The Newsletter!  No. 12        Mar 2002

 

Articles:

	What's Happening?! Click Here
	Powerful Thoughts! Click Here
	Reader Mail Click Here
	How To Turn Nothing Into Something  Click Here
	Ask the Master  Click Here
	Conference Calls  Click Here
	Product Update  Click Here
	Seminar Update  Click Here
	Passing Thought  Click Here

 

 

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Wow! So much happening!  We have just finished the release of the 3rd edition of the Get Buffed!™ book.  We are about to release the 2nd edition of the Winning and Losing book. In a week we shoot the latest exercise videos (adding to the Ian King's Guide to...series) and in a few weeks time we start our North American tour!

There is a new 12 wk body transformation competition going right now that you may want to get involved in - click here for more info on this!

Selected people recently enjoyed my company in our phone conferences and one lucky person is about to tell us when he wants to spend his free hour with me!

In the Reader Mail section and the Ask the Master Section you will read some great stories of success and achievement, and hear from those who have previously and currently served their respective countries in defense of our freedoms!

We share with you a Jim Rohn story that we believe has much application to the pursuit of creating a physique in the future that requires you to believe in now!

And of course a reminder of our imminent Canada, USA mainland, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand seminars which will be fantastic and we look forward to meeting you at! Check out our Seminar Update!

  "Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."

 -- John Wooden

Thank you for sending me the get buffed package so promptly and efficiently and thank you for your wife prompt response over the phone about the metabolic products.  I must say that that those videos are awesome especially the stretching one when I finished with that tape on the first day (and I did not do it perfectly as you did) even my rib cage was hurting all my muscles had pain but together with the chest and legs articles that you have written on t-mag I was more limber. You are teaching me things that I have never heard before and it works.

P.S. I asked a question once I was 300lbs now I am 291lbs when I finish my 18 weeks workout I will send you some before and after pics.

Neil Welch

Neil - thank you for ordering the GB Total Package and thanks for sharing with us your appreciation! Great to see you are finding out the benefits by doing, not be thinking/debating as many do! Your training will benefit!

Ian King

The best investment I have ever made regarding training!

Dear KSI

I have purchased all the Get Buffed products and think it is the best investment I have ever made regarding training info. I have also e-mailed Ian on three occasions paying him to answer my question regarding the Get Buffed course which again I see as a very worth while investment. The bottom line is I am very happy!

Rob

How To Turn Nothing Into Something

 Jim Rohn 

(Excerpted from the Jim Rohn Weekend Seminar-Excelling in the New Millennium)

Have you ever wondered how to turn nothing into something?

First, in order to turn nothing into something, you've got to start with some ideas and imagination. Now, it might be hard to call ideas and imagination nothing; but how tangible are those ideas? That is a bit of a mystery. I don't believe that ideas that can be turned into a hotel, ideas that can be turned into an enterprise, ideas that can be turned into a  new vaccine or ideas that can be turned into some miracle product, should be called nothing. But tangibly, you have nothing. Interesting! Think of it, ideas that become so powerful in your mind and in your consciousness that they seem real to you even before they become tangible. Imagination that is so strong, you can actually see it.

When I built my first home for my family in Idaho all those years ago, before I started construction, I would take my friends and associates out to the vacant property and give 
them a tour of the house. Is that possible? Is it possible to take someone on a tour through an imaginary house? And the answer is, "Yes, of course." "Here is the 3 car garage," I used to say, and my friends would look and say, "Yes, this garage will hold 3 cars." I could really make it "live". I would take them on a tour throughout the house... "Here is the fireplace, and look, this side is brick and the other side is stone." I could make it so real... "Follow me through the rest of the house. Take a look through the picture window here in the kitchen, isn't the view great?" One day, I made the house so real that one of my friends bumped his elbow on the fireplace. I mean, it was that real. 

So, the first step of turning nothing into something is to imagine the possibilities. Imagine ALL of the possibilities. One of the reasons for seminars, sermons, lyrics from songs and testimonials of others is to give us an idea of the possibilities; to help us imagine and to see the potential.

