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!