How to Reverse Your So-Called "Age" by Ten Years--Using Marty's Patented Time-Travel Secrets:
Beck One Year On
Beck one year later: 70 pounds of body fat melted, 10 pounds of muscle added
Time Flies. A year ago a prematurely aged 59 year-old old man paid me a visit. He was seeking something profound: physical revitalization and renovation. At our initial meeting we auditioned for one another. He was checking me out to see if the reality of Marty matched the image he came away with after reading my episodic, encyclopedic book, The Purposeful Primitive. He was auditioning for me: I have zero desire to work with surface-skimming dilettantes or serial adulators. I only work with serious individuals, those that absolutely burn for physical change. When I size up a potential client I plumb their psychological depths to see if they possess an intense dissatisfaction with their physical status quo. Regardless a person's degree fitness or unfitness, if they are utterly and completely dissatisfied and disgusted with their current state of physical being, then that individual has real chance of succeeding. They provide the motivating dissatisfaction and I provide the battle-tested methodology. Mild dissatisfaction yields mild changes while complete dissatisfaction yields dramatic changes.
Beck was completely dissatisfied. He was ready, willing and able to put in the work necessary for to trigger a radical transformation. A former Naval Academy graduate, Beck was sharp enough and tough and able to grasp and institute the multilayered subtleties of the Purposefully Primitive process. He was someone with the requisite life situation, one that enabled him able to institute the changes necessary to coax gains. Beck and I passed the mutual audition and we got started. Fast forward one year and Beck dramatically succeeded in every measurable category.
Body composition
Fat loss: 70 pounds
Muscle gain 10 pounds
Strength gains start one year later
Squat bodyweight for 20 reps 225 pounds for 4 reps
Bench press 90 pounds 185 for two reps
Deadlift 135 pounds for 4 305 pounds
Overhead press 20 pound dumbbells for 8 60 pound DBs for 5 reps
I assisted Beck in stopping the hands of time. I then helped him turn back the hands of time. Much to the shock and amazement of his friends and family, Beck began traveling backwards in time. Physically he grew younger, first by months, then by years and finally, in August of 2009, he ended his time travel a full decade younger than when he commenced his journey in August of 2008.
Those chronologic grains of sand that represented Beck's life were hurtling through the hourglass of time at a supersonic rate when we first met - nowadays those grains of sand are barely trickling through that glass neck at all. It is no exaggeration to say that Beckman is a decade younger - or more - today than he was one year ago. By any physiological or psychological yardstick you care to apply, losing 70 pounds of deadly body fat, adding 10 pounds of functional muscle while improving one's strength and cardiovascular capacity by 200% qualifies as astounding.
When Bobby first visited me he was unable to walk the slight grade on the farm without taking five full minutes to catch his breath; nowadays he walks for two hours up and down the steep hills of Georgetown while wearing a 40 pound weight vest. His cardio capacity has improved to a point where his asthma is now nonexistent.
When he first visited he made an awkward deadlift with 135 pounds. A few months ago he deadlifted 300 pounds. On day one he made a set of ten deep squats using his bodyweight and he bench pressed a pair of 30 pound dumbbells for reps. He now squats 225 for reps and bench presses 185 for reps. He can bench a pair of 70 pound bells for reps and can overhead press a pair of 60s. Basically he doubled or tripled his strength.
In addition he regained his male vitality and spark: he is now lean and aggressive, capable and vibrant, a new man in every sense of the word. The literal definition of the Hindu Sanskrit word 'guru' is, "one who points." I simply pointed Beckman in the right direction and he took it from there. Here Beck describes the process in his own words....
Training with Marty Gallagher this past year likely prevented me from having a heart attack. His comprehensive approach vastly improved the quality of my life. I started with him on August 8, 2008 at the age of 59 completely out of shape: I weighed 239 lbs with a 46 inch waist. One year later, I turned 60 years old and weigh 182 lbs with a 36 inch waist. And I am still improving.
My body fat percentage (as measured on a Tanita scale) dropped from 34% to 19%. My gut and love handles have pretty much vanished, not to mention my formerly face fat, my double chins, my back fat, all the other adipose tissue has disappeared to a dramatic degree. My wife is ecstatic.
I'm continually told that I look great. I am continually told that I look at least 10 to 15 years younger by friends and acquaintances.
My squat went from 45 pounds for reps to 225 pounds for reps
My deadlift went from 95 pounds to 305 pounds
My bench press went from 90 pounds to 185 for reps
My overhead press was 40 and is now a 120 and climbing
Great lifts for me and still climbing. From getting winded walking up a modest hill, I now power walk up and down hills with a 45 lb weight vest for an hour once a week. I do hill runs; I do 220 yard sprints at my local high school track every week. I can power walk uphill for the better part of two hours.
