Protein Vodka – Shaken not stirred.
Drew Adelman, a nightlife and dining aficionado and fitness buff, was searching for a way to marry his two passions. He decided that if he was going to go out at night and do the bad thing (drinking), that he’d do something to make it not as bad! (add protein)
The solution: Devotion Vodka. 80 proof, triple distilled vodka. He claims that it tastes smoother and doesn’t give you a hangover. Sounds good right, but what supplement category is it going to come under?
Nutritter – A twitter eating journal.
Health and Fitness websites are popping up all over the place! Today we discovered one called Nutritter, which is making use of the ever so popular Twitter service.
New Website – DailyBurn.com
If you could imagine the ultimate fitness progress diary with every feature you could ask for, this is it.
DailyBurn is the new face of Gyminee, a progress diary website aimed at helping people achieve their weight loss or weight gain goals by providing them with a full progress tracking system and learning resource. DailyBurn membership includes a nutrition database, recipe database, exercise database, workout database, challenge database, a giant library of fitness related videos, and the list keeps going!!!!
But what’s most important about DailyBurn, and what I believe will separate this service from the others, is the accountability feature, which I do believe I thought of first!!
The accountability feature is a way of connecting with people who are also trying to achieve the same fitness goal. You can watch their progress and compliment them, or tell them to get their ass into gear and start exercising!
If that doesn’t get you motivated, nothing will!
Currently DailyBurn has over 125,000 members and they all seem to be satisfied with the service. Investors also seem to be satisfied with the business model, as they’ve funded the website with $525 000. That money has probably been half spent on the extensive database design and office purchasing, with the remainder most likely going towards TV advertising in the near future.
Upon first impression, the website is very, very nice to look at. Everything is professionally illustrated and it definitely feels like it’s backed by $525 000 worth of funding.
Signing up is a breeze and may be setting new standards for any kind of membership site, whereby as soon as you enter your details you’re logged straight in and ready to go. There is no “confirming your email address” or clicking to activate. Those annoying things are gone with DailyBurn, which is just another unique feature that’s going to bring this company to the top.
After the 20 second signup page they get straight down to business, starting with the ultimate question: How much do you weigh right now, and how much do you WANT to weigh?
Having chosen to reach 115kg, the next screen told me the exact amount of calories I must consume each day, the recommended amount of protein, carbs and fat, and the time span in which they recommend I accomplish this goal. So far so good!
Next stop, to find a workout.
Along the top is a number of tab links titled, “Locker Room”, “Workouts”, “Nutrition”, “Challenges”, “Motivation” and “Forums”.
By dropping down the “Workouts” tab, I had the following options:
I chose Find Workouts and was given a list of different types of workouts, ranging from beginner workouts, advanced, running, abdominal, fat loss, strength gain.. It’s all there!!!
The workouts have a description of each exercise with pictures and video thoroughly explaining how to do it! This site seriously has everything! You can find meal plans, new recipes, find the nutrients IN your recipes, or even CREATE YOUR OWN RECIPES! The extent to which DailyBurn has gone to cover every single aspect of fitness diary keeping is incredible.
So in conclusion, I must say that this is the best fitness diary site I’ve seen so far, and I’m positive that it will soon reach 1 million users when the word spreads about how good it is. Though having said that, I’m not going to be one of those people, and chances are, you wont be either.
Keeping a diary is a great way to maintain your motivation and track progress, but we can do this on a notepad in about 20 seconds. Logging onto a website and going through the process of entering your reps, sets, weight, exercises, feelings, emotions, experiences, food intake, calorie intake, etc, and having to wait for the website to load each time you do it, is just not worth it.
Sure, you may get a motivation boost by having it all shown in fancy graphs and have people you don’t know yelling at you to keep it up, but I think the biggest problem with people staying fit these days is the fact that they don’t have time to. Spending 20 minutes on a website every day is wasting 20 minutes worth of exercise!
