JediBB’s BodyBlog

…Why not stay tan?   I hope bb.com doesn’t care, but I figured I’d throw this out there for ya’ll… I have a Hex II Stand Up Tanning booth at the gym here that I want to get rid of. It’s worth about 8g’s and I’m asking $6500 for it on craigslist. If anybody from the bodybuilding.com community here is interested I might be willing to give a special discount… Thanks, Bert

I climbed Mt. Whitney two days ago; frickin amazing hike. Anyway I don’t feel writing much right now, but I am gonna post a couple new pics…

Down to a 30.5" inch waist today at 215. Celebrated with McDonalds’ after legs this morning LOL! Happy Fourth everybody!

…but I still remember just the way you taste… Remember that Staind song? Good one. Anyway I haven’t blogged in a while but I figured that an update was in order. Life has been good. Some things have changed but when its all said and done it is for the better. About a month or so ago after having to turn down a gig modeling as the Human Torch and Submariner for some Marvel project because I was too fat I decided to make a couple of changes…Maybe I’d been a little overzealous trying to reach 250 anyway. That, coupled with my new diet- DESPAIR- I’ve succesfully whittled my waist back down to respectable proportions and managed to even keep some of that new arm size I gained over winter. In case you’re wondering what the DESPAIR diet is- this is how it works: Basically you have to break it off with your significant other, stop eating anything save whey, meat and red wine (for carbs and antioxidants) and continue your current lifting program. If you can swing it, man whore around as much as possible for cardio. Viola! 20 pounds or more gone in one month of debauchery and fun eating! Oh, okay fine, the aforementioned diet is for entertainment purposes only and should not be followed by anyone… or is it…?

 So yeah, I’ve got a couple of new progress pics up and even my first one taken with my Iphone, which is really shakey :/ The Iphone by the way is probably the best/coolest electronic purchase that I’ve made so if you are thinking about one, they’ve got my vote. Have a great one folks and train hard!

Please! I entered a contest over at World Physique Magazine and could really use your votes! Just Look for Albert Landry, click the pic and then vote for me. Simple stuff

Anywho, here is the link:

http://www.worldphysique.com/contests2

Thanks!

Rolled to the fit expo in LA this weekend.. It was way smaller than last year. Most of the companies had very small booths and next to no samples. Understandable though, with the economy the way it is. BB.coms booth was good though as was Gaspari’s. In fact I’d like to thank the Gaspari folks for hooking me up with so many samples- I got seriously more than a month’s worth of Mitotropin and my gf got probably 20-25 packets of Superpump 250. That’ll last her like a decade lol. Saw a few big name bb’rs here and there (Gunter, Chris Cormier) but honestly the whole deal seemed a little devoid of the bodybuilding element considering this was a "fit" expo. Seems most of the space was devoted to fighting related companies and little kids "judo"ing eachother. Oh well I guess, all in all it was well worth the 15 bucks to get in, but I am looking forward to the next O.

Made probably my proudest gym failure ever today- I just missed 605 on the dead lift today. That would have been a huge pr and would have broken one of my biggest lifting goals. But I can taste it now… I had it to my knees (twice) but just couldn’t quite break the stinking sticking point. Oh well I am really pretty stoked. I will have it soon!

Haven’t been blogging much of late- dunno just haven’t had the time or energy. Things have been pretty decent still. The economy sucks, my girlfriend and I are somewhere far in between together and not and its the "holidays." But thats the thing, its just life, a strange juxtaposition between good and bad in which we just have to figure out how to feel good about ourselves. And I do. I am happy. Training is kicking ass, I have some of the best friends the world has to offer, a dad who is always there for me and even God always seems to be hookin a brotha up This year I guess I finally figured out how to balance the good and bad, to feel both and be fine with that- I think I’ve always absolutely avoided the painful parts before, now I know they have to be there and I am fine with that. There is way to much good to worry about it. Well that was a bit more junk than I intended…all I meant to say is "ugh, weights good. happy holidays!" So yeah, on that note… Happy Holidays everyone!

Well the Excalibur was a relative success for me. Compared to my first experience there I did much better, up a whole weight class and I placed 7th instead of 9th. So progress is good. Of course I have my complaints about the judging and the placings of Cody and myself, but the point is I just need to keep getting better. If I just get good enough there will be no other option than placing better. It was a huge show though and two of the guys in my class have (or had) big sponsorships- Muscle Asylum and MuscleTech guys they were- so if I’m hanging in the top ten with them that is cool.

I must complain about the show logistics though. The show was very poorly managed. I wasn’t even through with registration and the show was already more than an hour behind schedual. It can be really annoying actually because it really f*cks the competitors up. I mean can’t they keep shit together? I’ve been a competitior in countless national and world class track meets and they run like clockwork- with 5 times the number of athletes and events! John Lindsay’s shows are supposed to be the best in the west and out of the three I’ve been in so far everyone has been a cluster f*ck wth unhappy athletes and incompetant help. I mean three of the heavyweights almost missed posing in the nightshow because the pump room help didn’t call them (or called the wrong numbers!)… that turned into posing routines with no pump time. Sh*tty. During the prejudging the judges forgot to bring out an athlete at one point so all of us heavyweights wound up having to hold a front double biceps for 2 minutes! while they figured it out. As soon as they did, they brought the dude out and started our mandatories over again. Basically every five seconds people that were supposed to know what they were doing were f*cking up and it felt like they were doing it out of apathy. Glad I dropped like 500 bucks on the event.

Anyway with that said I’m back to training for the next (not gonna stop till I win!) and can’t be stopped! Lol. Hope you all have a great day and train hard!

Morning Legs

Warm Ups

Squat- bar x 25; 135×20

Working Sets

Squats

3 sets @ 205×10

2 sets @ 225×10

275×10

315×10

3 sets @ 405×5

315×10

225×27 (10 wide; 10 close; 5 wide; 2 close)

Walking Dumbbell Lunges

2 sets @ 30’s x 24

Leg Extension

2 sets @ 80×15

2 sets @ 90×15

2 sets @ 100×15

Leg Press

415×20

505×20

…lifter that I  figured I would reprint here, hey maybe it can help other people too. Basically he asked me how to put on muscle and this was the most succinct way I could put it:

So basically you want to get bigger so that you are taken more seriously at work? Good reason. In your case even being a hard gainer (I consider myself one even) you do not need supplements to start- I think supplements are more important for people who have been training longer, more bang for your buck in a sense since experienced gains come so hard anyway.. You want muscle so you need food. Lots of food. High protein high carbohydrate and moderate fat (40% 40% 20% for example) is awesome. Make sure your carbs are from whole grain sources, fruits and vegatables. The only sugar (high glycemic carbs) you should be eating should either be around workout times- this is preferable, or in the mornings. This keeps you leaner. The slow carbs (whole grain) are less likely to put on fat. Your protein source that is best to put on mass is beef, but since your name is Deepak, there is a chance you can’t eat it; pork chicken, fish and whatever other leans meats you can lay your hands will work just fine. Depending on your metabolism you will need to consume 500-1000 calories over your maintenance needs per day to put on substansial mass. If you are going to use any one supplement as a pure beginner I would use a whey protein supplement. My favorites are Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard - my standby for about 8 years, BSN Syntha6 (kind high in carbs but oh so tasty) and Syntrax Nectar which has awesome taste and only a gram of carbs. A scoop of one of those taken around workouts will help anyone. Lift heavy and if you can lift longer than 45 minutes on any given bodypart you aren’t working hard enough. Sleep 8-9 hours a day if possible. No less than six. You’ll grow bro.