Marty is so crazed that he even had me wear my heart rate monitor and time myself while mowing my lawn! My 'world record' lawn mowing time dropped from 41 minutes to my recent best of under 19 minutes! Nowadays my heart rate seldom exceeds 140 beats per minute. In every direction I feel as if I'm 17 again and just getting started!
I say the above not to brag, but in a state of amazement at how far I've come in a year with Marty Gallagher's coaching, prodding and primitive program. I discovered Marty Gallagher when I read about his book The Purposeful Primitive, sold on the Dragon Door website. I had read and tried a lot of programs, but this book resonated with me. The book probably weighs five pounds and I read it cover to cover in a couple of nights. Marty's writing style is engaging and entertaining, and the book is simply the best fitness book I've ever encountered: covering weight training, cardio (in it's many forms), nutrition and the all important mental game.
With his stories and tales about legendary weight lifters and amazing characters, it made me realize that I needed some pro level coaching in order to really benefit from the book's processes. Luckily, Dragon Door hosted a free tele-seminar featuring Marty. I was impressed with his direct, no nonsense style, as well as his deep fitness knowledge and weird sense of humor. He struck me as a cross between Sergeant Slaughter and Jay Leno.
A coaching program with Marty was offered, so I called the next day and scheduled an in person coaching session for the next week. I'm lucky enough to live only 100 miles or so from Marty's home near Camp David. It was an easy, pleasant drive through a rural time capsule.
Upon arrival, Marty greeted me in his somewhat gruff but friendly way - think of a grizzly sniffing out a campsite. We talked for quite a while, and he sized up my physical condition, inquired about my injuries, medical precondition, assessed my mental toughness, quizzed me on my athletic background and took in my ample gut size.
We then proceeded to power walk in the forest. Marty regulated my pace and pushed me hard but not dangerously hard. His insistence on a heart rate monitor made his assessments of my limits precise. We went out for about an hour and my pulse rate hit 150 + at times. The air was clear and clean and I felt tired but good afterwards.
We drove to a Mennonite farm to purchase fresh produce for a later meal and then went to Marty's famous Purposefully Primitive garage gym for some weight training. Marty insisted on strict technique: we squatted, dead lifted and bench pressed. He corrected me until I had downloaded proper technique - he imprinted my muscle memory.
We then ate a hearty and healthy meal, local Black Angus steaks, farm-fresh produce, all expertly prepared by chef Marty. He gave me a workout program to follow, incorporating weights and cardio (mainly power walking). We scheduled calls for each Monday morning and away I went, psyched and ready to regain fitness and health.
The workouts started out easy, then gained in intensity from week to week, incorporating sessions of weights and cardio, none longer than 60 minutes (unless I personally chose to extend the cardio). I had run several marathons and been a high school and college level athlete. I had gone to seed big time. I really enjoyed feeling the progress from week to week. My wife assisted in ensuring I ate a healthy diet but not a deprived diet. And, I still had a cocktail from time to time.
One of the highlights of Marty's coaching is his ability to vary the workout types, from heavier weight and less reps, to lighter weights and lots of reps and sets, to new combinations of exercises, all mixed in with cardio variations. It allowed for constant gains in one form or another, and allowed my body to adjust and adapt to the process without injury (important for geezers!).
Marty also is a positive, energetic coach, able to cheerlead or kick ass - able to push when required during each phone call it's almost as if he's there in person. And, the requirement that I provide a detailed workout log to him on a weekly basis kept me both accountable and motivated to complete the week's program.
Marty's program is not a "quick fix" solution, but a lifestyle change and adaptive education. As the old, somewhat hackneyed phrase goes, he "taught me how to fish" instead of selling me fish - His way that is now ingrained into my lifestyle. I should note that I never yo-yo'd. My weight and flab loss hit plateaus every 10 - 15 lbs or so for a week or more while my body adjusted, but I never regained weight. I did gain an appreciable amount of new or re-awakened muscle, but that's a good thing! My resting pulse rate is now an average 64 beats per minute, down from the low 80's.
I highly recommend Marty Gallagher as a coach and mentor. Whether you're an experienced athlete, former athlete gone to seed, or totally new to the fitness path, Marty can guide you to the "new you" that you've always wanted but never were able to achieve. You must provide the energy and effort, but it will not be in vain! I am living proof that his program works, and I'm proud to call myself "Purposely Primitive"! My goals are to get to 175 by November, with body fat levels below 15%. With Marty's guidance, I know it's in the bank!
If you are interested in becoming a Gallagher phone client, contact Marty at mgso@embarqmail.com
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