G’day Shredders,

As I mentioned back on Day 495: M4 Shred – 84 Day Report Card there is a 3rd “event” that will take place during my time in New York City.

However, since it has been such a madhouse around here I am only now getting up the NYC Stealth Mission Goal Graphic!

The NYC Stealth Mission is a 10-Day Post M4 Accountability Shred where I will “reveal” my professional photo shoot pictures on April 1, 2008. The most intense training sessions of my life have taken place since Day 500!

The parameters and the reason why I am doing this is contained in the graphic below.

Cheers,
AJ

P.S. It has also been 8 years since I had pro pics done!

G’day Shredders,

As I hinted at on Day 504: Clear & Present Danger, my leg training session with Tom Venuto on Day 505 was a real-world, real-time education in real intensity.

Before I show you the video featuring the world famous QUAD BLASTER invented by Carlos Dejesus, I’ll take you back in time to Day 356: RTP Group Shred – 1 week Down! on November 1, 2007 and share with you a snippet of an email Tom sent me that afternoon.

Day 356: Declassified Email From Tom Venuto:

adam

I will get back to your last mail
shortly

but had to show you what you’re in for

hahahahahahahahahaha

http://www.bodybuildingsecrets.com/articles/workouts/the_quad_blaster_returns.php

Day 400: Quad Destruction Imminent!

As you can see this Quad Blasting Destruction with Tom Venuto’s “toy” at Strong & Shapely Gym in New Jersey was a long time coming and something I used to motivate myself throughout the entirety of M4 when I was training legs.

N.B. I actually referred to the Quad Blaster back on Day 400: M4 & ShredderSphere Kicks Into High Gear and the impending quad destruction I would face on M4 Training Day.

Ok, enough of the buildup! Here is the video below.

 
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Enjoy!

 

Eat Clean,
Shred Hard,
Think BIG!

Adam Waters, NETSA-CPT

P.S. Day 505: M4 Training Day II declassified pictures coming soon. Believe it or not The QUAD BLASTER was just the beginning of the 60-minute Quad Annihilation!

G’day Shredders,

Another massive day over here in NYC!

In fact, things have been so massive that I am now 2 days behind in posting to this blog. I promise to do my absolute best over the next couple of days to get back to real-time!

Day 503 AM: ECSS Aftermath

As you know from yesterday’s post Day 502: New York Four Reaches The Summit the first ever Shredder Summit was a raging success far beyond what I and the New York Four could have envisioned back in December 2007 when we first tentatively discussed this ECSS Event.

Why ECSS Was A Raging Success

I firmly believe the reason why it was such a success was because we all “knew” each other so well beforehand through our blogs and comments to each other. When you have an “intense shared experience” over 150 days it does pierce through the normal apprehension one usually feels when “meeting” new people online.

The New York Four’s Shared Experience

When The New York Four and I finally met in person for the first time at a sushi restaurant in New Jersey it felt so natural because we already knew so much about each other and our own personal journeys.

We talked for hours that night reflecting on our journeys to the Summit and the coolest thing was that our Fellow Shredders could also recall the turning points and milestone event for each Shredder within the blink of an eye!

In The Presence Of Greatness You Are Forced To Lift Your Game!

Of course, the presence of the Man Himself at ECSS 2008, Tom Venuto was not only the single biggest accountability driver for all of us, it was also metaphorical equivalent of reaching the Physique Transformation Summit as Tom is hands down the Internet’s No.1 Super Shredder!

This whole experience has been very cool and I firmly believe that we have collectively cemented friendships that will now last a lifetime.

First Official ECSS Video Goes Live!

The New York Four Shredders – Suzette, Joni, Debbie and Lilla – are still deliberating about what video footage will be made available in the coming days and weeks.

However, if you are hanging out to watch some video right now Joni has gone “live” with our ECSS 2008 Pushup Challenge Video. This video features Joni and yours truly in a friendly (but fierce!) battle to be crowned ECSS 2008 Pushup Challenge Champion!

Check out the video below and then go to Joni’s Real Time Blog to vote on who you think the winner was! Joni will be holding the vote for only 72 hours so you better hurry over there!

New York Four Pics With The Super Shredder!

Also be sure to go to each of the New York Four’s Blogs – Suzette’s QFS Blog, Joni’s Nana Korobi Ya Oki Blog, Debbie’s Can We Talk Blog and Lilla’s Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Blog – to check out their ECSS Judgment Day Pictures with the Man Himself, Tom Venuto!

Jeff McBride Has Done It Again!

