Pro/Am Contests Blog

I was recently contacted by Bodybuilding.com to do a brief interview before NPC Nationals this year.

Here are the questions and my answers:

1. Please introduce yourself (name, occupation, how long bodybuilding & competing, best placings, etc.). Also please send a photo or two if you have one.

Name: Daryl Jones
Occupation: Bodybuilder, Icon for the King of the Cage, & Actor
How long bodybuilding: I have been competing since 1994, I have been training since 1979 (no typo!)
My best placing: North American 2006 2nd place Masters Heavyweight “oh” so close!!!

2. Will you try something different in the days leading into the show in comparison to what you have done in the past? If so what? And do you feel you are taking a risk of the new strategy backfiring?

This time what I’m doing different is I’m not allowing “anyone” to tell me or even suggest what they feel I need or should do in this final stretch. As some of my “closet” friends have told me I have been doing this long enough to know what to do and I agree no one knows me better than I know myself.

3. Is this show a team effort or have you prepared by yourself?

“No,” I have prepared this entire journey “all” by myself , & I’m very comfortable with this!

4. Who do you see as your main competition and why?

Myself, because in the past I have let others change my original plans and at the end of the night I have said to myself I should have just done it my way!

14 Days Out.

5. What is the strangest strategy you have practiced in preparation for the 2007 Nationals?

I lost all my body fat with-out doing “any” cardio, I let my diet and weight training take the fat off! I never thought this was possible “but” it is!

6. Have you cheated on your diet? If so, how did you cheat?

Over the years I have always cheated on my diet with what we call cheat days, this year in preparation for the shows I have kept myself from doing this knowing why cheat if you want to look like a pro and win your pro-card! I think cheating is what amateurs do!

7. What has been your main focus of motivation to be the best you can be come November 16th?

Really studying and understanding the life style of the pro bodybuilder and spending less time focusing, and keeping up with people who don’t have a pro-card!

8. What supplements have been most beneficial for you contest preparation?

Protein protein and more protein from all sources food and MuscleTech Hardcore, that’s what worked best for me this season!

Later,

Daryl Jones
www.superheavyweight.com