{"id":3587,"date":"2021-02-05T11:19:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T18:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-556875-3996516.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3587"},"modified":"2023-10-24T07:09:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:09:19","slug":"transformation-tuesday-jordan-brooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buckedup.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/05\/transformation-tuesday-jordan-brooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Transformation Tuesday: Jordan Brooks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this week&#8217;s transformation, we will be highlighting Jordan Brooks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Listen up, because this dude knows what it&#8217;s all about.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Tell us about your transformation and what inspired it.<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Back when I was in high school, I worked out when I played football around 2008 but I didn\u2019t take it too seriously. When I went to college, I never had time to work out but I promised myself that I would dedicate my time to fitness after I graduated. I started that promise to myself one month after I graduated in 2014.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, six and a half years later, here I am.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3591 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/716ab-3b1db397-4c27-4bd6-9b84-cd06e6128ef7-min.jpg?w=257&#038;h=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<h4><b>What was your goal? How did you reach it?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My goal was to become strong. I knew that once the strength came, everything else would fall into place. From the start I just aimed to be as strong as I could be. I made sure that I did things right, worked hard, and educated myself to maximize my results. I was right. Everything else fell into place: the size, the muscle, the weight gain. I\u2019m glad I did things the way I did.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>What was your biggest obstacle and how did you overcome it?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the start of 2016 though the middle of 2017, I worked for a touring children\u2019s theatre that required one other person and myself to drive to a different location every week teaching children how to put on full length musicals. The big problem with that was that I still wanted to continue working out. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, every single week I can proudly say that I found a different local or commercial gym to get a week or a few day passes at to continue working toward my fitness goals. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That was a huge hurdle, and it would have been so easy to give up, but I did not.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Why did you choose Bucked Up?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A former colleague of mine suggested it after expressing my frustrations with ProSupps not doing the job anymore. I took the leap and never went back again.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>How has Bucked Up helped with your journey?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This switch to Bucked Up was around six months after I permanently came back home after working the touring children\u2019s theatre job. I was around 175lbs and all that work previously was basically maintaining rather than progressing. Bucked Up put me into overdrive and I was able to surpass previous goals and even gain more to make it up to around 200lbs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3592 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/04d68-a9369d93-465a-49b6-ba78-9fb682cd40ed-min.jpg?w=300&#038;h=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<h4><b>What makes Bucked Up different from other supplements you have tried?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bucked Up gave me that extra kick that I had previously lost with other products. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also, let\u2019s face it: most supplements are expensive. These were reasonably priced, and that&#8217;s one of the things that keeps me coming back.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>What do you do for motivation?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Having a routine helps immensely. I would come home from work, change, mix up my pre-workout stack, and go straight to the gym. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Knowing that\u2019s just what I do following work helps it become part of my life. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The pandemic kind of threw a wrench in that, but instead of going to the gym (they were shut down for a few months here), I just did my workouts outside. It was harder to break my routine, so I just still did my best to work out.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What are your favorite Bucked Up products and flavors?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think it would just be easier to name my whole current pre-workout stack It consists of the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two scoops <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buckedup.com\/product\/bamf-black\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BAMF Black Candy Shop<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One scoop <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-556875-3996516.cloudwaysapps.com\/bucked-up-supplements\/pump-ocalypse-the-pump-is-the-cure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blue Raz PUMP-OCALYPSE<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One scoop <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-556875-3996516.cloudwaysapps.com\/bucked-up-supplements\/creatine-one-supplement-to-rule-them-all-strength-size-and-smarts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Six Point Creatine<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One scoop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buckedup.com\/product\/das-labs-d-aspartic-acid-180-grams-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">D-Aspartic Acid<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-556875-3996516.cloudwaysapps.com\/das-labs\/the-pillars-of-muscle-building\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phosphatidic Acid<\/a> pills&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>BONUS<\/strong>: two scoops of <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-556875-3996516.cloudwaysapps.com\/supplements\/bucked-up-bcaas-muscle-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Racked BCAA Grape<\/a> in a separate shaker for me to drink while I work out<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3469 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/531e6-phosphatidic-acid.png?w=239&#038;h=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>What was the one thing that most impacted your success?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was a combination of doing the proper research to ensure that I was doing movements correctly (both to prevent injury and to maximize gains), AND&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Making sure I dropped some ego to listen to criticisms from people I trusted. As a result, I was able to fix some mistakes I was making during those key points in my fitness journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Any advice you&#8217;d like to give to people looking to start their own journey?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Knowledge is power. Do some reading or watch instructional videos then record yourself and compare. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Going into this with some knowledge gives you a leg up and the confidence to make whatever change you want to make.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan Brooks and his inspirational story are definitely worth taking a moment to read. 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