Bodybuilding and Physique Enhancement Maximized with Zone Training™!

The results that I have experienced are nothing short of breathtaking... I have to pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming! Consider that I am still on a calorie deficit diet and have somehow managed to add 3/4 of an inch to my cold upper arm measurement as a result! My upper arms, when I initially switched to the method, were exactly 18-inches cold and would go up to a 18 5/16ths when pumped after a set of biceps curls and one set of hammer curls. They are now 18 3/4 cold and balloon up to 19 1/4 inches after a set of biceps curls and a set of hammer curls. The only difference being that I perform them JReps™ fashion. - Gareth Coombes

Forget Creatine and 'Cell Volumizers', JReps™/Zone Training™ is the the best volumizer I've ever tried. For something that appears so simple on the surface, the results are astounding. I gradually fine tuned my JReps™ implementation over the last few weeks (after a lot of detailing) and I've hit the target! - Robert Morrison

I must say that my shoulders felt more pumped and destroyed than they ever have. - Josh Ryan

Your first JReps™ book is excellent. It takes HIT training to new heights. Thanks for the innovation. - Steve Turner

For all the pain JReps™ put me through... holy crap... my triceps are still pumped and I finished my workout an hour ago. I am very excited to work my back next workout but I am not looking forward to the pain of a leg workout... ;-) Thanks again for the great info, the JReps™ book was awesome. - Adrian Schilling

I'm now currently 249lbs, But I've dropped 6 lbs of body fat from 255lbs. I've now been dieting for 2.5 weeks and everyone is telling me I am looking a lot leaner and bigger. You have to keep your ego outside the gym when using j-reps and perfect technique/form. But I just wanted to mess around on incline bench for kicks to see how much stronger I've gotten. Well, I warmed up with 225lbs and did it for an EXTREMELY EASY 12 reps for warming up. Some guy couldn't believe I was warming up with 225lbs again this is just a warm up and I just wanted to see how this felt. I then proceeded to drop the weight back down to 185lbs and do the JReps™ Extreme Thirds.... I did the bottom zone for 10 contractions, and the middle zone for 9 contractions, and by the time I got to the top zone, my chest was so pumped and my triceps where so fatigued, that I was only able to achieve 5 reps in the top zone. And then I did my back with JReps™™, and my lats, traps, and biceps were exploding out of my XXL underarmor shirt. - Farris Baba

If we are to believe Arthur Jones' advice to look for ways to make exercise harder and briefer then this is definitely harder and brief. - Richard Chartrand

No doubt JReps™ is the best of the best since my career in training. Everyone is saying I am becoming a monster... day by day same comments from people at the gym, at home, at work, everywhere, and I see the results. I arrived finally at 18-inches arm with JReps™™ and everyone is asking if I'm on drugs, but I'm not. They don't believe. it I must thank you for letting me know about JReps™. Old traditional lifting is finished. - Shakeel

JReps™ has really increased my overall physique and has brought up a lot of weak points. - John D'Ambrosio

Since I have been using JReps™ for the past 5 weeks, I can honestly say that this style of lifting is like a breath of fresh air. I no longer dread working out like I did with Heavy Duty and HD Consolidation training. By using much less weight and focusing on the breathing and muscle contraction techniques, my joints are starting to feel better and the muscle pumps are awesome. I'm already noticing better shape starting to take place, most particularly in the outer pecs and biceps. I don't feel drained like I did trying to lift heavier and heavier weights to failure (HD style), and so I can say that everything you wrote about in your book is proving to be factual. Right now I'm enjoying the process of trying
the different JReps™ protocols with various exercises, along with experimenting on frequency and volume. Excellent work on all of the research you have done, and thank you for FINALLY convincing me that trying to lift heavier weights for a few exercises and employing long rest periods (HD Consolidation) does not provide the best stimulus for muscular growth and development for natural bodybuilding. - Jim Ellcessor

I am so excited about your new method I am buying one for my buddy for his birthday. I have gained 3-4 pounds and showed very visual differences on my body to a degree that my wife even made positive comments as to my physique. She is a physician and has a very keen eye, and I didn't tell her that I have been experimenting with a new method of training. She noticed the difference after one or two workouts! BTW, I experienced zero hypertrophy w/ SS, only 'strength' gains and joint pain. You have again renewed my excitement with physical development. I am definitely switching from super - slow to JReps™. - Rick Yeung

