dec 30

yesterday i trained arms. i had a very good arm workout, i started out slow, but once i got going i had a really sick pump! last nite i went to my buddies to watch the patriots vrs giants game. we had a good time, i ate like 80 buffalo wings! today im just relaxing on the couch watching football, i made a fire and im just chillin. tomorrow is new years eve, most of the gyms are closing somewhat early, i will be training in brookfied at NO LIMIT FITNESS. it will be the first of many workouts there!

dec 29

long day yesterday. i waited around my house all day for the second time for sears to come and service my hot water heater... they didn't come. i am really pissed over this whole thing, it sucks not having hot water! they are supposed to come today. sears has a really shitty operation going on when it comes to the service department. i trained shoulders last nite, and despite the lack of food i had yesterday, i was quite strong. i went up to 120 lb dumbbells for my work sets of shoulder press and then at the end i did a burn out set with the 100s for 19 reps. last nite i watched the movie superbad with nicole and i gotta say, it was hilarious! today is arms, as soon as the hot water guy comes im out of here to train. thats all for today, have a great weekend!

dec 28

yesterday i helped my buddy rob again at his new gym. lots of lifting and moving awkward weights and machines. i was really tired, but still managed to get a decent back workout in at about 6pm. when i was done training yesterday i took nicole out to outback for dinner, then i went back to the new gym to help out some more. by the time i was done it was 12:30 at nite! a bunch of us guys went to the diner to eat and then went home. i was totally shot, i slept until noon today. my back is pretty stiff and sore from lugging all that equipment around. today i am training shoulders, hopefully i can push some decent weight with out my back hurting! i hope everyone is doing well, training hard. have a great day!

NEW UPDATES!!!

hey evewry body NEW UPDATES are up in my members section, shots of me in the gym posing at 260lbs! go check them out!

dec 26

late blog time for me today. my schedule is all messed up right now! today i helped my good friend rob move some equipment into his new gym, NO LIMIT FITNESS today. boy am i tired! we moved a bunch of drink coolers, a large stand up tanning machine and a bunch of heavy equipment. i will be back in there tomorrow to help again. my back is pretty sore from moving all the heavy awkward machines. today when i was done helping rob, i went to brewster to train chest with my buddy ted. i was pretty shot so i pumped a lot of reps instead of going crazy heavy. by the time i was done i felt like i was gonna pass out. tomorrow i am supposed to train back, we will see how that goes. im looking forward to seeing this new gym when it opens, its gonna be great, ill keep you all posted! have a great nite.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

merry christmas everyone! its been a busy few days for me. i must say im glad christmas is all over. i had a great time with my family, as well as nicoles, but the whole experience can get very stressful. sunday afternoon i decided to start and finish all my christmas shopping. i started at about 3 o'clock in brookfield, made my way over to the mall at around 4, and diddnt get home until around 11! i dont know why us guys wait till the last minn, but we all do! monday all the gyms closed early so my training partner and i had to rush our leg workout a little. going at the pace we did caused us to have to lower our normal weights a bit, but we had basically no rest in -between sets and i was pretty nauseous by the time we finished! nicole got me an awesome camera that records right on to dvds so be prepared for some videos soon. i hope every one enjoyed there holidays! one more to go with new years and then its time to get even more focused. new updates of a 260 lb pj will be up soon!

dec 22

had a great shoulder workout yesterday. felt really strong and had a great pump going. today is arms, hopefully my tendinitis wont hold me back. im not sure where im going to train yet since powerhouse(brookfield, where i normally train arms) is closed. ill see how the day goes. i am finally going christmas shopping tomorrow with one of my buddies, another last minnute shopper like myself. im sure were in for a stressful time. time to run. ill talk to ya all tomorrow, have a great day.

dec 21

once again, another great back work out. back has been going great for me, very consistent. after my workout yesterday i met up with my buddies EDJ and anthony at ruby tuesdays for a steak. thanks EDJ! today i am training shoulders, traps, calves and abs. christmas is right around the corner and i still havent gone shopping yet, thats how i do it. last minnite shopper,lol. today is a sad day, the gym i grew up in is officially closed. i am going over today to help the owner move.Power house gym in brookfield ct is done. this gym is where i learned most of what i know, i made lots of good friends there over the years and even worked the desk as a teen into my early 20's. i have many great memories from that gym. powerhouse was the last hardcore gym in my area, i will miss that place so much! on a positive note, the owner is opening a different gym in a new location called NO LIMIT FITNESS. i wish him the best luck, and i will keep you updated on what happens with the new gym and how it works out. until tomorrow, have a great day everyone!

dec 20

i had a nice day off yesterday. hit up outback with my boy EDJ. relaxed a bit. now its back to the gym, today is back day, one of the area's i feel i really need to bring up. my thickness is already good(years of power lifting and dead lifting) but i need to be WIDER. especially in my front shots. i am prioritizing the lower lats as well as doing tons of movements to emphasize my width. i am going to take some pics today so you can see my progress. outside of that everything else is good, just getting ready for Christmas. have a great day friends!

dec 19

started out strong yesterday,repping out 315 on the flat bench like it was nothing! on my last set , i decided to do a drop from 315-225 to see how many reps i could get. on my first rep with 225 i felt a strange pull in my left pec and stopped immediately. there is no way i am going to let myself get hurt now! after that i just did some lite flys from different angles to get some extra blood flow, i took some pics, and will be taking more as the week goes on, so stay tuned for updates! today is a rest day, and im doing just that. lots of updates are on there way so stay tuned!

dec 18

what a great leg workout i had yesterday. i bounced back from my horrible workout last week and really felt good yesterday. i think a big part of it has to be because i sat in the sauna for a little while before i worked out so i was nice and hot. i felt like i warmed up extra fast from raising my body's temp like that. in the winter time when its really cold, i need to be really warm otherwise my joints get really achy. today is a chest day. i will be training in brookfield. this may be my last workout at the brookfield powerhouse, the doors close for good on thursday nite. that place was my home away from home for a long time. more on that on another day. i promise to take some update pics today, i know its been a while, so stay tuned for some new pics!

dec 17

weekend wrap up. saturday i woke up with a bad stomach ache, i also didn't sleep a wink the nite before, so i was all messed up. i went into the gym int the morning around 10 to train a client, then i came back home. after spending a couple of hours trying to decide weather i should train or not, i finaly gatherd up the will to train. i headed to the gym around 3 and managed to get a decent, lite workout in, although my stomach was really bothering me the whole time. saturday nite, i went to nicoles work x-mas party. we had a pretty good time, and i got to meet alot of the cool people nicole works with. sunday, i slept in and woke up to a serious ice storm. i layed on the couch all day watching football and relaxing. i feel nice and rested today, so i hope to have a much better leg workout than i did last week. i will keep you posted. thats all for today, have a great day!

dec 14

so yesterday i leave my house to drive for what is usually 10 minn into town to workout at this small gym by my house. i usually dont train at this gym, but since it was snowing so hard, i knew i had to be smart and take the safe way out. about an hour before i left my house i called the gym to see if they were going to stay open and the answer i got was yes. it took me close to 30 minn to get there because people dont know how to drive, and also because the roads were just pretty bad. i get to the gym and they're closed! so i get back in my honda civic(which by the way, is great in the snow) and call the new york sports club in danbury ct. they assured me that they were going to stay open. i made the journey over and had the whole gym to my self. the only people in there were the employees. i dont care how bad it is outside, i NEVER miss a workout. i had a quick intense back workout and was out of there in about 45 minn. when i left it was pure ice pellets coming down from the sky, just what you want to drive in. i made it home safe and relaxed for the rest of the evening. living in the north east you get used to crappy winters. today its a lot nicer out, i got shoulders traps and abs. have a great day everyone! more snow is coming on sunday!

dec 13

SNOW! looking out my window right now and all i see is white, everywhere! its really coming down. that wont stop me from going to the gym though. there is a small gym in town only about 2 miles from here. ill TUFF it out to get my workout in no matter how bad it is outside. big shout out to OUTBACK STEAK HOUSE. as you all know, i am a regular at the outback, well, last nite me and my buddy EDJ went for our regular wednsday sit down. we had a great meal as always, but when we were done, the manager came over and said dinner was on him! we eat there so often that he wanted to say thanks, so he payed for our meal. OUTBACK, you can guarantee that i will keep on coming. thats all for today. drive slow everybody, go easy on the brakes, thats what causes accidents when its like this.