Now here is the second step for turning nothing into something, you must BELIEVE that what you imagine IS possible for you. Testimonials like, "If I can do it, you can do it." often become a support to our belief. And we start believing. First we imagine it's possible. Second, we start to believe that what's possible is possible for us.

We might also believe because of our own testimonial. Here is what your testimonial might say, "If I did it once, I can do it again. If it happened for me before, it could very well
happen again." So we believe not only the testimonials of others who say, "If I can do it, you can do it. If I can change, you can change. If I can start with nothing, you can 
start with nothing. If I can turn it all around, you can turn it all around." Then we also have the support of our own testimonial, if we've accomplished something before. "If we
did it once, we can do it again. If we did it last year, we can do it this year." So those two things together are very powerful. Now, we do not have actual substance yet, although it is very close.

Again, step one is to imagine the possibilities. Step two is to imagine that what is possible is possible for you. Here is what we call step two - faith to believe. In fact, one writer
said this, "Faith is substance." An interesting word, "substance", the powerful ability to believe in the possibilities that are possible for you. If you have faith to believe... that faith is substance, substance meaning "a piece of the real." Now it's not "the real", it's not this podium, but it is so powerful that it is very close to being real and so the writer said, "The faith is a piece of, the substance of". He then goes on to call it evidence, substance and evidence. It is difficult to call substance and evidence "nothing". It is nothing in the sense that it cannot be seen except with the inner eye. You can't get a hold of it because it isn't YET tangible. But it is possible to turn nothing, especially ideas and imaginations, into something if you believe that it is now possible for you. That substance and evidence becomes so powerful that it can now be turned into reality.

So the first step is to imagine what is possible, the second is to have the faith to believe that what is possible is possible for you. And now the third step is to that you go to work to make it real. You go to work to make it a hotel. You go to work to make it an enterprise. You go to work and make it good health. You go to work and make it an association. You go to work and make it a good marriage. You go to work and make it a movement; you make it tangible. You make it viable. You breathe life into it and then you construct it. That is such a unique and powerful ability for all of us human beings. Put this to work and start the miracle process today!

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn

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Should I stretch 5 days a week?

My question I was thinking of doing the entire stretching tape for five days of the week first thing in the morning, do you think this is a good way to do it or if not do you have a better way I will also do additional stretching for 15mins before I work out a particular body part or is that too much stretching. Your advice will be greatly appreciated, Thanking you in advance.

Neil Welch

Neil - 

Generally speaking we would say if you need to stretch the same muscle group 2 days in a row, go with a different stretch and different duration/intensity on that muscle group. To have more variety in your stretching program, you will benefit at some stage from seeing the 'Flexibility Specialization Video Series'.

For now, definitely stretch the muscle groups you need on any given training day, and look for at least 1-2 days a week of focused, longer duration stretching.

Of course, you need to judge this. Try higher frequency e.g.. 5 days a week as you say, and if you are not gaining in range, you are not recovering! You see, at different levels of ability, frequencies can be different. You may well benefit from this 5/wk frequency in the early days.

Ian King

Two Small Questions

I have two small questions I hope you could clear up for me as it is not worth me asking Ian again as I am sure you could answer them for me. I know you are very busy people and would be so happy if you could give me some of our valuable time .

1= Where does Ian purchase his knee sleeves , wrist wraps , training shoes he wears in the Get Buffed videos ?

2= Could you tell me the correct height from floor to bottom of bar in a competitive Olympic weightlifting and powerlifting competition ?

Thank you so much.

Kind regards

Rob

Robert -

1. the knee sleeves can be bought at chemists here in Aust - they are pretty common. Many OL lifters now compete in similar since the rule change allowed them. The wrist and knee wraps were ordered out of the US. Adds for these can be found in Powerlifting US or similar mags. The shoes were Adidas out of Germany, purchased at the US weightlifting center in the US.

2. bar height? not sure on this one - may be one of our readers knows the answer?