New Book “Never Let Go” by Dan John
Lyle McDonald from Body Recomposition has just written up a preview for the new book, titled “Never Let Go”, and it sounds like he’s highly recommending it for anyone interested in the old school strength training methods. In otherwords, the methods that 100% WORK. None of the new-age rubbish that people are getting sucked into these days. No tricks and secrets, just real advice that works. Perhaps it’ll be one to be proud of having on the book shelf. Lyle thinks so. Here’s a few lines from Lyle’s preview:
“You see, Dan John has been in the lifting weights since about the history of recorded time. He’s seen it all, done it all, and tried it all. His knowledge and experience is encyclopedic; coupled with his willingness to share that information with anybody who cares to show interest….well that’s a good combination.”
For just about anybody involved in the field, I really can’t recommend this book too highly. For those who are old and jaded like me, Dan may give you an insight into some decidedly old school approaches to training that flat out work.
And for those newbies who are killing themselves with the most complicated cutting edge computer generated training programs, learning about some very simple but effective ways of training may be just what you need.
I’d note that not every article is about training, some are just about Dan’s experience, some of it is pure motivation, some of it is about how to think and learn about training and eating.
Head over to Body Recomposition to read more.
Jim Smith from Diesel Crew releases AMD
Jim Smith’s latest product has just hit the e-shelves today. AMD, which is short for Accelerated Muscular Development, is now available for purchase and he’s been building up some serious hype about this product.
We’ve headed over to the official AMD website to see what he has on offer.
“This Exclusive Muscle Building System is Only Intended for Those Who Are Finally Ready to Achieve Their Goals of Getting Absolutely Ripped and Strong as Hell…RIGHT NOW!”
“Who Else is Ready To Get Jacked and Add 16 lbs of Ripped Muscle While Rapidly Dropping Ugly Belly Fat with 3 Short, Intense and Highly Effective Workouts a Week?”
The AMD sales page takes a very familiar approach, with lots of bold red font, yellow highlighting and dashed boxes with extra offers everywhere the eye can see. It looks like he’s throwing a lot of effort into this system and is expecting to make some large returns on it.
Worthy of a mention is the testimonials on his landing page, coming from some highly respected fitness gurus in the industry.
“This program is creative, innovative and most importantly beneficial to those who seek greater strength and power.” – Ross Enamait
Overall it looks pretty typical of a sales landing page today. There’s plenty of before/after photos, lots of major claims, a bundle of testimonials and free product offers, and a video which shows a bunch of average looking guys doing some unusual strength exercises. The video is definitely a weak point to the landing page, though the rest of it makes up pretty well.
So while there doesn’t seem to be anything new and exciting in this new program, it does look quite thorough, especially with all the extra e-books he’s throwing in. Anyone new to fitness or struggling at low levels would greatly benefit from it, though it doesn’t appear as though there’s much targeted at intermediates or advanced fitness people.
Included in product purchase are:
- Accelerated Muscular Development
- The Combat Core Master Manual
- Accelerated Corrective Strategies
- Mass Building Meal Plans
- Introduction to Odd Object Training
- Free Bonus #1: Deadlift Fundamentals Manual
- Free Bonus #2: Deadlift Fundamentals Instructional Video
- Free Bonus #3: AMD Fat Loss Strategies
- Free Bonus #4: AMD Insane Upper Body Training Session
- Free Bonus #5: AMD Insane Lower Body Training Session
- Premier Bonus #1: Strength Coach Interrogations
- Premier Bonus #2: Explosive Med Ball Training
- Premier Bonus #3: Exlusive Two Part FitCast.com Interview with Mike Robertson, MA, CSCS.
- Premier Bonus #4: Special ZHealth Report from Mike T. Nelson, MS, PhD Candidate:
- Premier Bonus #5: Sledgehammer Training Essentials
- Premier Bonus #6: Advanced Kettlebell Training
So if you’re going to give this product a go, we’d love to hear how it goes!
We’ll post your reviews if we get any. Once again, the sales page is here.