dec 12

i went to see my doctor yesterday and he said i was doing great! so now i have to focus on making the most gains i can before i start dieting. that means lots of food, lots of ISOLYZE, and lots of hard work. i trained chest yesterday at 7 0 clock at nite. that is very late for me, but i was a nice guy and waited for my training partner who had to go to a late meeting at work. i had a great workout, but i couldnt sleep at all last nite, probably do to the late workout. today is an off day, so i will just be relaxing and catching up on some work on the computer. to all my members, i love to hear from you, so send me an email! have a great day everyone!

dec 11

yesterday was the worst leg workout ive had in a LONG time! my left elbow is still bothering me, but now my knees are really sore as well. i couldnt go heavy on anything yesterday, and i couldnt squat at all. stuff like that is really disappointing to me, but you have to know when to back off or else you can wind up with a serious injury. i think it has to do with all the weight and strength ive gained back so fast taking a toll on my joints. hopefully my body gets used to it and the pain goes away. today is chest day, hopefully my elbow wont hold me back. i also have to go see my doctor today to see how my recovery is doing. i havent seen him in 3 weeks, so i figure he will be pleased with my recovery. thats all for today, have a great day.

dec 10

whats up everyone, i hope you all had a great weekend. saturday i trained arms in the morning with my partner ted. saturday nite i went to my buddy jell cox's annual christmas party. the party was fun, a bunch of guys from the gym were all hanging out having a good time. sunday i went down to the bronx with nicole to see our nephew jayson for his 2nd birthday. jayson is the cutest kid i have ever seen and he is always smiling. we had a nice time hanging out with nicoles family and came home to relax early in the evening. i was pretty tired from back to back days of parties, but today its all about big legs. my left elbow has been really bothering me for the past couple of days, so i might not be able to squat heavy, sometimes you have to listen to your body and know when to back off! this morning i was 254lbs.

dec 7

yesterday i blasted back and had another great workout. i have been starting my back workouts with the same 4 exercises for the last 3 weeks, and it just keeps getting better and better. old school T-bar rows in the corner are first, i work up to 5 plates. next i do 3 sets of dumbbell rows with 130lb dumbbells(those are the heaviest my gym carries) then its 3 sets of wide grip lat pull downs to the front, followed by a close grip pull down sitting backwards facing away from the stack. i then do a 5th exercise to really finish myself off, this 5th exercise i usually vary. today is shoulders, traps, abs and calves. training is going great! i am really trying to reach my goal of 260 by x-mas! have a great day everybody.

dec 6

hey everybody. its thursday and im getting ready for a great back workout. yesterday i went down to manhattan to see my new agent Mike Lyons. Mike works with some big name guys like Palumbo and Frank Sepe. we met and talked about some things. whatever happens now, happens. my bad shoulder has been really hurting lately, but i have to just deal with it. the pain gets pretty severe at times, but im not getting surgery. just gotta work around the pain. thats all for today, send me an email and say hello!

dec 5

sorry for not blogging yesterday, but i will make it up to ya with a really good one today! first off i want to congratulate the Montanari brothers and my boy Kenny Wallach, for being named the new chairman of Connecticut! this is great news for the state, as well as the npc! big things will be happening in the future of bodybuilding because of these guys. i also want to give a birthday shout out to kenny's lovely wife, Michelle. yesterday was my chest day, and i had an opening in my schedule, so i drove up to the Montanari bro's golds gym in new haven to train with my good buddy Evan Centopani(for those of you living in a cave, Evan just won the npc nationals to be named the newest IFBB pro) i followed evans chest workout that included some drop sets and super sets and had a great workout. its not everyday that you get to train with a IFBB pro bodybuilder. today is an off day for me, but i have to drive into Manhattan to meet with an agent for some future business plans i have. thats all for today. anyone looking for advice on anything from training to dieting to contest prep, send me an email pjb@powerhousegym.com .

dec 3

had a nice relaxing day yesterday. i lounged around watching football and hung out with nicole and our kittens all day. my body was feeling pretty sore yesterday from all the crazy workouts i did last week. i woke up this morning at 250LBS. its time for me to start really bulking up now. winter is mass time for me. i want 10 more LBS buy x-mas. its all about hard work and following the dave palumbo plan! lots of meals, 8 to be exact! today is my leg day, hopefully i can build off the great workout i had last week. a few more hours and i will find out!

dec 2

ok for those of you who have not got a chance to see my magazine spread in MD yet, its up on my site in the news section. check it out and let me know what you think. sorry about not blogging yesterday, but i was up very early so i had no time to get on the computer. i went down to long island yesterday to see dave. i got all measured up for this company that is designing clothes for bodybuilders. not that cheesy crap you see in magazines, but nice high end stuff! if the idea works, they may use me as one of there models, if not i still will get some cool clothes! after i was done with the designers, colette and i went to Bev's Powerhouse gym in syosset. i always have a great workout there. we blasted arms, it was probably the best arm workout i have had since well before my surgery! i am pretty sore today. on my way home last nite i got swiped and ran off the road by a huge truck carrying cars! i was lucky to be ok, but i had 2 flat tires and another one that was smashed in. fortunately there was a garage right off the exit that fixed everything up for me! i was lucky to walk away fine, with just a couple of flat tires! thats all for me, enjoy your sunday!

nov 30

another great back workout yesterday. my back training has been great since coming back from my surgery. if this keeps up my back should really improve. today is shoulders, traps, calves and abs. i think i am going to do one fly exercise for my chest just to give it some extra stimulation. i need my chest to catch up to everything else since i didn't train it for almost 6 whole weeks! tomorrow i go down to see Dave Palumbo to help him out with a project hes working on involving clothing, i will let you know more details after its done. i will also be training in the famous Bev Francis powerhouse gym. i have a history of good arm workouts in Bevs Gym, its a great atmosphere. have a great day everyone! ill be on here before i go down to long island tomorrow.

nov 29

i am excited to let everyone know that i am in the new issue of muscular development. page 296 in the January issue(on news stands now) i am in dave palumbos column as the anabolic freak of the month! this is a great honor to me, dave wrote such a great bio about me, i couldn't be happier! be sure to check it out! yesterday was a good off day for me. not only did i go to outback with my buddies EDJ, Anthony and Jay, but i also went out for some great sushi a couple hours later. thats how you gotta do it in the off season. im getting ready to go to the gym early today, my partners son is sick so we gotta hit back now. take a look at the magazine and let me know what you think! time to train! talk to ya all tomorrow!

nov 28

whats up everyone. today is an off training day for me. gotta rest after the last two grueling workouts i had. blasted chest pretty hard yesterday. my strength was up quite a bit from last week. my stamina is still not were it should be yet, i tested it by doing an extra set of bench press yesterday, i did 225 for 20 reps. i think another week or two and i should be back to normal. its strange, i thought i would be much more sore today than i am. i have turned a bunch of my friends and clients on to ISOLYZE whey protein. for those of you who haven't tried it yet, i highly recommend it. its by far the best tasting whey protein on the market!

nov 27

awesome leg workout yesterday! i banged out hamstrings first. then a few sets of extensions. had a great squat yesterday. worked out with 405 for 2 sets. it was the first time since before my surgery that i was able to go that heavy. i had a great pump going! today is chest day, this is were i am lagging the most in my recovery. hopefully today i will make some big improvements from last week. keep the emails coming, i love hearing from you!

nov 26

sunday came and went like a blurr. nicole and i lounged all day. we went over to my grandparents house to chill for a little while, but thats all we did. i made a fire in the fire place last nite. i dont think it did much to heat our house, but it looks cool,lol. today is big legs, i gotta get my quad sweep bigger this year. its all about confusion and changing my squat position around to keep my legs guessing. to all my members and fans and friends, i have a cool new update coming soon. its secret for now, but i will let you know soon. keep in touch via email. have a great day!

