Want to A FREE copy of my new book?

Boru.

I'm looking for 10 people to recieve a free copy of my new e-book "Secrets of 7 Second Arms" - the first 10 people to pm thier name and email address get a copy in exchange for a letting me know what you think and this may be used to promote the e-book.

The last book, has sold 100's of copies in the last few months and has been very well recieved.

This book has 11 chapters and over 50 pages with dozens of full colour photos.

If there are any mistakes, errors or confusing points please let me know. Please try each exercises and let me know if the instructions are easy to follow and how the exercises feel to you. Are there aspects missing from the ebook you would like included, if so what? If you do like it a glowing testemonial about how great it is and how wonderful I am would be also be most appreciated. ;-)

So who wants a copy?

Boru.

....and that's ten folks! Thanks very much to all those who sent me pm's - I'll be sending you an email with a copy of the book for your reviewing pleasure in a few short moments.

Thanks again.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Will my arms stop working at 8 seconds?.

Roper

I wouldn't start using this program yet folks because I'm a mere 4 years away from perfecting my program.... 6 SECOND ARMS!:D

Boru.

Mairt wrote:

Will my arms stop working at 8 seconds?.

I'm afraid you'll have to buy a copy to find out!

Roper - sorry dude, but you'll have to go back to the drawing board - I actually have, hand on heart, a 1 second program. :eek: Copyrighted, trademarked and patented.

Roper

Boru. wrote:

I'm afraid you'll have to buy a copy to find out!

Roper - sorry dude, but you'll have to go back to the drawing board - I actually have, hand on heart, a 1 second program. :eek: Copyrighted, trademarked and patented.

grrr.

C'mon team, back to work!

yomchi

Lmao

Boru.

F"ing GENIUS - seriously, that made my day man!

yomchi

me too! I actually choked on me salad!

Boru.

SALAD? WTF? :eek: Don't you mean healthy, delicious and tasty and affordable protein shake?

yomchi

nah they're crap...i mean umm yeh of course *cough

Boru.

LoL.

g'em

Roper wrote:

grrr.

C'mon team, back to work!

Heeeey - who gave you permission to use that photo of me and my colleagues?!?! :mad:

Vegeta

Anyone else notice the sign/note stuck to the guys back in the bottom of the picture, wonder what it says

"I am teh ghey" or some such I suppose

Transform

7 second arms - why not 5 seconds 10 or hell 2 second arms?

amazingemmet

Ooh i know the answe to this one:

As in an isometric contraction it takes 7 seconds to maximally contract the muscle. hence the name

Boru.

Hi All,

I just wanted to follow this up and say thank you to everyone who kindly reviewed my latest e-book Secrets of 7 Second Arms. It was a huge help and allowed me to correct a number of small spelling and crammer issues as well as some great feedback on the actual exercises. SO thanks to everyone who got involved and helped me out with this.

The official launch of the e-book was this Monday and you can read more about it here - http://www.isometric-training.com/7-Second-Arms.html It's been really well received so far and sales have been at an all time high, and that is in no small part thanks to the time and effort put in by the people who reviewed the book for me.

Thanks again.

celestial

Isometric training....is it really more effective than traditional weight training for putting on muscle and losing fat??

Roper

Depends on what you mean by traditional. Also depends on what you mean by isometric. Also depends on how hard you work.

In other words it may work for you if you stick at it. I doubt it's more effective than doing the complex lifts, but its definitely more effecitive than doing nothing.

I don't like the sell though, so I'd be instantly turned off.

celestial

I guess what I mean is that the website looks like just another one of those promise you the earth websites - lose 5 stone in 5 days type sites!! I work out 2-3 times a week with weights, squats, bench press etc etc - would 3 mins of isometrics have the same effects as these workouts?! or better?!


Also, it states:

(Learn) Why weight lifting could be seriously damaging your health and why it IS NOT the best way to get in great shape!

Now what does this mean I wonder? If you are lifting weights incorrectly you can damage yourself I presume?

Transform

People will always train hard with full range and sweat period

celestial

Transform wrote: »

People will always train hard with full range and sweat period

Sorry what?

rubadub

Boru. wrote: »

small spelling and crammer issues

grammar, most just get the er/ar wrong;)

I was one of the reviewers and thought it was pretty good, I had some suggestions and issues with some points, dunno if they were all taken onboard

Sorry what?

think he might be referring to

Also depends on how hard you work

I think you need a certain mindset for isometrics, might just take time to learn, some might be naturally suited though. I tried the isometric exercises and could not exert myself enough to result in the same exhaustion I can while using weights. The isometrics book talks of exerting yourself to a point where you can feel it well. I simply find this hard to do. While if I do full range compound lifts like squats or deadlifts I can leave myself exhausted with a single rep.

After reading more I am not convinced it is the best option for me, I am aiming for hypertrophy and do not really care about strength too much. I want muscle to boost my metabolism and just keep trim and as strong as I need to be for daily life. Boru is very strong for his size and this might be of benefit to atheletes, martial artists or gymnasts.

Boru.

Although this isn't in the scope of this thread, some great questions have been asked and some interesting suggestions have been made and I'd like to take the time to answer them.

