Mind to Muscle Connection Training Anyone who has worked or trained with me knows I am a big advocate of this particular type of training style. This style was pretty much forced on to me due to aging joints and consistently picking up minor injuries. I had to find another way to stimulate my muscles […]
My approach to nutrition – keeping it simple As with everything else I do I try and apply a common sense approach to nutrition to keep in line with my daily energy output. Although there are many out there who will make the nutrition very scientific and confusing I personally try to simplify things and […]
2017 Round up of another year full of achievement 2016 was such a fantastic year it would have been easy to think 2017 would be a disappointment. It did start on a low but certainly picked up as we went along I am proud to say. In 2016 I received a Lifetime Achievement gong at […]
BODYBUILDING IN YOUR FIFTIES AND SENSIBLE TRAINING ADAPTIONS TO CONSIDER I have now been weight training for over 35 years and in that time made the same mistakes most people do. I used to lift way too heavy in my youth with no particular attention on training style. It was all about moving the heaviest […]
8 days out from the NABBA UNIVERSE and the prep monster has got me So it is now 8 days out from that NABBA Universe which has been my main focus since achieving 3rd place at last years competition. It used to be a life long dream just to appear on that stage. Now I […]
NABBA Universe – Inside the Final 3 weeks Here is a little video blog for you showing my current energy levels and attitude. This is realistic of how you need to push your body in the final stages of prep even though energy levels are at an all time low. Its mentally challenging but when […]
NABBA UNIVERSE – 6 WEEKS DOWN AND 6 WEEKS TO GO! Still everything is moving in a positive direction albeit slowed down a fair bit. Obviously this is going to happen as we go through prep. Body-fats are an easy source of energy when you have a high BF % but when that % is […]
NABBA UNIVERSE – 5 WEEKS DOWN 7 WEEKS TO GO So as described in my last blog the only difference I was going to add into my regime this week was 3 morning cardio sessions consisting of just early morning power walks. Each of these sessions were on average just 20 minutes to allow me […]
NABBA UNIVERSE – 4 WEEK CHECK IN AND PROGRESS PICS My first milestone on my diet has arrived and after 4 weeks I always take my stats and progress pictures so here we are. Remember my diet hasn’t changed at all in this first 4 weeks so now its time to assess what changes need […]