nov 25

late start for me today. i went out last nite with nicole and the boys. i was the designated driver. we started out at rain in norwalk around 10. it was pretty wack, so we went to hulahanks in stamford. that was a better time, but it was a little to crowded for me. from there we wound up in white plains at the thirsty turtle(probably the best place to go around here) we stayed at the turtle until it was almost 4. my friend jen was bartending so we got taken care of. the band playing was very good, they played alot of hard rock. i hate the typical club music you hear, so the band was a nice change. after the turtle, we hit up the diner with my friends, rob and bill. we all pigged out and then i drove us all back to danbury. i didn't get into bed until after 5:30 this morning! its ok, i feel good and i always rest on sundays anyway. tomorrow is big legs! i gotta start loading up my body for the beating im gonna give it tomorrow!

nov 24

whats up everyone. its saturday, normaly, when im home i train arms around 10 am on saturdays, but today i got the pleasure of sleeping in. im going to train around 3 o'clock today at the new york sports club in danbury to get a change of atmosphere for the day. yesterday i had a great shoulder workout. im busting my ass to get my strength and stamina back to where it was! today is my grandmas birthday, so i want to give a big birthday SHOUT OUT to BARBARA MARRA, the best grandma in the world. i lived with my grandparents from 18 to 24, so we are very close. my grandma is the most loving, caring person i have ever met! i will have some updates coming soon, so stay tuned!

nov 23

i hope you all had a nice thanksgiving yesterday. a lot of people in the sport of bodybuilding can get so wrapped up in what they are trying to achieve that they may take there family for granted. its nice to just relax for a day with loved ones and forget about all your life's problems for a day. i ate a couple of big meals at nicole's dad's house in the bronx, but i did not eat enough. fortunately, most of the leftovers came home with us. we got kitty a new little sister named bella, she has the most lethal claws! were going to have to de-claw them because were both loosing to much blood,lol! today i am back in the gym for shoulders, traps abs, and calves. soon, i really have to get back to golds gym in new haven, i miss that place so much. i havent been there in a couple of months! i always have the sickest workouts in there. big shout out to kenny and the montanari brothers, ill be up there soon!

nov 22

happy thanksgiving. today is a great day to just sit and relax. i have to head down to the bronx for the day, but once i get there all im doing is eating, sitting, and watching football. i went out last nite for a little while with my buddy rob who owns the powerhouse gym in brookfield, ct. we went to this big bar/pool hall, boston billiards. what a crappy time. wed before thanksgiving is like amature nite, you cant even move around because the places get so crowded. i would have been much better off staying home. i had a great back workout yesterday, my strength is almost 100 percent back to normal for back. lots of heavy t-bar, and dumbbell rows. tomorrow i will be back in the gym for shoulders. remember to pace yourself today, load up on as much protein as you can before you start getting to the other crap! eating 1 huge meal and then sitting around all day isnt going to help you grow. happy thanksgiving.

nov 21

trained chest pretty hard yesterday. 4 sets of flat barbell bench press, 3 sets incline dumbell press, 3 sets of incline flys, 3 sets of hammer strength incline, and 3 high rep sets of peck deck just to finnish it off. pump was pretty good, but my strength is way down.im pretty sore today, but not as sore as i thought i was going to be. im going to train back today so i can have thanksgiving off. its to much of a pain to train on thanksgiving when u have to travel. im sure the roads are going to be a nitemare today, and my partner cant train until 4 so im sure ill be stuck in traffic at one point. i think im going to go out for a little while tonote to see some of my buddies that i havent hung out with in a while, it should be interesting because everyone and his brother will be out tonite. ill keep you all posted.

nov 20

i had a tough leg workout yesterday, i missed a lot of meals over the weekend in dallas,and all the flying had me a bit worn out. my strength wasnt to great, but i still managed to bust out some decent sets. im pretty sore today. i have to go back to the doctor today to get another check up. when i come back i plan on really training my chest hard. i have lost a lot of size from my chest since this surgery and i really need to kill it now to get it back growing the way it should. i've been training my forearms once a week for the past 2 weeks, i haddn't trained them in about 4 years because they tend to grow pretty fast and over power my upper arms, but now that my upper arms are fairly big, i plan on really hammering my forearms until they get freaky! thats all for today. have a great day!

nov 19

well, im finaly back. i had a fun, but exhausting weekend! i left friday morning from white plains at 7 am. i flew to philidelphia and got on another plane that had me in dallas around 12:30. i hopped in a cab and got to my hotel around 1. as soon as i got in my room i threw my bag down ad hopped in a suttle bus that took me to the fairmont,(the hotel where the nationals was held). my hotel was only a couple blocks away from the fairmont, so i was back and forth all weekend. i went strait to guy and evans room. both of them were getting ready to go see palumbo so he could assess how they looked. both of them were shredded,but were not dark enough. so i went back to there room with them and applied more tan so they would be nice and dark. after i was done with there color i was really sweaty and smelly, putting tan on to big dudes is no easy task. i shot back over to my room, showerd and flew back to the fairmont to watch the pre judging. i watched the pre judging with my good friend colette nelson, it was a stacked show! the welter weights was a three way battle between our boy carlo fillipone and these 2 other guys that i've seen alot at the big shows. the middle weights were between jose raymond and our boy guy cisternino. lite heavyweight was between peter putnam and the heavily muscled charles dixon. heavy weight was between adorthus cherry and brandon curry. as for the supers, it was evan and then everyone else! the prejudging was over a little after 11, so i went back to dave and colettes room to hang out and eat some burgers. i was exhausted, so i went back to my hotel, showerd again and went to sleep.

saturday morning i slept in a bit and had breakfast at my hotel. i went over to the fairmont around noon to catch some of the womens prejudging. i met a few friends from myspace, kristie and amber. they were both really cool and it was great meeting them. i also ran into top superheavy weight steve kuclo, who at 22 is already a monster. we hung out for a little bit, steve is a cool dude, and i look forward to competing with him inthe future. the person who i hung with the most was probubly my man troy johnson from ALR industries, troy is an awesome guy, he let me try there new energy drink thats not even out yet,VENOM! i pounded it and within like 10 minn i was amped up. i went over to the golds gym right in the center of dallas and had a great arm workout. it wasnt really my type of gym, it was very corporate with trainers and salesmen running around all over the place. i still got a great morkout in, and met a couple of people from myspace there,lol. i went back to the fairmont to chill with my boy billy guns and get some food. then i went over to check on guy and evan, who were getting foot massages from guys little brother anthony,lol! they were both looking even better than the nite before, wich i diddnt think was possible. i ran back to my hotel, showered and was back at the fairmont for the start of the womens fitness at 7. the nite show was crazy, everyone was there, tons of top ranked amatures, professionlas like phil heath and ronnie coleman, and even the legend lee haney. i could probubly type forever, but i want to get to the good stuff. my man carlo won the welterweights, and we all went nuts, he had been trying for a long time, it couldnt of happend to a nicer guy, im really happy for him! the middle weights were a battle, but jose raymond was just to heavily muscled for my buddy guy. guy was the most ripped, but raymond was just to jacked. 2nd place for your first nationals is a huge accomplishment, and i think that guy will have a huge chance to get it next year. charles dixon totally blew away the light heavy's , it wasnt even close. adorthus cherry, who had a huge ugly tear in his peck beat out brandon curry, who will definately be a pro very soon and evan blew away his class in the supers, it wasnt close at all! me, guy, colette, kenny wallach and his wife, and the montanari brothers were all sitting together going crazy! evan then dominated the overall posedown and was crowned the king of the 25th anniversary npc national championship. his trophy was presented by lee haney and the npc president jim manion. it was awesome to witness! when the show was over i said by to all the great new friends i made and then we all went to eat and celebrate evan and guys success. all in all it was a great experience and im totally fired up to get in the gym and train! i cant wait until next year, but for now im really happy to be back home, i missed nicole alot while i was out there and its great to be back with her again!