I still can't believe how efficient a single set of JReps™ can be, how much inroad and fatigue I feel after it - and how little I can sometimes handle. Also, the days after effects are still there..fuller and harder all the time. Simply put, great job. I look forward to experimenting further. - Adam Reid

I have one thing to say about JReps™: Unbelievable! As I fine tune my workouts and select exercises I favor, and set rep goals, the execution of these reps leaves my muscles destroyed, full and dense for several days after the session. During the set, the muscle fills with fluid as I perform very controlled contractions... and as fatigue sets in, I move to the next segment. Then about three reps into that zone I feel a warm rush spreading across the muscle, and more fluid screaming into my cells. This is a feeling I have never felt before with all my years of quality training. I am still fine tuning my sets, and finding myself more eager then ever to return for further experimentation. I predict that JReps™ will make traditional full-range training a thing of the past. Unbelievable. - Stephen Downes

JReps™ are amazing. I thought I had some intense workouts in the past - not until, but I did a full run of JReps™. The book was a very good read - and even better putting theory to practical application. - Chuck Rainey

I just finished my chest and triceps workout. WOW! I can't straighten my arms and it's all your fault! Thanks! I feel like this concept is a true breakthrough. Thanks again for this amazing concept! - Craig Huntington

All I did was 1 set of JReps™ squats and I am cursing
every time I climb the stairs. - Marlin Koch

I am really excited about being in the gym again and I know I am going to see great progress. Plus, I am using a much lighter weight than I was using for a full range full body workout, and so I know this is going to be much better on my 48 year old joints. - Peter D'Cruz

I deem it is one of the most exciting prospects I have come across in a long, long time. One that pans out in both theory and application! I believe as people experience and see the changes that will occur through the use of JReps™, most will move away from full ROM training. I know for myself breaking exercises into segments is much more exciting as I can then focus on a range without fear of having to stop just because of the sticking point. This is a literal gold mine for advanced trainees! There is so much scope to experiment with, to keep the theory alive and exciting!!! The incredible pumps help to support the psychological aspect... the
'rush and fix' of every hardcore bodybuilder out there. I want to commend you for thinking this thing out as thoroughly and efficiently as you have. This is unique, moving well beyond what us advanced trainees have done in the past, which mentally and physically is refreshing and exhilarating. - Kevin Dye

 

