followed by a chin or pull-up with full scapular retraction and depression, possibly even with iso holds i the top position.

I am genuinely curious and do not mean this post in an offensive way.”

Here was my response:

You’re exactly right in your progression model. The intent of the exercise is to transition from low threshold motor unit (LTMU) recruitment to a higher threshold motor unit (HTMU) improving intramuscular coordination prior to integration (intermuscular coordination).

You can read all about it HERE.

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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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Your Exclusive Sneak Peak at AMD

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

You have to check out this new video for AMD, it shows:

an exclusive sneak peak at the new site
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a cool video segment at the end – MUST WATCH
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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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