nov 15

morning body weight 245. im getting there. one more day and then its off to dallas. i am excited,but im a little bummed that nicole cant come, im gonna miss her, and our kitty,lol! i leave early tomorrow morning so this will be my last blog until i get back. i trained back extra hard yesterday, and im sore from head to toe. today im going to train shoulders and traps. friday ill take off due to flying and everything else, and then saturday sometime after the womens show, ill go train arms, calves and abs. i want to say thanks to all my fans and friends for all the encouraging emails i have gotten, it really means alot to me. im looking forward to meeting some new friends in dallas. ok, thats it for today, im sure ill have alot to say when i get back. enjoy the weekend!

nov 14

i finally got to train chest hard yesterday. i was smart, but i still went fairly heavy on certain exercises. i am pretty sore today . this morning i was 242 lbs. today is normaly an off day for me, but i will be training back this afternoon, i have to get most my workouts in before i get out to dallas. i want everyone who reads this to go to the training section of my website and scroll down to check out my latest success story, mike blythe! with the combination of my training knowledge and nutritional skills, combined with hard work and SPECIES nutritional products, mike was able to loose over 50lbs of fat and win his first bodybuilding show at 19 years old. feel free to check out some of the other testimonials in there. maybe its time for you to earn a spot on my page!

nov 13

whats up everybody! im getting ready to drive down to white plains to see my doctor for my 100th check up. i plan on training chest pretty hard today unless the doctor tells me other wise. i couldnt go that crazy squatting yesterday because i felt a strange twinge in my right hamstring. i guess its going to take a little time to work out all the kinks. friday morning i leave for dallas to watch my boys compete at the nationals, it should be a good time. keep sending me emails, members let me know what else you want to see in the vip section, more pics are coming! have a great day!

nov 12

i hope everyone had a great weekend, i did. now its monday, time to get back to work. i always start my week of with a big bang by training legs. its all about squats for me, the rest is a piece of cake once im done with all my squats. the squat is the king of all exercises, unless you have some serious injury, everyone should squat! im also not taking wed off this week like i normally do because i know im not going to get to train on friday when i get out to texas for nationals. this morning i was 241. i definitely filled out quite a bit just from getting back in the gym. hopefully i can train my chest somewhat hard this week. thats all for today, send me an email if you have any questions!

nov 11

yesterday i was at the npc eastern bodybuilding championships held as always at the tribeca performing art center. the place is nice, but the sound system was really off this year for some reason, so most of the competitors music sounded like crap. the show was huge, 187 competitors to be exact, and there weren't alot of figure girls wich is very unusual. all the classes were stacked with good bodybuilders, especially the masters, where my boy MR G was competing in the over 45 class, MR G took second, the guy who won was just totally jacked! MR G's posing routine was great and the crowd gave him a big applause. the over all winner went to a heavily muscled lite heavy weight named Gilberto Mundo, this guy is gonna be very good in the near future, stay tuned for his in the trenches video to be out soon on musculardevelopment.com. Kai Green was the guest poser, his routine was very entertaining to say the least! Kai was 300ils of pure muscle! my only real disappointment was in the figure A class. the girl who won was skinny with no muscle and out of shape, where the girl who took second had great proportions and was the best conditioned girl in the class. makes you wonder. after the show, nicole, myself and the whole md crew went to this amazing Brazilian steak house in the city. i think it was called Platiforma. what a great time we all had stuffing our faces with different cuts of meet! all in all it was a great show and a great time. SHOUT OUT to steve weinberger and bev francis for putting on a great show!

nov 10

well, its time fot the easterns! time to go cheer on my man, Mr.G! im not going to the prejudging, but i will be there for the nite show. im looking forward to meeting some of my new fans and friends today! yesterday i trained shoulders, i started out with some dumbbell laterals and then progressed into some dumbbell presses. my pressing strength has dropped quite a bit. i was only able to use 95lb dumbbells for sets of 8, normaly i use 120lbs for sets of 8-10. im sure my strength will be back soon, im just a little rusty. im getting ready to go train arms, and then im off on sunday. next week im going to hit it alot harder. thats all for today. tomorrow i will have some results from the show! by the way, go check out my girlfriend nicole on the species page in the athletes section!

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nov 9

had a great back workout yesterday, i was able to go fairly heavy. i got a very good pump and today im pretty sore. today im going to do shoulders, traps, calves and abs. i can feel myself starting to fill back out. im still a little softer than usual, but i think i will loose that soon as well. tomorrow my boy MR. G. will be competing in the masters division at the npc easterns in tribeca. anyone in the area should come check it out. bev francis' shows are allways great! afterwards the whole md crew will be going out to eat in the city, it should be a very fun time! i hope to see some of you there, come say hi if you see me!

nov 8

shout out to my man EDJ! thanks for dinner last nite.wed nite is always outback nite for me and my boy edj, they dont even have to ask us what we want, whe're there so much we dont even look at the menu's! i am still very sore today, but not quite as bad as yesterday. yesterday i could barely bend my legs! today im going to train back, this is the only body part that gave me trouble last week, so hopefully i will be problem free this week. i cant wait to do heavy deadlifts again! ive been following Mr. dave palumbo's off season diet plan since last week when i started training again, i have put on a little size already. this morning my body weight was 239, i hope to hit 240 in the next couple of days. 250 is right around the corner, after this week im gonna step up my intensity a little more, and i think after next week, i should be totally healed and ready to start training like a beast! watch out everybody im baaaaaack!

nov 7

WOW! i cant believe how sore i am this week from training. today im off from the gym and i really need it. i am sore from my neck down to my toes. i really cant remember the last time i was this sore from working out. i made it through chest yesterday without any problems, although i went extra lite. today i go back to the doctor for yet another check up. i made good progress last time, so hopefully im even better this time. its great to be back in the gym again, i missed it so much! i have put a few lbs on already, i hope to be up to 250 by the time i head out to nationals on the 16th and 17th. ill keep ya posted!

nov 6

whats up everybody. i made it through a tough leg workout yesterday. i was able to do squats without any pain, but i only went up to 225 for sets of 10. i went pretty heavy on everything else, and although my stamina is way down, i worked my butt off! i feel bigger already,LOL! today im gonna try some very lite chest exercises, its been a month, and i think im ready. only 2 more weeks till nationals, im looking forward to meeting all my new friends that will be at the show. dont forget that i will be in manhattan this weekend for the easterns. if you live in the city, this is a great show to go to. my buddy from muscular development, Mr. G will be competing in the masters! i cant wait!

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nov 5

how bout that colts vrs pats game yesterday! tom brady and the pats are just too good! not my jets though, they sucked it up all day yesterday! i had some great sushi yesterday. sushi is a great bodybuilding food. it tastes good, and its clean food that is good for you! i was really tired all day yesterday from that show, so i just layed around. today im getting in the gym to train legs, im going to try squatting this week, i cant wait to start moving some serious weight again. i will be in Manhattan this weekend for the bev francis eastern bodybuilding championships, if your in the area stop by and say hi. thats it for today, have a great day.

nov 4

i am very proud to say that my client won the teen overall at the 2007 east coast bodybuilding championships yesterday! mike blythe, a 19 year old client of mine who competed for the 1st time yesterday dominated the competition! i worked with mike for the whole summer to get ready for this show, he lost 50 lbs to get into what i thought would be winning form. it was all worth it to him in the end, coming home with a big victory in front of his family and friends. another champion created by the braun fitness program! the day was very long for me, i was up at 6, in new jersey by 8:30! after prejudging i trained arms with colette nelson at the golds gym in totawa nj. i got lost after i left the gym trying to find my buddy guy cisternino's house, so i did not have time to relax before the nite show. the nite show ended really late, but dave palumbo, colette, joel goldberg, and a couple of daves clients and myself all decided to go eat at this diner. i got lost AGAIN leaving the diner and wound up in time square nyc!LOL! i found the west side highway and made it home that way. it actually worked out in my favor because if i went home the way i was supposed to i would have been caught in traffic on the GW bridge because of an accident. in the end i didnt get into bed until about 3 o'clock. today im shot, im just going to relax and watch the game of the year, pats vrs colts! the winner of this game will win the super bowl, i guarantee it! i have a feeling the pats will win. have a great day everyone! i gotta lay down!lol!

