Jon Shelton came to fitness, nutrition, and bodybuilding the hard way — through sweat and perseverance. Taking a firm stance against steroid and drug use, Shelton is an advocate for targeted supplement use in concert with a well planned, healthy diet to optimize body appearance and performance.
Although a self-professed gym rat, Shelton’s books are aimed at people of all ages and fitness levels. “It’s never too late to get moving,” Shelton says, “and it’s never too late to start sculpting your body. Just pick a goal and then find the safest and most efficient way to attain it.”

Unlike many writers in the fitness field, Shelton has no contractual ties to any company. “If I tell you a machine is great, it’s because I’ve used it,” he says. “If I tell you about a product, it’s because I’ve used it with good results. Nobody is paying me to say anything.”

Then Shelton realized that the key to his personal discipline and willpower was simply competing against himself. “Don’t get me wrong, I liked the changes I was seeing in my own body, but man! When I came out of the gym beating my own numbers? That was the greatest. It still is.”