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Posing Tutorial for “After” Photos

March 29, 2011 by

Bodybuilding and the images you see in fitness magazines are an illusion with professional photographers, post production artists and models who know how to pose for the best visual effect.

Eric Daye

Eric is in phenomenal shape year round

We’ve recruited the help of a good friend, bodybuilder and professional trainer Eric Daye from TruBodyFitness. In this short video Eric instructs us on how to hit the mandatory bodybuilding poses.

I suggest watching this video a few times and practicing each of these poses over the next two weeks as you perpare for your final pics for both the Adonis Index Transformation Contest as well as the Adonis Index Open Contest.

Each of these poses will be a mandatory pose for the “Open” contest.

We would like the transformation contest entries to also hit each of these poses along with the standard front, back and side shots that mimic your ‘before’ pictures.

This is how bodybuilders create the illusion you see in the magazines and on stage, now you can create the same illusion.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH POSING TUTORIAL VIDEO

John

P.S. Pilon keeps referring to a previous video, but we didn’t produce it, everything you need is in this video.

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Working Out vs Training: Interview With Wes Granger

February 21, 2011 by

Staying consistent and having support are the two biggest keys to making big time changes in weight loss and muscle building.

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The consistency of your workout and your ability to stay injury free are the two biggest factors on the training side of the equation that will add up to long term success.

Consistency and social support on the diet side of the equation are the two biggest factors to dropping weight and getting lean.

You can find many online communities that seem to be on target with your goals, but as you get further into them the support you hoped for might not be there. Finding the right community (online or off) could be the difference between getting to your goals and falling off the wagon for good.

Sometimes it just takes a few words of encouragement and a friendly kick in the butt from a supportive group to keep you on track towards your goals.

In todays podcast we interview Wes Granger who has dropped a lot of weight, and got into great shape. Wes talks about how he finally got his body to change and how he did it.

John

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Finding Your Motivation Interview With Andrew Scott

February 7, 2011 by

We’re in the 3 week of the fourth Adonis Index transformation contest and motivation to push through the full 12 week run is a big factor in winning and making a big change.

Andrew has built an impressive amount of muscle over the past year and especially during the last transformation contest.

Adonis Index Transformation After A ScottAdonis Index Transformation A Scott After

Each day you need to find your motivation and find what works for you. Along the way some people will support you and some people won’t. It’s up to you to find your motivation on a daily basis and keep pushing through no matter what obstacles life throws at you.

In todays podcast we talk to Andrew Scott who placed in the money in our last contest as he built an impressive amount of muscle.

Andrew talks about going through two contests now and the fact that if you stick to your guns you’ll eventually get to where you want to go.

Above all you gotta do it for you, and not for anyone else.

John

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The Last 10 Pounds: Interview with Andrew Tullio

January 24, 2011 by

There is a fine line between ‘good’ shape and ‘great’ shape. And getting into great shape is what most people want to do when they set out to make a change in their body. But do you really know what it takes to get into great shape?

There is something we’ve come to call ‘shirt on big’ and ‘shirt off big’

Andrew Tullio is a perfect example of someone who was already in ‘good’ shape, and went the distance to get into ‘great’ shape.

Adonis Index Transformation Andrew Tullio Before

This is Good

Adonis Index Transformation Andrew Tullio After

This is GREAT

Most guys make the mistake of assuming they need to get bigger and heavier to be more impressive looking. But this only works when you have your shirt on. If you saw most ‘big guys’ with their shirt off you’d find out they have at least 20-30 pounds of fat to lose.

The reality is they’re only big because they’re carrying extra fat that is making the shirt stretch a bit more around their arms and shoulders.

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But to truly be in great shape you need to shed the fat so your muscle can show through. This is what we call ‘shirt off big’…when your shirt comes off and you’ve got a full set of 6-pack abs and sharp defined muscles, division from your chest, shoulders, biceps and triceps, and all throughout your back muscles.

To achieve this kind of look you will likely need to be much lighter than you ever expected.

Most of us have a distorted conception of how much we ‘should’ or will weigh when we’re ripped.

And this is the illusion of looking bigger as we get lighter.

The leaner you get the bigger your muscles start to look, and this is the whole point of the Adonis Index ratio and ‘shirt off big’.

In todays podcast Andrew Tullio walks us through his experience getting 6-pack ripped, and ‘shirt off big’. He reveals his total surprise at the bodyweight he had to be to get to this weight and what it was like going through his transformation.

John

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Adonis Index contest rules and regulations

January 19, 2011 by

This post is to list the final rules and regulations for the  current Adonis Index transformation contest as well as the “open” category that happens on April 13 2011.

Note: You must be an Adonis Index customer to be eligible to compete in these contests.

Contest Rules And Regulations

Brief version, please read the expanded version below as well.

CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS

Contest Starts: Wed, Jan 19st, 2011 midnight

Contest Ends: Wed April 13th, 2011 midnight

Before pictures do not need to be submitted until the end of the contest, however your before pictures must include at least one picture of you with the current issue of the national newspaper in order to validate the day you took the picture.