nov 3

i gotta make this 1 extra quick today. its 6 am and im getting ready to leave for new jersey to be there with my client at the check ins. am i a good coach or what? i trained shoulders yesterday and it went fine. the doctor said im healing nicely and i think i should be able to start hitting it a little harder in the gym by monday. im gonna train after the prejudging with ifbb womens pro colette nelson, we allways have great workouts together. ok, i gotta get movin. have a great saturday nite. ill give a run down of how the show went tomorrow!

nov 2

well, i made it through my back workout yesterday. i guess i should be a little excited, but training lite just doesnt do it for me. my motto is go heavy or go home! its gonna be a couple of weeks before i can go heavy again, but ill be there soon. when i say heavy, i dont mean max out single rep sets or even 5 rep sets for that matter. im talkin 8 or even 12 reps, but as hard and heavy as you can possibly go. thats the only way to really get results! today i go back to the doctor for a check up, i hope he gives me good news, although im still kinda swollen. after the doctor im gonna head to the gym and train some shoulders, traps, calves and abs. remeber that tomorrow i will be in new jersey for the east coast bodybuilding championships, anyone in the area should stop by. i look forward to meeting new people at these shows! keep sending me emails, i love to read them and help out who i can!

nov 1

i hope everybody had a fun halloween yesterday. i didnt dress up, but i did go to outback steakhouse with my buddy edj. gotta love outback, they never do me wrong! today im going to try to train my back, im gonna stick to machines and hammerstrength but hopefully i can get a decent pump without hurting myself. wish me luck! ill talk to ya all tomorrow.

oct 31

happy halloween everybody! be careful driving tonite, there will be kids all over the place! i trained hamstrings yesterday, it wasnt the most exciting workout, but i was glad to be able to do something. today im resting and tomorrow im going to see if i can train back, im a little nervous. ive been drinking alot of shakes lately because my appetite has been down from lack of training. i go through a jug of vanilla ISOLYZE a week! i wanna give a shout out to james "flex" lewis, who recently won his pro card in england. james is young, but jacked up already, ive been talking to him online and he is a humble, good dude! thats all for today, try not to eat to much candy tonite!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

happy bithday to my best friend in the world, jay castaldi!

oct 30

whats up every body! i finally got to do a half way decent workout yesterday. normally i like to do quads and hams on the same day, but since i still cant really train chest, i decided to split the legs up into 2 days so i can be in the gym some more. yesterday i did quads, i started with 6 lite sets of leg extensions doing high reps,next i moved on to hack squats where i did 4 lite sets, then i went to the leg press where i did 4 more lite sets, and finally i finished with some single leg-leg presses for 3 sets. i also did calves and abs. today will be all hamstrings. it felt good to be training again, i hate holding myself back, but i know i have to. did anyone watch the football game last nite? bret favre is the man, what a game! favre is an inspiration to so many people, to be playing at the level he is playing at, at nearly 40 years old is incredible! unfortunately, nobody is gonna catch the pats, there just head and shoulders above everybody else. dont forget that i will be at the EAST COAST BODYBUILDING FITNESS AND FIGURE CHAMPIONSHIPS, this saturday at kennedy high school in the totowa section of paterson NJ. stop by and say hi if your in the area. thats it for today. ill be back tomorrow.

oct 29

well its monday, and im getting ready to get a check up from my dr to see how im recovering. i have a feeling im going to have to get more blood drained out because im still swollen. im going to start training lite this week. its been long enough. today im going to do quads, tomorrow im going to do hams, then i will take off on wednsday. i think this protocol should work out well because i will be resting my upper body still. on thursday im going to do some back, friday im going to do shoulders, and ill do arms on saturday. then hopefully i can start training chest again next week. i had a nice relaxing weekend but now its time to get back to work. keep sending me emails i love to here from you. have a great day!

oct 28

whats up everybody, ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!lol! im getting ready to watch my jets loose again, they are horrible, i could have went to the game today but i turned down the tickets because i dont feel like sitting in the stadium watching them suck. i hope they loose every game so we can get a good draft pick! now that i got that off my chest...i drove 1 whole hour last nite to see this haunted winery in washingtonville NY! it was pretty cool, but i went to see my friend and i couldnt even tell which character he was!lol! i did a very lite upper body workout yesterday, a couple machines for back, some laterals, some lite shrugs, and some cable exercises for my arms. my body was really stiff and achy, but thats to be expected when u take some time off. my body weight is down to 231, but hopefully i will put some decent weight back on in the next couple of weeks. for those of you who are interested in my plan of attack just contact me through my website and i will explain my game plan! enjoy your sunday!!!!

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oct 27

whats up everybody its saturday morning, im getting ready to go train a client. i did some very lite hamstrings yesterday and a few basic ab exercises. i felt o.k., but i was using minimal weights. nicole and i went to the movies last nite with my little brother ricky and his girlfriend chelsea, we watched saw 4, it was awesome. today were gonna go see my buddy at this haunted house hes working in. i may do a few lite upper body exercises in the gym today, just to see how i feel. i have to be very careful, because im still swollen. its been a tough road to recovery so far and im just itchin to get back into the gym. i want to thank all my friends and fans for their kind words and encouragement, it means alot to me. i promise once im back in the gym im gonna be a force to be reckoned with. keep those emails coming. talk to ya tomorrow.

oct 26

hey everybody! i hope everyone is doing well, im definitely starting to feel better. i went to the gym yesterday and did 6 very lite sets of leg extensions and 4 sets of lite single leg-leg presses. afterwards i did some body weight calve raises. not much at all but i still got a good pump. today im going to do a little bit of hams and abs. next week i will push it a little more. you never want to rush into the gym, especially after an injury or surgery. my buddy scott perlman is working in a haunted house tonite, nicole and i are going to check him out, he plays a chainsaw wielding maniac,lol! kitty is very bad, he makes messes all over the house, but he's so cute you have to laugh at him, i put some pics of him on my myspace page so u can see what im talking about. remember next weekend is tatiana butlers east coast bodybuilding championships, i have a client competing so if you want to say hi, come by! if u need directions just send me an email. ill talk to ya all soon have a great day!

oct 25

good news, i can finally start some lite workouts again! im so relieved. the doctor said i can start very lite(everything but chest) on monday. i think im going to do a little bit today, friday and saturday, just to get my blood moving a little bit. i cant wait till i can move some heavy weight again. i went to outback steakhouse yesterday with my buddy eric, shout out to outback, there food is always good. dont forget you can still vote for Nicole in the www.iforcenutrition.com hot body contest, voting goes until the last day of October! i dont really have any plans for halloween right now, my injury kinda made me loose my spirit to do anything fun like that. i think im gonna see the new saw movie this weekend, nicole hates scary movies!lol. o.k., ill keep ya posted on my comeback to the gym, have a great day!

oct 24

ok, here i go again. back to the doctor today. i really hope that this is the last time and i can start training, im going crazy! our kitty has pink eye so i have to put this eye ointment on his eyes twice a day, talk about a pain in the ass. he squirms all over the place! theres a small picture of me, in this months muscular development, its not on news stands until oct 30th, so ill tell you all about it again when it comes out. keep sending me your emails, i love to hear from you. ill be back tomorrow, have a great day!

oct 23

well, im at two full weeks since my surgery, and just when i thought things were getting somewhat positive, i woke up with a bad sore throat this morning! i just finished my antibiotics on friday, i hope i dont have to take any more. i go back to the doctor again on wed. im hoping that i get the ok to do some lite leg work. oh well, ill be back in the gym soon. send me an email and let me know what you think of the new members updates! ill talk to ya soon.

oct 22

how was every body's weekend. hopefully your football teams did better than mine! im heading out early today, gotta go back to the doctor again. i really hope this is the last time! there are new updates up in my members vip of me training chest and legs, check em out and let me know what you think. you will notice the species logo on the top of this page, be sure to check me out on there web site. species has some great products, its the only stuff i use right now. if anyone has any questions on any of the products, just send me an email. alright, i gotta get going, have a great day, and ill talk to ya all tomorrow!

