str8flexed’s BodyBlog

Check out the new March/April Issue of Planet Muscle Magazine where I appear in a nutrition rountable allow with experts Will Brink, Alan Aragon, and Jamie Hale.  We discuss several issues including nutrition, contest prep, training, bodybuilding’s biggest myth’s and more!

-Layne

On the 16th I had my PhD qualifying exam.  Essentially, passing it does not get you your PhD, but it allows you to be eligible for it.  It is a very intimidating exam, essentially 3 professors grill you for around 2 hours on your knowledge of many areas of nutrition.  I was very happy to have passed and after the exam was over, the head of the committee told me that I did the best of any student he could remember so that made me feel REALLY great!  He said "there are no holes in your knowledge of metabolism."  Coming from a professor, that meant a lot to me.  So I’m really excited, now I just have to get my research done and write up my thesis!

-Layne