The Skinny

Well I have some frickin downtime to let everyone know what happened in NYC. To start, I was supposed to be in NYC all this week and next week, but those plans changed last weekend. I was in South Carolina on vacation when my agent called me and wanted to know if I could make it to NYC for a casting for Perry Ellis. To make it to NYC that Monday I would of had to slept in the airport when my flight from S.C. came in @ midnight and grabbed the earliest flight out Monday. So I did that. My agent said he would take care of me since it was all on such short notice. I land at Laguardia and I had a big black Lincoln Town car waiting for me to run me into Jersey City (where my agent lives) so I could clean up and get back into Manhattan to go to my appointments. I went to the Perry Ellis casting, which went good. (I wont know until this week if they are going to use me in Fashion Week, but they called my agent afterwards and was asking?’s about my clothing sizes and all that), then I went to Men’s Health which was the highlight so far for me in this whole modeling thing. I havent even been at it for a year and I get to go meet with my personal favorite magazine. The editor said I looked "amazing" and had a "marketable and handsome face". He said I am "cover material" for their magazine and would love to do some work with me later this year. I was stoked! The next day I met with Cosmo magazine and apparently they want to shoot me for a upcoming edition. The shooting I believe takes place next week. I also had a two day test shoot with a photographer named Karl Simone. (He has shot Bill Clinton, Paula Abdul, and some other famous folks) The photos look off the chain! I will get them tomorrow in email so I will post them. Some are inside but a few are outside on roof tops in Manhattan. These were just to get a different look in my portfolio. My agent is really trying to get me to go out there for a few months cuz he said he knows BIG things will happen for me cuz I have gotten a lot of good feedback in the short time I have been "on the scene." So more decisions need to be made and all that. But so far so good. I appreciate the support from everyone…This is kind of surreal to me, but I am riding this thing till the wheels fall off!

Companies wanting to work with me. No more go sees…its crazy…I am loving it!

This photo of me laying back is from my Rick Day shoot when I was here in NYC last November…My agent had it and I didnt know about it. So here it is for your pleasure.

I got a phone call from my agent wanting me to be in NYC Monday cuz he has gotten a lot of people showing interest in me. Lets just say this visit has been absolutely remarkable…..I will fill everyone in on what is going on. When I get a chance…

I am about an hour away from heading out to South Carolina for a little but highly needed vacation. I will not be back until next week so be patient if I dont respond right away. Thanks!

I talked to my agent and I will be in NYC the first two weeks of September so I can be a part of Fashion Week. This is a great opportunity for me and a great jumping off point for my modeling. A lot of good news in a short amount of time. I am digging that!

Yes I will have my own website…www.JoshEnglehart.com It will be up within a month or so. It will contain live chats with yours truly, training tips, blogs, videos, all that. I hope you guys become a member to see your boy rock it out in the gym and I will even take you on the road with me my modeling gigs and all that.

I had someone from Gaspari and Pro Labs email me about possible rep work. I felt kind of weird cuz I dont take many supplements…They were asking if I was interested in taking all these NO2 pre cursors and creatine ethyl ester stuff and whatever…I dont handle that stuff really, my agent would…But I dont think it is something that would be good for me right now.

This woman I work with said her mom saw my pics. Her mom is 50 something and very reserved. She told me her mom was starring at the computer and started to turn red in the face…The woman I work with looked at her mom and asked, "Mom, are you ok??" She didnt respond for a few seconds like she didnt hear her and suddenly said…"You work with him huh?" She replied "Yes, why are you blushing?" Her mom looked at her and said, "They didnt make men like that when I was your age." LMAO! I fell out…She said her mom never talks like that….I have to gloat sometimes, right;-)

Find out what works for you and stick with it until it fails then drops it! LOL….That pretty much it. So much of my time was spent for trial and error…or even trial and some success. I want to tell these people what would make this muscles grow faster or how to lose fat quicker, but its really how YOUR body responds. I will always be the first to give out advice…but the truth of it all is, YOU will have to find whats best for you in the end. We really wont know whats truly the "best"  diet is for getting cut or getting bigger…cuz we would have to mix and match so many different foods. If you find something that give you some success, start from there and work forward. These magazines will tell you "A recent study at Blah University shows that…" whatever….That was how those subjects tested, NOT YOU. So dont get disappointed if a diet you read about or a weight lifting routine you saw doesnt work for you. It doesnt mean hope is lost and you should quit. This is a part of the game baby…its rough out there….You will stumble, you might even fall, but our bodies are pretty magnificent if you give them the tools needed to show you what they can do. You are not destined to be fat, skinny, chunky, or have a gut…You just havent found what works for you yet…Keep grinding and digging, its there…dont quit!