My online buddy Jeff who I met Disney World in Florida for a Late Night Shred has once again blown me away with an extremely powerful post in the comments section to Day 502! I am humbled by your words Jeff and there is not much I can say to do your eloquent writing justice
except to say that you are a great mate and thank you so much for your positive vibes.

Here are Jeff’s words of inspiration:

Wow, that light beaming from you in that photo with Tom says it all.
It’s more than setting a ridiculously high goal and reaching it.
It’s more than fulfilling a dream of working out with your mentor.
It’s more than inspiring people to dream big and do big: people you never met, from countries all around the world.
It’s more than the real friendship we all feel toward you.
It’s even more than the physical, mental and spiritual transformations we are realizing.
It’s what you do with that light that feeds our souls.
You take that big bright shining light and send it right back.
Right back to your shredders, right back to all of us.
Right back as bright as you can make it.
If you could reach out and put that feeling right into us, you would do it.
It’s your natural state, the way you are.
And that’s a big reason we know we can do it, it’s a big reason we want to.

Shine on my brother,
Jeff McAdamfan

Christina Goes Live With RSS!

I also want to say it is great to hear from you Chistina, and it is awesome that you now have an RSS Feed coming from your blog. I apologize for my lack of comments on your awesome blog as RSS is the only way I can stay in tune with what is happening in the ShredderSphere.

I look forward to interacting with you much more in the future and my advice for my Fellow Shredders is to enable RSS feeds from your blogs because that is the most common way your blogs will be read across the ShredderSphere: Real Time Physique Tranformation Bloggers.

Day 503 PM: Chest Training With Tom Venuto!

Real-Time Account

4:00 PM – Tom Venuto picks me up in his Burn The Fat Mobile for a Chest & Bicep Training workout at le="font-style:italic;">Strong & Shapely Gym in New Jersey.

4:01 PM – Tom hands me a declassified document.

4:02 PM – Tom instructs me to read said document very carefully.

4:03 PM – Tom pumps up the jams in his Burn The Fat Mobile while I read the document.

4:05 PM – My heart begins to pound hard after reading the only first page of this document.

4:10 PM – My insides start to churn as I begin to realize the contents of this document will be deployed within 15 minutes time!

4:15 PM – Tom speaks.

4:16 PM – Tom uses the following phraseology to describe what’s coming my way, “DONE, KAPUT, ZONKED, BONKED, NUKED, GAME OVER, NULLIFIED, TOASTED, ROASTED, DESTROYED, HAMMERED…”

4:30 PM – Tom says, “Are you ready?”

5:30 PM – Tom was not joking.

To discover the contents of this declassified document for yourself head on over to Tom Venuto’s BodyBuilding Secrets Blog right now!

WARNING: This is NOT for beginners!

Tom will not be held responsible for your own chest destruction and the aftermath of DOMS that will follow!

However, the massive gains in chest development you will experience after active deployment of said document should motivate you to go and leave a comment on Tom’s Bodybuilding Secrets Blog thanking him for the mind-blowing workout!

The Document: Build A Bigger Chest In 3-4 Workouts Or Less

Eat Clean,
Shred Hard,
Think BIG!

Cheers,
Adam Waters, NESTA-CPT

P.S. Below are Day 503 RTP Blog Daily Pictures for March 25, 2008 taken at the Mecca of East Coast Bodybuilding, Strong & Shapely Gym in East Rutherford, NJ.

G’day Shredders,

The East Coast Shredder Summit (ECSS) featuring The New York Four took place today at Shredder Central, the sacred training location of the Super Shredder himself, that’s right Tom Venuto’s home gym in New Jersey!

A New Chapter In Shredder Folklore Has Been Inscribed Today

Due to the enormity of this event, this day, March 24, 2008, is hereby inscribed in Shredder Folklore.

On this day The New York Four (Suzette, Joni, Debbie and Lilla) collectively experienced a real-time manifestation of something much larger than they could have foreseen when they took massive action 150 days ago on the Original 14-Day Group Shred.

It All Started On October 26, 2007

The NY4 have scaled the physique transformation equivalent of Mount Everest. They started their journeys on Day 352: Let The Shredding Begin (Day 1 of Group Shred) purely on faith. At that time there were no plans or promises beyond the initial 14-Day Group Shred.

Once the 14-Day Group Shred reached its conclusion on November 8, 2007 the Shredders showed vision and foresight by deciding that journey would continue for another 70 days until we collectively hit 12 weeks of real-time physique transforming.

Shredder Council Induction

The Shredders who successfully completed the Group Shred Weekly Accountability Phase were then inducted into the Shredder Council (Member Profiles), of which the New York Four were all founding members. The Shredder Council continued to lead by example by practicing what they preached through daily blog & picture accountability and supporting their Fellow Shredders inside the ShredderSphere.

