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Saturday February 07, 2009

Laughed At In The Gym!

Ever been laughed at? Usually it’s no fun to be laughed at unless you’re intending to be funny, right? Well, the other day was an exception to the rule.

This guy had been noticing me in the gym. I’d come in and leave before he was done with his warm-up routine.

Of course this is not uncommon for me. I use a combination of traditional workouts along with my own super-timesaver workout System that thousands are using.

Read about it here —

Super-Short Workouts <—-Laugh as you leave the gym!

My good friend Mike Geary, author of “Truth About Abs”, wrote a short piece in his newsletter today about my super-short and incredibly effective workouts.

Unlike the guy in the gym, Mike is both a professional trainer and author. Loves this shorter method of training. It’s “the honest workout” approach.

Honest meaning “brief and challenging.”

Anyway, back to the guy in the gym.

The other day he literally laughed at me while I was walking in the door!

“So, you here for another warm-up workout man? Care to stick around long enough to break a sweat today?”

I just smiled.

And took off my jacket.

Then my sweats.

Yeah… I probably flexed once or twice, pretending I was just … you know… “warming up…” hah….

He stopped laughing.

Then I asked him if I could borrow his weight belt for 7 minutes.

“Oh… it’s probably too big for you bro.”

All of a sudden I was his “bro.”

And he was right: It was too big.

You see, all those hours he spent on bench pressing and cardio didn’t give this guy a good body or a good workout.

All it gave him was a inflated ego.

And inflated egos usually lead to huge let-downs.

My father taught me all about working hard. My work ethic is probably overkill if anything. I really love what I do, and I trust that comes out in my words and in my books and products.

But I work smart and hard.

Maybe you’ve heard that expression:

“Work smart, not hard.”

It’s nonsense if you ask me. You have to work both smart and hard. You just do not have to work LONG, at least when it comes to working out and getting the body you desire.

Smart. Hard….sure.

Not long.

At least not long all the time. I will walk for 45 minutes for health and to burn off extra bodyfat. But my workouts are between 7 and 21 minutes 75% of the time.

That’s all it takes. And that includes cardio in most cases (which is 9 minutes.)

The rest is nutrition.

Read my take on exercise and nutrition here:

Super-Short Workouts <—-Laugh as you leave the gym!

Take any of the upgrades before I take them down too. Learn all you can. Then allow me to help you put it into practice.

And remember the old saying…

“He who laughs last…”

[ jB ]

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Comments (1)

Ronnie said:

Hey Jon,

What a great story to teach us that you go into the gym primarily to get the most out of what you want to accomplish and that is to give your body the maximum amount of stimulation in the shortest amount of time and ….you are out of there…..

To me…that is working smart especially for the short of time folks who still want a lean strong and fantastic-looking body….

Ronnie T

Posted on Feb 08, 2009 12:26 PM

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