IN THE TRENCHES CAMEO

hey everybody, go to musculardevelopment.com and click on the top link MDTV, click on- in the trenches, the latest videos are of ifbb pro erik "the house" fankhauser. video number 6 i make a cameo apearance,lol. check it out its pretty cool because then you can click on my video with evan centaponi and u can see the changes my body made.

oct 21

good morning everybody. its sunday, you know what that means...FOOTBALL! when you cant workout and your stuck at home you really get tired of whats on tv, but sundays are special. the greatest sport in the world broadcast live all day long! i went down to long island to see dave palumbo yesterday.it took us 3 hours to get there because of awful traffic, it should only take about an hour and 15 minn. i have my off season plan and im ready to get movin, only i cant until im healed. hopefully in a week i can get back in the gym. i really thought id be ready to go by now, but im healing slow. i got to see my buddy guy cisternino who will be competing at the nationals as a middleweight. guy was looking pretty sick, his legs are good enough to be on a heavyweight! he has a little bit to loose in his glutes and then he will be spot on! guy was with his buddy dominick, who is also a middle weight, the infamous billy guns was there, as well as daves fiance(and my good friend) colette nelson. its always bodybuilder central at daves house. we all hung out, ate and had a good time! i go back to the doctor again tomorrow to see whats up, hopefully i get good news. wish me luck. thats it for today, enjoy your sunday everybody!

SHOUT OUT!!!

shout out to my best friend in the world jay castaldi. keep up the good work, you'll hit 260 in no time! thanks for lunch yesterday.

oct 20

its saturday morning, normally i would be getting ready to go train arms,not today. i still have bleeding and swelling, so i still cant train! im going down to see my boy dave palumbo in long island today. after i go over my off season plan, im going to see if he knows something that will speed up my healing process. for now im just trying to maintain a decent bodyweight. im about 235. i loose weight when im not training. i've been keeping my calories up and even added in an extra shake with ISOLYZE and all natural peanut butter. i just have a really fast metabolism. hopefully dave will give me some positive news today. O.K., i gotta get movin, enjoy your workouts, no matter how much you dread them at times, its way worse when you cant train at all,LOL! have a great day!

oct 19

morning everybody. its friday, and im going back to the doctor. i gotta get more blood drained today, i really hope this is the last time! this is driving me nuts. check this out, i now have received a couple of emails from a guy, the polster or justin h, i have no clue who this person is but he feels he needs to send me negative emails. this blog is for freinds, fans and family, as is the website and the myspace page. i guess when you start climbing the latter in this sport you come across more and more haters. listen, i dont have the time for internet fighting, so lets keep things positive! the thing i love is, most people who are name callers or finger pointers look terrible. keep your coments to your self. there is a saying i learned when i was young, to belittle is to be little. worry about improving yourself, dont waste your time picking on others. thats all i have to say for today. ill be back tomorrow to let ya all know what happened at the doctor.

oct 18

hey everybody, i got some bad news yesterday. all though the doctor says im healing fine, he said i wont be able to work out on monday like i originally planned. i cant workout until my swelling and bleeding stops! yesterday i had to get a bunch of blood drained out. im back in the gym training clients again, but i cant pick anything up or rack weights yet. i just gotta keep hoping that each day it will get a little better. btw-my kitty is bad! he keeps us up all nite! i have to take him and lock him in another room otherwise he jumps on nicoles head all nite and the poor girl gets up at 4 everyday!LOL! just to let everyone now i will be at tatiana butlers show in jersey on nov 3rd, i hope to see some of you there. ill be at pre judging as well as nite because i have a client competing in the teenage bodybuilding division. anyone in the jersey area should come check it out! keep sending me emails i love to hear what you have to say! have a great day everyone.

oct 16

o.k., im going back to the doctor again today. i have to get more fluid drained out. im hoping this is the last time. my goal is to be able to train some light legs in the beginning of next week. i cant train anything until this swelling goes down. i can finally shower on my own, but putting on deodorant requires a little help from nicole. being helpless sucks. im definitely feeling much better today then i was monday, i just cant wait to be off the antibiotics. the antibiotics are messing my stomach up, making me tired, my joints feel weird and i've been very dehydrated. friday im done with them. im going down to see dave palumbo this weekend to map out a serious off season game plan. i cant wait, i love having a plan. im very anal about certain things, i never follow a workout routine, but i have to have a plan with everything else i do. dave is the man when it comes to programs and nutrition, he is the only guy i listen to. if i cant figure something out, i know dave can. all right, its time for me to get moving, wish me luck at the doctor!

oct 16

whats up everybody. its been exactly 1 week since my surgery. i feel like its been a month. i want to get back in the gym so bad i cant stand it! i had to get some more blood drained out yesterday, but it wasnt to bad because i took some vicodin before i got to the doctor. the doctor said im healing great, im hoping to be able to be back in the gym in a week. nicole has taken great care of me, and i thank her so much, i hate not being able to do things for my self. i feel so small, i have lost a little weight, but when i get back in the gym im gonna blow up! btw- now u can get to species.com right from my myspace page(the real one, not philip the impostor)! keep sending me emails, you guys are helping me get through this tough period. help me put my brain to work! thats all for today, ill be back tomorrow.

oct 15

happy monday everyone. im getting ready to go back to the doctor and see how my recovery is coming! wish me luck! yesterday i came across a guy on myspace who is using my pics on his page. this guy is pretending to be me. its crazy, the guy even goes by the name philip. when i confronted him about it, he had the nerve to tell me i should be flattered! this guy has like 300 friends that all think they know me! so, i started sending all his friends messages that this guy is am impostor and to delete him from there page. people started contacting me like crazy saying they had been friends with this maniac for a year. now the guy is totally pissed because he is loosing friends to the real me(there can only be 1,LOL)! so he sends me a message saying he is going to make 5 more pages about me saying all really nasty things that i refuse to repeat! what did i ever do? if anyone knows how to put an end to this, please send me an email. I was fortunate enough to make a good friend through this whole crazy ordeal, her name is Kristie. Kristie is a national level figure competitor from down south(southern people are way more friendly than people from the north east). Kristie sent messages to everyone saying that philip is an impostor, she had been friends with this looser for a year now. this guy is pathetic, and now he is loosing all his conned friends thanks to Kristie! if anyone else comes across any pages that have pics of me on myspace, please send me an email. thanks for everything! to all the people i met yesterday who thought they knew me, im sorry that you all had to go through that, but your gonna think they real me is way cooler! ill talk to ya all tomorrow!

oct 14

whats going on everyone. its sunday, my day for total relaxation and football! not that i need relaxation at this point, its been 5 days that i have been stuck immobilized in the house. i really cant wait to get back in the gym. hopefully in about 9 days or so i can start moving some light weight. i am very independent and having to rely on others for things is not my style. there's alot i cant do right now and i feel a bit helpless at times. for a guy like me, this can be very depressing. i am very fortunate to have nurse nicole here to take care of me! she is the best, i dont know what id do without her. last might she made some awesome beef stew, im trying to keep the food coming in so i dont shrink to much! my appetite is down a bit, but i have been getting at least 3 ISOLYZE shakes in a day. ISOLYZE is very convenient for me, it doesnt bloat me at all, so even though my appetite is down i can still get the high quality protein i need! if anyone is interested in trying ISOLYZE, just go to speciesnutrition.com. tomorrow i go back to the doctor to see if i need to have anymore blood drained! keep your fingers crossed for me, because i do not want to do that again!. have a great sunday, ill be back tomorrow.

SHOUT OUT!!!

