If You Want to Change Your Shape, You Need to Change Your Life: Uncensored Podcast

February 5, 2014 by Allen Elliott

Here’s the next episode of the UNCENSORED Podcasts Season 3.

If You Want to Change Your Shape, You Need to Change Your Life

Any time is a good time to start your fitness goals, but the New Year is a common time to start. The most important thing is that you are making a LONG TERM lifestyle change. If you are going to make this step, it’s going to take a shift in the way you live your life.

Welcome to February 2014! The crowded gyms filled with New Year’s Resolutioner’s are beginning to dwindle down in occupancy. Hopefully, with the help of the Adonis Community you will remain motivated and steadfast in the pursuit of your goals. Any time is a good time to start your fitness goals, but the new year is a common time to start.

Some people show up in January hoping it will all be done in February, but it just does not work that way does it? The problem with this mentality is that it is not life changing. Real change requires you to change your habits for life. You can’t just fix everything in one month and go back to the way you were living your life that got you overweight and out of shape in the first place.

The most important thing is that you are making a LONG TERM lifestyle change.

If you are going to make this step, it’s going to take a shift in the way you live your life.

The first 21 days are the toughest, it’s the habits you develop here that eventually become the way you live your life. These habits over time are performed with less effort as it becomes familiar and more natural to you.

Why is exercise is important? Not only is it healthy for you, it provides structure – like a steering wheel – it creates a mindset for changing your body. It adds purpose to your day, giving you something to strive for. Proper exercises accompanied with good food choices adds incentive to see results quickly.

The habits of good diet and exercise build upon each other, creating a snowball effect and your progress accelerates as your quality of life increases.

DIET (two diets): Diet from food and diet from fitness media (limit your reading of fitness media).

Be patient because it won’t happen as fast as you want it to, but patience is what will finally bring you the results.

Today John and Brad talk about the Adonis philosophy of weight loss and how to change your shape for life.

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Filed Under: exercise, Fat Loss, Uncategorized, Uncensored Podcasts S03, Weight Training Tagged With: adonis golden ratio, adonis index, Adonis Index Transformation, Anything Goes Diet, Brad Pilon, Diet for Weight Loss, eat stop eat, fat loss, goal setting, john barban, Uncensored Podcasts, working out for shape

AT12 12-Week Transformation Winners Announced

December 9, 2013 by Allen Elliott

The AT12 results are in and the transformations our guys made are simply amazing! This was the largest contest we’ve had yet… The competition was fierce and the contestants were judged in a total of five equally weighted categories:

1- Weight Loss (LBS) – 20%

2- Adonis Golden Ratio (AGR) Transformation Change -20%

3- Final AGR Score- 20%

4- Muscularity- 20%

5- Aesthetics/Photogenic Quality – 20%

Congratulations to everyone who entered and completed their transformation goals! Here are the winners:

Chad Frakes – 1st Place

Chad Frakes – 1st Place – Front Before/After Photos

Keith Coomes – 2nd Place

Keith Coomes – 2nd Place – Front Before/After Photos

Jon McManus – 3rd Place

Jon McManus – 3rd Place – Front Before/After Photos

Harold Shim – 4th Place

Harold Shim – 4th Place – Front Before/After Photos

Tyler Ellis – 5th Place

Tyler Ellis – 5th Place – Front Before/After Photos

Audie Harrison – 6th Place

Audie Harrison – 6th Place – Front Before/After Photos

Elliot Mould – 7th Place

Elliot Mould – 7th Place – Front Before/After Photos

Richard Geary – 8th Place

Richard Geary – 8th Place – Front Before/After Photos

Tyson Harker – 9th Place

Tyson Harker – 9th Place – Front Before/After Photos

Joseph Riggs – 10th Place

Joseph Riggs – 10th Place – Front Before/After Photos

If you are wondering about what program(s) they used then check out the Adonis Index systems that all of them followed. You can also look forward to their interviews coming up later this month. Again congratulations to everyone, outstanding job.

Filed Under: body image, Contest, Physique, Transformation Tagged With: Adonis Index Before and Afters, Adonis Index Contest, Adonis Index Transformation, AT12, AT12 Contest Winners

Rebound Recovery: Interview with AT11 Winner Michael B.

September 2, 2013 by Allen Elliott

Here’s your new interview with one of the winners from the 11th Adonis Golden Ratio Transformation Contest.

Today John talks to Michael B. who placed 1st in our last 12-Week Transformation contest.

Michael is a unique contestant to AT11, he previously shadowed contest AT6 and made a transformation that most would be proud of.

