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As she glanced across my six pack abs, she had that look in her eyes that you always hope you're gonna see, but rarely do.
As she turned out the light, all I heard was "Come...here...now!"
My name is Brandon Tibb, and like I said, I'm a 41 year-old guy... middle-manager... father of 3... standard suburban guy.
I did a lot of lifting when I was in college and for a couple of years afterward. I had a great workout routine, and I was pretty strong. My record bench press was 320, and I was squatting 225 for 20 reps.
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But I always had my share of belly fat. I never had that lean look that I wanted, and I certainly never had those six pack abdominals.
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Then add to that, a new job had me traveling constantly. As you know, that means eating out a lot, staying up late at the hotel bar, and crappy fitness centers where you're lucky to find a treadmill and some 15 pound dumbells.
So long story short, I woke up and I was 40. The doc said "high cholesterol", the pants said "38", and the wife said "I'm gonna go to bed and read."
If you've got the money, I can see where this all could trigger a full-on red Corvette, bleach-blonde midlife crisis.
But luckily for me, with 2 mortgages and college tuitions on the horizon, sports cars & girlfriends on the side aren't in the budget ;) So instead, I started working out again.
I figured I would just do the routine I remembered from back in the day. Now, I knew enough to start back slow, but man, I was still frigging sore for those first couple of weeks. And I made absolutely zero progress.
Next time I was at the grocery store, I flipped throught the latest issues of Muscle & Fitness and Ironman. That was always my favorite, Ironman. But those weren't really for me anymore, if they ever even were in the first place. Same for Men's Health and Men's Fitness.
I needed a new training program, not advice from a bartender and a recipe for Oatmeal Salmon Almondine.
Next step was the fitness section at Barnes & Noble. I saw the usual bunch of fluff books, but mixed in there was one that caught my eye. It was Power Training by Coach Robert dos Remedios. I bought it, and ended up running through that program for two 13-week cycles. It turned out to be a nice way to get back into the swing of things.
But after half a year on that, I'd only dropped one hole in my belt, and only 10 pounds. Not that 10 pounds is bad, but I thought it was kinda weak for 26 weeks of effort.
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So back to the drawing board. I started doing some Google searches, and this Truth About Abs program kept coming up. When you look at their home page, it's totally cheesy. But the more I went through their site, the more interested I was to at least check it out.
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Now I suppose that's why sales pages look like that. My brain was saying "hype", "cheesy", "schlock". But at the same time, I kept reading. And ultimately, my gut said "try it". They've got a money-back guarantee, and I figured, worst-case, if they try to screw me on the refund, I could always contest it with AMEX.
So I filled out the order form, and clicked in my order. Then the alarm bells went off again. I was a little freaked out about the whole "E-Book" thing. The buyer's remorse part of my brain woke up, saying things like "gyp" and "rip-off".
But I was determined to give it a fair shot, so I leaned back and started reading.
Fast forward another 6 months. I'm still using the system, mixed in with a Tabata cardio workout a couple of days a week. I'm weighing in at 202 with a body fat of 16%, I can see that vein in my biceps, and I'm down to where size 34 pants are a little loose.
It wasn't a rip-off, but I still think the page is kind of hype-ey. But who cares? They charged me a fair price for the program, they treated me right, and half a year in, the training is still working.
So if you're happy when you look in the mirror after a shower, then you can chalk the five minutes you spent reading this up to entertainment value.
But if you want something more, if you want to be a little bigger, a little harder, a little leaner, then go check these guys out: Truth About Abs
All the best,
Brandon
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