Archive for April, 2009
Has Jennifer Nicole Lee lost her Friggin’ Mind
Posted by: | CommentsOne thing that irritates the shit out of me is when fitness models turn fitness trainers become “Pitch Men/Women” for idiotic fitness products. I’m not going to say that all info-mercial products are bad becasue they’re not. i’m even coming out with one very soon.
The problem is that the “Direct Response” people see a “Hot” woman that has done well in the fitness business and are mesmerized by dollar signs $$$$$$$. Susan Powter succumbed to the “Insanity” of being pigeonholed and has still not gotten over it, if you read her irritatingly whiny books. (which I have…stupid me.) Let’s get back to Jennifer Nicole-Lee…I’m watching TV which I do on occasion and see a commercial for the “Ab Circle” and I keep watching because I personally became mesmerized at how friggin’ stupid this piece of shit fitness apparatus is. Is it me or is every fitness info-mercial about some idiotic ab machine?
This is a prime example of how many fitness professionals have no clue about how and where their brand should be perpetuated. For soem reason I am actually sad for Jennifer Nicole-Lee that she has gone down this excruciatingly painful road. She will absolutely realize how stupid this decision was when people buy the “Ab Circle” and find out what a piece of shit it is and don’t trust anything that comes out of here mouth again. Think about it…how many “Body by Jake” info-mercials do you see now…oh that’s right…none. He spewed all the garbage products he could and then all of a sudden no one bought a single piece of shit he pitched.
The “Ab Circle” is basically a rip off of the Sharper Image “Love Handler” that totally bombed in the marketplace because they didn’t have a “Fitness Mode” pitching it. Also, so that you know that I’m not just bad mouthing something for the fun of it. The “Ab Circle” uses way too much momentum to get any real ab workout and it places you lower back in danger of being hurt with the high torque swinging motion that you are made to do.
Here’s a video of the “Ab Circle” info-mercial. You can’t deny that Jennifer is “Hot” but the “Ab Circle” definitely is not.
Learn How Professional Grade Nutritional Products are Actually Made
Posted by: | CommentsLast week I started giving you a look behind the scenes of how Prograde Nutritional Products are made. Well today is no different. CEO Jim Labadie is going to take you through the powder fill as well as the capsule product fill.
I’ve always been kind of a freak about wanting to know how things are made and the process by which it gets done. I’d like to hear from you if you think this is educational and helpful in making a decision to invest in a nutritional product. Watch the two videos below and tell me what you think:
Blend Powder Fill: Prograde Lean & Prograde Workout
Capsule Fill: Prograde Longevity, Men’s VGF 25+, Women’s VGF 25+
You can always get your Prograde Nutritional products from http://askrocco.getprograde.com
Check out how Prograde Nutritional Products are Made
Posted by: | CommentsYesterday I gave you the opportunity to see how Prograde Nutritional Products are received and made sure that their are no contaminants in the raw material. Today I’m going to show you how Prograde blends the ingredients for Prograde Lean and Prograde Workout.
It’s pretty amazing that a nutritional company has allowed you to take a look inside their manufacturing facility and show you what ingredients and what measures they go through for such purity.
Watch this video to see how the Prograde powder blending in done:
Prograde Nutrition Turns 2 Years Old…Happy Birthday!
Posted by: | CommentsIn honor of my favorite Professional Grade Nutritional supplements turning 2 years old I thought it would be fun to watch how this great product is manufactured. So I am going to present a series of videos that CEO of Prograde Nutrition Jim Labadie shot to let you know how Prograde Nutritional Products are manufactured and tested.
Prograde also decided to honor it’s own birthday with a little birthday special.
Here’s what you need to know about their Second Birthday Sale:
- You save 10.2% off ALL of their products. They’re all on sale this week.
- The sale ends this Friday, April 24th at 11:59pm EST.
- Just enter the coupon code below during checkout on their site:
Coupon Code: xxtwozz
(yes, the letters are all lower case)
- If you purchase any of their Combo Packs or Smart Ship options the coupon code only applies to the FIRST purchase.
- The coupon can’t be combined with any other Prograde offers.
- Prograde Nutrition products cannot be found in stores anywhere. Only online here: http://askrocco.getprograde.com
Here’s the first and second video in the Prograde Video Series:
Lost in a Crowd of Celebrities…Vegas Style
Posted by: | CommentsI walked into the VIP section of the Miss USA after party and after congratulating Paula Miles on her girl’s win (Paula is the Executive Director of Miss North Carolina USA) I bumped into Kevin Rudolf who played his hit single “Let it Rock” for the Swimsuit portion of the the Miss USA Pageant.
Rocco Castellano | Kevin Rudolf
It’s amazing, I have met many “celebrity” types in my day due to the nature of my business and they fall into two categories…the assholes that think they are above everyone…or the down to earth, glad to be where they are type.
Kevin Rudolf is definitely the latter type. We had a great conversation about what it took for him to get to the top of his game and through our talk he kept reiterating the same thing…”Raw Determination”, the music business is hard and takes getting knocked down hundreds of times before one day you get up and all the hard work paid off. Resilency and forward momentum was etched in his character and I was happy to have had the opportunity for dialogue with someone who shared the same philosophy.
Sherri Hill | Rocco Castellano
Another person who I have known about for years but had never met was Sherri Hill. In the pageant industry Sherri Hill is basically a “Dress Making” God. 8 out of the top 10 girls were wearing a Sherri Hill Dress. If you ask me that’s pretty amazing. That would be like going to the Academy Awards and almost every female celebrity (and probably some males…I’m not judging) on the Red Carpet answered the same question; “What are you wearing?” with “Oh, it’s Sherri Hill”.
Sherri is another one that is very reserved and pleasant to talk to as I am the opposite. I’m not at all reserved and on many occasions I’m not pleasant to talk to…especially if you ask me if you “look fat”…but this post isn’t about my unpleasantness. If any of the women and girls out there are thinking about getting a beautiful dress for prom or wedding feel confident that the designer is not only a great designer but a great person.
Josett Wilbanks | Rocco Castellano | Sandrine Karsenty
There was no shortage of beautiful woman as you can see with the photo to the left of me with beautiful Las Vegas Hairstylist Josett Wilbanks and my good friend Andy Burgoyne’s beautiful girlfriend Sandrine Karsenty.
A little back story on Josett. She was attending the premiere of Peepshow at Planet Hollywood and Donald Trump was so enamered by her that he kept telling Robert Earl (priciple owner of Planet Hollywood) to put her in the show. So instead of accepting a part in the show she decided on taking 2 tickets to the VIP after party for Miss USA.
