Greg Newton's Transformation March 2008-the present

[Greg Newton]

For the sake of brevity, I deleted my old Transformation gallery. I want to thank all who commented positively and I also want to thank those who made negative comments, here and elsewhere. It helps in planning direction and in motivation.

A pictorial record gives one an indication of where you are going and what you have accomplished. It also can be an indication if something is not being productive.

I also like to post pictures to show that John's methods work. I have been here since September 2005, although an ATV wreck in September 2006 cut a big hole in my training for almost a year. Since then it has been a slow, steady progression with some peaks and valley's along the way.

My first year and a half were spent primarily with Tiger Stretch Pushups, Tiger Bend Squats, and the Tiger Moves. As time went on and my level of fitness and conditioning changed, I began doing other things.

Changing your body and working out is a journey. What you strive for is consistant and incremental change over time. Where you go wrong are the crash diets and programs. Those results don't last.

Greg Newton

1998 - twenty rep squats - weight 217 - the Good Lord only knows what the waist was
March 2008 - pushups and Atlas situps - weight 200 - pants 38
June 2008 - I'd started running about this time -weight 190 - pants 36
July 2009 - pushups, Atlas situps, the Iso-power Belt and running - weight 188 - pants 32
July 2011 - pushups/pullups/leg raises/situps/hacksquats, Atlas DSR's, - weight 193

[Greg Newton]

I found these as I was going through my pictures. The first is from the days I owned a fitness center and was lifting weights. This was right before I got into all the heavy weight lifting and trashed my joints. Compare to July 2009. I was 34 in the first picture and 48 in the second.

Greg

[Greg Newton]

These are some early summer pictures from May 2010. I took these as a benchmark. Over the winter I got tired of freezing and began eating foods I don't normally eat. I put on some extra weight because of it. In this series I weighed 190-193. The legs are also bigger from the deep knee bends from G.U.T.S. The pictures were taken a couple of days apart.

Greg Newton

[Greg Newton]

I trained very hard in April and May, but by June, due to all the hours I was working and preparing students for national competitions, and preparing my ownself for a 5K race, I found myself exhausted and overtrained. For a couple of weeks afterwards I only did the Isometric Powerflexing everyday. A couple of times a week I did a modified version of G.U.T.S.

Currently I am working back into G.U.T.S., doing it everyday. I am also doing some traditional Atlas DSR's and Powerflexing everyday. Pullups, the Isometric Power Belt and sprinting are spread a couple of times throughout the week.

Once again, I want to reiterate the point of posting pictures. Training doesn't have to be hours a day, and doesn't have to deplete you. John's methods work. I am in better condition than when I was a 160 pound black belt in my late twenties. A picture speaks a thousand words, but a picture doesn't have to be perfection. That is why I strongly encourage others to post their results. Let others see that everyday people who work for a living can change their bodies and their fitness.

Greg

[jan]

The physique keeps getting better and better.

Way to go, Greg :)

Jan

[farrout]

Hey Greg,

I second Jan!

YOU do keep getting better & better!

THANK YOU for inspiring & motivating your brother in the Deep South.

Take care,
Steve

[Greg Newton]

Hey,

Thanks guys, but my pal Joe Justice is "Jocko" Mahoney. I haven't taken to swinging from trees and diving two stories into hotel swimming pools yet. I just wish I had saved some of the pictures I took early on. It's a big difference. Maybe not as spectacular as Joe's transformation, but different none the less. Especially different in the way I feel and what I can do.

And Steve, the last time I talked to you it was "Hey Mate," instead of "How Ya'll Doing," but if you'll sweeten a glass of tea and put it on ice, I'll make you an honorary son of the south!

Greg

[Greg Newton]

I took these pictures yesterday with some training article pictures. Yeah, these aren't of professional quality and yeah, I have plenty of areas I am working on, but overall, I like what I am seeing. It is a journey for all of us. I freely admit I have the bodybuilding bug and even at nearly 50, I want to see how far I can take this.

This series of pictures also reinforces the DYNAMIC part of Transformetrics. This is whole body, comprehensive workout stuff. That means I can do athletic things with my body.

Greg

[jan]

Amazing ... really amazing.

WAY TO GO GREG!!!!

Jan

[farrout]

And Steve, the last time I talked to you it was "Hey Mate," instead of "How Ya'll Doing," but if you'll sweeten a glass of tea and put it on ice, I'll make you an honorary son of the south!

Greg

Sounds good!

The bodybuilding bug is alive and well here too!

You are looking AWESOME man!

Take care,
Steve

P.S Are you ever home to pick up the phone?

[Greg Newton]

Decided to do a new avatar and took this pic as well to ring the new year with new goals for the first part of 2011. I hope each and every one of you, even those folks that have a hearty dislike of me have a successful training year for 2011. Whether you do the stuff we advocate or you do weights and cardio, or if it is combat arts, or even a combination of all three: work hard, be consistant, pay attention to what your body tells you, and good luck. The journey is always the fun part.

