Who am I

Who am I

My name is Jim Sheffield. I have spent the majority of my life involved in strength training and competition. I was the first Master Powerlifter to bench press over 800 lbs. and currently hold the UPA Master 2 world record with an 804.7 lbs. I helped design some of the bench shirts that have helped to revolutionize the bench press.

I have studied strength training physiology and strength training methods relentlessly having trained with professional body builders, strongmen, and powerlifters as well as coaching powerlifters, Special Olympians, track and field athletes and professional football players.

I now bring you the BCT Fitness Method to increase strength and fitness as well as reducing overuse injuries.

What is BCTfit?

BCT is Band Centric Training and is the result of years of experience in the strength and fitness industry. Having studied the various methods of building strength and muscle I focused on weight training which led me to become a competitive powerlifter. At a point in my career when I began to accumulate injuries that prevented me from competing in the squat and deadlift, I began to focus on making my bench press better, and it was at this point that I remembered isometrics. Isometric training simply is pushing against an immovable object. I started using several different isometric exercise techniques to build strength is my upper body to assist my bench press. I had in the course of my training been using resistance bands as a means of increasing speed on my lifts.

It then occurred to me that those bands when pushed to my personal limit became an isometric training device. Incorporating this knowledge into my bench press training proved very successful and I went on to set a world record in the bench press. Moving forward several years at which point I had retired and my body was racked with injuries. I continued to train with traditional weights at a limited capacity and then came 2020 and the shutdown of the local gyms. I had to find a way to train, so I pulled out the resistance bands and began training with them exclusively for my entire body. I incorporated everything I had studied and learned through experience, including proven isometric methods as well as MMF (maximal muscle force) and TUT (time under tension).

Once the gyms opened back up, I headed back to the bench press and found that not only had I not lost any strength, but that I had actually gotten stronger. This is when I realized just how good the training method, I had created for myself really was. I have taken this training method and adapted it to accommodate a variety of different clients from beginners to competitive athletes, as well as developing a series of training methods for injury rehabilitation. The BCT method incorporates Isotonic (dynamic) movements with Isometric (static) movements as well as MMF and TUT to result in an incredible training method that leads to better, faster results while shortening workouts and reducing injuries.

Why choose us

According to the American Heart Association the top 10 reasons people don’t exercise are as follows:

EXCUSE #1: I’m too tired to exercise.
EXCUSE #2: I can’t afford a gym.
EXCUSE #3: I don’t have time. Or I am a full-time parent.
EXCUSE #4: I need to be motivated to exercise.
EXCUSE #5: I don’t like to exercise alone.
EXCUSE #6: I get bored easily. Exercise is no fun.
EXCUSE #7: I’m too old/fat/uncoordinated/embarrassed to exercise.
EXCUSE # 8: I’ve tried before. Or I can’t stick with a program.
EXCUSE #9: I don’t like to work out around the opposite sex.
EXCUSE #10: I don’t like to sweat. Or I don’t want to take another shower and reapply makeup.

I have heard all or some variation of all of these excuses before, but I would also add one more, so we will call it Excuse #11.
EXCUSE #11 I don’t want to go to the gym!!!!!

EXCUSE #11: is usually followed with any number of additional reasons for not wanting to go to the gym. The people, embarrassment, confusion, pressure, etc., the list goes on and on and I’ve seen and heard them all and I get it. The bottom line is that people have many different and personal reasons and that’s that.

BUT WHAT IF?

What if you could workout at home alone while your baby napped or your spouse got ready for work?
What if that workout only took 20 minutes of your day and actually worked?
What if you actually got stronger, more fit and defined?
What if that workout changed all the time and was not repetitive and boring?
What if it didn’t cost you $100’s to get started?
What if we remove all of your excuses and you really started to be healthy, fit and strong?
What if I told you I have the answer?
Chances are you would think “another BS sales pitch that doesn’t work”. But what if you are wrong? What if what I am offering really does works?
I will teach you how to train with resistance bands and I will teach you how and why they work to build real strength and fitness. I will give you and understanding of why it is not necessary to spend hours in the gym and why those hours in the gym seem to deliver few if any results for most people.
And finally, once you have an understanding of resistance band training you will not need a ‘personal trainer’ any longer, so this is not a long-term commitment to pay for a trainer for years to come.
The answer to all those what if’s is the BCTfit training method.