I'm a strong advocate of isometrics and firmly believe that it is the safest and most effective form of training - but I want to make it crystal clear it is NOT the ONLY from of training. There are lots of different people in the world and each of us enjoys and benefits from different things, some like iso's other's don't either way it's important that you enjoy what you do and that it achieves the goals you set for it.

celestial wrote: »

Isometric training....is it really more effective than traditional weight training for putting on muscle and losing fat??

Yes it is and has been scientifically been proven in over 5,000 independent clinical studies and remains the most exhaustively tested form of strength training. I've referenced these studies in previous threads, so those interested can do a search and pull them.

Please allow me to explain this further. It takes about 7-12 seconds to achieve maximal stimulation leading to muscle growth. Studies today even suggest it may take as little as 1. Yet people spend hours training, utilizing multiple sets and reps to exhaust and fatigue muscle fibers so that they stimulate them into growth. Why is this? Simple - traditional lifting does not encourage maximal stimulation of the muscle fibers in 1 rep. Isometrics does. Thus to achieve the same effects Traditional lifting involves repeated and longer training time, increasing the risk of injury etc. What it takes 60 minutes to do in TWL can be done with Iso's in minutes. Thus time wise it is certainly more effective and increased muscle tissue, leads to increased fat loss.

Roper actually put it quite succinctly. As for the sales copy, yeah, not my favorite either. I'd much prefer if people did the independent research gave up emotional attachment to long obsolete idea's and used some common sense, but then again but it's designed for a specific market and it works very well so other's must like it.

celestial wrote: »

Why weight lifting could be seriously damaging your health and why it IS NOT the best way to get in great shape!

Well if you want the answer buy the book - Joking aside, I've talked about this on the forum before and it's a heated subject. If your curious you an search back and find the threads. And no, I'm not just referring to poor form, although that is a serious concern. Here's and excerpt from the previous thread...

The constant repetition utilized in conventional weight training results in compression damage. With each rep you are contracting your muscles and squeezing them tight, shortening the angle of the joint. The problem with this, as I discuss in my book this also squeezes your capillaries shut. Blood can’t flow into them. This results in a pressure build up in the arteries which creates stress on the heart. The body is a smart so after being continuously subjected to this it adapts by shrinking the heart and decreasing blood volume. If it thinks its producing too much blood, which it does when the pressure builds due to this compression damage the body responds by naturally decreasing it. This in turn requires less oxygen and thus the lung capacity shrinks.

Not to mention all the injuries to shoulder's rotator cuff's knee's etc that are routinely caused by weight lifting.

Again this isn't knew or radical in anyway, it's just not popular. From Alois P. Swoboda to 2004 Pulitzer Prize Winner Kevin Helliker as well as a number of leading universities and medical journals all say the same thing. (I’ve included a short reference list at the end)

Transform wrote:

People will always train hard with full range and sweat period

Yes they will. And they will also continue to be injured and compromise their health. But it's their choice and if it makes them happy I'm all for letting them enjoy it.

rubadub

rubadub wrote:

grammar, most just get the er/ar wrong

This is precisely why I need good people like yourself!

rubadub wrote:

I was one of the reviewers and thought it was pretty good, I had some suggestions and issues with some points, dunno if they were all taken onboard

Thanks for the kind comments. I'm glad you enjoyed it, and yes many of your suggestions were used to explain the exercises more and to clarify the points you raised - it was invaluable.

Your also quite right that it can take time to learn Iso's. Most people and in particular those who are used to exercising have a hard time getting used to isolate and contract their muscles maximally. Back in the old days they called it muscle control and getting a feel for it can be tricky.

celestial

Cheers, can you include those references you were goin to be provide as you left them out?

So Boru, essentially, in a nutshell, if I don't want to risk damaging my internal organs, I should stop bench pressing and lifting heavy weights?? I would say there was a storm on here about that..!!

Jak

celestial wrote: »

Isometric training....is it really more effective than traditional weight training for putting on muscle and losing fat??

No.

Yes they will. And they will also continue to be injured and compromise their health. But it's their choice and if it makes them happy I'm all for letting them enjoy it.

Boru keep your scaremongering sales tactics off this board - if people want to read up on 3 second miracle routines and hidden gym secrets then they can visit your extremley well signposted sig links.

I am not anti-isometrics, I believe they have a role in some routines, however, if you have any level of ambition they will not deliver serious results alone. I also believe my training type will completely outstrip the results of an isometric training program. I also believe that I or many of the others on this board who follow routines counted in minutes not seconds could outperform - be it in power lifting, 'functional' strength or whatever other angle you can consider.

On a more personal note I don't like sales mixed with advice in any format and the whole infomercial approach of these posts on this board is exactly that. Furthermore, I don't want to see it again. If the other mods disagree then you can post over on team test - but not here.

Please continue to post about isometric routines and benchmarked results, but don't use the board as a sales platform again.

JAK

celestial

It does seem like a load of bollix to pardon my French!! I also don't see any evidence to support the statement that isometrics are more effective than weight training - if you can produce the independent studies you mentioned that would be a starting point.

g'em

In fairness to Boru. he has suggested in his post that if you wish to see the studies he has referenced you'll find them in other threads. Now that the search function is back I'm sure it wouldn't take long to track them down if you really need to see them.

If you want to debate the finer points of isometric training by all means start a new thread but I think this one, in the context of the OP, has served its purpose for now.