Beyond the JReps™ Confabulation By Andrew Shortt Since the release of Mr. Johnston's first book, and especially during the commotion surrounding the birth of this site, I have been inundated with comments, questions, attacks, and praise. Fun, yes, but productivenot really. My concerns, if not out right apprehensions, are what may be lost in the hype. I think something important needs to be said about what is going on here and seeing to it that this method is not misconstrued. It as far too easy (with new logos, articles, discussion boards, etc.) to have the dry but essential elements trampled on. The most troublesome situation is that of 'the telephone game' effect. People repeat or think they are repeating information properly, but inevitably it gets all mixed up. (Don't believe me? Try it at your next social gathering. Here are the basic rules: One person writes down a full sentence that expresses a description or to offer an example of something. They start by whispering the sentence into the ear of another ­ it must not be audible to anyone except the two involved. The sentence then is passed among at least 5 to 10 people and all by whispering. You can only say the sentence once to the next person. He or she cannot ask questions and it must remain a whisper. In the end, the final person writes down what he or she thinks the sentence is and it is compared to the original for a laugh.) The more an intellectual property has a face, the easier it is to be pigeonholed. The very development of a Zone Training™ site works against itself in some ways. With a concrete set of sound bites and pictures there is natural temptation to 'classify' it all. Especially considering how many similar items exist, particularly on the Internet, it is far too easy to peg this with a certain ranking among the masses. To bother examining, let alone choosing and utilizing such a thing requires discrimination, whether you like it or not. Unfortunately, when such is done by overview or comparison there is a tendency to rely heavily on contrast and assessment from bias. How does this method compare to other exercise methods? How do the results that are shown and comments and tone of the author (and practitioners) size up against like information? Does this compete well on whole in the filed of exercise? If you are looking over this site and happened upon this article, here is something of paramount importance to keep in mind: This is not a set routine or group of routines with exacting and dogmatic guidelines to adhere to. It is not a rep scheme or set of various rep schemes. It does not ask you to follow a specific interpretation of the fundamental principles of exercise (i.e., the 'Theory of Prescribed Exercise™'). You are not forced to train with single or multiple sets at any specific rate of frequency, etc. You do not adhere to only a limited gathering of exercises, body part combinations, and so on. This is a method in the best sense of the word (as applied to exercise science). It offers both superior stimulus for growth and a structure capable of meeting the individualistic needs of the person using it. You achieve far better results from the use of any equipment available and personalize your performance with greater ease than ever before. For the sake of communication, successful existence and growth, marketing is often a necessary evil of sorts. Just be careful not to pit unlike competitors together and save yourself the confusion and the misfortune of over looking something solid and helpful. Know what this is and in the proper context and don't compare apples to oranges. You may have a favorite fruit, but certain ones bred in a particular manner offer enhanced flavor and denser better nutrient profiles. This may seem to you to be an 'acquired taste,' but the results make it very palatable. I am not saying anything here that isn't said elsewhere on the Zone Training™ site (or in the books), but I do so in a certain light. I want people to avoid comparing this with other boxed recipes for success. This may be the 'latest and greatest,' but not in the same sense to what it may be correlated with improperly. I have nothing against "try this specific routine or rep scheme," especially when it centers on body part specialization. In fact, we strongly encourage fellow JReppers to do so on the Zone Training™ discussion board. This type of discourse often leads to new and even better routines from which we all can benefit. However, the method on which these specifics are built is not the same animal. You don't have to follow an unalterable set of 1 to 10 steps anymore than you need to call yourself a JRepper or Zone Trainee. You can use and enjoy any of the examples and layouts provided, but you don't have to pledge allegiance or wear a JReps' logo smattered T-shirt. What is really at the top of my wish list is for people to grasp that regardless of how this is presented, no matter what is said and seen, this is a massive step forward in exercise science. What is essential to understand and appreciate is: JReps' create a better and more thorough stimulus throughout a full range of motion. More contractions per unit of time (than traditional training) are important and make a considerable difference in results provided it can be done safely to proper and full effect (i.e., no bouncing and cheating with momentum, etc). Something specific does happen at different points along a muscle's ROM, and this has a direct bearing on strength, endurance, and muscle growth. Training in zones allows a far better meeting and relating of force curves to strength curves. Real time 'muscular feel feedback' (and visual signs) do matter, and in a big way with regards to muscle growth. Proper latitude and provisions for significant variation (while properly applying the fundamental principles of exercise) in a method is indispensable. What may appear to be your genetic limits may very well be (and quite often are) genetic constraints, which often can be worked through and/or around to a noteworthy degree. Bodybuilding is Fitness, and at its nucleus exists more muscle, less fat, better conditioning. The more subtle tenants of the method add up and make or break your results. Exercise Science is not dead or dying, but alive and well at the I.A.R.T. (www.ExerciseCertification.com). This is not 'a better mouse trap,' it is new addition to exercise science and effective muscle building protocol. I use the word 'addition' with strong emphasis. This isn't about a particular interpretation of the base principles of exercise science, but a supporting principle based on them. It has been created and designed to augment these principles in a powerful way... this is progress plain and simple. In my own words I would say: "The only requirement for membership with Zone Training™ is the desire to be in better shape" (working to slow regression best as age sets in is a given... otherwise, why would you be involved with exercise at all?). Bottom line: no matter what walk of life you come from, or of what exercise background, Zone Training™ has much to offer. This method provides far more than what pictures and commentaries can do justice. Enjoy its vast array of colors, tones and ways in which to wear it. Have fun or be dead serious in creating your newest gains, but keep it dynamic, just like the human body. Compare this at will, but do so with the expressed interest in becoming acquainted with its true personality. Avoid the type of discrimination that small minds use to prop themselves up when lacking in honest and well-earned self-esteem.

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