However, his approach was to just cut as much weight as possible without fully embracing the AGR nutrition and maintenance principles.

Needless to say, his transformation was temporary and Michael ended up rebounding to his original starting weight.

Here’s a throwback image of Michael when he first embarked on his Fitness Journey and the results of him successfully shadowing contest AT6, an earlier AGR transformation contest.

Adonis Lifestyle Origins: Michael B. Circa 2011

With a renewed approach and support from members of the AGR community Michael has rebounded from his last transformation attempt and this time has transformed himself in spirit, mind, and body! Check out his AT11 Pictures:

Michael B. – AT11 1st Place – Before Photos

Michael B. – AT11 1st Place – Transformation Image

Michael B. – AT11 1st Place- After Photos

Breaking the Mold: Gaining Muscle in a Deficit

Michael not only raised the bar of transformation possibilities within a 12 week period, he broke the mold! Michael is our first documented contestant to have gained muscle while in a weight loss deficit.

As verified by the DEXA Scan:

Michael’s DEXA Scan shows he lost over 16 pounds of fat while gaining 7 pounds of muscle!

Michael’s Transformation Essay:

My Adonis journey has been a huge learning experience for me. I actually got involved with the Adonis Index Systems in September 2011. I joined a bit late to enter AT6 but shadowed the contest anyway, having an amazing transformation. I started at about 175 lbs. (I’m 5′ 7.5″ tall) with a 35 inch waist on September 15 and ended up weighing 147 lbs. with a 1.8 AI ratio on November 23. It was the first time I had visible abs in my life and I looked great, but the transformation didn’t stick 🙁

Shortly after the contest, I rebounded all the way back to where I had started. Even though I had accomplished a physical change, it wasn’t a transformation. I knew how to cut weight. In fact, I now realize that I had cut too far down, without even coming close to figuring out maintenance.

My one saving grace was that I kept on doing the Adonis workouts even as I was rebounding. I completed a giant cycle and was definitely getting stronger, but I was ashamed at how I looked.

I re-connected with the AI forums and focused on getting my mind right for true transformation. I started AT11 at 183 lbs. and a 35 in. waist. My goal was maintenance versus an all-or-nothing cut-down. I had to essentially come to terms with the priorities in my life (God, family, and living a life worth living) and how an Adonis body supports them. My focus became integrating Adonis into my lifestyle versus making Adonis a short-term priority.

The result: Before and after DEXA scans showed I had lost 16.48 lbs. of fat and gained 7.13 lbs. of lean mass in just 8 weeks! I went from 18% body fat to 8%. I am now just about at my golden measurements and enjoying life so much more.

Thanks to the Adonis family, especially you forum users, for welcoming a rebounder back and motivating him to stay in the fight. A big thanks to Barban, Pilon, and Howard for all their podcasts and the lessons I have learned from their discussions. You guys are life changers!

Michael’s Transformation Interview:

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Filed Under: Contest, Stories, Transformation Tagged With: adonis index, Adonis Index Contest, Adonis Index Transformation, adonis index transformation contest, Adonis Physiques, AT11, AT11 Contest Winners, Michael B.

The Adonis Transformation Contest AT12 starts today!

September 2, 2013 by Allen Elliott

The Adonis Transformation Contest AT12 starts today!

Any male who owns an Adonis workout is eligible to enter the Adonis Transformation contest. There will be prizes for the top 10 contestants accompanied by a podcast interview with John where you can share your story and pictures of success. It is not a requirement that you are an immersion customer, but it happens to be that our most successful contest winners have used the immersion coaching.

If you have placed in a previous AT contest you are eligible to enter the contest to win in the Cover category. There will not be prizes for this category but you can interview with John and share your story of continued success and pictures. These pictures could be chosen for one of our covers.

The contest entry requirements will be:

Any male who owns a Adonis workout
Front pose
Side pose
Back pose
Newspaper pose – same as front pose but with current days newspaper front page clearly visible in your hand.
Your weight, height, shoulder, and waist measurements at the time of the photo.

It is very important that for your front, side, and back poses your arms are down at your sides but not covering your waist. Do not crop out your face.

Here is a perfect example of a contest entry (Michael is one of our previous contest winners). Front, back, and side images with newspaper picture.

By the way, here is one of Michael’s stunning contest pictures.

The contest entry period is: September 2nd thru September 6th

This means you must submit all of the contest entry requirements anytime during the week. The deadline for the contest entry submissions will be this Friday at midnight Eastern Time on September 6th.

The entry photos must be taken during the week of Sept 2 – Sept 6 and the newspaper front page much show the date during this week.