Greg Newton

[johngwatts]

Great pics!!!

Thanks for all of the insight that you offer. Do you feel better than when you were 40 or 30? Again great job and thanks for sharing your knowledge with us....

[Greg Newton]

Thanks John,

As too feeling better than when I was in my forties and thirties, I'd have to say yes. In my mid thirties I started not taking care of myself like I used to. I started buying into the food faddist refrain and I quit eating right and supplementing my diet. Between 35-45 the heavy weight lifting I was doing began to take a toll on my joints, and pain became a constant. I look back and shake my head at how much pain I was carrying around and how immobile I was because of it. I looked and felt old and washed up.

As well, life was stressful back then, but it has snowballed even more as I age. Everyone needs an edge to cope with what comes down the road for survival: physical, mental, spiritual, and economic. At fifty, the things I do now for exercise enhance the ability to stay in the game and be productive.

Greg

[Andy62]

Greg, Fantastic progress. Being quite a bit older than you I will certainly second your point that as we age our workouts should include increased emphasis on building stress tolerance and intuitive abilities to compensate for the natural changes that aging brings to all of us. Gordon

[farrout]

Hey Greg,

You are looking AWESOME!

Age is only a chronological measurement.

If you didn't know how old you were, how old would you be?

Keep pushing forward man.

Take care,
Steve

[JoeJustice]

No offense, man, but at your age you should be looking worse and worse with each pic, but instead here you are looking better and better. You should be ashamed of yourself! Defying Mother Nature like that...

-Joe
:tongue:

[Greg Newton]

Thanks guys,

I owe it to everything I've learned from John Peterson.

Although Gordon,

Since you and I started collaborating on the Swoboda book, I've certainly changed my perspective on why we should exercise and how we should exercise. If it doesn't contribute to long term health, forget it. Second, exercise that requires strenuous mental imagery and control of the muscles, besides strengthening the physical, develops will power, creativity and your intuitive abilities.

Although it probably won't make the final cut of the book because of space conservation, I thoroughly enjoyed and was inspired by your biographical information and how you applied these concepts to some very tough times.

Greg

[Andy62]

Greg, When we talk about functional fitness in today's world that means strength that you can use in all aspects of your life. I have nothing against weight lifting, but it has it's limitations. The person who was most articulate in describing the limitations of weight lifting in building all around strength was none other than Arthur Saxon, "The Iron Master" himself. Most of he qualities that he describes in the below linked article can be obtained with Transformetrics,but not with weight lifting:

Gordon



http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/Saxon/DPP/dpp01.htm#4

[jan]

Greg,

you look more awesome after every new photoshoot. Seem to be getting younger too! So much for the Five Tibetans. It's Transformetrics all the way!

Your brother in health and fitness,

Jan

[Greg Newton]

Hi Jan,

Thank you for the kind comment. We've talked a little bit about doing the classic Atlas/PYTP/Powerflex DSR's for high repetitions. I've experienced that this, in conjunction with deep breathing, brings the blood to surface of the skin and helps transport waste products away. Afterwards it gives the skin a reddish color and a healthy glow.

My former chiropractor, Joe Carrano, explained this to me a couple of years ago. He had not seen Lori nor I in a year. At the time, Lori had been exercising intently using the Isometric Power Flexes from IPR and Classic Isometrics. He did not recognize her. He was used to seeing her slumped and wracked with pain. He got so excited about her muscularity and her healthy appearance that he wanted her to think about entering a women's fitness contest.

When I told Joe what kind of exercises we were doing, he explained to me that the healthy appearance came from the blood flow created by tension, relaxation and deep breathing. The skin is one means by which we excrete waste products and that by increasing the amount of oxygen delivered, it assists in regeneration of the cells.

I believe that high rep DSR's can have the same effect, as well as pumping the muscles with blood. It is a win/win situation all around.

Greg

[John Peterson]

Hey Greg,

You are looking much younger and in part this is due to the incredible changes in your posture. as well as everything that you have stated here: "My former chiropractor, Joe Carrano, explained this to me a couple of years ago. He had not seen Lori nor I in a year. At the time, Lori had been exercising intently using the Isometric Power Flexes from IPR and Classic Isometrics. He did not recognize her. He was used to seeing her slumped and wracked with pain. He got so excited about her muscularity and her healthy appearance that he wanted her to think about entering a women's fitness contest.

When I told Joe what kind of exercises we were doing, he explained to me that the healthy appearance came from the blood flow created by tension, relaxation and deep breathing. The skin is one means by which we excrete waste products and that by increasing the amount of oxygen delivered, it assists in regeneration of the cells.

I believe that high rep DSR's can have the same effect, as well as pumping the muscles with blood. It is a win/win situation all around."

---John Peterson

[Greg Newton]

My youngest daughter took this picture on the spur of the moment yesterday. I am weighing in the 185/190 range and the pants are 32. My middle daughter is getting married in a few weeks in an outdoor wedding so I had to find a light colored coat. A size 48 fit me in the shoulders, but I had to have the waist of the coat drastically altered.

