I will put up the 4 week out shots, 3 week, 2 week and 1 week along with the pics taking the day and days before the show with my contest report. Training Starting tomorrow I will cut out all forced reps and only perform what I can do. I will still train as heavy [...]

To those of you that have been following my pre contest updates I am sorry that I did not write an article for 3 weeks out. I have been doing government funded research in a lab at my college this summer in addition to preparing for this contest and I was just too busy to [...]

As indicated in my initial article, this was my first week back from an almost 2 week layoff. I was expecting it to be a tough week and I was right! In addition to taking time off from training, I had also taken 2 weeks off the CreaGro (Muscle Network creatine mix). I wanted to [...]

Even wonder why incredible feats of strength are performed under pressure? Well, one answer comes to mind… the brain. You see, there is a way to stress yourself into doing a something. Think about it. Remember when Bill Kazmaier threw those kegs with incredible speed at the world’s strongest man a while back? Well, most [...]

Guiding principles for advancement THE 3 P’s: PLAN PROGRESSIVE PROGRESS If you do not plan for progressive gains in a training cycle than you will undoubtedly fail to maximize your results. And worse yet – you could take two steps backwards! You are probably thinking to yourself, “No **** Sherlock!” Its true everyone engaged in [...]

I am always amazed at how little food some people eat. Maybe I’m just a glutton, but I could not survive on what some people call meals. A lot of times, people don’t even realize they’re not eating enough food until I get them to figure out their daily caloric needs with this formula. Once [...]

The other day I did an Internet search on bodybuilding training principles. I was amazed at the thousands of pages that came up, each promising the next miracle workout. No wonder most weight trainers are confused. The muscle building process is actually pretty simple. When I say that, I am not talking about the effort [...]