Adonis Transformation Contest Entry Tutorial Video

Please feel free to contact me if you have problems with the tracker program:

Allen.E.Model@gmail.com

Best of luck and remember to enjoy the transformation journey !

Your Brother in Iron,

Allen Elliott

Filed Under: Contest, Transformation, Uncategorized, weight loss Tagged With: Adonis Index Contest, Adonis Index Transformation, adonis index transformation contest, Allen Elliott, Contest, eat stop eat, Weight Loss, weight training

Simon Says…Lose 48 Pounds

August 26, 2013 by Allen Elliott

Before we get into today’s post, the first order of business is the announcement of our third and final contest for 2013, Adonis Transformation contest AT12, which kicks off next Monday Sept 2nd and ends on Wednesday Nov 27th.

As many of you in the U.S. are aware, Wednesday November 27 is the day before Thanksgiving. It’s encouraged that you submit your final pictures earlier than the deadline but nevertheless the full 12-week period will be available to those who need it.

You may enter any time starting next monday by using the tracker app found within the Adonis Index Community. Remember to enter your mandatory before pictures, along with all your starting measurements. The deadline to submit your starting pictures and measurements is Friday September 6th at Midnight (Eastern Standard Time).

Now that all announcements are out of the way, it’s time to give credit, where credit is due… We often find ourselves wishing we had more spots to award than just “The Top 10” in our transformation contests.

Today’s post features AT11 contestant Simon Cozzolino, who lost a whopping total of 48 pounds during the contest! Simon putting forth an exceptional effort, had the most weight-loss amongst AT11 contestants. Although he did not appear in the Top 10, make no mistake his transformation did not go unnoticed.

Check out Simon’s Before/After pics:

Simon Cozzolino- AT11 Front Shot
Starting Weight: 242
Finishing Weight: 194
“Coming to the end, I now have a whole new wardrobe, friends,
family and colleagues are immensely impressed with my progress so far.” -Simon C.

Simon Cozzolino- AT11 Back Shot
Starting Weight: 242
Finishing Weight: 194
“The Nutrition calculator was very simple, eat 1000 calories a day average- no problem I thought.
Wrong, this would soon become a major hurdle for me.” -Simon C.

Simon Cozzolino- AT11 Side Shot
Starting Weight: 242
Finishing Weight: 194
“I couldn’t finish all of the reps at once, I even struggled to finish push-ups- but I stayed in the gym until every rep was done, every time.” -Simon C.

Simon Says…

Simon shares his thoughts and experience about the AT11 contest:

Younger in life I was never this fat. I was into sports, very active and kept up my gym raining throughout my early twenties. However, it wasn’t until my late twenties that I started commuting to work for a better job. Shortly thereafter, I was overcome with the balance of stress and time constraints and I quit going to the gym.

After a couple of years passed my friends and family started telling me I was looking big, so I weighed myself and the numbers glaring back from the scale came as a major shock to me. Nevertheless, I kept convincing myself I wasn’t really that fat and that things were fine.

After shaking off those delusional thoughts, I needed a motivational boost, so I bought the AGR system in 2010. I actually never started the program, it took me until 2013 at the beginning of AT11 to actually take a step forward and simply begin the program.

The Nutrition calculator was very simple, eat 1000 calories a day average- no problem I thought. Wrong, this would soon become a major hurdle for me.

The workout plans were really simple to follow, there were a few moves that I had no idea about, but the guide has links to short instructional videos which solved that problem.

The first 6 Weeks were a breeze, I lost the majority of my weight then- while the workout plans was simple to follow, the actual workout itself was immensely tough because of my lack of recent training. I couldn’t finish all of the reps at once, I even struggled to finish push-ups- but I stayed in the gym until every rep was done, every time.

After 6 weeks the caloric deficit became harder to maintain while performing the exercises, so I dropped the amount of weights used and soldiered on- but it was HARD WORK.

Along the way, I missed my fair share of workouts and helped myself to some days off the diet. Those days off felt great!

Coming to the end, I now have a whole new wardrobe, friends, family and colleagues are immensely impressed with my progress so far- although I know I have a way to go to golden. I now look at my before pictures, and I could swear I was never that fat!

Again congratulations to Simon on an awesome transformation, we hope to see you in a future contest!

yours in fitness,

Allen Elliott

Filed Under: AGR Booster Awards, body image, Contest, Sage Advice Tagged With: Adonis Index Contest, Adonis Index Transformation, AT 11 Honorable Mention, AT12, Awards, Simon Cozzolino, Simon Says

AT11 12-Week Transformation Winners Announced

August 19, 2013 by Allen Elliott