A few months back I wrote a piece about building shoulders with some of the DSR and DVR's from PYTP. Doing those exercises make a difference in the overall width of the shoulders. Even tee shirts hang different now.

Being 50, I have to say I look younger than I did when I was in my 40's. I was aging fast, but John's exercise system, his dietary advice, and the transdermals have made a difference.

By the way, change takes time. Quick programs and crash diets never last. I'm at a point now where changes are gradual. Sometimes you do things that set you back, and sometimes you do things that put you ahead, but you plod forward like the tortoise. I thought I'd put a picture up from the summer of 2008 for comparison. The second picture was after I'd been doing transformetrics for a couple of years.


Greg Newton

[workout warrior]

Congrats Greg!

The waist is really slimmer, your posture is better, and your chest is more muscular and ''compact''.

[Greg Newton]

Hi Ahmed,

Thanks! There are a lot of differences there between 2008 and 2011. That second picture was taken shortly after I ran (slogged) my first 5K race. It almost killed me, but was a first milestone. Now 5k is no problem.

My knees, shoulders, hip and lower back were also pretty shot at that time. Primarily I was doing partial pushups and 90 degree leg raises. I couldn't do much in the way of deep knee bends, Atlas Situps or Pullups at that time. Now they are no problem.

It takes time and effort. That is why I commend you for your recent pushup victory. Enjoy those milestones.

Greg

[farrout]

MASSIVE improvement Brother !

THANK YOU for your continued support, inspiration & motivation.

The best is yet to come.

Keep moving forward :)

Take care,
Steve

[JoeJustice]

Color me jealous, my man! You're looking great!!

-Joe

[Paul_DuVall]

You are looking extremely solid Greg! Not only do you look much better, younger, and stronger, but it is also very easy to tell that you are enjoying life much more now! Thank you for the inspiration!

[Greg Newton]

Hi Paul,

Glad to have you younger guys on board. On another forum devoted to the golden age of bodybuilding, someone posted a thread about what would you do if you could go back in time and give advice to your younger self. Many talked about better care to their joints; especially the lower back.

If I could go back in time and talk to my eighteen year old self, I would have advised him to forget the weights, stick with the Charles Atlas stuff, and do it in sets with a lot of repetitions. I would have also advised a younger me, not to be afraid to split up the Dynamic Tension exercises for different days instead of trying to do everything everyday.

I check around different forums on the internet and very few training systems deliver like we do for men and women over forty. Instead of looking for new mountains to climb and improvement, everyone commiserates about what they used to do. There are exceptions, but for the most part, people who rely on weight training for their fitness needs are travelling a slippery slope. The wear and tear on the joints and the compression on the spine age you faster in the long run than if you had not lifted.

Good luck on your training.

Greg

[michael]

Greg your transformation is very inspiring and I hope I'm blessed enough to look that good in my 50's.Greg I hope you don't take offense to this question,but how do you keep the gray hair away?I just turned 41 this year and I'm starting to turn gray,that's why I keep my hair short.

Another thing Greg that interest me is what your said about Lori.My wife always has pain everywhere and the doctors can't find anything wrong with her.Just curious exactly what she did.I know you said she did isometrics and power flexes,but did she do anything else?

michael

[Greg Newton]

...how do you keep the gray hair away?


Ha, I don't! Depending on what light I I'm in it is easier to see, but I'm graying in the front and temples.

My wife has fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel syndrome and lacks cartilage in some of her joints from some of the severe abuse she'd received as a young adult and as a child.

For chronic pain, you have to make a lot of lifestyle changes, which she has not totally done. You have to look at nutritional deficiencies as well as getting too much of the wrong foods such as processed sugar. Vitamin C, Calcium, and the Ultimate Pain and Inflamation Formula from Nutriprima have helped.

Exercise has also helped a lot. The Tiger Moves and Isometrics have helped the most, since they stimulate circulation without vigorous movement of the joints. Recently, I've had her doing some of the F.R.Y. movements, which also have a chiropractic effect on the spine.

Greg

[jaymo]

What I like is that your physique is symmetrical- your legs are not BULKY, nor is your butt!

This is the key indicator of a Transformetrics derived, naturally trained type of physique...

It's also a physique that has changed to a healthy, meat, good fat, and vegetable/fruit based diet, without grains, potatoes, and the OTHER sugar; namely- sugar!

Great job- you are an inspiration!

Jay

[Greg Newton]

Thanks Jaymo,

Your an awfully fit and healthy looking fellow your ownself. Thanks especially for the compliment on the thighs. Some would say they were too small, but I've had huge dumpy looking legs from my weight training years.

If you don't naturally have big legs, it is awkward and slows you down for running and other athletic things. it also increases your waist and hip size. I like being able to run, jump and kick. I train legs these days by jumping rope, running, sprinting, and slow, controlled deep knee bends and lunges.

Greg