Tuesday, October 28, 2008

oct 28

Great leg workout yesterday. First good workout in almost 2 weeks! I'm starting to feel like my old self again. I started with heavy squats for 3 sets, followed by 3 sets of heavy dead lifts, 2 sets of high rep hack squats, 3 sets of leg extensions and 3 sets of standing single leg ham curls. My legs are very sore today. I need to have a good chest workout today to really make my confidence build. I haven't been able to put too good ones together in a while!

Monday, October 27, 2008

oct 27

Lots to announce today! First- Congratulations to my client Andrea Swanson who took second place in her first Bodybuilding show Saturday. The girl who beat her was a very good Veteran who went on to win the overall. I flew out to Chicago on Friday to start going over Andreas posing and assess her physique in person for the first time in a few months. I was more than impressed. We stayed at our friend Erin's house which was conveniently 10 minn from the airport. Nicole met me out there and the four of us left for the show early Saturday morning. Nicole did Andreas makeup for her so she would look perfect, and then we just had to wait for what seemed like forever,lol. The show was called the Continental USA championships and Victor Martinez was the guest poser. There was a very large turn out in the crowd, even for the prejudging. I had the pleasure of meeting Mel Chancey, the former leader of the Hells Angels now turned bodybuilder and 100 percent big mofo! Mel was very personable and I wish him luck with his bodybuilding career. I also met a lot of people from the boards as well as some fans I didnt know I had from the Chicago area. Overall it was a great time, I was very pleased with Andrea, and I met some great people. I definitely ate way too much junk food, but at least I got to try Mr. Pibb soda for the first time...It was awesome,lol (Inside joke)
Today I am starting a special herbal detox courtesy of Dr. mike at Physical Synergy. Evan swears by it, so I will keep you all posted on how I feel.

Monday, October 20, 2008

oct 20

OK, the November Issue of W magazine has hit the stands, Angelina Jolie is on the cover and the crazy photo shoot I did a while back with artist Mika Rottenberg is inside. Also If you go to my website's news section or www.wmagazine.com you can see a short video that the artist put together. Its pretty bizarre! I more thing. I did an Interview with Troy Johnson from ALR Industries before the North American. The Link to the Interview is up in the news section.

Friday, October 17, 2008

oct 17

Its been an emotional roller coaster of a week for me. I usually try not to talk about negative things in my blog, but its a little hard to avoid. I had the best leg workout on Monday and a great chest workout on Tuesday. Wed, things went down hill! Its bad enough the Economy is killing my business, lol, but I have also been going through some drama in my personal life. I have been pretty upset the past few days and its taken its toll on my eating and training. I am gonna bounce back though,I ALLWAYS DO! I think things are gonna work out and get better. I have to stay focused and keep a positive piece of mind!

Thursday, October 9, 2008

oct 9

I just got home from New Haven. I went up around 1 with Nicole to the Montanari Bro's GOLDS. I met up with Big Evan to train back. For those of you who live in a cave and don't know who Evan Centopani is, look him up and check out his back. By the way, he's 300lbs of solid muscle. You know I had to have an extra big breakfast to prepare me for this! We started out with Barbell rows. Evan worked up to 405 for 10 reps and his form is really good. Not me, I am good doing 315 for sets of 10. We did so many sets that the rest of the workout is a blurr,lol. After the workout I took Nicole to a famous Pizza place in New Haven. Not Pepe's...Modern. Modern is thin crust Brick oven Pizza. There is no Pizza anywhere near where I live that comes close to how good this place was! We got, "The Italian Bomb". Pepperoni, sausage, meatballs, mushrooms, pepper, and huge pieces of garlic and onions! Outstanding. If your ever in New Haven,Modern has the PJ Braun seal of approval! I highly recommend it!

Sunday, October 5, 2008

oct 5

Hey Everyone, I am pleased and excited to announce that I am in Muscular Development this month (November Issue, with Jay Cutler on the Cover)!! In the beginning of the Mag, in Greg Valentino's Internet section, Greg did a little write up on who he thinks the future stars of the sport are. I made the cut as well as some of my best friends, we are being labeled Body buildings Brat Pack,lol. Go grab the issue and check it out! For those of you who want to see it now, its up in my NEWS section, you can check it out right now!

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

sept 1

Feels good to be eating carbs again. Added my carbs back in last wed, mainly from oatmeal, cream of rice and rice. I am going to add my Carbolyze back in next week. I have been eating tons of clean food, but if I have a craving for something, I eat it. My weight has been sitting between 242- 246. I am still very lean ans crazy vascular!
Yesterday I went up to Montanari Bros Golds in New Haven to train chest with big Evan and Chris Tuttle, who has put on some great size since his heavyweight win in Tribeca! We blasted out some drop sets on the flat bench, and then hammered out some Inclines, followed by Incline flys and then cables from the floor. Our pace was pretty fast and I had a wicked pump by the time I was done! Today I am off, but I am back in the gym tomorrow and it looks like Friday I will be back down in Jersey again for another workout! This time I think I will be going into Carlo Fillipone's gym with my buddy Guy, and afterwards I get to sample some of Carlo's world class cooking!