Why This Film?

In 2008 I was obese. Without realizing it, my sedentary lifestyle had led to excess fat and weak muscles. On the medical charts, I was at high risk for a life-threatening emergency.

I made a decision to change course, to lose fat and get stronger. My back aches and stabbing leg pains went away. My heart and lungs got stronger, giving me more stamina for playing with my kids or going for a jog. I developed the muscle to complete harder and heavier tasks. And I liked the changes I was seeing in the mirror. It felt so good!

And I wanted to share these benefits with other men.

Rather than becoming a personal trainer and working with a small handful of clients, I decided to reach a much wider audience through the medium I enjoy best: Movies.

Like None Other

Years ago I created a short tutorial about the muscle groups of the adult male. A long-time bodybuilder (complete with steroids) saw it and said that if the education films he had watched in Biology class had been as entertaining as my video, he would have remembered the information a lot better. And that's what really got me thinking.

The video content about fitness tends toward two extreme ends of a spectrum. On one end are the films and videos that inspire and motivate, like the classic Pumping Iron which excited a lot of men about getting big and strong. On the other end are an endless slew of internet videos by personal trainers and fitness models that are loaded with educational content but do not make for captivating viewing.

My goal is for The Better Body Starter Kit For Men to land in the middle: I want to educate men on how to create a stronger, healthier body, and motivate them to go do it. Along the way, I want the presentation to be entertaining, humorous, and engaging, so that men are interested in watching the entire film and learning from it, perhaps repeatedly if necessary. A film both captivating and informative, like no other fitness documentary in existence.