The Council Convenes

Once details of Mission 4: Date With Destiny with Tom Venuto in New York were declassified, The Shredder Council convened and promptly decided to take up the granddaddy of all challenges, i.e. make a full-blooded physique transformation documented in real-time in full view of many thousands of people by Judgment Day March 24, 2008.

East Coast Shredder Summit Goes Live


This event soon became known as the East Coast Shredder Summit (ECSS 2008) which officially went live on February 23, 2008.

The four Shredders who decided to take up the challenge (Suzette, Joni, Debbie and Lilla) became well-known across the ShredderSphere (Real-Time Physqiue Transformation Bloggers) as The New York Four once we went “live” with the ECSS 2008 Final Countdown Video.

NY4 Institute A Massive Dose Of “Positive Pressure”

The NY4 then decided up the stakes even higher by posting their “30 Days Out” pictures with a giant question mark on Judgment Day. The New York Four held no fear by employing this advanced Shredder Reveal Tactic as their confidence in their own ability had risen to such an extreme level.

The Real-Time Journey Spanned 150 Days

In totality, The NY4 spent 150 days traversing the treacherous peaks and valleys of internal and external obstacles that h
ave nullified many physique transformation mountaineers who have come before them.

Through eating clean, shredding hard and thinking big The NY4 reached the East Coast Shredder Summit and in doing so they conquered the Physique Transformation Everest – the metaphorical battle fought in our own minds.

NY4 Are Now Role Models

Let it be said, The New York Four are now role models to a whole new generation of Real-Time Physique Transformation Bloggers because of what they have accomplished in such a short period of time. Their deeds have been forever inscribed into Shredder Folklore.

Council Is Now Deliberating On ECSS Document Status

While the Council deliberates on exactly which documents, images and video footage may be declassified in the future much of what transpired during the Summit will remain confidential – including the “Closed Door” Shredder Council Meeting at an undisclosed location in New Jersey.

Declassified ECSS 2008 Image Release

However, in the time being, the New York Four have consented to have this image be made available to Shredder World in the hopes that it will inspire their Fellow Shredders to take massive action on their physique transformation goals and dreams.

Now is the time pay homage to The New York Four by visiting their own blogs and reading their real-time accounts of ECSS 2008 and their personal journeys. The best way you can show your appreciation the Famous New York Four is to leave a heartfelt comment on their blog.

Suzette: Excerpt From ECSS 2008

Wow!! What a day it has been!!! I have not formulated all my thoughts yet. there was so much talk happening that I need to absorb it all, plus the fact it is late and am too tired to really think…Let’s just say this was an experience I will not soon forget. I tried to etch every moment into my mind.

Click here to read more from Suzette’s Blog…

Joni: Excerpt From ECSS 2008

I have more to talk about later on today, but I wanted to start off by saying a HUGE HUGE THANKS to TOM VENUTO, author of BFFM and creator of the Burn the Fat Inner Circle, and to ADAM WATERS (shown here in his Men’s Fitness debut), creator of Real Time Physique. It was such an honor and privilege to work out with you both and it means so much to me personally that you took the time to mentor all of the NY4 and continue to motivate us to reach every goal we have for ourselves.

Click here to read more from Joni’s Blog…

Debbie: Excerpt From ECSS 2008

What a weekend shredders! It was fantastic meeting Adam, Joni, Lilla, Suzette, and Tom in person. It’s an event I can say I have No Regrets over. I’m grateful to have had this unique opportunity.

Tom worked us hard in the gym and was able to join us for lunch afterwards where we quizzed him about anything & everything. Just a few of the things we spoke about were nutrition, supplements, training, and emotional/mindless eating.

Click here to read more from Debbie’s Blog…

Lilla: Excerpt From ECSS 2008

This day will go down in immortal Shredder history! Five people from around the globe flew in to meet one another and to train with the one and only Tom Venuto. This has been one of the most surreal days of my life!

The day began at 10am at an undisclosed location in Hoboken. After an introduction and debriefing with Tom Venuto, author of Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle, we hit the weight room.

Cheers,
AJ

P.S. Still to come, details of The NYC Stealth Mission: Photo Shoot will be revealed soon.

Eat Clean,
Shred Hard,
Think BIG!

Cheers,
Adam Waters, NESTA-CPT

P.S. Below is a Special Edition Day 502 RTP Blog Daily Picture for March 24, 2008: ECSS 2008 live image with myself and the Man Himself, Tom Venuto.