This is just detail and posing work. The hip work is hard to explain as it is done without weight and is just a matter of lifting the leg while it is bent and turning it out to the side before bringing it back to the ground...then lifting it from there and bringing the foot back to the original...
Amazing how you never really know how you will feel on cardio until you get started. This morning I woke up and my calves were extremely tight so I assumed the stepmill was going to beat my ass but much to my delight my willpower was strong and I was able to plow through 60 minutes of intervals...
Last night ended up being another late night but honestly it did not have to be. I was home from the gym after training and round two of cardio at about 8:30pm and only had two more meals to eat but somehow I did not find myself finishing my last meal and taking my Lights Out until about...
As I sit here exhausted after my second round of cardio I cannot help but notice the mental transformation I am going through as the body fat starts to fall, the workload starts to increase, and the energy starts to fade. This is easily my favorite part of the journey to the stage and the...
7.5 weeks out and I am finally starting to start to feel the diet and cardio by the end of each night. Today was the first day of the new cardio and diet plan and wouldn't you know it...it also fell on the same day as hamstrings. Prior to meal one I headed into the gym for my first 60 minutes of...
Amazing weekend in Rhode Island for my final guest posing appearance prior to the 2013 NPC USA's. Obviously it is always awesome to have the chance to get on stage and pose for the fans but this time was extra special because not only was it the last one before I settle in at home to put all...
Really starting to hit my stride
Last night I had what could easily be the best hamstring workout of my life. It sounds odd but I have always found that as the suffering for a diet starts to set in you get a little more focused and from that comes some of the best training you can imagine. I...
I wouldn't say that the arm workouts or any other of the workouts are that special outside of how he has me performing the repetitions. With my Tri's they have always grown very well just by moving a good amount of weight but the bis have always been a weakness for me and I found that by really...
Kicking up the cardio intensity
After looking at progress pics on Sunday I felt that I saw changes but not as much as I would have liked to see in three days. Due to this I talked to Chris Aceto and he does not want me adding cardio because we are being very protective of the size I have...
After an absolutely INSANE travel schedule this year I am finally on the home stretch with only one more guest posing to do this Saturday before I get to settle in and just give everything I have for 8 weeks leading into the USA's. One thing that people often ask me is "How do you manage to...
After such a hectic past couple of weeks the wifey decided that it would be a good idea to surprise me with a little day trip up to Sedona here in Az to stay at my favorite secluded hotel and just relax. It is rather impressive how well she has gotten to know not only me but the demands the...
PreContest I get 16 egg whites with tomato and spinach with a side of two cups oatmeal.
Off Season i get two of the breakfast burritos with extra lean ground turkey, 1 side chicken breast and two orders of yukon gold potatoes.
What an INSANE weekend over in Venice! One thing that I think a lot of people do not know or cannot fully understand is how much things change as an athletes appearance schedule starts filling up more and more. I mean, we all know how focused a bodybuilder has to be 24/7/365 if they want to see...
Hey Guys, I just got off the phone with Chris Cormier and he agreed to do another Q and A video with me this weekend while I am in Venice training with him. We did this a few months ago and I used questions that came from fans of my Facebook page. If you have any questions you would like me to...
13 weeks out and things are starting to change. Obviously I am not pressing hard to get my condition in yet since I stay very lean and if anything a little light in the muscle department during my offseasons...especially this years offseason since I dieted through the early part of December. At...
Honestly Conquer is head and shoulders above Max Intense for me personally because not only does it taste better but I am already noticing that I am getting more out of it for my workouts than Max Intense. For me the Intense stims hit me pretty hard which was good for some bodyparts but for the...
All good points but honestly I feel people put WAY to much thought into all of that. I just like to get my carbs in earlier in the day when I am running around and hungry because they allow me more substance with my meals and I like the fatty meals at night because they tend to keep me more full...
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