Tuesday, September 22, 2009

R.I.P. Kaye Braun

My aunt Kaye Braun passed away this weekend and the funeral service was today. Its unfortunate that I never see alot of people on my fathers side of the family until occasions like this. I didn't know her well but from what I understand she was with me quite a bit when I was a baby before my parents separated and thought the world of me. I wish I could have known her in my adult life. She is in a much better place now.

Kaye Elaine Braun
July 26, 1941 to September 18, 2009

Team Universe

So this past weekend was the Team Universe which is the biggest Drug tested competition for Bodybuilding, fitness, figure and bikini in the country if not the world. The weekend was a success for many of my friends including SPECIES own Kat Ramirez who won the E class and is a new IFBB Pro.
I was there helping Nicole who looked by far the best she has ever looked. She worked her ass off and I came up with what I believe was an excellent game plan for her. Unfortunately the judges thought otherwise and did not place her well. This left us both EXTREMELY upset and me down right MAD!
I talked to numerous people including a judge who thought she should have placed at the worst...2nd!
Oh well, I would be lying If I said I wasn't still mad, but I need to move on and focus on me now!
Training is going great! I will give you guys a body weight update soon!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Team U and the lost Cell phone!

SO I have been having the most Intense week of workouts and things were going great until today...My phone is destroyed, yup its done. I lost all my contacts!!! I lost so many numbers and I don't remember anything off the top of my head! So everyone please email my your numbers to pjbraunfitness@yahoo.com I got a crazy new blackberry today with Internet access so once I figure out how to use this damn thing I will store all your numbers.

Tomorrow I head to NYC for Team Universe. So many of my friends are competing its going to be a really awesome and LONG weekend. Good Luck to my client Nicole Vitale who looks amazing!

Monday, September 14, 2009

10 weeks out!

Well, as of Saturday I was 10 weeks out and my body weight was 254.2. All though I am right on track, I have decided to bump things up a bit. Cardio is up to 30 min in the am from 20 and I have reduced my calories by about 400 cals a day. This will be a test stage for a week or two too see how my body responds. I have not had a cheat meal yet either.
My groin is feeling good today and I took it easy all weekend so hopefully I can train legs hard with No problems.
lastly, I want to congratulate my good friend James "Flex" Lewis and his wife Shina for both winning the Atlantic city Pro. Flex won the 202 class and Shina won the Bikini overall! Great job too the both of them!

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Sept 8

Strained my groin yesterday! Very mad! Just need to take it easy and hopefully I will be OK by next week! i got stupid on the Leg Press yesterday and tried to do too much weight, I felt a strain and immediately stopped. I had to scratch most of my leg workout after that with the exception of Leg extensions, which I wound up doing 10 sets of to try to make up for what I couldn't do.
Morning body weight is 256. I love what I look like this far out! I stared doing cardio a week ago. 20 min moderate intensity. This week I am going to start playing around with the incline when I walk! Fun stuff, lol.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

North Americans and Maury Povich

I've been very busy as usual. Always working and on the go. Always traveling around. How do I find the time to train like I beast everyday!?
Last week I was in Cleveland from Wed to Sunday attending the North Americans with my good friend Kris Lecomte. Kris is a good bodybuilder who is sponsored by Dorian Yates' new company. Kris wanted me to come out with him and make sure he was on top of his game, which he was! He weighed in at exactly 198 lbs with crazy condition including striated glutes!!
Kris wound up finishing 8th in a very tough light heavy weight class, and although he was disappointed, I was very proud to be a part of it because he was at his all time best!

While out there I trained at IRON ASYLUM GYM. Owner Jerry Beck invited me to come and I was glad I did. The gym was totally hardcore and the basement was like a dungeon. The gym was equipped with tons of good stuff and had an over all Bad ASS attitude! Overall the trip was exhausting and I was glad to get home Sunday night.

Today I had a small part on the Maury Povich show. I along with Big Sean Allen, aka BSA were asked to be shirtless on stage during a couple performances by some talented little people. I got to meet Maury as well as Midget Mac, and IT from I love NY, LOL!!
I'm looking for ward to a relaxing weekend! I'll give a weight update soon.