Successful Completion Requirements:

1) Before and After photos with dated newspaper in hand for the date of the photos

2) Before and After measurements as outlined in the previous post

2) 250 word essay – “My Adonis Index Story Story”

Vital Stats (both Before AND After) – including Name, Height, Weight, Venus Index Measurements:

1. Shoulder Measurement

2. Waist Measurement

You can also include arm, chest, and leg measurements if you like (however you will not be judged on these).

Arms: measure at thickest point around your biceps/triceps.

Legs: Measure approximately 8-10 inches above your knee

For a more detailed description of how to take pictures and the prize money for each of the categories go to this post:

Adonis Index Contest Info

All entries become the property of the Contest Sponsor and will not be returned.

Contest Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies assume no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, illegible, incomplete, postage-due, garbled or misdirected entries or entries that have been submitted through illicit means, or do not conform to or satisfy the Contest Rules or for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any entry to be received or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the contest.


The Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend this Contest should an external circumstances arise which are beyond the reasonable control of the Contest Sponsor. The Contest Sponsor is not responsible for any errors or omissions in printing or advertising this Contest.

The Contest Sponsor collects your personal information for the purposes of registration, program evaluation and to keep you informed about contest. The Contest Sponsor may, if consent was given during registration, also contact you from time to time with information about other ways you can lose weight.

The Contest Sponsor will not share any personal data about entrants with any
other party. The personal data collected for this Contest will not be used for any other purposes unless entrants provide explicit permission as indicated on the entry form. For more information about our privacy practices or to obtain a copy of our Privacy Policy, visit: Privacy Policy

By entering this Contest, entrants agree to release and hold harmless the Contest Sponsor and their respective employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, successors, assigns, advertising and promotional agencies from any liability for any loss or damage of any kind to the entrant or any other person in connection with this Contest or participation in any Contest related activities, including but not limited the taking of a urine test or, if declared a winner, the use or misuse of a prize or any portion of a prize including personal injury, death or property damage.

This Contest will run in accordance with these Contest Rules, subject to amendment by the Contest Sponsor. Contest Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, amend, modify or terminate this Contest or the Rules at any time in its sole discretion and without notice.

Entrants must comply with these rules, and will be deemed to have received and understood the rules if they participate in the Contest.

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Adonis Index Transformation Contest 4

January 17, 2011 by

The 4th Adonis Index Transformation Contest (AT4) starts Wednesday Jan 19th 2011, ends April 13th 2011 midnight EST.

How to Enter the Transformation Contest:

PICTURES:

Required Before Pictures with your shirt off from waist up:

Front – Facing Camera arms at your side

Side – Turn 90 degrees from the camera arms at your side

Back – Facing away from the camera

Newspaper – Take another “front’ picture holding the current days newspaper in your hand

Newspaper close up – Take a close up of the front page of the newspaper with the date clearly visible

MEASUREMENTS:

Shoulders

Waist

Weight

Height

Create a folder on your computer and store all of this information in it as your “BEFORE” folder. Name each picture file as follows: firstname_lastname_before_pose…Example: JohnBarbanBeforeBACK.

This makes it much easier for me to find the files when you send them in April.

To enter the competition simply take the required pictures and measurements as outlined above and store them on your computer as your ‘before’ file. On April 13th take the same pictures as your ‘After” file.

Emailing me both files along with a 250 word essay about your transformation experience before midnight April 13th 2011 counts as your official entry.

So for now you just need to take your official before pictures and measurements and store them on your computer this Wednesday.

Prize money for AT4 is as follows:

1st place – $500
2nd place – $350
3rd place – $250
4-6 place – $200

Adonis Index Open Competition Categories

Junior (under 25 years old the date of the contest)

Middle (25 years old to 39 years old)

Senior (40+)

Each category will be judged on final AI look alone (not a transformation).

The pictures for this competition must be take on April 13th and submitted via email to me before midnight EST April 13th 2011.

You’re also required to submit the following measurements:

Shoulders

Waist

Weight

Height

Proof of age is required with a digital photo of a piece of photo ID. Drivers license or passport is acceptable. Take a close up photo of either of these pieces of ID and include this picture in your contest picture submission file.

Standard poses will be required and a list of poses with examples and a tutorial on how to pose will be provided over the course of the next 12 weeks for you to become familiar with the poses and practice.

Judging criteria will be based on the following:

Adonis Index Ratio – How close you are to the calculated ideal numbers for your height

Muscularity – Muscle size and shape

Condition – Visible definition of the muscle groups

Prize money for each category is as follows:

1st – $500
Second- $350
Third- $250

Adonis & Venus Summit – April 15th-17th Las Vegas

The first Adonis & Venus Summit will be held two days following the end of the Transformation and Open contest. This is an informal gathering in Las Vegas for whoever wants to attend. Both the Adonis and Venus communities are encouraged to join us (Brad P Brad H and I) in Las Vegas to relax, talk shop and meet some of your fellow community members.

More details on the summit will be coming in the next 4-6 weeks.

John

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