Julian, there are quite a bit of typos on your site. Copy with typos doesn't lend credibility. Would you like some assistance with proofreading?<p>Congratulations on your work, and I think the site is a good idea.<p>I wonder: perhaps since you're offering your site as an alternative to broscience [as linked] you could use phrases like "we believe" or "it is theorized" or support your nutritional claims with the science behind them.<p>For instance you say that it is a good idea to supplement omega fats, despite getting plenty of them in the diet. There are those who would disagree and say that as long as you're maintaining ~1:1-1:3 ratios of o3:o6 you're a-ok.
Funny.. InternetBrands was inquiring about my health affiliate site around 2011 as well. But I made the opposite decision: not to sell for high 6 figures. A month later, Panda happened and traffic dropped 90%. Ouch =(<p>BodyHacks looks cool, reminds me of what Tim Ferriss was doing for 4 Hour Body.
For those of us too .. ahem .. cheap to cough up the dough for a meal plan and an exercise plan, are there any free options? I'd like to get back into shape again, the winter months were brutal to the waistline.
I found that for me personally, getting fit is not a problem, it's keeping the weight off is the issue. Sure, the 12 week program looks impressive, and I have no doubt that if closely monitor everything, providing details of every single meal and exact exercise you have to do, anyone with enough willpower can achieve the goal. But what's next?
As far as nutrition & supplements, examine.com is a great resource that dissects various studies and presents information in an easy to digest fashion<p>E.g. Fish Oil:
<a href="http://examine.com/supplements/Fish+Oil/" rel="nofollow">http://examine.com/supplements/Fish+Oil/</a>
I really really struggle with proper eating when it comes to my workouts. I'm a vegetarian and have been all my life. But I eat so much crap.<p>I would say that 70%~ of my diet is made up of carbs. It's really ridiculous. I also find that I usually don't have my first meal of the day until about 4-5pm. Which is usually a plain cheese sandwhich, a pizza or home cooked noodles with vegetables.<p>Being a vegetarian and disliking cooking is a pretty tough deal! Ha.<p>Also julian, I tried to email you from your website, but your contact form is broken, after Googling for 5 minutes to find your contact information I couldn't find anything for bodyhack. Do you have an actual email? (Finding this on your site was impossible).
Very cool idea! I've been wanting to create something similar since reading 4 hour body (but am no where near proficient at building stuff yet!). One thing think iwould be really useful and would help help the site stay relevant into the future would be to add some type of genetic relevance component. Users could upload their profile from 23andme (or other site) and compare effectiveness of various methods across varying alleles. There is a really cool android app (diygenomics) that would give you a base for health and fitness related markers)
I've just done a 12-week body transformation course here with personal trainers (5 days a week) and its amazing what results you can get. Through diet coaching, weights and cardio tailored for me I have loads more energy and look great. The key now is not to slip back into old ways so they are doing another programme about maintaining everything and are moving more into yoga.<p>One thing - on your video the guy says $10/month but you are charging £10/month.
I'm a little disappointed to find out that it is £10 a month per plan. The messaging is not clear that I am buying one plan and not just access to the website as a whole.<p>Why would I want to keep paying £10 a month for the same plan? I'd just pay once, download it and print it out and be gone. Only reason I'd stick around is to see new plans.
Received a coupon code for a free month, but was immediately charged anyway.<p>Tried to email the address that sent the coupon code, and it failed.<p>Tried to use the contact form on the site, and it failed (it says I need to fill out the word in the image, but there's no CAPTCHA on the page).<p>Not a great first impression.
bought a plan, out of curiosity. while I don't doubt the results, the website is quite un-friendly for beginners.<p>1. There is just one line, saying "if you don't know what this means, just go to bodybuilding.com and search for it". It'd take a couple of minutes to directly link the exercises to their video pages, and save a lot of time and frustration for the users.<p>2. As someone pointed out, quite a few minor spelling/grammatical mistakes, even on the FAQ page<p>3. "We will provide fitness plan that can completed at home with zero equipment." - doesn't seem like it<p>I'm not trying to be negative or anything, just trying to make it a bit more user friendly. The website itself is very straightforward, so it would be nice if the founders can do these minor tweaks.
my first thought was: how is this different from all those ebook merchants that promise you become the terminator in 7 days but then by skimming through <a href="http://www.bodyhack.com/men/six-pack-and-11-5-body-fat-in-12-weeks" rel="nofollow">http://www.bodyhack.com/men/six-pack-and-11-5-body-fat-in-12...</a> I actually found it to be pretty reasonable.<p>To be perfectly honest though I suppose this only appealing to men with the advertised body shape (naturally skinny) and Julian with 68.5 kg doesn't look very healthy or good to me but I'm not a woman and to each his own so please don't take this as a personal insult. I figure some critical feedback is better then none.
I'm also interested in how to maintain body shape once you hit your 12-week goal. It seems like the exercise plan might get modified at that point. Do you have any plans to address that?
how do we know he did it just by following the program...and not by hiring a personal trainer and a personal chef...or by simply doing 4 hours of exercise every day?<p>since the other co-founder is a personal trainer...I'd imagine it was a bit more hands on, than just using a website.<p>there is a lot of financial incentive here to improve the shown results
First thing I noticed is that they ripped off the Apple-Command key design for their logo.<p>Couldn't find anything about copyright/trademark on the symbol ... anyone know if it was used prior to Apple (or is in the public domain)?
Question for founder: do you get a better user response from highlighting your own progress pics, or Michael's?<p>I would imagine most people look more like Michael than you (I wouldn't even call you skinnyfat, just skinny) - do you get a better response from people who want to go from decent condition to ultra fit like your 'after' pics, or from overweight people who are looking to get un-fat?