This is me about 6 months after I first started training in 2001.

My Name is Clint Nielsen and Ive been living and breathing fitness and training for almost 10 years. Why am I doing this? It felt the right time to impart some of my experience.

For FREE no less! Wow, epic.

Ive built up a fair amount of knowledge and have had my sister, Janelle over at NESH, help me build myself from an over-weight, self-conscious twenty something, into the person I am today. This site is an on-going informational resource which will be experience based and will aim to debunk some of the myths currently floating around.

How I began
Back in 2001, I received a comment down at the pub from some mates of mine as I was scoring a game of Darts.
‘Hey Clint, nice man-boobs’.

That’s all it took
You forget how far you can let yourself slide when you’re a teenager. Practically going out 4 times a week, even on ‘school nights’, I was hammering my system with alcohol and poor food choices.’ There is a phase that you go through where no matter what you eat/drink, you can’t seem to get fat.
Suddenly, your metabolism slows down and your body goes ‘hang on a minute’.

It is THIS mechanism, which potentially saved my life. Its your body’s way of telling you that you are punishing it and that you need to stop.
I began training like a mofo, shedding all the fat from my body (which took a LONG time as I didn’t really know what I was doing).

Fast Forward to today
I am now constantly floating around 10% body fat year round and feel happy and strong all of the time. What you learn as you get more and more experienced is that you can do things in a more efficient manner as time goes on. If only I knew then what I do now,
I could have spent half the time in the gym for the same if not better results.

After 6 months of Visual Impact - 24th December, 2010

Why listen to me?
Ive been training and trialing hundreds of methods and found that most of them will help you reach your goals in a ‘round-about’ kind of way.
I’ve learnt the hard way, so now im ready to share my knowledge with anyone who’ll listen.

Do I have proof to back it up?
The Bali photo will hopefully show you that I practise what I preach. It was shot recently with a point-and-shoot camera and has NOT been re-touched at all.

I wanted to show you the REAL DEAL. So yes, it is possible to enjoy your life, eat a pizza, have 6 beers on the weekend and be able to look and feel great all of the time. I’m no fitness model or greek Adonis, but I think you’ll find that there is definitely a happy medium, and I aim to prove this on a regular basis.

My contact Information
Email: clint at crudefitness.com
Twitter: twitter.com/crudefitness
Facebook: facebook.com/crudefitness