Team KSI

I have lost about 30 kilos

Hi

I just want to say thanks for doing the article in Men's health . I have been doing it since day one , I feel great and have lost about 30 kilos , I used to weigh about 127 kilos I no weigh about 94 I still want to loose another 10 kilos and buff up more . I have notice that I am getting stronger and buffed more on your program then any other I have taken my brother in law , he was skinny and week and now he's buffed up and put on heaps of muscle.

so I'm doing 30 mins cardio Monday Wednesday and Friday after weights and 1 hour Tuesday and Thursday , is there anything else you would recommend to help me loose the rest

I eat a good food

so can you help me pls

thanks again

kyle

Kyle - great to hear of your progress!  I would normally encourage everyone asking the question to review their diet for ways to improve it. I see you feel you have a good handle on this, however I would still encourage you to look for ways the diet itself can be improved.  Here are a few more suggestions :

1. keep the carb intake low later in the day

2. avoid eating 2-4 hrs before going to bed

3. consider exposing yourself to Denis Waitley's sensational audio program 'The Psychology of Getting Lean'

4. Consider trying a nutritional supplement to enhance your fat burning.  The LEAN Formula available online at www.unitoday.net/king is the one we use and recommend.  It also acts as an appetite suppressant in many based on the feedback we get.

All the best!

Ian King

With Get Buffed I have acquired the knowledge and skills to take my training to the next level

Dear Ian,

I would first like to thank you for writing such an excellent book. With Get Buffed I have acquired the knowledge and skills to take my training to the next level, and to gain an impressive 15lbs in 12 weeks in the process. My question is this: After completing the 12-week workout contained in the book (and liking it very, very much), should I start over or develop a new but perhaps somewhat different workout incorporating the same principles? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Normstar

Boston, MA

Normstar - I would recommend you going on to a new program. You may find the information contained in my book 'How To Write Strength Training Programs' helpful in doing this. It is available at www.kingsports.net.  

You could use some of the principles but from a variety perspective you may want to vary it up a bit.  The good news is I feel you can return to the Get Buffed!™ program once a year for the next few years!  You may also be interested in the sequel to the Get Buffed!™ book when I get it done!

Ian King

I had back surgery (L3/L4 discectomy) Oct 23. Since then, my physical therapist has (reluctantly, I think) allowed me to finally begin working out with the Men's Health Phase I GBIS routine. I was completing week 7 Phase I when the back injury interrupted. My Physical Therapist allowed part 1, Phase I of GBIS *WITH THESE EXCEPTIONS*: No curl up, pullover, side crunch, dead lift, or hip/thigh extension. She wants my surgeon to specifically release me for those due to lower back influence. (BTW, my PT is a former state champion body builder, so she understands....) She did supplement with some stabilization exercises, such as quadruped, Swiss ball wall squat, theraband ham curls.

All other exercises in Phase I were allowed..

I've been doing these for the past 3 weeks. I'm coming to the end of the 3 week part 1 under the new rules, without the selected exercises noted above. I expect my surgeon to give me a full release at my next appt. on Jan. 28th. If I do 1 more week of Part 1, then see the Dr. on the 28th, what/where do I continue to move forward?

Assuming he releases me for crunches and the others (which I haven't been doing), do I:

1. Continue on to part 2 (week 5-7) of GBIS Phase I with the missing exercises magically added, or 

2. Restart Part 1 of GBIS phase I with the missing exercises, or

3. Some magical mix in between? I can't imagine what this might be - I'm very open to your ideas.

Let me know if I've omitted any relevant info. This is quite a dilemma for me, because I have the sense that the routines in Get Back In Shape are intended to be followed fully and strictly. Oh - I'm 58, 198 lbs., 6'1", Marine Vietnam veteran (stubborn <G>). No other physical limitations.

What to do, what to do?

Thanks, Ian!

Tom

Tom - you can go onto stage 2, but don't go on to stage 2 exercises where you didn't do them in stage 1. In essence your stage 2 will be a mix of stage 1 and 2.  This is a general guideline and your 3rd option listed above suggested.

