[quote]tplet wrote:
four hours each day it said.[/quote]
‘Oh, and I forgot to mention, all of this was done with two 30-minute workouts per week, for a total of 4 HOURS of gym time’
i stand corrected…read it wrong. sorry. so how did he do it if all he put in was 4 hours? is this story actually possible?
[quote]tplet wrote:
i stand corrected…read it wrong. sorry. so how did he do it if all he put in was 4 hours? is this story actually possible?[/quote]
Smells like bullshit.
[quote]tplet wrote:
i stand corrected…read it wrong. sorry. so how did he do it if all he put in was 4 hours? is this story actually possible?[/quote]
I smell something fishy…
…oh wait wait it smells more like bullshit
hmmm
After further reviewing the photos, he looks about five years older in the after shots.
I think it’s possible. When he started this, he was the equivalent of the beginner (untrained for several years) and his diet was crap. Add to this the muscle memory aspect, plus the 30-minutes of maximum intensity Mentzer-Yates-style training, and any beginner should have pretty solid gains.
I don’t necessarily respect the fact that he didn’t disclose any of this upfront and that he almost makes it sound like anyone can do it. But Tim is a great businessman first, and his marketing agenda worked again–just look at all the diggs and visitors he’s getting.
Kind of peculiar how he claims to have dropped more than 4 points of bodyfat percentage, while his waist went up over 3.5" and his hip measurement went up over 4".
He looks smoother, too.
Good results certainly, even granting beginner’s gains, but not exactly what he claims, I don’t think.
I dunno but i wouldnt want to look like that guy at all
Isn’t this the guy who wrote the book claiming that you could make millions selling crap to suckers over the 'net while working only a couple of hours per week? Specifically IIRC his spiel involved hocking supplements over the 'net. He’s full of crap.
TBH, Tim Ferriss is amazing and one of the most interesting people you will ever encounter. I wouldn’t put it past him. I usually have a pretty good bullshit-o-meter, too.
He did generate $40,000/month in passive income hocking a single supplement over the 'net. FWIW.
[quote]BackForMore wrote:
Isn’t this the guy who wrote the book claiming that you could make millions selling crap to suckers over the 'net while working only a couple of hours per week? Specifically IIRC his spiel involved hocking supplements over the 'net. He’s full of crap.[/quote]
wow so a guy who sells crap over the net is selling crap over the net…what a crazy coincidence.
The supplement is a cognitive supplement and in no way does he attribute his progress in those pictures to said supplement.
Regardless of the veracity of his claims, the dude looks like he pays strippers to shit on his chest.
But yeah, I would have a hard time believing someone put on that much quality muscle that fast. Freakier shit has happened, though.
he shaved then flexed… that simple.
Gold.
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
BackForMore wrote:
Isn’t this the guy who wrote the book claiming that you could make millions selling crap to suckers over the 'net while working only a couple of hours per week? Specifically IIRC his spiel involved hocking supplements over the 'net. He’s full of crap.
wow so a guy who sells crap over the net is selling crap over the net…what a crazy coincidence.[/quote]
Wow. He could become Mr Olympia material by… next week.
I read his book about working less and earning more passive income. I actually liked it. It might be worth borrowing from the library.
In case you guys did not know, he also bent some rules in some fighting tournaments where he was one of the few (if not the first) people that used the idea of losing a ton of water weight then regaining it very quickly. This allowed him to out weigh his competitors (and allowing him to push them out of the ring for the win) and gave him the title “champion” even though he can not fight.
Today, this same water loss technique of losing and regaining quickly is used by many athletes such as powerlifters.
And as for his supplement, I remember seeing ads for it in a powerlifting magazine. The world’s 2nd best bencher, Mendy is usually on these ads.
If people still believe, despite all of the training logs on here showing people gain tons of mass in a matter of WEEKS, that you’re genetically limited to 3 lbs LBM / mo, regardless of training age OR that the Colorado Experiment is a legitimate study…you should probably quit T-Nation and lifting altogether.
[quote]acelement wrote:
If people still believe, despite all of the training logs on here showing people gain tons of mass in a matter of WEEKS, that you’re genetically limited to 3 lbs LBM / mo, regardless of training age OR that the Colorado Experiment is a legitimate study…you should probably quit T-Nation and lifting altogether. [/quote]
Why do they keep coming back?
They are looking for limitations. People like that aren’t leaders. They aren’t the guys who get really big.
In fact, anyone even concerned about “2lb per week” is likely just a sheep taking up space here.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
acelement wrote:
If people still believe, despite all of the training logs on here showing people gain tons of mass in a matter of WEEKS, that you’re genetically limited to 3 lbs LBM / mo, regardless of training age OR that the Colorado Experiment is a legitimate study…you should probably quit T-Nation and lifting altogether.
Why do they keep coming back?
They are looking for limitations. People like that aren’t leaders. They aren’t the guys who get really big.
In fact, anyone even concerned about “2lb per week” is likely just a sheep taking up space [/quote] Aw come on, how much space can a 130 lb person possibly occupy? [quote] here.[/quote]