I WANNA GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MY MAN STEVE PERRY! THANKS FOR FIXING UP MY CAR BRO!!!!

oct 13

good morning everybody! not alot to say today. im trapped in the house with nothing to do but eat, sleep, watch tv, or search the Internet. im really bored! at least i have the kitty to keep me company, he's very entertaining. i have to try to take it as easy as possible so my swelling doesnt come back. so far i think the swelling seems to be staying down, but i have the whole weekend to go. i am aloud to take showers again(thank god) but i need some help from nurse nicole. sitting around for 3 days without a shower had me smelling pretty ripe! im a clean freak when it comes to my body, i shower twice a day always, so going that long without one had me feeling disgusting! btw- you can still vote for nicole in the hot body contest at iforcenutrition.com, you may vote as many times as u like. thats all i got for today, i hope your all doing well! please send me emails on what u would like to see in the members gallery, i love your input!

surgery update

i am not making this up! today i went to the doctor for my post-op. i figured i would be in and out in 5 minn. now, i am swollen from the surgery, but i figured that was common! for those of u who may have thought my blogs have been a bit boring lately...sit down! i take off my shirt and the doctor goes uh-oh! just what u want to hear from your surgeon! my right peck is like three times the size of normal. he says i have a large hematoma(basically a pool of blood under the skin) and it has to be drained. so the doctor takes a huge needle and makes a bunch of holes around my nipple. then if that wasnt bad enough, he proceeds to squeeze the hell out of my chest! blood was squirting out all over the place! im like, "oh shit, that really hurts doc" but he said it had to be done or i could get a bad infection! this went on for about 10 minn! when it was all over i was ready to puke. whats worse is that the doctor said its very common for bodybuilders to get hematomas multiple times, so now i have to go back on monday to have it possibly done again! just how i want to start my week. now im on antibiotics to prevent some kind of infection. so, i hope you all have a great weekend! talk to ya all soon!

oct 12

whats up everybody, its friday, i go for my post- op today. i finally broke down last night and got myself in the shower. at like midnight i got out of bed, rapped the dressings in plastic and taped it up with scotch tape, and jumped into the shower. i was so smelly and greasy i couldnt take it anymore, i had crusty blood around my stitches, i couldnt take it any more. the plastic and tape diddnt really do the trick and the dressings got a little wet. i figured the doctor will change them today anyway. it felt alot better to be somewhat clean. im so bored allready, im used to being out and about all the time, i feel like im trapped in the house, i feel skinny all ready from not training. hopefully im back in the gym in 2 weeks. keep sending me emails, ask as many questions as u want, it keeps me sane to help you guys out. reminder to everyone, the voting for the hot bod contest is still going on, please vote for my girl nicole. nicole is on page 6 #83, the voting goes on till the end of the month. the winner gets 500 dollars and a photo shoot. also dont forget to check me out at speciesnutrition.com, check out the great products they have to offer! members, i have tons more updates coming so stay tuned! have a great day everyone!

oct 11

hey everybody, its thursday morning. 2 days after my surgery. im so bored all ready, plus i cant get comfortable because of the pain. i go back to the doctor tomorrow for my post-op check up. im really swollen! i cant wait to get back into the gym. i feel so dirty because im not aloud to bath until the doctor gives me permission, i need a good hot shower bad! i have a new member to my household, his name is kitty. yesterday nicole brought him home from a shelter, he is only 3 months old! kitty was abandoned with about 60 other kittens in a crate in mt. vernon, ny. he is very timid around people right now, hopefully he will realize we dont want to harm him. kitty has been keeping me company since im trapped in the house. any way, i discovered something i think u should all try. i take my vanilla ISOLYZE and mix it with various different flavors of crystal lite! its delicious, u can come up with some crazy flavors that u would never be able to get at a gnc or health food store! another great idea is to mix some sugar free metamucil in with the vanilla ISOLYZE, it tastes just like an orange creamsicle! try them out, i bet you'll love it. thats all for today, i have more updates coming to the members area so stay tuned!

SPECIES!!!

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oct 10

whats up everybody, im typing this extra early today. according to the doctor my surgery went as close to perfect as possible, but boy am i in some pain. i couldn't sleep a wink last nite. the hardest thing for me is that the doctors orders were to sleep on my back, this is something i just cant do. i go back on friday, and im not aloud to remove the bandages or take a shower until then! im gonna be exhausted and stinky,lol. im all ready bored being home and it hasnt even been 24 hours yet. plus typing actually causes a little pain at this point so i have to limit my self there. my girlfriend nicole made me some home made chicken soup, bodybuilder style, with tons of chicken, its definitely the best chicken soup I've ever had! my girl can cook. ill keep ya updated on my recovery!i have more updates coming this week to the members vip, so dont forget to check them out! talk to ya all soon!

oct 9

well its finally here, my surgery's today. im not really nervous, i just want to get it over with. my procedure is at noon, it should only take about an hour. i have nurse nicole taking care of me, so im sure ill be fine! yesterday was my last work out for a little while, they say the recovery is 2-4 weeks. i wont be able to do anything overhead for that time. as soon as i feel ready i will start training legs again. everyone, please email me! i need something to do while im stuck in the house. dont forget to check out 6 new videos in the members section as well as all the olympia pics! ill talk to ya all soon!

SPECIAL SHOUT OUT!

i just want to take the time to shout out 2 very important people, Rich Newton and Ed Connors. Ed Connors has been around the bodybuilding industry for years, he has helped jump start many young bodybuilders careers. Ed has also discovered many stars in the wwe! the sport needs more people like Ed Connors. Rich Rewton is my step dad, he is also one of my best friends and he is my role model. some day i hope to be 1/2 the man Rich Newton is! thanks to both of you for everything!

UPDATE!!!

my email is fixed! i will be answering every email within 24 hours! also, check out my members vip, there are 6 new videos from the 2006 junior usa, some are in my room posing and some are on stage! also dont forget to check out all my pics from this years olympia!

oct 8

o.k. everybody, i found out whats going on with my email. powerhouse gym is re-doing there website, so its shut down. my whole business is run through that website. it should hopefully be back up soon. for now, anyone who needs to reach me can email me at pjbraunfitness@yahoo.com. im sorry for any inconvenience. today is the day before my surgery! i have a leg workout today, and then im out for a little bit. im excited to get it over with, it just sucks that i have to take a break from training! i want to say again that im sorry to everyone wondering why i haven't answered my emails, i promise to answer every one as soon as i can access the page again! i will keep you posted!

oct t

hey everybody its sun. that means lots of time on the couch witching football. sundays are great days to have off from training, u just relax and eat! i always feel great on monday if i eat big on sunday. i still havent figured out this email problem yet, its really pissing me off! i promise to everyone, i will resolve the problem. i may have to start another email account, which is annoying because then i have to change my website and all my business cards! im praying i can figure out the problem. i apologize to everyone trying to get a hold of me, im workin on it! last nite i had a great dinner at outback. i've been there at least once a week for quite some time now. thats all for today, im going to try to figure out this email situation, ill keep you all posted. have a great day.

EMAIL PROBLEMS

attention all members friends and anyone who may be contacting me via email, i have not been able to open my email for the past 24 hours, im working on the problem. i apologize to anyone curious as to why im not answering!

VOTE FOR NICOLE!

hey everyone, dont forget to vote for nicole in the iforce nutrition hot bod contest. just go to www.iFORCENUTRITION.com and vote for her on girls page 6, she is # 83. thanks!!!

oct 6

quick blog today, i slept in and now im running late. today is my last arm workout before the surgery. i gotta go extra hard! i've trained each body part extremely hard this week, and i've caught much of it on my camera. members will be able to see tons of training pics from this whole week of training. hey members, email me on what kind of stuff you want to see in the vip area. i gotta run, i hope you all have a great day!

