Reviewing Blogger Proof Workout

January 23, 2008

Reviewing Blogger Proof Workout Let’s face it — being a blogger is not going to give us six-pack abs, pecs of glory, not even biceps the size of baseballs. Besides being a time drain, there’s no physical movement, unless you count getting up to go to the fridge and grab a soda or something.

Israel, a.k.a. Fat Man Unleashed, has written a short and very enjoyable book designed to get us into shape. It’s called Blogger Proof Work.

His approach is very practical and I must say funny to some extent. Among the titles he’s given to exercises, my favorite is “Weirdo Walking With Chair Routine”. Just picturing it in my head cracks me up! Other exercises include:

Chair toss squats
Paying the piper of information technology
Laptop twists
Laptop presses
Laptop skulls crushes
and others

While these may sound humorous, when you put a little effort into them, I don’t think you’ll be laughing much because they do present a challenge.

Looking at Israel’s efforts over all, I have to say that I think he has shown yet again you can differentiate yourself from other bloggers with a little desire and creativity. He picked something he knew and he knew it well. He was into weight training a number of years ago and fell off the band wagon, as it were. So he took the desire to get back into shape and molded it into something he could share with others. In so doing, he generated enough excitement to get other well-known bloggers to respond, like ProBlogger, ShoeMoney, and many others.

He continues to offer his advice and unique approach by providing useful posts on his blog that I recommend checking out.

So while you’re blogging away looking for something that will help get your blog to the next level of exposure, consider what Israel has done…and do a few laptop twists.

Written by Mark Sierra · Filed Under Reviews

Comments

10 Responses to “Reviewing Blogger Proof Workout”

Israel on January 23rd, 2008 11:52 pm

Thanks for the mention, it truly is appreciated.

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Mark on January 23rd, 2008 11:54 pm

@Israel
You’re very welcome, Israel. Keep up the great work!
Mike on January 24th, 2008 1:02 am

Nice I’ll be giving this one a read. I may not blog quite as much anymore, but that doesn’t mean I spend any less time in front of the computer ;P

EDIT: Whoa, don’t think I can perform the first one without causing injury My chair weighs about 150 pounds…lol.

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Tish on January 24th, 2008 2:28 am

Hi, Mark! I’ve presented you with an award.
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Mark on January 24th, 2008 7:15 am

@Mike
LOL…that’s quite a chair you have! Do you blog in your LaZBoy?

@Tish
Thank you very much, Tish! I’ll go check it out.
Full Time Blogger :: Keiron on January 24th, 2008 9:31 am

Altogether sounds thoroughly dangerous - might have to walk to the kitchen and get another coffee to recover my nerves!

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Mark on January 25th, 2008 7:09 am

@Keiron
LOL

Be careful!
Full Time Blogger :: Keiron on January 25th, 2008 7:28 am

It’s a dangerous world out there!!

I know I was dragged out of bed this morning by someone thumping on the door because our neighbours car was on fire…… GRRRR!

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Madhur Kapoor on January 26th, 2008 1:11 pm

I am going to read it right now.

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Mark on January 26th, 2008 1:31 pm

@Keiron
Yikes, I hope everything works out okay.

@Madhur
It’s a good quick read. Useful too.