Ian King

l have missed out on ' Part One' of your 'Get back in Shape' program from the MH mag

Hello Ian,

My name is Brett Shead and l am a Leading Seaman in the Royal Australian Navy currently serving on the HMAS Adelaide deployed in the Arabian/ Persian Gulf enforcing UN sanctions on Iraq. I am writing to you as l am an avid reader of 'Mens Health' magazine, however due to our rapid departure to this area and my subscription to MH taking its time, l have missed out on ' Part One' of your 'Get back in Shape' program. Is there a way that you can forward the bulk of that part to me to me either via e-mail or by post at the below address. I am a regular user of the limited gym that we have on board, so if it is purely a conditioning phase, do you feel that it is necessary for your program noting that l have been lifting for about 5 weeks now?? Also, during the days that I'm not lifting, l undertake between 20-30 minutes of cardio exercising either on a bike or stepper machine, maintaining my heart rate at 75-80%, is there a more effective way and should l do it more than 3 times a week??

I am keen to begin your program, l am however, unsure what part one contains and where to start, so your advice would be great.

Thank you very much for your time, my postal address is below.

LSMTM Brett Shead

HMAS Adelaide

Brett - I trust you received the draft of this program I emailed to you.    I also believe I responded to your questions regarding your fitness program on non- lifting days. If not, please let me know!

Ian King

How To Select Loads

in your Men's health magazine workout for December Strong Stuff. Your workout set 5 for the bench press says to do between 10-15 reps. What weight would you do. Do you drop the weight again. I am looking at starting the programme but am unsure what weight to do for the work Set 5. Also work set 1 of the workout should this be a certain weight of your maximum lift. e.g. my max lift is 105kg. (1 rep) so to gain strength what should my work set 1 be and so on

your reply to these questions would be appreciated

cheers, Shaun

Shaun - weight selection in work sets is discussed in both the Get Buffed!™ book (available online on this web site) and my 'How To Write Strength Training Programs' book, available online at www.kingsports.net.   As you know I select my warm up sets as a percentage of the weight you plan to use in the work sets, but you need to decide what work sets to use. Briefly, to do this I marry a number of reps or rep bracket to a perceived exhaustion. I don't usually use percentages of your one rep max to select this load.

Ian King

Conference Calls

We have run a number of conference calls of late, during which we had great attendance on the first one and fewer on the second.  These were free calls advertised in this newsletter.  More recently we ran a special call only for the first 20 who ordered the latest edition of the Get Buffed!™ book, which was well received by those who joined us!

The next chance to chat will  be in person during our upcoming seminar tour!

Product Update

We recently released the 3rd edition of the Get Buffed!™ book, and part of that included  a draw for one of those who acted within the 3 day offer period. The prize was a free one hour phone consultation with myself and we also pay for the call! The winner will receive email notification in the next day or so, but as a hint, his name was Jeremy and his surname started with C...

We have just finished Winning and Losing (the book) which updates my professional experiences over the last five years (1997-2001) added to the experiences from my first ten year (1996-1996).  Keep an eye out over the next few days for this release.

In about 10 days time we will be also doing a pre-production release of a new series of videos :

Ian King's Guide to Bench Pressing

Ian King's Guide to Squatting

Ian King's Guide to Deadlifting

This new video series will be aimed at the series trainer who wants to go a little bit more in-depth on these lifts.

For information about these send us an email or watch out for the email promotion!

And you can now subscribe to this newsletter online by registering on the home page of this web site or at the newsletter link!  To unsubscribe you should now email to newsletter@getbuffed.net with the words 'Unsubscribe' in the subject field.

Seminar Update!

We have released the dates for our April 2002 North American tour!  For the dates and a description of each of the seminars click here!

We are offering some seminars very unique never been done before seminars, including our 'Bigger, Stronger, Leaner' and 'Faster, Higher, Stronger' seminars!

And check out the Australian and New Zealand dates which we have just announced!  And we are looking to set a date also for the UK!

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We can have more than we've got because we can become more than we are.

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