VOTE FOR NICOLE!

attention members and friends. please go to www.iFORCENutrition.com and vote for nicole in the hot body contest. she is in group 6 number 83, it takes 2 seconds. thanx!!!

oct 5

im starting out with a big shout out to my friend anthony at powerhouse gym in brewster. thanks for helping me with the pics this week! to all my members, ive got tons of training pics coming to the vip section, and anthony is the man taking most of them. for those of u in the west side of danbury, new fairfield or the brewster area, i highly recommend powerhouse gym in brewster. its located on top of the brewster ice arena, i train there all the time. just stop by and ask for anthony, tell him pj sent you! for those of u who tried voting for nicole on iforce.com yesterday and had problems, please try again today! im getting closer to the big surgery day on tuesday, im a little bummed because i dont want to miss training. as ive said before, i havent missed more than a week in 8 years! im sure my body needs the rest. im gonna use the time to add some great new stuff to my website. i've been meeting some great new people via email! keep em coming i love to here from you, and i want to help you reach your goals! thats it for today, members let me know what u think of the olympia pics! talk to ya all tomorrow!

oct 4

whats going on everybody, today is my last back work out before my surgery. im bummed, i havent missed more than a week of training in 8 years! im still riding a high from the mr olympia, what a great experience! hey friends, i need u all to do me a favor. please go to www.iFORCENUTRITION.com and vote for my girlfriend nicole in the hot body contest!!!
the voting starts today and goes on to 0ct 31. dont forget to check out my olympia pics in the members section. also, next week i will be posting a ton of training pics from this past week, be sure to check it out! members, tell me what u want to see, this sight is for u so send me an email. hey bodybuilding fans in the northeast, check out the brooklyn bodybuilding championships. my good friend guy cisternino will be guest posing along with victor martinez and kai green! these guys put on a great show, i highly recommend it. well, thats all for today, i wanna give a big shout out to my by edj! edj and i eat at outback every wed! have i mentioned how much i love that place?!

oct 3

whats up everybody. its been exactly 1 month since i launched the site, and im at 1000 total views! i want it to keep on growing, tell all your friends to check it out. it cant be to busy for me, the more the merrier! ATTENTION MEMBERS- what do u want to see in the members section, email me and let me know! its wed, no training for me today, yesterday was chest and i really mixed it up! for those of u who do lots of barbell presses try doing a workout where u dont do any barbells, just dumbbells and machines, i guarantee you will shock your body into growth! not much going on otherwise, u can see some shots of nicole and i from the olympia expo on muscular development.com in the paparazzi section. thats all for today, talk to you all tomorrow.

whats up everybody, lots of pics from the olympia are up in my members gallery, be sure to check them out. its exactly 1 week until my surgery so im training extra intense this week. yesterday was a great leg workout now im on to chest. im going to do all dumbbells today just to really mix things up. btw, im still tired from vegas! still 238 lbs, hopefully i wont lose to much during my time off after surgery, only time will tell. gotta run, keep those emails coming! have a great day everyone!

oct 1

hey everybody, let me start off by saying im sorry for not blogging out in vegas, i had a problem hooking up my computer and was unable to use it. i dont even no where to start, but, the olympia was an amazing experience filled with highs and lows! thursday we flew out of jfk, which is the worst, most confusing, inconvenient airport i have ever flown out of. o.k., the first nite i met one of the barbarian brothers, peter. he is absolutely out of his mind and believes he has healing powers, he also smells like he hasn't showered since the 80's. he calls himself the knight of the light, hilarious. friday morning i was up by 7 to go to the gym. nicole, billy guns, colette nelson and myself all trained at the golds gym on flamingo ave, a really nice gym, lots of great equipment. friday i went to the olympia expo all day. the expo is insane, every sport company u can think of sets up a booth and promotes there products with the best bodybuilders and the hottest fit women. there were thousands of people in and out all day long. friday nite i ate dinner with nicole for her birthday at delmonacos, a restaurant owned by emeril lagasse. we had a nice dinner and then we hit the strip for a while. nicole and i played a little roulette, she did not know how to play so i told her to just pick red or black for me, we wound up walking away with an extra 160 bucks. saturday i was up early again to train arms with colette nelson at golds. miss olympia iris kyle was there doing a photo shoot, she looked incredible. bill comstock was there doing a video of eric fankanhauser, the guy who won the north americans. his legs are out of this world, biggest calves ive ever seen, but his upper ody is way behind the pro level. went to the expo again on sat to help out the muscular development crew at the alr booth. mr g, md's hype man had the crowd going nuts as the crew was tossing out t-shirts to spectators. there was a battle of the forums between getbig.com and md. get big's rep vince(this dude who looked like a fat steve erkil) posed down against md's billy guns. billy guns blew him away and won 1500 dollars worth of supplements from alr! the finals for the olympia srarted at 7. my seats were terrible but i really diddnt care, just being there was a dream come true! the end result was controversial to say the least. jay cutler was way off, and victor martinez had what it took to beet him. the crowd was pissed at jays victory. ronny coleman fell to 4th in his final olympia as a competitor. i will never forget his farewell speech, the crowd gave him a standing ovation. ronnie coleman is a true champion who inspired me and thousands of others, its sad to see him go! the most exciting competitor to see by far was dennis wolf, this guy, at only 28, battled it out with jay cutler in the posedown, he either matched him or beat him in every pose. wolf was by far the crowd favorite. after the olypia i went out to dinner with nicole, dave palumbo, collete nelson, billy guns, mr g, and his brother bobby. then it was on to victor martinez's after party! the party was at pure nite club, everyone was there, i pretended i was with the press and cut the whole line, haha, lol! steve blechman, the ceo of musculardevelopment was there, hes a nice guy, he told me to do the junior nationals, so it looks like that will be the game plan! dorian yates was there, troy alves, gerard dente, the ceo of mhp, lots of other pros and top amatures. the problem was that it was so over crowded that u couldnt even move! after about 30 minn i left. i wound up chillin in this lounge till about 4am mith md's john romano. we had a much better time in the lounge. over all vegas is an awesome place, u can eat at the most amazing buffets and see some really spectacular sites. getting a taxi is a major pain in the ass, and i wasted a lot of money traveling out there. there is something for eveyone in vegas, a great place to visit.
CHECK OUT MY MEMBERS AREA FOR ALL THE SHOTS FROM VEGAS, U CAN COMPARE ME TO LOTS OF PROS THAT I GOT PICS WITH!!! A VIDEO WILL BE OUT SOON, PJ AT THE EXPO!!!!! BE SURE TO CHECK IT OUT!!!!

sept 27

VEGAS BABY! this is it, im gettin ready to leave right now! flyin out of jfk at 12:30. i got the new issue of muscular development to read on the plane, bags are packed, im totally fired up! no workout today (trained back yesterday) so its all about getting there, gettin settled, and gettin on the strip! im going to take some video footage out there so be sure to go to the members section and check it out! keep the emails coming and i will try to answer all of them while im out there. i heard that the newest pro erik fankhauser is shooting a in the trenches for md on saturday morning, im going to try to get to where the shoot is so i can show him up! ill keep ya all posted. talk to ya all soon!

GET WELL SOON

GET WELL SOON JACLYN IAVARONE! HAVE A SPEEDY RECOVERY!
HANG IN THERE JUNE, IF THERES ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP U OR YOUR FAMILY
SEND ME AN EMAIL.

sept 26

this is it, one more day and im outta here.VEGAS BABY! i cant wait. i have a long day today, i dont know how im gonna fit it all in, i gotta go to the Dr 1 hour a way, come back get a hair cut, train myself with my main client ted, leave the gym and get my brothers video camera, pick up a shirt from the tailor(when ur neck is as big as your 22 inch arms, u gotta by fat boy close and bring em to the tailor) meet a client for dinner at outback, meet 1 more client at his house, go tanning(gotta be tan at the olympia) and then come home and prepare my client teds food for him while im gone. after all that i have to pack my bags still! by the way im training in vegas with ifbb womens pro colette nelson, im gonna video tape the workouts for my members section! she may be a women, but shes stronger than most men i know! thats it for now, keep those emails coming! ill talk to ya all tomorrow.

sept 25

whats up everybody, its tuesday morning. had a great leg workout yesterday, i felt really strong, i think im definitely back to where i was (strength wise) before i started my diet. today is chest, as ive said before, im putting big emphasis on inclines.
yesterday i heard this commercial on the radio for planet fitness, it started out with a a guy telling another guy how jacked he was, then telling the guy to max out his bench press, they made the guys sound like really exaggerated meat heads. then at the end of the commercial they start talking about a girl thats in the gym, and how they want to impress her by lifting heavy. the commercial made me laugh because it was so over the top stupid. i definitely no a couple of dumb meat heads that act dumb in the gym, but for the most part most bodybuilders are there to wok out and thats it, not to max out screaming and stare at the women. i got news for all u women at planet fitness, nobodies looking at u, and if u were actually worth looking at youd probably be out busting your but on the floor with everyone else and wouldnt even know it! bodybuilders made gyms what they are today, if it wasnt for us there would be no corny, planet fitness! just want to vent a little because to me that s pure discrimination, but nobody does anything about it. to everyone reading this blog, stick to gyms like powerhouse, they dont turn anybody away, they dont have silly rules, and they dont discriminate. just train and go home. thats it for today, i love ya all!